Set to kick off its third and final week of sports betting for the NCAA Tournament. Before placing your college basketball bets, read up on these impact players that could help you cash your Final Four wagers…
1) Ty Lawson, North Carolina Tar Heels: Where else to start a list of impact players than with the guy who clearly has been the most valuable player in this tournament? Lawson has been absolutely fantastic since the second half of the LSU game. He has scored 69 points in just five halves of basketball, and has racked up an average of 20 assists, ten boards, and six steals in the process. Not only has the point guard shot the ball incredibly well (57.1% in the tournament), he has taken incredible care of the ball, as he has only turned the rock over twice in three games. Without a doubt, the Heels have been the most dominant team in this field of 65, and it’s in large part thanks to Lawson. UNC may be laying seven points to a hot Nova squad, but there’s no reason to believe that it can’t continue its perfect 4-0 ATS mark come Saturday evening.
2) Scottie Reynolds, Villanova Wildcats: Reynolds isn’t the best player in this tournament, nor has he put up the gaudiest numbers in the world, but his craftiness, experience, and ability to make shots out of nowhere has kept the Wildcats alive in this tournament. His coast-to-coast lay-up with next to no time left in the Elite 8 was the play of the tournament to date. Reynolds has only averaged 12.5 points per game in the dance so far, but is still one of the team’s best scoring threats at 15.7 points per game this season. His shooting percentage must improve from his two games last week (34.6%) in order to help his mates hang with Carolina. If he does, Villanova may have a chance. If not, it’s lights out for Head Coach Jay Wright and the Cats.
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3) Stanley Robinson, Connecticut Huskies: He doesn’t shoot like AJ Price, he doesn’t bang bodies like Jeff Adrien, and he doesn’t dominate the low block like Hasheem Thabeet, but if you ask Head Coach Jim Calhoun who the one player is on his team that simply cannot be replaced right now, it’s Stanley Robinson. There isn’t one particular stat that the forward dominates, but he can do it all and has proven to be the piece to the puzzle that stepped in to fill the shoes of Jerome Dyson. The junior picked up 13 points, six boards, and four blocks against Missouri on Saturday, and has averaged 14.4 points and 8.9 rebounds per game since losing Dyson in that Syracuse game back in mid February. The bigs of Michigan State have dominated in this tournament, but they may have met their match if Robinson can continue to take attention away from the other superstars on the court.
4) Goran Suton, Michigan State Spartans: Coming into this tournament, Head Coach Tom Izzo may have had the best kept secret in the land in the 6’11” Suton. Is there anything the big guy can’t do? In four games this tournament, he’s proved he can score (14.3 points per game), rebound the basketball (11.5 boards per game), dish the rock (2.3 assists per game), shoot from downtown (50% from beyond the arc), step up and make free throws (86.7% from the charity stripe), and play defense (1.3 blocks and 2.3 steals per game). Fun and games for the center may be over though, as not only will he have to contend with Hasheem Thabeet inside, but will also inevitably be matched up with Jeff Adrien and Stanley Robinson, both of which can guard him outside. With five double-doubles in his L/7 games (MSU is 6-1 ATS L/7), keep an eye on the Lansing, MI native.
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