South Carolina Gamecocks featured in our WNCAAB championship picks and odds

Women’s College Basketball National Championship Odds: Gamecocks Favored Into Sweet Sixteen

Women's March Madness is heading into the Sweet Sixteen and the undefeated South Carolina Gamecocks are National Championship favorites.

Conference titles have been awarded, records have been broken and tensions are at an all-time high. Let's keep up with women's hoops!

Gamecocks Favored In WNCAAB National Championship Odds

women’s College Basketball National Championship Game line Odds
TeamOdds
South Carolina-150
Iowa Hawkeyes+650
LSU Tigers+800
UConn+1200
Texas+1400
Stanford+1500
USC+2800
UCLA+4000
Notre Dame+4000
NC State+4500
Oregon State+7500
Indiana+10000
Baylor+10000

Odds as of March 26

south carolina gets back on the wagon

Here we are again, South Carolina stays spotless through the first 32 meetings, looking to replicate last season's 42-game domination.

Their defensive efforts are impressive and the Gamecocks have yet to allow more than 76 points. Their last meeting being a little too close for comfort with a 79-72 win over LSU for the conference title in the SEC Championship. The game wrapped up with a near bench brawl. 

In the opening two rounds, the Gamecocks have looked composed again, sinking 179 points and conceding just 80. Clearly, South Carolina is eyeing to take back a spot in the national championship game. 

lSU Tigers thrashing for consecutive titles

Of course, the defending champs are going to be in the favored realm. No. 8 LSU has the second-best offense in the nation, dropping 87.9 PPG. 

Angel Reese, last year's NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player, finished the regular season with a sparkling with 19 PPG. Meanwhile, five others averaged 11 points or more to keep LSU dominant in every direction.

The SEC Championship finish also proved how hungry the Tigers are, with two players ejected after the 20-minute delay. Reese did not stutter when shutting down any talk of intimidation. 

The Tigers would be the first to win consecutive titles since UConn ripped through Division 1 from 2013-16. Damn, Breanna Stewart wasn't messing around. 

watch out for caitlin clark and iowa

Caitlin Clark continues to be everywhere, leading the nation with a whopping 31.9 PPG, clearly helping No. 3 Iowa, the Big 10 champions, average 92.8 PPG (ranked first). She has just shattered the all-time NCAAB scoring record, previously held by Pete Maravich, and surged past Steph Curry's college record for most three-pointers in a season.

Clark has recently announced her decision to declare for the upcoming WNBA draft, so you know she will be eyeing the championship in her final season. 

Last 10 Women’s College Basketball National Champions

WNCAAB Last 10 National Champions
YearChampionRunner-UpFinal Score
2023LSU Tigers (34-2)Iowa Hawkeyes102-85
2022South Carolina Gamecocks (35-2)UConn Huskies64-49
2021Stanford Cardinal (31-2)Arizona Wildcats54-53
2019Baylor Bears (37-1)Notre Dame Fighting Irish82-81
2018Notre Dame Fighting Irish (34-3)Mississippi State Bulldogs61-58
2017South Carolina Gamecocks (38-0)Mississippi State Bulldogs67-55
2016UConn Huskies (38-0)Syracuse Orange82-51
2015UConn Huskies (38-1)Notre Dame Fighting Irish63-53
2014UConn Huskies (40-0)Notre Dame Fighting Irish79-58
2013UConn Huskies (35-4)Louisville Cardinals93-60

*2020 season canceled due to COVID-19

The Connecticut Huskies own a full trophy case with 11 national championships, the most of any school. They have won the title in three or more consecutive years twice (2002-2004, 2013-2016) in the last two decades. Between 2014 and 2017, the Huskies recorded a 111-game winning streak that was kept alive for 867 days.

How To Bet NCAA Women’s Basketball National Championship

If you’re a first-time bettor in women’s college basketball odds to win the championship, welcome! Typically, you’ll visit a sportsbook and see the NCAA championship odds listed like this:

  • South Carolina +100
  • Stanford +300
  • Connecticut +550
  • LSU +850

The odds indicate what it would pay out if one of these teams were to win a national championship. Unlike a straight-up bet, or a moneyline bet, where there is a clear favorite represented by a minus sign (-), the team with the lowest odds would be the favorite.

In this case, it’s South Carolina, and the rest are underdogs even though each team has a plus sign (+) prefacing its odds. For American odds, all potential payouts are predicated on $100 bets.

Using American odds, if you were to bet $100 on the Gamecocks and they win, your sportsbook would return your original $100 investment and reward you with $100 in profit for your winning pick, which is $200 in total return to the bettor.

College basketball is notorious for long shots and underdogs going far in the NCAA Tournament or even winning it all. So, a team like LSU may entice a bettor to consider the Tigers with +850 odds to win the tournament (10.5 percent implied probability).

If LSU was to defy the odds and go on to win the title with bettors placing a $100 bet on the Tigers, they would be rewarded with a $950 return – the original $100 is returned along with $850 in profit.

If you’re ever unsure about numbers, check out our odds calculator. It’ll show you what your payout would be based on the odds and amount wagered.

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