Nobody expects last year's NCAA Basketball champions to show up in Indianapolis for the 2006 Final Four. When last we saw North Carolina, it was with teary-eyed Coach Roy Williams standing straighter if not crying less, after finally winning his first national championship. But the Tar Heels lost their top seven scorers and almost everybody who mattered.
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While Williams' 2006 recruiting class is considered by most experts as the best in the country, some say the Tar Heels may struggle to win four games in the Atlantic Coast Conference this season. There is something that hasn't changed, though. Duke.
In nearly every preseason poll, in nearly every preseason radio or television discussion, Duke is picked to win the 2006 NCAA title. In the Associated Press top 25 poll, Duke received 61 of 72 first-place votes. North Carolina? Not even ranked, the first time that has happened to a defending national champion in 17 years.
Mike Krzyzewski, the coach recently chosen by USA Basketball to try to take the U.S. back to gold-medal winning ways at the world championships and 2008 Olympics, guides the Blue Devils. Two of Duke's starters - J.J. Reddick and Shelden Williams - are among the favorites to be national player of the year. Adding depth are three high school McDonald's All-Americans: Josh Roberts, a 6-foot-10 forward from Carmel, Indiana, Greg Paulus, a 6-1 point guard from Syracuse, N.Y., and Eric Boateng, a 6-10 center from London.
So who will be playing in the Final Four this year? You can start with Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke.
Odds to win 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
Duke 7/2
Michigan State 10/1
Illinois 25/1
North Carolina 35/1
Oklahoma 12/1
Ohio State 12/1
Prediction? Again. Duke. Duke. Duke....
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NCAA College Basketball Betting Odds by Bodog - click here now
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While Williams' 2006 recruiting class is considered by most experts as the best in the country, some say the Tar Heels may struggle to win four games in the Atlantic Coast Conference this season. There is something that hasn't changed, though. Duke.
In nearly every preseason poll, in nearly every preseason radio or television discussion, Duke is picked to win the 2006 NCAA title. In the Associated Press top 25 poll, Duke received 61 of 72 first-place votes. North Carolina? Not even ranked, the first time that has happened to a defending national champion in 17 years.
Mike Krzyzewski, the coach recently chosen by USA Basketball to try to take the U.S. back to gold-medal winning ways at the world championships and 2008 Olympics, guides the Blue Devils. Two of Duke's starters - J.J. Reddick and Shelden Williams - are among the favorites to be national player of the year. Adding depth are three high school McDonald's All-Americans: Josh Roberts, a 6-foot-10 forward from Carmel, Indiana, Greg Paulus, a 6-1 point guard from Syracuse, N.Y., and Eric Boateng, a 6-10 center from London.
So who will be playing in the Final Four this year? You can start with Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke.
Odds to win 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
Duke 7/2
Michigan State 10/1
Illinois 25/1
North Carolina 35/1
Oklahoma 12/1
Ohio State 12/1
Prediction? Again. Duke. Duke. Duke....
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