Las Vegas giving UCLA more respect than a 3 seed

UCLA, a No. 3 seed in the South, has 12/1 odds to win the NCAA tournament

UCLA may be a No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament, but Las Vegas is treating it like a No. 2.

The Bruins were given the seventh-best odds to win the tournament by SportsBettingDime.com and the eighth-best odds by Bovada. At one point earlier this season, UCLA was the betting favorite to win the NCAA tournament.

Bovada’s current favorite is Duke at 13/2 and SportsBettingDime.com’s is Kansas at 7/1. UCLA is listed at 12/1 by both.

Other props involving UCLA on SportsBettingDime.com include 7/2 odds that the national champion will be a Pac-12 team, 14/1 odds Lonzo Ball will be the Most Outstanding Player and 1/8 odds Charley Barkley criticizes LaVar Ball, Lonzo’s father, during the tournament.

Bovada gives UCLA 5/1 odds to emerge from the South region and make the Final Four. Top seed North Carolina (5/4) and No. 2 seed Kentucky (11/4) both have better odds to win the South.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ODDS
Sports Betting Dime
Kansas: 7/1
Villanova: 8/1
UNC: 9/1
Gonzaga: 11/1
Kentucky: 12/1
Oregon: 12/1
UCLA: 12/1
Arizona: 14/1
Duke: 14/1
Louisville: 14/1

Bovada
Duke 13/2
North Carolina 13/2
Kansas 15/2
Villanova 15/2
Gonzaga 17/2
Arizona 9/1
Kentucky 10/1
UCLA 12/1
Louisville 16/1
Oregon 22/1