Purdue Basketball NCAA Championship Odds

I regularly get odds e-mails as a site manager and for football they are pretty much laughable when it comes to Purdue winning a B1G or National Championship. For basketball, however, it is not so much:

Odds on 5/21/15           Current Odds

Kentucky                      10/1                              7/1

Duke                           10/1                              8/1

Maryland                       9/1                                10/1

North Carolina               10/1                              10/1

Kansas                         16/1                              12/1

Virginia                       20/1                              18/1

California                     20/1                              20/1

Michigan State              16/1                              20/1

Arizona                        20/1                              25/1

Gonzaga                       25/1                              25/1

Michigan                       33/1                              25/1

UConn                          50/1                              25/1

Villanova                      25/1                              25/1

Wichita State                 25/1                              25/1

Iowa State                     20/1                              33/1

Indiana                        25/1                              40/1

Oklahoma                     28/1                              40/1

Purdue                         33/1                              40/1

Texas                          50/1                              40/1

Louisville                     40/1                              50/1

LSU                            50/1                              50/1

Florida State                 100/1                            66/1

Georgetown                  100/1                            66/1

Notre Dame                  50/1                              66/1

Syracuse                      50/1                              66/1

Butler                         75/1                              75/1

NC State                       75/1                              75/1

Ohio State                    50/1                              75/1

Utah                           50/1                              75/1

Wisconsin                     50/1                              75/1

Arizona State                500/1                            100/1

Baylor                         75/1                              100/1

Cincinnati                     100/1                            100/1

Dayton                         100/1                            100/1

Florida                        66/1                              100/1

Georgia                        100/1                            100/1

Iowa                           100/1                            100/1

Miami FL                       66/1                              100/1

Oregon                         150/1                            100/1

Providence                   100/1                            100/1

San Diego State            100/1                            100/1

Texas A&M                   50/1                              100/1

UCLA                           100/1                            100/1

Vanderbilt                     125/1                            100/1

West Virginia                 100/1                            100/1

Illinois                       100/1                            150/1

Marquette                     200/1                            150/1

Alabama                       200/1                            250/1

Arkansas                      150/1                            250/1

Auburn                         100/1                            250/1

Boise State                   Off the Board                250/1

Colorado                      300/1                            250/1

Memphis                       200/1                            250/1

Minnesota                     300/1                            250/1

Ole Miss                       300/1                            250/1

Pittsburgh                     200/1                            250/1

Rhode Island                 Off the Board                250/1

South Carolina              300/1                            250/1

St. John's                     300/1                            250/1

UNLV                           200/1                            250/1

VCU                            200/1                            250/1

Xavier                         200/1                            250/1

BYU                            300/1                            500/1

Mississippi State           Off the Board                500/1

Kansas State                500/1                            500/1

Missouri                       300/1                            500/1

Nebraska                      500/1                            500/1

Oklahoma State            300/1                            500/1

Penn State                    500/1                            500/1

Stanford                       250/1                            500/1

Temple                         300/1                            500/1

Tennessee                    500/1                            500/1

USC                            500/1                            500/1

Wake Forest                 500/1                            500/1

Washington                   300/1                            500/1

Boston College             500/1                            Off the Board

Clemson                       500/1                            Off the Board

Colorado State              300/1                            Off the Board

Creighton                      300/1                            Off the Board

DePaul                         500/1                            Off the Board

George Washington       500/1                            Off the Board

Georgia Tech                500/1                            Off the Board

Harvard                        500/1                            Off the Board

LaSalle                        500/1                            Off the Board

Murray State                 300/1                            Off the Board

New Mexico                  500/1                            Off the Board

Northern Iowa                200/1                            Off the Board

Richmond                     500/1                            Off the Board

Seton Hall                     500/1                            Off the Board

St. Joe's                       500/1                            Off the Board

St. Louis                       500/1                            Off the Board

Texas Tech                   500/1                            Off the Board

UMass                          500/1                            Off the Board

Virginia Tech                 500/1                            Off the Board

Yeah, the Boilers are still a longshot, but not as long as many. There are surprise runs in the tournament every year, and if a pair of very mediocre Connecticut teams can win titles in 2011 and 2014, why not us?