The college basketball season tips off Monday, and futures odds suggest familiar teams will be in the mix for the men's and women's national championships again this season.'
On the men's side, reigning national champion UConn is considered a contending team, alongside traditional powerhouses like Kansas, Duke, and Kentucky. The women's game is headlined by LSU, UConn, and Iowa, all teams that have stellar recent history in the sport. There aren't many surprises atop the odds board just a few days before the start of a new season.'
Also unsurprisingly, size matters in basketball. Each of the top three favorites for men's Player of the Year honors — Purdue's Zach Edey, Duke's Kyle Filipowski, and Kansas' Hunter Dickinson — are at least 7 feet tall.'
Men's futures board tight at top
Kansas, Duke, and Purdue are all given +1100 odds to win the national championship on FanDuel, one of the betting apps with national title futures. Each of those teams has a legitimate Player of the Year candidate, with Edey the favorite on DraftKings with odds of +175.'