The basketball season is more than half over for the Wisconsin Badgers, and it would be hard to find a Badger fan who feels bad about this season. This Badgers team was expected to finish 12th in the Big Ten but is currently ranked in the AP Top 25 Poll and hanging around the top five of the Big Ten. The chance to even take the Big Ten title is still in front of them, as they still have so many opportunities in front of them. It's been an impressive season so far for UW, and their odds to win the National Championship indicate this, and it could shock and delight Wisconsin fans.
According to FanDuel... Wisconsin's odds to win the National Championship in hoops right now is: +10000.
— Badger of Honor (@BadgerOfHonorFS) January 24, 2025
Hmmmm....
Wisconsin basketball has +10000 to win the National Championship according to FanDuel
These are surprising odds in a good way. For a team that started the season looking towards the next season, they are hanging around with the 11th-best odds to win the National Championship. While the Badgers are the 29th team listed, there are a bunch of ties ahead of them. Therefore, if you rank the list based on simple odds, the 11th-best odds are at +10000.
Other teams with the same odds are the Oregon Ducks, the Missouri Tigers, and the Memphis Tigers. Michigan State has the best odds to win it all in the Big Ten at +3000, followed by Michigan at +3500. Only five other Big Ten teams are ahead of Wisconsin: Michigan State, Michigan, Illinois, Purdue, and Maryland (weird, right?). Oregon and Wisconsin have the same odds as mentioned above.
To make it a little stranger, to win the Big Ten as the conference champion according to FanDuel. The odds change from those seven teams. Winning the Big Ten has odds of Michigan State +115, Michigan +230, Purdue +380, Illinois +1400, Oregon +2600, and then Wisconsin and Maryland are tied at +3000.
These are pretty delightful odds that hopefully only go in a more favorable direction. On Wisconsin!