2023 March Madness: Houston’s Odds to Make Final Four, Win Tournament

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The No. 1 seed Houston Cougars are two steps away from the Final Four after a nail-biting, come-from-behind victory over Auburn on Saturday night.

Their odds to make the Final Four are the best in the Midwest region at -135 at FanDuel.

And Houston's odds to win the NCAA Tournament are second-best in the country at +400 at BetMGM.

The route to the Final Four — and an NCAA Tournament championship — requires Houston to beat Miami in the Sweet 16.

Then, the Cougars biggest threat is Texas. The Longhorns and Cougars would face off in the battle for the Lone Star State should both teams take care of business later this week.

While Houston had opened as the overall favorite to win it all — and is still the No. 1 team in the country, according to KenPom — its odds have fallen in favor of Alabama.

That's mostly a function of bracketology. Alabama's biggest threat to reach the Final Four — Arizona — was knocked out of the first round by Princeton.

Another factor is a lingering injury to Houston's best player and leading scorer Marcus Sasser, although he seemed to power through it while putting up 22 points in 31 minutes during the Cougars' win over Auburn.

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For more Action Network coverage of the 2023 NCAA Tournament, check out the latest college basketball odds, as well as the public betting percentage breakdowns for all of the 2023 NCAA Tournament games.

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Avery Yang is an editor at the Action Network who focuses on breaking news across the sports world and betting algorithms that try to predict eventual outcomes. He is also Darren Rovell's editor. Avery is a recent graduate from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He has written for the Washington Post, the Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, (the old) Deadspin, MLB.com and others.

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