The college basketball season is starting to wind down, which means March Madness is right around the corner. It’s one of the best events in all of sports, and a godsend for bettors. The first weekend of the NCAA Tournament is especially fun to wager on, and as the tourney gets closer we’ll be bringing you everything you need to get ready. We’ll be taking a look at all of the top teams one by one, and today we’re breaking down one of the top teams in the PAC 12, the Oregon Ducks.
Oregon Basketball Schedule – The Season So Far
Oregon has had a very interesting season to follow. Like we’ve seen seemingly every year with Dana Altman teams, they start to peak around this time. Altman’s squads always seem to get better as the year has gone on, and that’s certainly the case in this campaign. They were banged up in the first half of the season, which caused a lot of people to underestimate them.
Junior guard Will Richardson finally returned to the lineup in February after missing the first part of the season due to hand surgery, and he’s provided a big boost to the defense as well as contributing 10 points per night. During their most recent win over UCLA he played all 40 minutes, showing just how vital he is to this team.
The Ducks have won nine of their last ten games, with the only loss in that span coming on the road against a USC team that is seen by many as the best in the conference. They can beat you in a variety of different ways, and everyone in the lineup can shoot threes. Leading scorer Chris Duarte is electric, as he’s averaging 17.7 points while shooting better than 43 percent from downtown.
All of that brings us to March Madness.
Sportsbook Betting Odds for Oregon to win NCAA Tournament
Oregon is 60/1 to win it all at DraftKings, and 55/1 at FanDuel, so as usual you’ll want to shop around a bit with these lines. That puts around 30 or so teams ahead of them at DraftKings, but only around 20-25 at FanDuel. They’re 10/1 to make it to the Final Four at FanDuel, and 14/1 to make it there at DraftKings.
As for their odds of winning the PAC 12 Tournament, FanDuel has them at +350 while DraftKings has them at +275. It’s interesting that DraftKings has better odds on them for March Madness purposes, but the odds are better at FanDuel for the conference tournament.
Best Oregon March Madness Bets
You might’ve been able to tell from the above, that I’m higher than most on this Oregon team. I don’t think anybody, including oddsmakers, are properly accounting for how much better this squad is now than they were at the beginning of the year. Everything is clicking, and there’s some value on them as a result.
I like them at +350 to win the PAC 12 Tournament since right now I think they’re the best team in the conference, and I’m also throwing a few bucks on them to win it all at 60/1. Altman teams have made deep runs before, and this team is seasoned. They’ve got all the right ingredients for a lot of success in March.
March Madness team-by-team guides
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