It's never easy to take on the No. 1 team in the nation, much less when you have a team of mainly freshmen and the pressure of being one of the greatest programs of all time looming overhead as well.
Yet, that's exactly what the No. 3 Duke Blue Devils are about to do as they prepare to face the No. 1 Michigan Wolverines, and as expected, the oddsmakers are favoring the higher-ranked, more experienced team in the matchup.
When the opening odds were released on Wednesday, more than three full days before the top teams tipped off, the Wolverines were favored by 2.