Can The UConn Huskies Repeat As National Champions?

college basketball betting season was filled with surprises, as several major schools were looked at as potential favorites for the National Championship ahead of the Connecticut Huskies. However, as luck would have it, the Huskies, thanks in large part to now NBA rookie Kemba Walker, were able to build up momentum throughout the tournament and defeat the Butler Bulldogs for the National Title.


Now in 2011 – 12, fans and media alike, have gone from taking the Connecticut Huskies as one of the top schools in the league, to wondering if they were just an anomaly that got lucky last season. The Huskies are making fans and online bookies software agents alike believe that they will not repeat as National Champions. Today, we’ll be looking at why it is only a matter of time before the Huskies come on again.


This summer was marred with Jim Calhoun rumors speculating if the legendary coach would go out on top, after winning the National Title. Instead, Calhoun decided to stay on for another year, to guide the likes of sophomore Jeremy Lamb and freshman center Andre Drummond, to National Title supremacy. Unfortunately, despite handing Harvard their first loss of the season last week, Connecticut still finds itself out of the top eight in the country, as they sit at ninth overall.


The aforementioned Lamb has filled in nicely since Walker departed for the NBA. Lamb is averaging 20 points a game, to lead the Huskies offensively. We think he’ll make it to the NBA no problem, but a National Title repeat may be out of the question. In essence, coming up to the quarter of the season mark, we expected the Huskies to have hit their stride by now, but as we enter Wednesday night’s action, the team still has yet to fully look comfortable with one another. Not something you would expect from the reigning champions.