The website www.Bovada.lv, sent an e-mail to me and others in the media with its odds to win remaining men’s basketball conference tournaments. The Big 12 basketball tournament gets under way Wednesday night at Sprint Center with two quarterfinal contests.

The odds might surprise some who have reached the conclusion that because Kansas played so poorly for much of its loss at West Virginia without Joel Embiid and will be playing without him throughout the Big 12 tournament, the Jayhawks have no shot at turning the Sprint Center home-court advantage into a conference tournament title.

Kansas has played three full games without Embiid, going 2-1, with home victories against TCU and Texas Tech, the last two finishers in the conference, and a loss at West Virginia.

Bovada.lv odds to win Big 12 tournament:

Kansas 3/2
Iowa State 5/1
Oklahoma 5/1
Oklahoma State 5/1
Baylor 7/1
Texas 9/1
Kansas State 16/1
West Virginia 16/1
Texas Tech 250/1
TCU 1000/1

Since 3/2 odds translate to a 40 percent chance, there is no “odds-on-favorite” here, but it is interesting that at least one offshore sports book believes KU to have the best shot of the 10 teams.

The only schools Bovada lists as odds-on-favorites to win remaining conference tourneys are Arizona (2/3), Louisville (2/3) and Florida (2/3), three schools that likely will be the most popular Final Four selections in office bracket pools.