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Bovada Sportsbook released their conference champion odds today and WKU was dubbed their betting favorite to win Conference USA. Here’s what the odds look like for the entire conference.
From @BovadaLV, odds to win the Conference USA title pic.twitter.com/uku24NE9by
— Eric Crawford (@ericcrawford) July 14, 2017
The breakdown on Bovada’s site right now without the fractions translates to: -140 WKU, +600 Louisiana Tech, +700 Middle Tennessee, +700 UTSA, +1000 Southern Miss, +1200 Old Dominion, +2200 Marshall, +2500 FAU, +5000 FIU, +5000 Rice, +5000 North Texas, +10000 Charlotte, +10000 UAB, +20000 UTEP.
Vegas putting WKU as the heavy favorite was a bit surprising but the shocker here is UTEP having the worst odds to win the C-USA Championship. Yes, even worse than UAB, a program that hasn’t played a game in a few years.
The best value here is La Tech and UTSA. At +700 each, all you need for them to do is to pull off the “upset” in the C-USA Championship Game. But I see great value across the board. The only stay-away bet is WKU. At -140, the Tops winning three straight conference titles isn’t too far fetched but with a first-year head coach you can never be so sure that the transition will be smooth.
Last year Vegas picked Southern Miss as the favorite to win C-USA. The Golden Eagles returned a ton of production but were also breaking in a first-year head coach in Jay Hopson.
As we know, Vegas was wrong on that one. If I had to choose right now, I’d take Louisiana Tech at +700.
Which odds did you like best?