March Madness 2024: Updated Men's, Women's Title Odds for All Teams Before Final Four

Defending champion UConn is the heavy favorite with the Final Four field set in the 2024 NCAA men's basketball tournament, while South Carolina leads the way heading into the national semifinals of the women's tournament.

The Huskies are -195 at DraftKings Sportsbook, with Purdue the closest to them at +205. North Carolina State (+1600) and Alabama (+1600) are both considered to be long shots by oddsmakers.

The unbeaten Gamecocks (-195) claimed an even wider gap between themselves and second-favorite Iowa (+300). UConn (+600) is a credible threat, with the NC State women (+1600) as big of an underdog as the men.

Florida was the last men's team to successfully defend its national title in 2007, a drought that proves how difficult it is to stay on top when navigating a knockout format.

But the way in which the Huskies have steamrolled the competition in March Madness the last two years makes a second straight championship feel like a fait accompli.

It should simply be impossible for any team to reel off a 30-0 run in a regional final game, yet that's what the Huskies did against Illinois. And that followed a 30-point win over San Diego State in the Elite Eight.

Perhaps Alabama head coach Nate Oats has a formula to counteract UConn's size, or Purdue big man Zach Edey is just the player to neutralize Huskies center Alex Karaban.

On the women's side, South Carolina hasn't been nearly as dominant in March as UConn but keeps piling up the victories. The aura of invincibility that once hovered around the Huskies women's team has transferred to Gamecocks head coach Dawn Staley and her squad.

Senior center Kamilla Cardoso is averaging 15.3 points and 8.7 rebounds during the NCAA tournament and anchoring the frontcourt in the same way Aliyah Boston did before her. MiLaysia Fulwiley's scoring average (12.8 points) in the Big Dance doesn't do justice to the way she can impact games.

Caitlin Clark and Iowa cleared a major hurdle when they beat LSU 94-87 in the Elite Eight, a game that saw Clark drop 41 points and 12 assists. But the Hawkeyes are probably still one bad showing from their best player away from falling short of a national title because she shoulders such a heavy offensive load.

If the two were to face off in the final, you'd favor South Carolina's collective strength over Clark's individual brilliance.

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