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UNC Basketball: Updated odds for Tar Heels to win 2021 NCAA Tournament

By Zack Pearson

CHAPEL HILL, NC - FEBRUARY 25: University of North Carolina mascot Rameses poses for a photo during a game between NC State and North Carolina at Dean E. Smith Center on February 25, 2020 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Andy Mead/ISI Photos/Getty Images)
CHAPEL HILL, NC - FEBRUARY 25: University of North Carolina mascot Rameses poses for a photo during a game between NC State and North Carolina at Dean E. Smith Center on February 25, 2020 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Andy Mead/ISI Photos/Getty Images) /
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We take a look at some updated odds for the North Carolina Tar Heels to win the 2021 NCAA Tournament from Las Vegas

The 2019-20 college basketball season ended abruptly with the cancellation of conference tournaments as well as the NCAA Tournament. Shortly after that, the NCAA imposed a “recruiting dead period” banning travel by coaches and recruits.

While we don’t know what is going to happen with Fall and Winter sports, it appears as if programs are going on with the notion that there will be at least something planned.

It hasn’t stopped Vegas from pumping out future odds, either.

The latest sportsbook in Vegas to update their odds for the 2020-21 college basketball season is William Hill, who put out updated odds for the NCAA Tournament a week ago. Following NBA decisions, the odds have changed a bit as we have a better sense of what the teams will look like going into next season.

William Hill listed Duke and Gonzaga as the favorites with 10/1 odds followed by Kansas and Virginia (12/1), Baylor and Villanova (13/1), Kentucky (14/1), Creighton (18/1), Michigan State (20/1) and  Florida State, Tennessee, Oregon and Wisconsin (25/1) to round out the Top 10.

But what about the Tar Heels?

Well, after a disappointing 2019-20 campaign which was the worst in Roy William’s tender, they will welcome in the No. 3 recruiting class plus return key players such as Garrison Brooks, Rechon Black and Anthony Harris. The oddsmakers aren’t putting them in the Top 10 but they do have them at 30/1 to win it all with the likes of Houston, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State, San Diego State and Texas Tech joining them on that line.

A lot can change between now and the start of the season, as the odds will shift. But 30/1 isn’t a bad bet for the Tar Heels.

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