Kentucky
Head coach John Calipari has proven time and time again that experience may be overrated, at least if you are able to recruit at the level he does. Last year’s team finished 35-3 (14-2 in the SEC) and started one of the youngest, most inexperienced teams in the nation.
Simply par for the course for Calipari, who looks to be starting freshman point guard Brandon Knight (33 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists per game in high school in Florida) alongside freshman shooting guard Doron Lamb (23 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists per game for Oak Hill Academy in Virginia), and center Enes Kanter, a foreign product from Istanbul, Turkey.
Coming off the bench is phenomenal freshman Terrence Jones, an Oregon native who averaged 30 points and 14 rebounds per game in high school.
This Kentucky team may have as much depth as last year’s team, and could have a similar run in them. If Knight looks anything like John Wall, Derrick Rose or Tyreke Evans – former Calipari products who went on to star in the NBA – the Wildcats should have no problem reaching an Elite 8 or better.
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Did you know that in the last 11 years the winner of the NCAA Tournament has come from the Atlantic Coast Conference 5 times? I’ll bet you also didn’t know that the ACC has the best winning percentage the last two years in the NCAA Tournament
Two of the more storied programs in men’s college basketball will face one another in this year’s NCAA Tournament’s Final Four when the Connecticut Huskies tangle with the Kentucky Wildcats in the second game
This Saturday the highest combination of seeds ever to meet in a Final Four game will take place when the No.11 VCU Rams, winners of the Southwest Region take on the No.8 seed Butler Bulldogs
The NCAA men’s basketball regular season is winding down as teams look to add a few more wins to improve their position for their individual conference tournaments as well as the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament which starts on March 15. The primary goal for a number of teams between now and then is to first and foremost secure an invitation to the dance
Without Kansas in the field, Kentucky becomes the team to beat. Meanwhile, the Wildcats face off against a team that nobody seems to be able to figure out: Cornell, who beat a 5 seed and a 4 seed to get here
The nation’s second overall seed is rewarded with a game against a cupcake Atlantic Sun team. Kentucky is a 19.5 point favorite, and features multiple first round draft picks on its roster
Conference tournaments are a great time to make some money by betting on the outcome of March Madness. It can be a profitable week and a half as some teams are fighting for their lives on the bubble, other teams are trying to stay atop a one bid conference, and others are vying for an opportunity to cut down the nets before Selection Sunday.
Betting College Basketball Futures
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