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Written by JimmyBoyd
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Monday, 12 November 2007 |
The Tigers have gone four seasons now without advancing to the NCAA Tournament . Can they get back to the big dance this season? Find out in Jimmy Boyd's 2007 Missouri Tigers predictions and season preview.
A 7-9 finish in the Big 12 and an 18-12 record last season was not good enough for postseason play. Missouri’s biggest downfall keeping them from an above .500 conference finish was its rebounding. The Tigers were outrebounded by an average of 8.8 boards per game against conference opponents last season. Head coach Mike Anderson is hoping that 6’8’’ Vanderbilt transfer, DeMarre Carroll, will be able to gobble up enough boards to get his team back in the field of 65. Carroll averaged 10.9 points and 6.4 boards per game as a sophomore with the Commodores. Carroll’s presence will hopefully bring the best out of senior Marshall Brown as competition normally does. Brown averaged a solid 12.0 points per game in league play last season. While power forward looks to be in good shape, the center position is thin following Anderson’s decision to remove Kalen Grimes from the team following an arrest. Leo Lyons will step in and give the Tigers a better offensive player, but he won’t be the same force defensively.
The backcourt will be held down by senior Stefhon Hannah. He took home Big 12 Newcomer of the Year honors last year, leading the Tigers in scoring, with 15.4 per game, assists, with 4.6 per game, and steals, with 2.4 per game. Anderson has called his star out telling him that he needs to reduce his 3.3 turnover per game and to become a better defensive player. Often times, his desire to get steals off the ball costs him. Sophomore Keon Lawrence will team with Hannah to make a solid backcourt duo. The 6’2’’ guard averaged 10.7 points per game in Big 12 play. Matt Lawrence brings a great three-point shooting presence as well.
Expect Missouri to be one of about four teams (Texas, Texas A&M, Kansas State the other three) challenging for a spot among the league’s elite behind Kansas. Even if they finish fifth in the league, they will almost assuredly get an NCAA Tournament bid. I think this team is putting too much emphasis on Carroll and losing Grimes will hurt more than they are letting on. Still, I think Missouri gets back to the Big Dance, but will likely be one and done.
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Written by RenoGold
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Friday, 09 November 2007 |
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Friday marks the first big day of the 2007 college hoops season with 40 games on tap including seven games involving teams from the AP top-25.The season officially got underway on Monday, Nov.5 when the 2K College Hoops Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer tipped off at FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn., with a game between Richmond and Maine followed by Memphis University and Tennessee-Martin. The tournament produced the season’s first major upset when tiny Gardner-Webb University of Boiling Springs, N.C. went into Rupp arena in Lexington, Kentucky and knocked off No. 20 Kentucky by the score of 84-68 in front of 20,000 stunned Wildcat fans.
Already this season, underdogs have proven most reliable in covering the spread. Seven games were played where the betting line favored a team by 17 points or more. Of those seven games, in only one did the favorite cover the spread. That came when UConn defeated Buffalo 82-57 covering the -18.5 line. Gardner-Webb covered as a +26 point underdog in its SU win over Kentucky. In all of Friday’s games involving ranked teams, the betting line exceeds 17 points. With a little research, I have no doubt the bettor will find some value taking the underdog and the points.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 09 November 2007 )
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Written by DavePrice
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Thursday, 08 November 2007 |
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 The Kansas Jayhawks won’t be the only team in Kansas making some noise this season. Dave Price's 2007 Kansas State Wildcats predictions and season preview will give you the inside scoop.
The Kansas Jayhawks won’t be the only team in Kansas making some noise this season. Dave Price's 2007 Kansas State Wildcats predictions and season preview will give you the inside scoop.
Hopes are high for the Kansas State Wildcats this season and oddsmakers agree that they should be, picking K-State to finish second in the Big 12 behind their in-state rivals. The fact that Bob Huggins is off to coach his alma mater, West Virginia, does not have oddsmakers worried because the cats were still able to land prize recruit Michael Beasley. The 6’10’’ southpaw is only the third McDonald’s All-American to ever sign with K-State and he is believed to be the best recruit ever landed in school history.
After finishing 23-12 last season and advancing to the NIT, which was the school’s first postseason appearance since 1998-99, the cats feel they are ready to get to the Big Dance and to do some damage. It all starts in the frontcourt with Beasley. If you liked what you saw with Kevin Durant last season, you may have a feeling of déjà vu with this kid. Bill Walker will be another NBA talent to compliment the new comer. He was regarded as a lottery pick last year until he suffered a season ending knee injury as a freshman. At 6’6’’ and 240 pounds, this guy is a load. He averaged 11.3 points per game last season and will easily be better than that in season two. Another bull the cats have is 6’5’’ senior David Hoskins, who is the top returning scorer averaging 14.5 points per game last season.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 08 November 2007 )
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Written by JeffAlexander
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Tuesday, 06 November 2007 |
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Iowa State over achieved to win 15 games last season. But now, with several key players returning, the Cyclones have high hopes of shaking things up in the Big 12 Conference . Find out where Jeff Alexander sees them finishing in the Big 12 in his 2007 Iowa State Cyclones predictions and season preview. If head coach Greg McDermott was looking to exceed last season’s win total, he wasn’t going to do it by playing weak competition. Iowa State’s difficult schedule tells me that McDermott believes his youngsters can compete with the big boys. Oddsmakers don’t think so. They have the Cyclones, who finished with six Big 12 victories last season, finishing next to last in the conference. Iowa State overachieved last year, and I think they will again this season.
Last season’s top scorer, Mike Taylor, was kicked off the team before the start of the fall semester. I think McDermott’s approach to get the bad blood out of town is the right one to rebuild this program. With Taylor’s departure, senior Jiri Hubalek and sophomore Wesley Johnson will pick up the slack. Hubalek averaged 11.2 points per game for the ‘clones last season and Taylor added 12.3. These guys will have to come up huge for the Cyclones if Iowa State does not want to finish as the league’s worst scoring team again this season. Expect Johnson to be a force in the league. As a freshman, he finished second only to Texas’ Kevin Durant with 11 double doubles. With more weight and strength, he will easily be ISU’s go-to guy.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 06 November 2007 )
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Written by JimmyBoyd
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Monday, 05 November 2007 |
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Oddsmakers have projected Kansas to be the team to beat in the Big 12 Conference this season. Find out if Jimmy Boyd agrees in his 2007 Kansas Jayhawks prediction s and season preview.
Oddsmakers have projected Kansas to be the team to beat in the Big 12 Conference this season. Find out if Jimmy Boyd agrees in his 2007 Kansas Jayhawks predictions and season preview.
I tend to agree with the books. Not only do I think Kansas will be the top team in the Big 12, but I feel they are a squad capable of winning it all. Brandon Rush’s knee injury, which forced him to withdraw from the NBA draft and to return to KU for his junior season, may be one of the most fortunate injuries I’ve ever seen a program endure.
Other than Julian Wright and his 12.0 points per game, Kansas returns every member of last season’s Elite Eight team which finished 33-5. KU won its third straight Big 12 championship along the way. Rush, Russell Robinson, and Mario Chalmers will all be third year starters. Sherron Collins and Darrell Arthur will be two of the nation’s top sophs. Throw in experienced seniors Sasha Kaun and Darnell Jackson and it’s easy to see why Kansas is considered one of the best teams in the country this season. At +1600, they are a very solid futures pick to win it all as the books have them slightly undervalued.
Kansas outrebounded its opponents by nearly 7.0 boards per game last season. Depsite losing its leading rebounder, Julian Wright, Bill Self does not seem hopeful when he says they’ll be even better in the paint this season-he means it. He is expecting huge things from Arthur, who many NBA scouts have listed as a top ten pick in next summer’s draft. McDonald’s All-American, 6’11’’ center Cole Aldrich, is easily one of the top recruits in the nation. Self is expecting him to contribute immediately. Make sure you checkout live OnlineSportsHandicapping.com CBB Odds which provide real time CBB odds from the worlds top online sportsbooks in a single easy to use location. Get line moves in real time and find out who has the best betting odds on your favorite College Basketball Picks.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 05 November 2007 )
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