College basketball betting odds on Morehead State will probably be higher in 2007-2008 as the Eagles look weaker than a year ago. Morehead made the conference tournament a year ago as basketball betting experts remember but they will be hard pressed to repeat that success this season. College basketball betting odds experts see that Morehead State Eagles returns Jamyron Stewart who averaged 6 points and 2.3 rebounds per game according to basketball betting stats last year. Also returning is Nikola Stojakovic who started all 30 games last year according to college basketball betting odds stats. He ranked third in the Ohio Valley Conference in assist/turnover ratio and fourth in the league in assists according to college basketball betting odds stats. Also returning is Cecil Brown who started 15 games last year and averaged 4 points per game according to college basketball betting odds stats.
What hurts Morehead according to college basketball betting odds stats is that they lose their top two scorers from last year. The leading scorer returning from last year is Maze Stallworth who averaged 7.2 points per game and 3.7 rebounds per game according to college basketball betting odds stats. Andreas Coleman was red-shirted last season but will try for playing time this season. The newcomers according to basketball betting experts are Leon Buchanan who was a junior college All-American at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia. T.J. Clark spent last season at God’s Academy Prep in Dallas and averaged 23.7 points and 6.0 assists per game according to basketball betting experts.
Another newcomer is Kenneth Faried who averaged 23.2 points and 15.8 rebounds and blocked 89 shots at Technology High School according to college basketball betting odds stats. Demonte Harper averaged 15 points and eight rebounds for the Whites Creek High School team that advanced to the Tennessee Class AAA state semifinals last season according to college basketball betting odds experts. Also looking for playing time according to college basketball betting odds experts are John Lamb and Les Simmons.College basketball betting odds experts believe it is a rebuilding year for the Eagles. They lost 67 percent of their scoring from a year ago and 58 percent of their rebounds according to college basketball betting odds stats.