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| School | Open | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 5/1 | 7/2 |
| Arizona | 16/1 | 9/1 |
| Wisconsin | 12/1 | 9/1 |
| Duke | 9/1 | 12/1 |
| North Carolina | 16/1 | 12/1 |
| Kansas | 14/1 | 18/1 |
| Florida | 16/1 | 20/1 |
| Gonzaga | 40/1 | 25/1 |
| Iowa State | 33/1 | 25/1 |
| Louisville | 25/1 | 25/1 |
| Texas | 33/1 | 25/1 |
| Villanova | 25/1 | 28/1 |
| Wichita State | 28/1 | 28/1 |
| Michigan | 33/1 | 33/1 |
| Michigan State | 25/1 | 33/1 |
| Syracuse | 33/1 | 40/1 |
| VCU | 40/1 | 40/1 |
| Virginia | 33/1 | 40/1 |
| Ohio State | 50/1 | 50/1 |
| San Diego State | 66/1 | 50/1 |
| SMU | 33/1 | 50/1 |
| UConn | 66/1 | 50/1 |
| Iowa | 66/1 | 66/1 |
| Oklahoma | 40/1 | 66/1 |
| UCLA | 50/1 | 66/1 |
| Pittsburgh | 100/1 | 75/1 |
| Arkansas | 100/1 | 100/1 |
| Baylor | 75/1 | 100/1 |
| Florida State | 100/1 | 100/1 |
| Georgetown | 100/1 | 100/1 |
| Harvard | 100/1 | 100/1 |
| Indiana | 100/1 | 100/1 |
| Kansas State | 100/1 | 100/1 |
| Marquette | 100/1 | 100/1 |
| Maryland | 100/1 | 100/1 |
| Memphis | 100/1 | 100/1 |
| Miami FL | 66/1 | 100/1 |
| Minnesota | 100/1 | 100/1 |
| Nebraska | 66/1 | 100/1 |
| Notre Dame | 150/1 | 100/1 |
| Oregon | 50/1 | 100/1 |
| Seton Hall | 100/1 | 100/1 |
| St. Louis | 100/1 | 100/1 |
| Stanford | 100/1 | 100/1 |
| Tennessee | 100/1 | 100/1 |
| Cincinnati | 100/1 | 150/1 |
| Providence | 150/1 | 150/1 |
| UNLV | 100/1 | 150/1 |
| Alabama | 200/1 | 200/1 |
| Colorado | 75/1 | 200/1 |
| Dayton | 100/1 | 200/1 |
| Georgia | 100/1 | 200/1 |
| Illinois | 150/1 | 200/1 |
| Missouri | 100/1 | 200/1 |
| NC State | 150/1 | 200/1 |
| New Mexico | 200/1 | 200/1 |
| Oklahoma State | 100/1 | 200/1 |
| St. John's | 150/1 | 200/1 |
| Xavier | 250/1 | 250/1 |
| Arizona State | 100/1 | 300/1 |
| Auburn | Off | 300/1 |
| BYU | 300/1 | 300/1 |
| California | 200/1 | 300/1 |
| Clemson | 200/1 | 300/1 |
| Colorado State | 300/1 | 300/1 |
| Creighton | 200/1 | 300/1 |
| George Washington | 200/1 | 300/1 |
| Georgia Tech | 200/1 | 300/1 |
| LSU | 100/1 | 300/1 |
| Ole Miss | 150/1 | 300/1 |
| Purdue | 200/1 | 300/1 |
| South Carolina | 300/1 | 300/1 |
| Texas A&M | 500/1 | 300/1 |
| UMass | 150/1 | 300/1 |
| USC | 200/1 | 300/1 |
| Vanderbilt | 250/1 | 300/1 |
| Boston College | 500/1 | 500/1 |
| Butler | 500/1 | 500/1 |
| DePaul | 500/1 | 500/1 |
| LaSalle | 300/1 | 500/1 |
| Penn State | 300/1 | 500/1 |
| Richmond | 500/1 | 500/1 |
| St. Joe's | 300/1 | 500/1 |
| Texas Tech | 500/1 | 500/1 |
| Virginia Tech | 300/1 | 500/1 |
| Wake Forest | 300/1 | 500/1 |
| Washington | 300/1 | 500/1 |
| West Virginia | 200/1 | 500/1 |
I'll admit right off that I don't know anything about betting. I don't know if Jesuits are supposed to do it; I don't even know where you can do it legally in the US (maybe just Vegas? Beats me). So why do I even mention the betting odds?
Money, more than anything else, tells us what people actually think. Metrics like the Pomeroy ratings have trouble accounting for known but unquantifiable entities, like freshman and transfers. Polls can be skewed by all sorts of conscious and unconscious biases. Betting represents people's actual best efforts to project what will happen; nobody is throwing money away to prove a point.
What does this mean for Xavier? One of our Twitter followers already knows:
@BannersParkway We're "sneaking up on people". #GoX
— MasterOfReality (@MOR_XU) October 31, 2014
@BannersParkway It means that we'll sneak up on people. #X
— MasterOfReality (@MOR_XU) November 4, 2014