NCAA Basketball Odds Oklahoma Preview at SBG Global

NCAA basketball odds fans were a bit surprised to see sophomore Blake Griffin pass up millions of dollars in the NBA to return for a sophomore season at the University of Oklahoma.

Sooners fans couldn’t be happier to have their star player back to do battle in the College basketball betting lines. This team has the potential to not only win the conference but make a run at an NCAA basketball odds title and it will need Griffin playing at his best to accomplish these things.

NCAA basketball odds makers list the Sooners as the 12th best team in the land according to most college basketball betting lines polls. The marquee Big 12 team in the NCAA basketball odds polls is Texas, even though an internal survey of the conference coaches concluded that Oklahoma was the Big 12 favorite to win the conference.

Griffin will play a huge role in any NCAA basketball odds success of failure this team achieves. The 6’10” big man spurned the NBA to try and bring a college basketball betting lines title to Norman and enters the season as a preseason All-American. In fact, many NCAA basketball odds like him as the top prospect in the 2009 NBA draft should he forego the remaining years of NCAA basketball odds eligibility.

Coach Capel will no doubt get the ball in his hands any chance he can but Griffin has plenty of help on a very solid Sooners team. The other player to watch on this squad according to the college basketball betting lines experts is incoming freshman guard Willie Warren. The top rated incoming player in the Big 12 NCAA basketball odds action, he has the potential to even outshine Griffin. Both are contenders for the conference player of the year award and the combined inside-outside punch of this combo could be lethal for their NCAA basketball odds opponents.

Capel has also done a fine job of getting bodies in the paint and welcomes a number of junior college transfers to offer some help down low to Griffin. The team’s starting point guard is also back. There’s plenty of continuity and experience from a team that made it to the second round of the NCAA basketball odds tournament last year despite a mediocre conference record.

This team is very intriguing and could prove to be one of the biggest surprises this season. The Big 12 is always tough, but its conference schedule is probably a bit easier than many of the other ranked teams in the NCAA basketball odds. The wild card here is Warren and how quickly he can adapt to competition. If he’s as good as people in Norman are expecting him to be, this is a potential Final Four team when the NCAA basketball odds tournament comes around.

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