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By: BoDog Sportsbook
Date: Jul 5, 2011
   
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The NBA Lockout: Because one major sports work stoppage is just not enough.

NBA owners officially locked out their players last week, putting the 2011-12 season in jeopardy. That's going to push college basketball betting to the forefront for hoops fans, especially if the NBA's lockout does actually stretch into the fall.

So what's available for NCAA basketball odds right now? Currently the focus at Bodog is on the futures to win the 2012 NCAA Tournament, with North Carolina set as the 3/1 favorite, and Kentucky right behind them at 11/2 odds to win the championship.

Kentucky, of course, lost to Connecticut in this year's Final Four, with the Huskies going on to win the title with a 53-41 victory over Butler. The Bulldogs had knocked off the tourney's Cinderella story, Virginia Commonwealth, in the Final Four.

With college basketball betting, though, you have to watch roster turnover. Kentucky lost star point guard Brandon Knight to the Pistons in the NBA Draft, and they'll be looking for their recruits (including coveted power forward Anthony Davis) to step up and keep them a top contender for March Madness.

Champion UConn might be in bigger trouble because they no longer have guard Kemba Walker, the key to their tourney run, who went to the Bobcats in the NBA Draft. Connecticut is back at 25/1 odds to win the 2012 NCAA Tournament.

What about Duke, the school most college hoops fans love to hate? As usual, they're high on the championship futures at 8/1 at Bodog right now, although they did get bounced in the regional semifinals at this year's NCAA Tournament by Arizona.

That ended Kyrie Irving's short Blue Devils career, as he was then taken first overall in the NBA Draft by the Cavaliers. Guard Austin Rivers, a top recruit, joins Duke for next year, but if you want another chance to bet on Irving you can get him at 11/2 odds to win the NBA's Rookie of the Year award in 2011-12 – if there's a season.

Get all your college basketball odds at Bodog.


 

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