Las Vegas oddsmakers list Kentucky as the odds-on favorite to win the national championship.

John Calipari and company are the favorite to win the title at 9-to-5 at the Wynn Resort.

“It’s an awful price,” said Johnny Avello, director of Wynn’s race and sports book. “I want to raise it, but we’ve taken money on this team the entire year. They bet them at the beginning, they bet them in the middle and they bet them at the end.”

After Kentucky, Wynn has Syracuse pegged at 5-to-1 to become champions, while North Carolina has the third lowest odds at 6-to-1.

“Those two teams are very close,” Avello said. “With Syracuse, I like the way they battle back from being down. They scrap hard to stay in every game. I also like their coach a little better. I’d take (Jim) Boeheim over most.”