The folks at Bovada updated their odds to win the NCAA tournament. True, February is the shortest month, but West Virginia went from 14/1 odds on Feb. 1 to 28/1 odds today. The Mountaineers have the 16th-best odds. For the optimists, Oregon was 28/1 last month and is 14/1 today.

The favorites might surprise you …

                                    2/1/17             3/1/17
North Carolina           9/1                    6/1
UCLA                            9/1                    6/1
Kansas                         8/1                    7/1
Gonzaga                       15/2                  8/1
Villanova                       10/1                 10/1
Duke                            10/1                  11/1
Kentucky                      11/2                  12/1
Oregon                         28/1                  14/1
Louisville                      20/1                  14/1
Arizona                         10/1                  16/1
Virginia                         25/1                  20/1
Florida                          50/1                  25/1
Florida State                 20/1                  25/1
Baylor                           20/1                  28/1
Purdue                          50/1                  28/1
West Virginia                 14/1                  28/1

Here are some other odds that may only interest me.

Syracuse                      100/1                40/1
Maryland                       66/1                  50/1
SMU                              250/1                 50/1
Michigan State              66/1                  66/1
Cincinnati                      100/1                75/1
Notre Dame                  50/1                  75/1
Virginia Tech                 200/1                100/1
Iowa State                     300/1                125/1
Michigan                       150/1                150/1
Oklahoma State            150/1                150/1
Indiana                          66/1                  250/1
Northwestern                 200/1                300/1
Kansas State                Off the Board    500/1
Texas A&M                   500/1                Off the Board