EUGENE — Oregon opened as an underdog in its opening round game of the NCAA Tournament against Wisconsin, but the spread quickly moved to UO’s favor.
The No. 12 seed Ducks (23-12) opened as 1.5-point underdogs, shifted to 1-point favorites by Sunday night and are back to 1.5-point underdogs as of Tuesday morning for their first-round matchup against the Badgers (23-10) on Friday (approx. 1:30 p.m. PT, TBS) at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif, according to VegasInsider.com.
The over/under of 117 is lowest for any first-round game in this year’s. NCAA Tournament.
Since 2000, No. 5 seeds have lost straight up all three times they weren’t favored against No. 12 seeds and No. 5 seeds have won 65.4 percent of matchups with No. 12s, according to ESPN.
As a favorite, Oregon is 19-6 straight up and 16-9 against the spread this season. As an underdog, the Ducks are 4-6 both straight up and against the spread.
Oregon has has been the favorite in seven of its last eight games, all wins.
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It is Oregon’s sixth NCAA Tournament appearance in seven years and 16th overall. The Ducks earned an automatic bid after an winning four games in four days to win the Pac-12 tournament in Las Vegas.