Online sportsbooks favorites for this year include Kansas, Kentucky and North Carolina as the three most likely to win in college basketball this season. Do you know what is important with some of those teams as it pertains to Internet sportsbook odds? The backcourt is what oftentimes wins in college basketball and the team with the best backcourt may be the Kansas Jayhawks.
Online sportsbooks have Kansas at 4-1 this season to win the NCAA college basketball championship. That makes them the preseason favorite at the Internet sportsbook. One reason why they are favored at online sportsbooks is a strong backcourt. The Jayhawks have Sherron Collins, Tyshawn Taylor, Xavier Henry, Brady Morningstar and Elijah Johnson. The The Jayhawks have two projected first-round picks in their backcourt in Henry and Taylor but it is Collins who is the best one as he averaged 18.9 points per game last season. Morningstar is suspended for the first semester but will be an important player off the bench later in the season.
The Villanova Wildcats are a darkhorse online betting candidate in college hoops odds at the online sportsbooks but they have a nice backcourt of Scottie Reynolds, Corey Fisher, Corey Stokes, Reggie Redding, Dominic Cheek and Maalik Wayns. Reynolds has seemingly been there forever and Stokes can shoot from anywhere. Cheek and Wayns are both McDonald’s All-Americans. The Wildcats are 22-1 to win it all in 2009-2010.
Michigan State has a great backcourt with Kalin Lucas, Durrell Summers, Korie Lucious and Chris Allen. The Spartans are serious sports betting contenders at online sportsbooks at 13-1. Lucas might be the best point guard in the country. Allen needs to be a better shooter if Michigan State is to go all the way and win at the Internet sportsbook. Connecticut is another contender at online sportsbooks. They have a backcourt of Kemba Walker, Jerome Dyson, Jamal Coombs-McDaniel and Darius Smith. Walker takes over A.J. Price at the point, and Dyson is going to have a big year. Coombs-McDaniel and Smith should provide quality minutes off the bench. The Huskies are 15-1 to win it all this season.
If you want a nice sports betting longshot in Internet sportsbook odds then look at California who has Jerome Randle, Patrick Christopher and Jorge Gutierrez. Randle averaged 18.3 points per game and 5 assists. He could make a major impact on online sportsbooks odds.