NCAA College Basketball Betting

The speculation and anticipated is over as the first two rounds of the NBA Draft are officially over and in the books. There were no real surprises in the draft this time around as most players went where they were predicted to go like John Wall going number one to the Washington Wizards and Evan Turner going second to the Philadelphia 76ers, but the one surprise or milestone on Thursday night in New York was seeing five Kentucky Wildcats being selected in the first round.

Not only is this a remarkable feat for the Kentucky Wildcats basketball program and head coach John Calipari, who was present to see five of his players get drafted, but the majority of these players, if not all, will immediately make an impact on their new teams next season.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are in a lot of trouble right now as they try and do all they can do from the roof caving in on them before July 1st. They just got rid their head coach Mike Brown of five years, two of which have been the most successful in the franchise’s history and longtime GM Danny Ferry has just resigned after not exactly seeing eye to eye with Cavs owner Dan Gilbert.

In my opinion, Mike Brown getting fired wasn’t exactly a big surprise to me as I was convinced that Dan Gilbert would make some sort of move in order to make his point across that he means business and will no longer tolerate failure in his organization. Danny Ferry calling it quits though, that was definitely surprise as this was to be perhaps the most important time in his career as an NBA GM.

The Butler Bulldogs are, amazingly enough, in the final game of the college basketball season when they tip-off against the Duke Blue Devils, and while they are known as a defensive squad — very much so, in fact — in order to beat the Blue Devils, Butler will have to excel on the offensive end. Unfortunately, being a high-scoring team is not their calling card, seeing how the most points they’ve posted since February 6th is 77 points.

It will take at least that many if Butler stands a chance at beating Duke.

While it’s true Butler will try to slow the game down and force the Blue Devils to execute in their half-court offense, and they may very well succeed in doing so. However, if they have another 10-plus minute scoring drought in the second half like they did against Michigan State (game minutes, no less), the Bulldogs will get blown out of the gym, defense be damned.

Well the long college basketball betting season is finally at an end as Butler battles Duke for the National Championship.  We’ll be turning our attention to baseball betting, along with the NHL and NBA playoffs in the coming weeks. We’ll also look to get involved with the back-from-the dead Arena Football league.  But for Monday, at least, the big sporting event both for bettors and fans alike is the NCAA basketball final.