Breaking Down National Championship Odds Ahead of March Madness

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00:00Here early in March, we're about to be at the end of the regular season of the high major level

00:04conference tournaments next week. Is this your time to put in a wager or have we waited too

00:10long that the value is no longer there and thus you want to see how the actual bracket lays out

00:15in just about 10 days on selection Sunday? No, I don't think it's too late. Again,

00:20if you're holding a Duke ticket and anything three to one or better, I don't think you're

00:23in a bad shape at all. I mean, I want that ticket in my hand at this point in time.

00:27Now, again, I've said repeatedly, we don't know what Duke is against other competition because

00:31the ACC has had a down year, but I'm not upset at that ticket. Certainly not upset about a Florida

00:35ticket. You know, I look at a team, again, I've talked about my concerns about St. John,

00:39the Michigan State. The other bet that I really like that's not national championship, I like

00:44Maryland to make the final four. I think Maryland, when you get to the draw, because the draw to win

00:51the whole thing matters, but to get to the final four, I don't see Maryland losing prior to the

00:57sweet 16. And I think that they are going to be in an elite eight game right there. And that's

01:01really when it matters. When I talk about Maryland, a team to win the whole thing, it's the elite

01:06eight matchup, the first final four game and the national championship, where it's three elite

01:10teams in a row that would give me pause for a team like Maryland, but for them to win four games to

01:15get to a final four, I think is a high probability number. And given that they're not even 20 to one

01:19to win the title, you're going to get a juicy number on them getting to the final four themselves.