Traditional College Hoops Powers Struggling

Sportsbook online has seen traditional college hoops power teams like North Carolina, Florida and UCLA really struggling this season. Is it possible all three could fail to make the NCAA Tournament and not be on the sportsbook online odds board?  That doesn’t seem likely but none of them has done well so far this offshore sportsbook season.

Sportsbook online has the North Carolina Tar Heels, last year’s national champs at 12-7.  They have lost three straight, their longest losing streak in seven years, and they are 1-3 in the ACC.  North Carolina is struggling and they are also dealing with injuries as Ed Davis and Tyler Zeller are hurt. North Carolina started this sportsbook online college hoops season ranked 6th in the country. They are now unranked for the first time since 2006.“If you combine all my losses since I’ve been here, I’m about to pass that in one season,” Tar Heels forward Deon Thompson said.

The Tar Heels are not the only power team that is struggling. Florida won back-to-back college hoops titles in 2006 and 2007 but they didn’t make the tournament either of the following two years and may be out again this offshore sportsbook year. UCLA made it to three straight Final Fours from 2006-2008 but they are in serious trouble at 9-10 this year.

Part of the problem for these teams is that star players play for only one year and go to the pros.  Florida had that problem as offshore sportsbook indicated and it is an issue for other top teams as well.  “It’s been an unbelievable lesson for everyone involved: How fragile it all is,” Florida head coach Billy Donovan said to the Sporting News, “Two years ago, we win back-to-back national championships, and the past two years we were in the NIT. It’s all fragile. It’s humbling.”

UCLA has really suffered in sportsbook online results with players leaving for the pros.  The Bruins year’s UCLA team is basically starting from scratch.  “It has definitely been a challenge when you are starting over again,” head coach Ben Howland said.

The one team that has gotten a lot of the one and done players this sportsbook online college hoops year is Kentucky. They have John Wall, Eric Bledsoe and others who could play this offshore sportsbook college hoops season and then be headed to the pros.  This one sportsbook online year could be a great one though as Kentucky is #1 and unbeaten.

 

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