Certain types of prop bets speculate on whether a specific athlete will surpass or fall short of a predetermined total in a given stat; for instance, if a basketball player would grab more rebounds in a game or fewer than 6.5.
It’s terrible,” Bacot told reporters in Los Angeles ahead of the Sweet 16. “Even at the last game, I guess I didn’t get enough rebounds or something. I thought I played pretty good last game, but I looked at my DMs, and I got, like, over 100 messages from people telling me I sucked and stuff like that because I didn’t get enough rebounds.
“I think it’s definitely a little out of hand,” he added. “But at the same time too, I get the point of it. Like, if you bet a lot of money on something, and you’re, like, one pick away and somebody messes it up, I understand the part of fans being mad. But it’s annoying, too, at times.”
Some prop bets involve wagers on whether an individual player will record more or less than a set number in a particular stat — for example, whether a basketball player will record over or under 6.5 rebounds in a game
In the past, Kentucky fans could bank on John Calipari bringing another highly touted recruiting class, but that’s no longer the case. On Tuesday, the head coach confirmed he’s no longer with the program in a video posted to his X account, formerly known as Twitter. (He’s expected to sign a contract with Arkansas.)
David Cobb of CBS Sports noted Kentucky’s 2024 recruiting class “is at risk of disintegrating” after Calipari’s departure.
In a video message record from his house in Lexington and posted to social media on Tuesday afternoon, Calipari confirmed that he was stepping away from the program, though he did not say what the next chapter in his Hall of Fame career would be. He is expected to officially be named the head coach at Arkansas on Tuesday, less than three weeks after the Wildcats were upset by 14-seeded Oakland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the latest in a string of postseason losses that ultimately led to the departure of one of the most celebrated figures in the history of UK’s storied program.
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Don’t be surprised if Kentucky experiences a difficult transition period. It must find a head coach who can remodel the program and continue to land premier recruits.
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