Sports betting odds on Purdue are likely to drop as the Boilermakers are returning a number of starters for next college basketball season. The Boilermakers are likely to be one of the top choices in online sports betting to win the national championship, especially now that JaJuan Johnson and E’Twaun Moore are returning for their senior seasons.
Sports betting odds list Purdue as the favorite next season to win the Big 10 conference title. With Johnson, Moore and Robbie Hummel, the Boilermakers are not only the favorite in the Big 10, but one of the leading favorites in the country to win the national title. Johnson and Moore were considering the NBA but both decided to pull out of the NBA draft and return to school. Johnson probably would have been a second-round pick while Moore may not have been drafted at all.
Getting Johnson back really helps Purdue as he is a big man who can make an impact on sports betting odds. He is 6-foot-10 and 215-pounds. He averaged 15.5 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game last college basketball season. With Johnson, Moore and a healthy Robbie Hummel, the Boilermakers are going to be very tough to beat next season.
Last season Purdue made the Sweet Sixteen and they did it without Hummel as he was hurt. The Boilermakers would have been a #1 seed had Hummel not been injured. The Boilermakers not only have Hummel, Johnson and Moore, they also have Lewis Jackson and a top recruit in Terone Johnson. Former Purdue head coach Gene Keady believes that Johnson and Moore made the right decision to return to school. “JaJuan made the right call, because he wasn’t ready to play in the NBA,” Keady said. “He is not a good enough ballhandler. He needs to put some weight on. It’s a brilliant move on his part. “I don’t want to downgrade him, because I think he is going to be a very good NBA player. But he needs to have another year of maturity.”
Purdue is going to be a major force in college basketball next season. With their three top players returning, the Boilermakers are likely to be favored in online sports betting odds in almost all of their games next season and with a very good head coach in Matt Painter, they have a chance to win most of them.