Countdown to Tip-Off: Preseason Vegas Odds for 2013 NCAA Basketball Championship

With the first college basketball tipoff just weeks away, one of the biggest online sportsbooks (Sportsbook.ag) has released the preseason future odds for the 2012-13 NCAA March Madness Final Four champion.  

The 2013 NCAA March Madness final game will be held in Atlanta, Georgia on April 8, 2013, with the two Final Four semifinal games played on April 6. 

Tickets for the event start at just $40 for Round 1 coverage, which will be hosted in Auburn Hills (MI), Lexington (KY), Salt Lake City (UT) and San Jose (CA). 

Heading into Week 1 on the hardwood, here are the official odds to win the 2013 NCAA March Madness tournament: 

Team	Odds to Win	Coaches Poll
Indiana	7/1	1
Louisville	8/1	2
Kentucky*	10/1	3
UCLA	12/1	13
Kansas	18/1	7
Syracuse*	20/1	9
Michigan	20/1	5
Michigan State	20/1	14
Ohio State	20/1	4
Duke	20/1	8
North Carolina	25/1	12
Missouri	25/1	17
North Carolina State	25/1	6
UNLV	30/1	19
Arizona	35/1	11
Florida	40/1	10
Georgetown	50/1
San Diego State	50/1	20
Pittsburgh	50/1	+
Texas	60/1	T-24
Memphis	60/1	16
Gonzaga	60/1	22
Creighton	75/1	15
Notre Dame	75/1	23
Cincinnati	75/1	+
Vanderbilt	100/1
Wisconsin	100/1	21
Kansas State	100/1	+
Florida State	100/1	T-24
St. Louis	100/1	+
Tennessee	100/1	+
California	100/1
Alabama	100/1
VCU	100/1
Minnesota	100/1	+
Virginia	100/1
Marquette	100/1
Washington	100/1
Seton Hall	100/1
Iowa State	100/1
St. Johns	100/1
Temple	100/1
West Virginia	100/1
Villanova	100/1
Illinois	100/1
St. Joes	100/1	+
Stanford	100/1	+
Wichita State	100/1
Drexel	100/1	+
Butler	100/1	+
Southern Miss	100/1
Ohio	100/1
Texas A&M	100/1
Xavier	100/1
Arkansas	100/1
USC	100/1
U Mass	100/1
Baylor	100/1	18
Clemson	200/1
BYU	200/1
Maryland	200/1
Oklahoma State	200/1	+
New Mexico	200/1	+
Oklahoma	200/1
South Florida	200/1
Murray State	200/1	+
St. Marys	200/1	+
Oregon	200/1
Northern Iowa	200/1
Davidson	200/1
Miami (FL)	200/1	+
Oregon State	200/1
Purdue	200/1
Providence	200/1
Georgia	300/1	+
George Mason	300/1
Marshall	300/1	+
LSU	300/1
Iowa	300/1
Colorado	300/1
Northwestern	300/1
Georgia Tech	300/1
Ole Miss	300/1
Belmont	300/1
Dayton	300/1
DePaul	300/1
Richmond	300/1
Nevada	300/1
Virginia Tech	300/1
Utah State	300/1
South Carolina	300/1
Harvard	300/1
Colorado State	300/1	+
LaSalle	300/1
Rutgers	300/1
St. Bonaventure	300/1
Mississippi State	300/1
Long Beach State	300/1
Field (Any Other Team)	100/1

+Received 2012-13 Preseason Coaches Poll Vote

Last year's magical March Madness tournament featured three amazing upsets of No. 2 ranked teams, some even held as favorites.

There's no telling what exactly will take place in the 2013 NCAA tournament. The most accurate analysis and predictions of athletic performances in general lie deep within the occupation of the linesmaker, so this complete list paints a very promising picture of the talent disparity in the NCAA tournament.   

The most surprising analysis is the 25/1 odds given to sixth-ranked N.C. State. Perhaps the conclusion came on the basis that the Wolfpack arrive as the third-best team in the ACC after finishing last season with two impressive tournament wins before losing to Kansas in the regional semifinal. 

Louisville and Kentucky open up the 2012-13 season at 8/1 and 10/1, respectively. The USA Today Coaches Poll listed Indiana as the top-ranked team after receiving 21 first-place votes, with both Louisville and Kentucky receiving five first-place votes each. 

The first game of the 2012-13 NCAA basketball season will be played on November 9 between Bryant University and the No. 1-ranked Indiana Hoosiers in the world-famous Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana.