(Photo: Alex Brandon, Associated Press)
When the NCAA Tournament began, Michigan State was 15-to-1 to win the national championship. Only five teams were ahead of the Spartans. And now, all but one of them are gone.
The one that remains: Virginia.
As such, the Cavaliers (33-3) remain the favorite of the four teams remaining as the NCAA Tournament shifts to Minneapolis, at 3-to-2 odds, according to betting lines released Monday morning by Bovada.
The Spartans (32-6), after stunning Duke, 68-67 on Sunday night, are second at 9-to-5.
They're followed by Texas Tech (30-6) at 9-to-2, and Auburn (30-9) at 5-to-1.