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4 Way-Too-Early Bets to Win the 2019 NCAA Tournament

Akash Bhatia  —  @AkashBhatia24 Apr 4th, 2018
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Kentucky Wildcats

Vegas Odds: 8/1

The only good part of having a superstar freshman class underperform expectations? You get some of them back as (hopefully improved) sophomores.

Kevin Knox and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will likely be gone, but many of the other pieces of 2017's second-best recruiting class could still return as the statuses of Quade Green and P.J. Washington, 5-star recruits from last year, are up in the air. Plus, there's a chance Jarred Vanderbilt could join them after being limited to just a handful of games due to injury, and Jemarl Baker missed all of the 2017-18 season due to injury and is expected to return.

Add in Wenyen Gabriel as a junior and another top-five recruiting class for coach John Calipari, and you have the makings of a very good-looking team.

The key will almost undoubtedly be Green's development at point guard as he will be needed to fill the role vacated by Alexander. If Green makes strides as a sophomore, watch out for this Kentucky Wildcats team.

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