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Wisconsin is a team that seems to perennially exit the tournament in the first weekend. They have now been bounced on the first weekend in five straight NCAA tourneys, despite coming in as a 3 or a 5 seed in four of those five years. Wouldn’t luck have it that they are back as a 5 seed yet again? High Point was a trendy upset pick a year ago before Purdue sent them packing. They are back again this year with an extra win, landing them with a staggering 30 on the campaign. What they do well is limit the turnovers on the offensive end of the court and force a ton on the defensive end, ranking top 10 in the country in both metrics. Wisconsin is a high variance team as they chuck a ton of threes. When we are looking for underdogs to back, we love to take underdogs that do this because if they go in, the variance plays in our favor. It is extremely dangerous to take a favorite that does this because the opposite holds true. If you live by the three, you can also die by the three. Going up against a team that has a clear ability to gain extra possessions by turning you over and refusing to give it back has the potential to be a disaster if the shots don’t go down. The field thinks the 12s won’t have success this year because they are big underdogs, but we like High Point in this high variance spot.