Kentucky MBB tied for 3rd best odds to win 2022 NCAA Tournament

Heading into a top 15 showdown against No. 2 Auburn, the No. 12 Kentucky Wildcats will actually enter with higher odds to win the national championship than the Tigers.

According to Circa Sports, Kentucky is currently tied with the Kansas Jayhawks and Baylor Bears for the third-best odds to win the 2022 NCAA Tournament at +1100. Auburn comes in right behind those two at +1200. Gonzaga is the current title favorite at +515 with Duke in second at +1000.

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Additionally, Kentucky is the odds-on favorite to win the SEC Tournament at +275. Auburn comes in second with +315 while LSU slides in at third with +500 odds.

The national title odds for Kentucky have slowly risen since the regular season kicked off, but it wasn’t always like that. The 2020-21 offseason began with UK at 18/1 odds to win the 2022 tourney before seeing that jump to 14/1 by the middle of the summer and then move back down to 18/1 by the start of the regular season, which is where the odds have stayed for most of the year.

But now that the ‘Cats have some credible wins under its belt in the thrashing of Tennessee at home and a tough road win over Texas A&M, the folks at Las Vegas are starting to believe in UK.

Kentucky and Auburn will go to battle later on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. EST on CBS. The winner could very well find itself as the overall favorites to win the Big Dance.