While South Florida has put itself on the map on the gridiron, the basketball program is yet to catapult into the national spotlight. Jimmy Boyd’s 2007 South Florida Bulls betting preview will give you the skinny on this team’s chances for improvement. SportsBetting.com has the South Florida Bulls at 50 to 1 to win the NCAA Championship.
The first two seasons in the Big East have been disastrous for the Bulls. That was enough to send Robert McCullum out and bring Stan Heath in. McCullum was just 10-54 in conference play in his four seasons at South Florida. The Bulls bring a 20-game losing streak in conference play into this season. South Florida has now placed its program in the hands of former Arkansas head man Stan Heath. Stan Heath will be regarded as a hero if he can get the Bulls to the Big East Conference Tournament, let alone the NCAA Tourney.
Kentrell Gransberry proved to be as good as advertised for the Bulls in just a half season last year. They’ll get him for a full season this year. The LSU transfer averaged 15.6 points and 11.4 rebounds per game last season and we can expect this double double machine to continue his domination this year. But Gransberry was all the Bulls had and teams quickly figured that out. Heath is going to have to get Gransberry more frontcourt help so teams can no longer just key on him. The Bulls need junior Mobolaji Ajayi and freshman Orane Chin, both newcomers to the program, to step up right away.
Chris Howard has hopefully put his knee injury history behind him. He proved to be a capable playmaker in the 14 games he played last season averaging just under 6 dimes per game. Shooting guard Soloman Bozeman needs to become more consistent. He proved he can score in non-conference games, but the sophomore struggled in Big East play. He is a great foul shooter (15th nationally) who can benefit from taking the ball to the hole and drawing contact.
There’s no doubt that the hire of Robert McCullum improved the Bulls. South Florida is just 8-69 all-time against ranked opponents. McCullum was 4-12 during his reign with the other coaches 4-57. With South Florida playing in the Big East, they are going to see plenty of ranked teams every season and Stan Heath is going to have to find a way to beat them to put the Bulls on the map.
South Florida hasn’t been to the NCAA Tourney since 1992 and it’s going to be tough to reach that feat playing in this super conference. It will remain to be seen if Heath can bring the right guys in to make the Bulls a contender.
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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
