What Are Odds For Prominent School Possibly Reaching Final 4 Initial Time?

March 17th, 2025 - 9:06

Alabama achieved the feat for first time a year ago in its 25th appearance. If guaranteed a virgin school will reach climax by advancing to the Final Four for first time, which team would you bet on this year? Following are odds regarding mostly power-conference members still striving to see the Promised Land:

5:1 - Tennessee (27th NCAA playoff appearance in 2025)
9:1 - Brigham Young (32nd)
9:1 - Clemson (15th)
9:1 - Creighton (26th)
9:1 - Texas A&M (17th)
9:1 - Utah State (25th)
11:1 - Mississippi (10th)
11:1 - Missouri (30th)
11:1 - Vanderbilt (16th)
11:1 - Xavier (30th)

Among current major universities, the following schools have endured droughts of more than 80 years since their last Final Four appearance:

Duquesne (last appearance was in 1940)
Pittsburgh (1941)
Washington State (1941)
Wyoming (1943)
Dartmouth (1944)
Iowa State (1944)