With the college basketball season literally just around the corner, every major media outlet has weighed in on their preseason rankings. Kansas is the consensus number 1 team according to most of those outlets with Kentucky, Gonzaga, Duke, Virginia and UNC all factoring into the argument. Do those preseason rankings actually equate to what the oddsmakers are thinking? Is Duke under ranked? The betting odds according to MyBookie have the Blue Devils with the best odds to win.
I caught up with MyBookie’s head oddsmaker David Strauss who pointed out that:
“Although most preseason polls have Duke listed as the consensus #4 team in the nation, bettors feel differently as the action heading in to the tip has heavily favored Duke.