\u201cI counted like 18 teams that I gave a real shot to win it,\u201d Bogdanovich said. \u201cI think it\u2019s usually less than 10. It\u2019s going to be all about who gets hot at the right time.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nFirst Round Filled with Value Bets<\/h2>\n
South Point Casino was the first to put out odds for the first round and unlike years past there are no 30-plus point spreads on any of Thursday or Friday\u2019s games.<\/p>\n
The largest spread for an opening game is No. 1 seed North Carolina minus 25 No. 16 seed Texas Southern. Gonzaga and Louisville are both 22-point favorites over their opponents.<\/p>\n
Thirteen of the 32 contests have point spreads of four or less and two games (No. 8 seed Northwestern vs. No. 9 seed Vanderbilt and No. 7 seed Michigan vs. No. 10 seed Oklahoma State) are pick \u2019ems.<\/p>\n
Second-guessing is common with Selection Sunday, but NCAA Tournament selection committee chairman Mark Hollis said he hadn\u2019t seen much criticism this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the most competitive bracket I\u2019ve seen in my five years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
While the NCAA Tournament selection committee likes Villanova to repeat as champions, several Las Vegas oddsmakers have a different opinion. The Sportsbooks look at this as a wide-open tournament, unusual from past championships that have one or two teams as a favorite. The facility at Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas has seen several teams […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Vegas Shows No Favorite, but Usual Suspects Top Choices in NCAA Tournament<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n