It’s been a scorching start to the season for the perennial powerhouse Purdue Boilermakers, who are 10-0, 2-0 in Big Ten play with some impressive non-conference victories this season. They’d certainly be a number-one seed if the NCAA Tournament started today.
Despite the roaring start, Purdue sits at just the seventh-shortest odds to win the national championship. You start to wonder if the Big Ten’s lack of tournament success impacts the odds. Just three out of 18 B1G teams that made the tournament have reached the Sweet 16 in the past two seasons.