This will be Rick Pitino’s seventh season as Louisville head basketball coach. In his seventh season at Kentucky, back in 1996, Pitino won a national title. Will lucky number seven bring the same result to Louisville? Find out in this 2007 Louisville Cardinals Betting Preview. SportsBetting.com has Louisville at 15 to 1 to win the NCAA Basketabll Championship.
Rick Pitino feels that this season’s team is the most talented he has had at Louisville. The Cards lose guard Brandon Jenkins from their second place Big East team a season ago, but his 5.2 points per game will easily be replaced.
Last season, the Cards totaled 24 wins thanks to winning eight of their last 10. They were eliminated in the second round of the NCAA Tourney by a very good Texas A&M team in a barn burner. We feel this year’s Cards will push the 30-win mark and will have a great shot at getting to the Elite Eight.
6’11’’ versatile center, David Padgett, is the team’s captain and go-to guy in the frontcourt. He averaged just under 10 points and 6 boards per game last season. Because of his high free throw shooting percentage (82.3), he will be a great asset down the stretch of games.
Earl Clark and Derrick Caracter are both talented frontcourt presences. Clark was dominant in offseason workouts and Caracter showed flashes of stardom as a frosh last season. Juan Palacios gives the Cards veteran experience and leadership that has come with the 85 games he has started through three seasons. Terrence Williams will be a frontcourt starter without question. Williams is one of the rare triple double threats in college hoops. He averaged 12.4 points, 7.0 boards, and 3.8 assists per game last season and we anticipate all of these numbers increasing.
Williams will help out in the backcourt as well to give the Cards a little more depth on the perimeter and to take advantage of his ability to step out and shoot the three. Edgar Sosa will be one of the nation’s premier points. This kid can flat out light it up as we saw against Texas A&M in the tourney, but he needs to become a better playmaker for this team to reach its full potential. His 2.6 assists per game are not going to cut it this season.
Pitino feels this team is even better than his previous Final Four team he had at Louisville. There’s no doubt that the Cards will challenge for a Big East title again and that they will go deep in the tourney. Big money players should get ready to back the Cards on the money line this season because they won't lose many.
Jeff Alexander is your answer for Big East betting this season. Last year, he made a mint on the Big East Conference and you can expect Jeff to find success betting the Big East again this year.
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SportsBetting.com has posted the odds on the NCAA Championship:
Air Force 300 – 1
Akron 300 – 1
Alabama 300 – 1
Arizona 50 – 1
Arizona St 300 – 1
Arkansas 75 – 1
Auburn 300 – 1
BYU 200 – 1
Boston College 200 – 1
Bradley 300 – 1
Butler 100 – 1
California 100 – 1
Clemson 75 – 1
Colorado St 300 – 1
Creighton 300 – 1
DePaul 200 – 1
Drexel 300 – 1
Duke 35 – 1
Florida 50 – 1
Florida St 300 – 1
Fresno St 300 – 1
George Washington 300 – 1
Georgetown 15 – 1
Georgia 100 – 1
Georgia Tech 100 – 1
Geroge Mason 100 – 1
Gonzaga 50 – 1
Hofstra 300 – 1
Houston 200 – 1
Illinois 300 – 1
Illinois St 300 – 1
Indiana 20 – 1
Iowa 300 – 1
Kansas 10 – 1
Kansas St 60 – 1
Kent St 300 – 1
Kentucky 40 – 1
LSU 300 – 1
Louisville 15 – 1
Marquette 40 – 1
Maryland 50 – 1
Memphis 7 – 1
Miami FL 300 – 1
Miami OH 300 – 1
Michigan 300 – 1
Michigan St 20 – 1
Minnesota 300 – 1
Mississippi 300 – 1
Mississippi St 100 – 1
Missouri 200 – 1
Missouri St 300 – 1
Nevada 200 – 1
New Mexico 300 – 1
New Mexico St 200 – 1
North Carolina 6 – 1
North Carolina St 60 – 1
Notre Dame 200 – 1
Ohio St 50 – 1
Oklahoma 100 – 1
Oklahoma St 300 – 1
Old Dominion 300 – 1
Oregon 40 – 1
Oregon St 300 – 1
Pittsburgh 200 – 1
Providence 300 – 1
Purdue 100 – 1
San Diego St 300 – 1
South Carolina 300 – 1
Southern Illinois 75 – 1
St Johns 300 – 1
St Josephs 200 – 1
Stanford 100 – 1
Syracuse 40 – 1
Temple 300 – 1
Tennessee 12 – 1
Texas 75 – 1
Texas A&M 50 – 1
Texas Tech 100 – 1
Toledo 300 – 1
U CONN 50 – 1
U MASS 300 – 1
UCLA 6 – 1
UCSB 300 – 1
UNLV 300 – 1
USC 75 – 1
Utah 300 – 1
Utah St 300 – 1
VA Commonwealth 100 – 1
Vanderbilt 200 – 1
Villanova 60 – 1
Virginia 100 – 1
Virginia Tech 300 – 1
Wake Forest 300 – 1
Washington 100 – 1
Washington St 40 – 1
West Virginia 100 – 1
Wichita St 300 – 1
Wisconsin 100 – 1
Xavier 100 – 1
zx Field (Any Other Team) 50 – 1
