How to Trade on College Basketball Using Kalshi & Our Favorite NCAAB Preseason Pick

We’re only six weeks away from the start of the college basketball season, with many people starting offseason prep with the hope of trying to get ahead of what the 365 teams are going to look like.

Many sportsbooks are gun shy to put up offerings in the futures markets for NCAA basketball and outside of National Championship futures or the Wooden Award, there aren’t a lot of offerings.

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That is, of course, unless you check the prediction markets, where value can be had. Kalshi specifically has a robust offering of college basketball futures, exotics and niche trading options available. So, lets dive into how to trade on college basketball using Kalshi and our favorite NCAAB preseason pick.

Specific Kalshi NCAAB Offerings

In addition to predicting who will win the National Championship, you can also take out positions on who will qualify for the National Championship game, who will qualify for the Sweet 16, Elite 8 and Final Four.

There are hundreds of teams that you can buy contracts on for each stage of the tournament, but with a lack of liquidity, you’ll want to remember to execute a “limit order” so you’re buying contracts at a smart price, not the best available price currently being offered.

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The offerings continue to get updated and will soon include teams to make/miss the field of 76. Yes, you read that correctly: Remember, the NCAA Tournament field expanded this offseason to 76 teams.

Kalshi will offer contracts on teams to make or miss the field of 76, and even the traditional “opening round” field of 64. So, make sure to read the rules of the prediction contracts so you understand completely what the terms of the prediction entail.

Last season, Miami (OH) took the college basketball world by storm with an undefeated regular season. The RedHawks won the MAC regular season title, qualified for the NCAA Tournament and defeated SMU in the play-in round before being bounced by Tennessee in the Round of 64.

Kalshi has a market out there on teams to go…

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Publish date : 2026-09-22 18:19:00

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