Cajun-Sports Executive
West Virginia vs. Georgetown
Pick: Georgetown -5
The Verizon Center will be the site of tonight’s Big East clash between the host Georgetown Hoyas and the visiting West Virginia Mountaineers. West Virginia is coming off a win over South Florida on Saturday 62 to 59 as a 17.5 point home favorite while the Hoyas cost us a 5* on Duke as they pushed as a 9 point road underdog 76 to 67 on Saturday.
The Hoyas will be looking to rebound from that loss at Duke and we expect them to control the tempo and pace of this contest on their home court. Georgetown does a great job on the offensive end of the floor by utilizing space and forcing their opponent to come out on the perimeter to defend. When their opponent commits to that type of defense it opens lanes to the basket or frees up an open shot from behind the arc.
West Virginia has struggled on the offensive end of the floor during conference play this season. The Mountaineers have averaged below forty percent shooting from the floor their last three Big East contests, shooting 38 percent against the South Florida Bulls, 30 percent against UCONN and 35 percent on the road at Marquette. They will need to shoot the ball much better tonight to have any chance of derailing this Hoyas team.
The host in this series has been the winning side of late cashing in at a 6-2 ATS rate their last eight meetings although the Hoyas are 3-0 both straight up and against the spread the last three overall including a big win in the Big East Tourney last season in New York. For the Mountaineers to capture an ATS win in this contest they will have to rewrite recent history as all indicators point to a Hoyas win and cover in tonight’s meeting.
With the Mountaineers failing to cover that 17.5 point chalk last Saturday they have now lost four in a row against the number overall. This failure has led the Mounties to a 1-7 ATS record after failing to cover the spread in their previous game. We also note that SU success has not led to ATS success for the Mounties as they are 3-11-2 ATS after winning their last two games SU and now installed as a conference underdog of 3 to 6.5 points. The Hoyas on the other hand have found success following a loss in their last game winning 75 percent of the time in that situation against the spread.
Data base research has uncovered a CBB System that is active in tonight’s meeting. It tells us to Play On CBB home favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points with a team averaging 53 or less shots per game on the season, after 2 straight games making 50% of their shots or better, 90-49 ATS since 1997.
Our Team Performance Ratings Index indicates a Hoyas win as well with Georgetown having a 9.8 point advantage over the West Virginia Mountaineers in tonight’s contest. With all indicators signaling a Hoyas win and cover we will make them our CBB 4* Play of the Day for Thursday.
PROJECTED FINAL SCORE: (4*) Georgetown 72 West Virginia 61
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