Basketball Betting Online
From October to June, there's always something going on for fans who can't get enough action on the hardwood. The main part of basketball season runs from the start of the NBA season in October through the end of the NBA Finals in June. In the middle though, college basketball takes over the main sports scene in February and March, the best months of the year for basketball bettors with the NCAA Tournament dominating the headlines with March Madness. The WNBA season begins in May each year and concludes with the WNBA Playoffs in October. With international basketball running year-round though, there's always something out there for bettors who believe that ball is life.
Basketball Betting Lines
NBA
The Boston Celtics are favored in NBA futures odds as they begin the 2024-2024 season as the defending NBA champs. The Celtics won their 18th title last season, beating the Dallas Mavericks in five games. The Celtics, led by Jayson Tatum, are the clear top choice entering the new season, with the Oklahoma City Thunder, York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers next in NBA betting odds. Last year’s runner-up, the Dallas Mavericks, who have one of the top players in the league in Luka Doncic, are listed at double-digit odds to win the NBA title. Other contenders include the Denver Nuggets, who won the title in 2023 and the Minnesota Timberwolves who have a young and talented squad. The Celtics will look to become the first team since the Golden State Warriors in 2018 to win back-to-back NBA titles.
College Basketball
The 2024-2025 NCAA basketball season begins in November and concludes with the NCAA Tournament beginning in March. The Connecticut Huskies are the two-time defending champion, as they won the NCAA men’s basketball title in 2024, becoming the first team since Florida in 2007 to win two straight titles. The Huskies will now try and do something that only one team in history (UCLA) has done, and that is win three straight national titles. The Huskies begin the 2024-2025 season as a slight favorite in college basketball futures. They are followed closely by the Duke Blue Devils and Kansas Jayhawks. Other teams to keep an eye on in 2024-2025 college basketball futures are the Alabama Crimson Tide, North Carolina Tar Heels, Baylor Bears and Houston Cougars.
WNBA
The WNBA regular season runs from late May to early September. The WNBA Playoffs begin in mid-September and the WNBA Finals are held in early October. The WNBA doesn’t get the headlines of the NBA or college basketball but interest has increased, due in large part to the addition of Caitlin Clark to the league. She was one of the best players in women’s college basketball history and very popular with fans and that popularity has brought more interest to the WNBA now that she is on the Indiana Fever.
Unrivaled
Women's basketball has grown exponentially over the past several years. Now that Unrivaled has tipped off, it will expand even more. A new 3-on-3 league, Unrivaled is a domestic opportunity for WNBA players to compete during the offseason. But to those who helped bring the league to fruition, it was about bringing competitive basketball back to its simplest, rawest form, like playing hoops on the playground.
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