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Nate Silver of fivethirtyeight.com has Louisville as the favorite to cut down the nets again.
Silver’s computers give the defending NCAA champion Cardinals a 15 percent shot of winning it all for a second year in a row — this despite them being the No. 4 seed in the Midwest.
As far as Final Four participants, Silver picks Louisville out of the Midwest (38.1 percent), Florida out of the South (41.1 percent), Arizona out of the West (42.4 percent) and Michigan State out of the East (24 percent).
Also, here are the Odds to Win the Men’s Basketball Championship according to LVH – Las Vegas Superbook (via ESPN):
Florida 4-1
Michigan State 9-2
Arizona 6-1
Kansas 8-1
Wichita State 15-1
Virginia 15-1
Duke 15-1
Syracuse 15-1
Louisville 15-1
Wisconsin 20-1
