Sports betting roundup: Duke has the best odds to win the men’s national championship at +100

With only four teams remaining, Duke has the best odds to win the men's national championship at +100.

All four No. 1 seeds have reached the Final Four for the first time in 17 years. Florida, Auburn and Houston have also made it to San Antonio for the final weekend of March Madness.

Florida is the second favorite to win the title at +275 at the BetMGM online sportsbook, while Houston is +400 and Auburn is +525.

Florida will take on Auburn in the first semifinal, followed by Duke and Houston. At BetMGM, Florida has opened as a 2.5-point favorite. Duke is a 4.5-point favorite.

The men's tournament has favored the favorites. In the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight, the favorites went 12-0 straight up.

While Houston was the favorite against Tennessee, the Cougars did not get much action at BetMGM. As a 2.5-point favorite, only 40% of the bets and 34% of the money was on Houston. They easily covered, winning 69-50.

It was a similar story in the Duke-Alabama matchup on Saturday night. The Blue Devils did not see much action as 7.5-point favorites, taking in only 37% of the bets. Like Houston, Duke easily covered the spread, winning 85-65.

Aaron Judge (+210) was the most bet player to hit a home run on Sunday. After hitting three homers on Saturday, Judge hit another on Sunday to cash that bet.

The biggest upset in the NBA on Sunday was the Atlanta Hawks taking down the Milwaukee Bucks 145-124. Atlanta was a 4.5-point underdog and took in only 29% of the bets and 36% of the money.

Min Woo Lee picked up his first career PGA Tour win at the Houston Open. He finished at 20-under, one shot better than Gary Woodland and Scottie Scheffler. Lee was +3300 in pre-tournament betting and took in 4.7% of the bets and 3.9% of the money.

The NHL is nearing the end of its regular season, and a bunch of teams are still in the mix to win the Stanley Cup.

When it comes to Stanley Cup odds, seven teams are +1000 or shorter – the Florida Panthers (+575), Dallas Stars (+600), Colorado Avalanche (+750), Edmonton Oilers (+800), Carolina Hurricanes (+1000), Vegas Golden Knights (+1000) and Washington Capitals (+1000).

This column was provided to The Associated Press by BetMGM online sportsbook.

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Florida Panthers head coach Paul Maurice, center top, reacts during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Utah Hockey Club, Friday, March 28, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Rhona Wise)

Min Woo Lee, of Australia, hits on to the fourth green during the final round of the Houston Open golf tournament in Houston, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Atlanta Hawks' Mouhamed Gueye dunks during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Milwaukee Bucks, Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

New York Yankees' Aaron Judge walks to first base during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Sunday, March 30, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

Auburn's Tahaad Pettiford, left, and Miles Kelly (13) celebrate a win over Michigan State after the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine denied Moscow's claims that a Ukrainian drone struck the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, as Kyiv on Sunday launched new strikes overnight on Russian energy sites.

Ukraine’s General Staff said Ukrainian drones struck the Saratov oil refinery in southwestern Russia, causing a large-scale fire. It said the extent of the damage was being clarified, and claimed the refinery has been supplying Moscow’s war effort.

The refinery belongs to Russia’s state oil enterprise, Rosneft. Local Russian Gov. Roman Busargin, said Ukrainian drones had damaged civilian infrastructure, but did not immediately give details. Astra, an independent Russian news channel, said an oil refinery was on fire in the city of Saratov.

Ukraine has stepped up its attacks on Russia’s oil and gas facilities in recent months, arguing the energy sector both funds and directly fuels Moscow’s more than four-year invasion.

“Tonight, our soldiers applied Ukraine’s long-range sanctions against an oil refinery in Saratov, Russia — approximately 700 kilometers (435 miles) from the front line. A significant achievement,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on social media later on Sunday.

Drone debris also set fire to a fuel depot in Russia’s southwestern Rostov region, which borders Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine, Gov. Yuriy Slyusar reported on Telegram on Sunday. He said residents of nearby homes were evacuated.

Ukraine's General Staff on Sunday confirmed its forces were behind the strike on the facility in the town of Matveev Kurgan. Local authorities said a drone strike on the depot had caused a large-scale fire across a wide area.

According to its General Staff, Ukraine ​also struck the Lazarevo pumping station in Russia's Kirov region northeast of Moscow, more than 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) from Ukrainian-controlled land. The station helps ship Russian oil ​from Siberia to Belarus.

Regional Gov. Alexander Sokolov said drones had hit ​a facility in the Kirov region, without giving further details.

Kyiv denied that a Ukrainian drone struck the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe’s largest.

Russia’s state nuclear energy company, Rosatom, said on Saturday that the drone exploded after tearing a hole in the wall of a turbine hall. Rosatom’s CEO Alexei Likhachev accused Ukraine of a deliberate attack.

“This afternoon, a Ukrainian kamikaze combat drone struck the turbine hall building of Power Unit No. 6, resulting in a detonation,” Likhachev said. He added there was no damage to main equipment.

Ukraine’s military said it did not target or strike the plant, describing the Russian claim as “yet another propaganda ploy.” A military statement said that it adheres to international humanitarian law and is aware of the "consequences of any actions targeting nuclear facilities.”

“Along the relevant section of the front line, there was no active fighting at the time of the incident, and no weapons were used,” it added.

Rafael Grossi, head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog — the International Atomic Energy Agency — expressed “serious concern” in a post on X following the incident.

The IAEA said in a statement Sunday that its inspectors at the plant “observed damage to the exterior of a turbine building” that was “consistent with the impact" of a drone. It gave no details of where the drone may have come from, but said radiation levels at the site remained normal.

“During a site walk down, the team saw damage to a metal access hatch located several levels up in the building, as well as a few pieces of debris and burned optical fiber remains on the ground," the agency said in a post on X. It added that its inspectors had requested access to the inside of the turbine hall for further examination.

Russian forces captured the Zaporizhzhia plant in the early weeks of the war, and it remains close to the front lines in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, one of four Russia has formally annexed despite lacking full military control or international recognition for its actions.

The nuclear plant has repeatedly come under fire since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, sparking fears of a nuclear accident. Moscow and Kyiv have blamed each other for targeting the plant.

Elsewhere, Ukraine’s air force said Sunday that it had shot down 212 of 299 drones launched by Russia overnight. It said 14 drones had reached their targets, while drone debris fell in five locations.

A truck driver died early on Sunday as drones hit a parking lot in Ukraine's northern Chernihiv region, according to local administration head Vyacheslav Chaus.

Russian drones struck the city of Dnipro and an oil refinery in Ukraine’s Rivne region, causing fires, authorities said. The head of the Dnipropetrovsk region, of which Dnipro is the capital, said later on Sunday that one person was killed and nine were injured in Russian attacks earlier in the day on various parts of the province.

Follow the AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine

Servicemen of Ukraine's defense intelligence set up the Peklo (Hell) missile drone against Russian in an undisclosed location in Ukraine late Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Servicemen of Ukraine's defense intelligence set up drones against Russian in an undisclosed location in Ukraine late Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)