The ninth-seeded Connecticut Huskies (24-10) enter the 2016 NCAA tournament as one of the scariest teams in the field based on recent history, with their 2014 squad running the table as a No. 7 seed to win the school's fourth national championship.
That's one of the main reasons the Huskies are consensus betting favorites against the eighth-seeded Colorado Buffaloes (22-11) in their South Region first-round matchup.
Point spread: The Huskies opened as 3.5-point favorites; the total was 134.5, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark. (Line updates and matchup report)
March Madness pick, via Odds Shark computer: 70.