Don’t look now however the begin of the school basketball season is true across the nook. I wager on faculty basketball from opening night time to the nationwide championship sport and I’m all the time looking out for worth within the futures market.
Final October I wager Kansas at 18/1 to chop down the nets and that labored out properly.
This yr I believe there are two groups bettors ought to take into account wagering on earlier than the season suggestions off on Nov. 7. Odds from BetMGM.
Baylor Bears (16/1)
The Bears remind me of Kansas coming into final season. Just like the Jayhawks, Baylor is coming off a “down” yr and due to that, there's some worth on this quantity.
Baylor misplaced to North Carolina within the second spherical of the NCAA Match as a No. 1 seed. Nevertheless, the Bears have been a bit of over-seeded after limping into March Insanity. Key departures from the nationwide championship group and accidents to necessary gamers like G LJ Cryer and F Jonathan Tchamwa-Tchatchoua made Baylor ripe for the selecting. Cryer was the Bears’ main scorer earlier than he was misplaced for the season in February.
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Baylor is again with a vengeance this season. Cryer, Adam Flagler and extremely touted freshman Keyonte George give the Bears arguably one of the best trio of guards within the nation, whereas Flo Thamba, Zach Loveday, Joshua Ojianwuna, Caleb Lohner and Tchamwa-Tchatchoua spotlight a deep and athletic frontline.
Final season, Baylor was a superb offensive-rebounding group and defended the perimeter properly, like all the time. Nevertheless, the Bears have been a bit of delicate within the paint, rating 159th in 2-point share protection, in line with KenPom. If that improves, be careful.
Guards win in March and Baylor has three of one of the best in faculty basketball. The Bears needs to be in nice place to safe a No. 1 seed once more within the NCAA Match and if that’s the case, no manner the Bears will probably be 16/1 to win all of it. Seize it now.
Creighton Bluejays (25/1)
Final April when Kansas was making its historic comeback towards North Carolina within the nationwide championship sport, sportsbooks posted odds for the 2022-23 champion. Perhaps they weren’t paying consideration however all of them hung terrible opening numbers on Creighton.
I grabbed the Bluejays 100/1 at BetMGM and 80/1 and another books immediately. Apparently, I wasn’t the one one as a result of inside an hour, Creighton dropped to 50/1 throughout the board. Then, after touchdown extremely wanted South Dakota State switch Baylor Scheierman, the quantity settled on the present odds of 25/1.
Clearly, the early worth I bought is lengthy gone however 25/1 nonetheless isn’t terrible for the favorites to win the Massive East Convention. The rationale I’m so excessive on Creighton is that this was one of many youngest groups within the nation final yr and returns a great deal of expertise, together with PG Ryan Nembhard and C Ryan Kalkbrenner (Massive East Defensive Participant of the 12 months).
Nembhard and Kalkbrenner have been injured late final season and missed the NCAA Match. Even with out its two stars, Creighton put a scare into eventual-champion Kansas earlier than dropping 79-72 within the second spherical. Now sophomores, each will contend for Massive East Participant of the 12 months honors. Add in a sharpshooter like Scheierman (16.2 ppg) and Creighton is a harmful group with three star gamers that may make them robust to beat in March.
The Bluejays did lose two of their high three scorers from final yr and with a difficult schedule early within the season, there’s an opportunity Creighton may get off to a slower begin than many pundits predict. You may need to roll the cube and await a greater quantity however getting probably the most proficient groups within the nation at 25/1 isn’t the worst wager on the planet.
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