Payout on Clemson Tigers Winning 2018 Men's Basketball Tournament Championship

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Mar/23/2018

The Clemson Tigers would pay out $2500 on a $100 bet to win the 2018 Men's College Basketball Championship heading into their Sweet Sixteen game against Duke.

SB Nation suggests that Clemson could make it through to the Elite Eight thanks to their solid defense.

The Tigers’ offense made a big jump from 169th in the country in adjusted efficiency during the 2014-15 season to 45th in 2015-16. Since then, they have jogged in place on that side of the ball. This season’s team was 43rd, a slight step backward from No. 35 in 2016-17.

What changed this year is the Tigers now have an elite defense. They jumped from 86th last year in adjusted efficiency to seventh this year, out of 351 Division I teams. Coach Brad Brownell’s teams are typically better at preventing points than scoring them. That was also a hallmark of his first Clemson team, which made the tournament in 2011.

Let's look at all the odds of winning the Championship this year.

Odds to win 2018 NCAA Men's Tournament (4/2/18)
Team Odds
Villanova 11/4
Duke 7/2
Kansas 6/1
Michigan 7/1
Purdue 8/1
West Virginia 12/1
Texas Tech 20/1
Clemson 25/1
Kansas State 25/1
Loyola Chicago 25/1
Florida State 30/1
Syracuse 70/1

- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com

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