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NCAA Tournament: Teams with highest odds to win 2019 NCAA Tournament

DURHAM, NC - FEBRUARY 24: (L-R) Head coach Mike Krzyzewski of the Duke Blue Devils talks to head coach Jim Boeheim of the Syracuse Orange before their game at Cameron Indoor Stadium on February 24, 2018 in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 775058387 ORIG FILE ID: 923885048
DURHAM, NC - FEBRUARY 24: (L-R) Head coach Mike Krzyzewski of the Duke Blue Devils talks to head coach Jim Boeheim of the Syracuse Orange before their game at Cameron Indoor Stadium on February 24, 2018 in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 775058387 ORIG FILE ID: 923885048
By Maghen Moore
April 3, 2018

Before the 2018 NCAA National Championship ended, Pregame, the exclusive odds provider for the Associated Press, released a list of teams with the highest odds of winning the 2019 title.

Duke leads the odds (6/1) while five SEC teams made the 27-team list.

Here is the list of teams with the best odds to win the 2019 NCAA Tournament (SEC teams bolded):

Duke 6/1

Kansas 10/1

Kentucky 10/1

Villanova 10/1

N. Carolina 15/1

Gonzaga 18/1

Michigan St 20/1

Virginia 20/1

Michigan 28/1

Oregon 28/1

UCLA 35/1

WVU 35/1
Auburn 38/1

Florida 50/1

Purdue 50/1

Texas Tech 50/1

Wichita St 50/1
Tennessee 55/1

Nevada 60/1

Arizona St. 70/1

Cincinnati 70/1

Clemson 70/1

Maryland 70/1
NC State 70/1
Vanderbilt 70/1
Miami FL 75/1

Ohio St. 75/1

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