OT - University of Maryland predicted to win the 2016 championship

[Washingtonian]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...ulaimon-maryland-is-2016-ncaa-title-favorite/

With Melo Trimble and Jake Layman returning, and the additions of Georgia Tech transfer Robert Carter Jr. and elite recruit Diamond Stone, the Maryland men’s basketball team was a consensus top-five pick in most experts’ way-too-early preseason rankings last month.

After former Duke guard Rasheed Sulaimon committed to the Terps last week, CBS Sports’ Jon Rothestein bumped Maryland to No. 1 in his still-way-too-early rankings.

Vegas took notice, too. In Bovada’s latest college basketball futures odds, Maryland is the favorite to win the national championship at 9-1, followed by Duke, Kentucky and North Carolina at 10-1.

That’s right: Maryland is the favorite to win the 2016 national championship. Let that sink in.

 

[phoenix-arizona]

Tommy Carcetti approves this message.

 

[A.-Siegfried]

The tears of sorrow will taste that much better when they get bounced in the round of 32.

 

[phoenix-arizona]

At the national level I'll root for the Arizona schools first and foremost, but I'd rather see UMD win over the likes of Kansas, Kentucky, Duke, North Carolina, UCONN, schools that just keep winning year after year.

 

[TweederGMU]

UMD can rot in hell

 

[MasonFanatic]

Better them than Dook.

 

[GMUgemini]

Better them than Dook.

Not by much.

 

[Vurbel]

Worst: vcu
Next Worst: Dook
After That: UMD

 

[Five Two]

As a Montgomery County resident, I hope UMD doesn't qualify for the Big Ten (14) conference tournament...