Posted
on 01/30/2007 3:49 PM
By: CappersPicks.com College Basketball Handicapping
Staff
NCAA Basketball Betting - Cincinnati at West Virginia
BetUS: The
Cincinnati Bearcats (9-11 SU, 11-7 ATS) have
a big defensive job on their hands when they
pull into Morgantown on Wednesday night to
face off against the West Virginia Mountaineers
(15-5 SU, 7-7 ATS) in Big East conference
play that tips off at 7 PM ET at the WVU
Coliseum.
In the BetUS NCAAB betting odds, West Virginia
is listed as the 13.5-point home favorite.
Here are some of the NCAA basketball betting
trends relative to this matchup:
* CIN has covered 11 of its last 13 games
* CIN has played four of its last six games
UNDER the total
* CIN has covered five of its last seven
road games
* CIN is 8-16-1 ATS in its last 25 road
games
* CIN has lost 17 of its last 18 road games
SU
* WVU has covered three of its last ten
games
* WVU has won four of its last five games
* WVU has played seven of its last eight
games UNDER the total
* WVU has covered two of its last six home
games
* WVU has won 18 of its last 20 home games
SU
* WVU has played four of its last five home
games UNDER the total
* The last three meetings have gone OVER
the total
This game has a special angle as Bob Huggins,
who was the Cincinnati coach for 16 seasons,
coaches against them in a conference game.
One of his assistants from the days at UC,
Mick Cronin, inherited the coaching job.
A soft early schedule wasn't really a barometer
for Cincy to measure itself by. Then the
Bearcats went into a five-game tailspin,
but kept itself competitive against better
teams like Xavier and Memphis. It's going
to be difficult for Cincinnati to get to
the post-season, but the team has gone 5-4
SU in its last nine, and had winnable games
against U-Conn and Seton Hall that slipped
away in the last week.
West Virginia is coming off a one-point
loss to Georgetown, and in its last three
games has shot less than 40%. That's tough
when you rely on your shooting prowess to
win games, but still, Alex Ruoff has hit
45% from beyond the arc and leads a crew
of WVU shooters who can be dangerous, and
who can extend leads too (8.4 threes per
game).
On the other side, Cincinnati's offense
is somewhat front-loaded, in that Deonta
Vaughn the only starter averaging double
digits. Vaughn (17.5 ppg on 47% shooting),
who has scored 20 points or more six times
Huggins has his team yielding less than 40%
from the floor, and part of his defensive
philosophy is to take away the team's best
player. that is perhaps the key here against
the Bearcats, who have emerged victorious
in just one of their last 18 road games.
We're going to lay the points here with
West Virginia, the 13.5-point favorite in
the BetUS NCAA basketball betting odds.
BetUS NCAAB betting odds: WEST VIRGINIA
-13.5
College Basketball Pick: JAY'S PLAY: WEST
VIRGINIA
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