Pitino Focused on NCAA Basketball Betting

Pitino is still the head coach and Louisville is still a very good team in college basketball betting.

NCAA basketball betting has Louisville at 12-1 to win the national title this season. The Cardinals are not the favorites but they are definitely a contender in college basketball betting. Putting the Pitino mess behind them will definitely help Louisville this NCAA basketball betting season. Pitino admitted this summer he had a sexual encounter with a woman who later tried to extort millions of dollars from him. Pitino knows that the Cardinals are going to hear it on the road this NCAA basketball betting season but that is nothing new for him. "When I coached at Kentucky, I was Darth Vader in every arena," Pitino said. "They hung me in effigy in Starkville [Miss]. So do you think I'm going to face anything I haven't faced before? When you coach at Kentucky, you're hated by everybody."

Last season the Cardinals had a great NCAA basketball betting season. They made it to the regional finals of the NCAA Tournament before falling to Michigan State in college basketball betting. Pitino has said that the off the court issues won’t affect his team.

Louisville has a solid backcourt that will impact NCAA basketball betting this season. Seniors Edgar Sosa and Jerry Smith and junior Preston Knowles were very good last year and now Louisville has a great freshman in Peyton Silva. Since Pitino loves to press all of these guards will play a lot and impact NCAA basketball betting. Upfront the Cardinals are led by Samardo Samuels. Sophomore Terrence Jennings and freshman Rakeem Buckles are also ready to contribute and make an impact in NCAA basketball betting.

Louisville’s NCAA basketball betting bench is good again, especially in the backcourt. Look for a lot of pressure to be put on by Louisville again this NCAA basketball betting season. The Cardinals are young but very talented. They could have a few growing pains but perhaps the Pitino saga will actually pull the team together this college basketball betting season. The Big East is tough but Louisville should be in the mix in NCAA basketball betting. They might even get a little value with the attention on Pitino.