Since 1999, Gonzaga has been a solid online betting favorite in the West Coast Conference with 11 straight trips to the WCC title game, including nine wins. However, the Bulldogs lost a few key players, and they could be ripe for the picking.<\/p>\n
Gonzaga Bulldogs<\/strong><\/p>\n Four of their top five scorers are gone from last year\u2019s squad, which piles a lot of pressure on Matt Bouldin. Big center Robert Sacre will also be counted on for production, while Steven Gray will run the point for the Bulldogs. Freshman Elias Harris, out of Germany, is an intriguing player who could be set for big things and is a boost to their sportsbook betting lines<\/a>.<\/p>\n St. Mary\u2019s Gaels<\/strong><\/p>\n Three of the Gaels\u2019 top five scorers have left school, and it\u2019ll be a tough task to replace Patty Mills, as they showed when he was hurt last year. Freshman Matt Dellavedova may step into the void left by Mills, while Omar Samhan is a double-double threat. Another player to look out for is Mickey McConnell, who adds scoring and experience in the backcourt.<\/p>\n Portland Pilots<\/strong><\/p>\n The Pilots have 12 players back from last year\u2019s lineup, including the duo of Nik Raivio and T.J. Campbell, who transferred to the program last year and made an instant splash. Now, some NCAA basketball betting<\/a> players are thinking that they can overtake the Bulldogs and win the WCC Tournament for the first time since 1996. Pepperdine Waves<\/strong><\/p>\n The Waves have to improve on last season\u2019s nine wins, and Keion Bell was all over the place in his freshman year. Bell led the team in points, boards, assists and steals, but also in turnovers. Pepperdine will ask him to be more careful this year, and he\u2019ll have to trust his teammates, like Dane Suttle Jr. and Taylor Darby. The Waves don\u2019t have much of an NCAA basketball betting chance in the conference, but watch out for them in next year\u2019s betting picks<\/a>.<\/p>\n Santa Clara Broncos<\/strong><\/p>\n Steve Nash\u2019s alma mater is looking to fill some gaps left by graduated players, especially John Bryant. Kevin Foster and Marc Trasolini will be the main players to make up his scoring, but it\u2019ll take the entire team to replace his rebounding power on the glass. Also, watch out for freshman forward Niyi Harrison, who has the ability to lead the team in rebounding this year.<\/p>\n 2009 West Coast Conference Pick<\/strong><\/p>\n Experience is everything in college basketball, which is why we\u2019re going with Portland to unseat Gonzaga this year. The Pilots are deep, experienced and talented, while Gonzaga has to work too many new faces into the rotation. All eyes should be focused on January 9th and February 4th on your WCC calendar: that\u2019s when these two meet. Go with Portland in your NCAA basketball betting picks in your sportsbook. Our man Poolside Rants weighs in with his 2009 WCC (West Coast Conference) basketball predictions and points out how the WCC will break down this year from an online gambling perspective and handicapping angle…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[41,20346,20347,20348,4207,4633,19603,4657,11924,19601,4691,1028,19604,20349,20350],"class_list":["post-16045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-41","tag-2009-wcc-basketball-preview","tag-2009-wcc-conference-basketball-predictions","tag-2009-wcc-preseason-picks","tag-college-basketball-betting","tag-college-basketball-picks","tag-conference-odds","tag-ncaa-hoops","tag-ncaa-hoops-picks","tag-ncaa-picks","tag-ncaab-predictions","tag-predictions","tag-team-picks","tag-west-coast-conference","tag-west-coast-conference-mens-basketball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16045"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109752,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16045\/revisions\/109752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Sports](\"http:\/\/www.bodogaffiliate.com\/resources\/banners\/sportsbook\/square\/250x250\/250x250g-sportsbook.gif\")
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