Maryland favored over Kentucky for 2016 title

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It's not a college basketball blue blood going at the shortest price to win next year's national championship, as online sports book Bovada.LV made Maryland a 9-1 favorite on Thursday.

With dust settled from early entries to the NBA draft and most major recruiting decisions made, the University of Kentucky, Duke and North Carolina aren't far behind, all 10-1. Indiana's a co-11th pick at 25-1 with the University of Louisville 40-1.
Maryland loses Dez Wells but returns leading scorer Melo Trimble after winning a school-record 26 regular-season games last year. Incoming is big man Diamond Stone, too, who starred in the recent Derby Festival Classic game in Louisville.
Odds to win the 2015 national title
Maryland 9/1
Duke <wbr>10/1
Kentucky 10/1
North Carolina 10/1
Kansas 16/1
Michigan State 16/1
Arizona <wbr>20/1


California <wbr>20/1
Iowa State 20/1
Virginia <wbr>20/1
Gonzaga 25/1
Indiana <wbr>25/1
Villanova <wbr>25/1
Wichita State 25/1
Oklahoma 28/1
Michigan 33/1
Purdue <wbr>33/1
Louisville <wbr>40/1
LSU <wbr>50/1
Notre Dame 50/1
Ohio State 50/1
Syracuse 50/1
Texas <wbr>50/1


Texas A&M 50/1
UConn 50/1
Utah <wbr>50/1
Wisconsin 50/1
Florida <wbr>66/1
Miami FL 66/1
SMU <wbr>66/1
Baylor <wbr>75/1
Butler <wbr>75/1
NC State 75/1
Auburn <wbr>100/1
Cincinnati <wbr>100/1
Dayton 100/1
Florida State 100/1
Georgetown 100/1
Georgia 100/1


Illinois <wbr>100/1
Iowa <wbr>100/1
Providence 100/1
San Diego State 100/1
UCLA <wbr>100/1
West Virginia 100/1
Vanderbilt 125/1
Arkansas 150/1
Oregon 150/1
Alabama 200/1
Marquette 200/1
Memphis 200/1
Northern Iowa 200/1
Pittsburgh 200/1
UNLV <wbr>200/1
VCU <wbr>200/1
Xavier <wbr>200/1
Stanford 250/1


BYU <wbr>300/1
Colorado 300/1
Colorado State 300/1
Creighton 300/1
Minnesota 300/1
Missouri <wbr>300/1
Murray State 300/1
Oklahoma State 300/1
Ole Miss 300/1
South Carolina 300/1
St. John's 300/1
Temple 300/1
Washington 300/1
Arizona State 500/1
Boston College 500/1
Clemson 500/1
 

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lol I don't know. lol
 

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So gross that our master decide we can bet on fantasy, but not on stuff like this. The comedy and hypocrisy has gotten embarrassing.

Ok, I guess I am going to have to open a futures exchange for sports betting, lol.

WSEX used to have a somewhat decent one actually.
 

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The Terps will be the preseason No. 1 team in many polls and rightfully so. They return virtually everyone from a 28-7 team that finished 15-4 in the Big Ten and reached the third round of the NCAA Tournament before losing to West Virginia.

They also added Duke transfer Rasheed Sulaimon, Georgia Tech transfer Robert Carter, junior college point guard Jaylen Brantley and heralded incoming freshman big man Diamond Stone.

?It?s a good feeling to know that we?re going to be a targeted team, it just goes to show how much talent we have,? Nickens said. ?We have to just put in the same work we did last summer and come ready to play every game.?

As for the new guys, Nickens knows they are adding some instant talent.

?Rob is eligible, we got Diamond coming in, we got Rasheed and we got Jaylen Brantley,? he said. ?Those are the guys that could play this year plus everybody that came back so we?re going to be pretty loaded.

He added: ?I?ve seen Rob all last year. He practiced with us so I know what he?s capable of and I know Diamond is Top 10 in the country so I know what we?re gonna get from him. We?re going to be really good.?

Stone was also just invited to the USA U19 trials this summer for a team that will compete in the U19 World Championship in Crete, Greece.

The latest addition was Sulaimon, who will be immediately eligible after being dismissed from eventual national champion Duke during the season.

?I watched him play at Duke so I know he?s good player,? Nickens said.

After averaging 6.1 points and draining 57 3-pointers as a freshman, Nickens is looking to expand his own game.

?Just an off-the-bounce game, just try not to be one-dimensional,? he said. ?Just become a better all-around player.?
 
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