They can’t all win the Tournament, can they? Look at how many teams there are clustered together at the top of the March Madness odds list. UCLA (4-1) was the favorite at press time, while Kansas, Memphis and North Carolina were all 5-1. Tennessee and UConn were 7-1. How about Louisville at 8-1 or Duke at 9-1? That really doesn’t leave room for anyone else in Division I to win the title.

In this kind of marketplace, the value is a rung or two lower on the price list. Why are the Wisconsin Badgers 40-1? Is it because they’re from the “small market” of Wisconsin, and their name is the Badgers? This is the No. 9 team in the coaches’ poll and No. 5 in efficiency, so the betting public must have something against them. Vanderbilt was a more deserving 40-1 heading into Monday’s action at No. 48 in team efficiency – that was before the Commodores beat Tennessee.