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NCAA March Madness betting: Bluebloods like Kentucky went from NCAA tournament betting favorites to longshots

If you’ve been paying any attention at all to men’s college basketball in 2020-21 you know this season hasn’t been kind to the sport’s traditional powers.

Teams like Duke, Kentucky, Michigan State and North Carolina have all struggled throughout the season. And their BetMGM betting odds to win the NCAA tournament have shifted over the course of the last three months accordingly.

Kentucky has seen the biggest shift. The Wildcats opened the season at 12-1 to win the 2021 NCAA tournament. Those odds quickly started going up once the season started.

The Wildcats won their season opener and then lost six consecutive games before 2021 even began.