Even with Patrick Ngongba confirmed to be out, Duke is a massive opening-round favorite against 16-seeded Siena.
Duke will open the NCAA Tournament this afternoon against 16-seeded Siena, and they will have to do so without star sophomore center Patrick Ngongba, who head coach Jon Scheyer said would be "very unlikely" to play on Thursday and then confirmed he would be out with the Blue Devils' official injury report.
But Ngongba's absence hasn't changed anything for oddsmakers. Duke opened as a 27.