According to Bet MGM, the four championship favorites are, naturally, the four No. 1 seeds: Duke (+325), Florida (+325), Auburn (+400) and Houston (+600). The fifth choice on the board is No. 2 seed Alabama, sliding down significantly to +1600. Tennessee checks in at +1800, and every other option is +2500 or higher.

St. John's will try to defy the odds as a No. 2 seed when the NCAA Tournament 2025 gets underway. Second-seeded teams have been upset by No. 15 seeds three times in the last four years, most recently with No.

While I agree that getting either Creighton and Ryan Kalkbrenner or Louisville in Lexington in the second round is unfair, I’m not convinced that the bottom half of this bracket is as stout as some believe it is.