Frank Sawyer
NCAA-B | Feb 20, 2017
Texas vs. West Virginia
West Virginia -15 -110 at GTBETS
Lay the points with the West Virginia Mountaineers minus the points versus the Texas Longhorns. At first glance, it might look easy to take Texas (10-17) as big double-digit dog on the road when considering that they narrowly losses to the Mountaineers in their first encounter this season by a 74-72 score. But the Longhorns stayed competitive in that game by shooting 47.9% from the field. Don’t expect a similar performance tonight considering that Shaka Smart’s team shoots only 43.4% when on the road. And this Texas team wilted against “Press” Virginia by turning the ball over 19 times in 26.4% of their possessions in that contest. That is something that could very well repeat itself with the Longhorns playing in the hostile Morgantown environment tonight. Texas is 8th in the Big 12 by turning the ball over in 21.8% of their possessions. West Virginia leads the nation by forcing turnovers in 29.4% of their opponent’s possessions. The Longhorns have not played the underdog role well either having failed to cover the point spread in 4 of their last 5 games when getting the points. West Virginia (21-6) has covered the point spread in three of their last four games with their 83-74 win over Texas Tech on Saturday as a 10-point favorite. The Mountaineers have covered point spread expectations after failing to cover the point spread in 15 of their last 22 games after a point spread loss. Lay the points with West Virginia. Best of luck — Frank.
NCAA-B | Feb 20, 2017
Texas vs. West Virginia
West Virginia -15 -110 at GTBETS
Lay the points with the West Virginia Mountaineers minus the points versus the Texas Longhorns. At first glance, it might look easy to take Texas (10-17) as big double-digit dog on the road when considering that they narrowly losses to the Mountaineers in their first encounter this season by a 74-72 score. But the Longhorns stayed competitive in that game by shooting 47.9% from the field. Don’t expect a similar performance tonight considering that Shaka Smart’s team shoots only 43.4% when on the road. And this Texas team wilted against “Press” Virginia by turning the ball over 19 times in 26.4% of their possessions in that contest. That is something that could very well repeat itself with the Longhorns playing in the hostile Morgantown environment tonight. Texas is 8th in the Big 12 by turning the ball over in 21.8% of their possessions. West Virginia leads the nation by forcing turnovers in 29.4% of their opponent’s possessions. The Longhorns have not played the underdog role well either having failed to cover the point spread in 4 of their last 5 games when getting the points. West Virginia (21-6) has covered the point spread in three of their last four games with their 83-74 win over Texas Tech on Saturday as a 10-point favorite. The Mountaineers have covered point spread expectations after failing to cover the point spread in 15 of their last 22 games after a point spread loss. Lay the points with West Virginia. Best of luck — Frank.
