It’s tough to find a program across sports with higher year-after-year expectations than Lady Vols basketball. Given what Pat Summitt built the Tennessee women’s basketball program into, fans expect the team to be competing for SEC and NCAA championships every season.
While Kim Caldwell made a push to the Sweet 16 in her first season, year two didn’t go as planned. The Lady Vols instead earned a 10-seed and were bounced in the Round of 64. However, now, Tennessee has an entirely new 15-player roster in the attempt to get back on track.
After landing 13 transfers and a pair of incoming freshmen, FanDuel has released betting odds for who will win the women’s basketball national championship next season. The betting site has the Lady Vols at +25000 to win the title. This means a $10 bet would make $2,500 if correct.
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Tennessee’s positioning on FanDuel is tied for the 37th-best mark in the country. It’s the same odds that Florida, West Virginia, Iowa State, Florida State, Michigan State, Stanford, Alabama, South Florida, Northwestern, Rutgers, Fairfield, Princeton and Colorado also have.
The Lady Vols’ mark is also tied for the 10th-highest spot in the SEC. South Carolina (+270), Texas (+850), LSU (+1500), Vanderbilt (+2000), Kentucky (+7500), Ole Miss (+10000), Oklahoma (+10000), Texas A&M (+15000) and Georgia (+15000) all have better odds.
All eight outgoing Tennessee transfers also landed at schools with better or the same odds to win the title than the Lady Vols currently have. Deniya Prawl’s Louisville is at +5000, Talaysia Cooper and Jaida Civil’s Ole Miss is at +10000, Kaniya Boyd’s Texas A&M is at +15000, Alyssa Latham and Lauren Hurst’s Virginia Tech is at +15000 and Mia and Mya Pauldo’s Rutgers ties Tennessee at +25000.
