The Big Ten Tournament officially gets underway today with Maryland taking on Oregon and Penn State battling it out with Northwestern. Wisconsin is waiting for Thursday, but will be interested in watching USC vs. Washington on Wednesday as the Badgers get the winner of those two teams. The Badgers secured the double-bye and the No. 5 seed, but according to Vegas, don't have the fifth-best odds to win the Big Ten Tournament.
According to FanDuel, Wisconsin is sitting at +2700 odds, which are the sixth-best odds to win it. Not bad odds, but not amazing ones considering they've beaten every team above them except for Nebraska (in odds).
Vegas Odds to win the Big Ten Tournament according to FanDuel:
Michigan -105
Illinois +370
Purdue +700
Michigan State +700
Nebraska +1000
Wisconsin +2700
UCLA +5000
Iowa +6500
You can see the rest here as they have odds all the way down to Minnesota at +30000.
Those are a bit strange for Wisconsin, and it may be because Vegas doesn't fully trust the Badgers. There's been some oddities in UW's schedule. The Badgers have losses to Oregon and USC, but also big wins over Michigan, Illinois, Michigan State, and Purdue. Vegas isn't sure if Wisconsin should have great odds or bad odds, so it's middle-tier odds.
The weirdest part may be Purdue's odds as the third-best in the conference. The Boilermakers are the 7th seed in the tournament, but they may have the easiest path to the championship game. Playing the winner of Penn State, Northwestern, and Indiana, another win puts them ahead to take on Nebraska, which looks very vulnerable right now. Winning that still has them on the side of the bracket that avoids Illinois and Michigan. So, it's easy to see the logic.
Wisconsin's path to the crown is basically the hard path, which maybe is better as the Badgers thrive under the pressure. But they take on the winner of USC or Washington, and with a win, face Illinois, another win would most likely give them Michigan, and then the title game after that. Brutal stretch, and many fans are hoping for just one win and then extra time to rest for the NCAA Tournament.