NCAAB Betting Markets
There are lots of different ways to bet on NCAA basketball throughout the season, with the basketball betting sites providing a huge range of match markets. The Game Lines include the Spread, Total and Money Line, with customers also able to bet on the 1st Half along with an Alternative Point Spread. However, we’ll take a look at the futures markets in further detail.
NCAA Basketball Outright Betting
The 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season is starting to take shape, with Auburn and Duke emerging as the current favourites. The former have been very strong this season, winning fifteen of their seventeen encounters in their conference, while their overall numbers are also very good considering there have been twenty-seven victories and just three defeats.
It's been a similar story for Duke who have been racking up the wins for coach Jon Scheyer, with the Atlantic Coast Conference side having reached the Elite Eight stage last season and it looks as though the Blue Devils will once again go deep in the competition. They are well on the way to reach the play-off stage of the competition.
Houston can’t be easily discounted considering that they have earned eighteen wins from their nineteen games played at conference level, with this side firmly on course to win the Big 12 and also attain a high ranking, with this potentially enabling them to reach the Final Four.
Florida could also be in contention despite not being able to match Auburn when it comes to the Southeastern Conference, with twelve wins and four defeats occurring in sixteen encounters. Alabama and Tennessee are other viable contenders after racking up plenty of victories and that is reflected in the latest NCAA odds.
John R. Wooden Award Betting
Many of the basketball betting sites will offer odds when it comes to the John R. Wooden Award. This accolade goes to the player who is regarded as the best performer during the college season, with Zach Edey having triumphed in the previous couple of seasons after shining brightly for Purdue as a Junior and a Senior.
This time around, Cooper Flagg could be the player that lands the trophy, with the eighteen-year-old producing a string of consistent performances and the eighteen-year-old landed the National high school player of the year award in 2024. Operating for the Duke Blue Devils, he could well deliver them to glory.
Perhaps Flagg will square off against Johni Broome in the NCAA Championship final, with the latter representing Auburn and the 22-year-old chose this college over Florida. His numbers have been highly impressive and he will surely feature in the team of the season even if he doesn’t manage to topple Flagg.
Conference Tournament Winner Betting
There’s the opportunity to bet on lots of different conferences during the season, with lots of them proving competitive. The America East tournament betting market is headed by Bryant who are looking to fend off Vermont and Maine in order to make further progress.
The Atlantic Sun tournament could be a straight shootout between Lipscomb and North Alabama, with several teams battling it out for a playoff spot when it comes to the Big Sky Tournament. Northern Colorado and Montana are currently the front runners, with Portland State and Montana State also going well this season.
High Point are big favourites to win the Big South tournament, although there’s a more open feel to the CAA heat, with UNC Wilmington potentially the team to beat. Coll Of Charleston and Towson have the chance to also make progress by topping the section, with William & Mary next in the market.
Robert Morris are one of several sides who can end up topping the Horizon League tournament, with Wisc Milwaukee having the chance to land the most wins, while Cleveland State are operating at a slightly bigger price. Purdue Fort Wayne might also not be too far away from landing a victory.
The highly-fancied Drake could prove to be the best bet when it comes to the Missouri Valley tournament and they will be aiming to hold off Bradley and Northern Iowa at arm’s length. However, the Northeast tournament could be all about one team, with Central Connecticut State operating as a huge favourite.
The Ohio Valley tournament has lots of contenders duking it out for success, with SE Missouri State, SIU Edwardsville, Little Rock and Tennessee State make it a four-way battle to finish as top dogs. There’s a three-way duel when it comes to the Patriot League and perhaps Bucknell will be difficult to knock off their perch, although American are not easily discounted and Colgate are another rock solid outfit.
We’re interested to see who emerges from the Southern tournament, with Chattanooga potentially the one to beat although Samford are trading at a similar price. UNC Greensboro have the ability to emerge from this section, with Wofford and East Tennessee State also more than capable of further progress.
McNeese State already look to have Southland tied up and the basketball bookmakers have reacted by cutting their odds very short, with Summit League tournament looking very competitive and there’s North Dakota State, St Thomas and South Dakota State who are all trading at a similar price.
There is also betting available when it comes to the Sun Belt Tournament and this is one of the most competitive heats out of the lot. Arkansas State have been enjoying a strong season although they are by no means likely to win the section based on the American basketball betting odds.
South Alabama might be considered by many as a value bet, with Troy also racking up a number of wins already. James Madison are the other side in the section that could yet make further progress based on their efforts. The West Coast Tournament looks set to be a two-way encounter, with Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s similarly matched teams although it’s the former who are favourite.
To Make Final Four
Auburn and Duke have emerged as the strongest contenders in the NCAA Basketball so far, with both teams trading at odds-on to make the final four. However, the nature of the play-offs means that the games are unpredictable, with lots of other teams capable of going similarly deep and actually landing the outright win.
Some will feel as though Houston are a decent bet at odds-against to go through, with Florida also a decent shout. Alabama and Tennessee are given a similar possibility of making it into the final four teams although the Elite Eight is clearly going to be competitive and it might include Iowa State who are regarded as among the outsiders.
Michigan State and St John’s are the other sides operating at single figure betting odds for this basketball market, with Texas A & M and Texas Tech hoping to perform to the highest level out of anyone in the state. Arizona, Kentucky and Missouri are the other sides that need to be respected.