The West Virginia Mountaineers (13-8, 2-6 Big 12) visit the No. 16 TCU Horned Frogs (16-5, 5-3) on Tuesday. Tip from Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET (ESPNU). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the West Virginia vs. TCU odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
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West Virginia beat Auburn 80-77 on Saturday but failed to cover as a 4-point home favorite. It is 3-2 against the spread (ATS) in its last 5 games but just 3-7 ATS in its last 10 to fall to 10-11 ATS on the season. The Mountaineers’ strength is their offense, scoring 77.1 points per game (59th).
The Horned Frogs fell to Mississippi State 81-74 in overtime on Tuesday, failing to cover as 1.5-point road favorites. They are 3-2 ATS in their last 5 contests and 6-3-1 ATS in their last 10 to improve to 12-8-1 ATS this season. TCU has played great defense this season, holding opponents to 40.96% from the field (54th) and 29.5% from behind the arc (17th).
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West Virginia at TCU odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 12:21 p.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): West Virginia +115 (bet $100 to win $115) | TCU -135 (bet $135 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): West Virginia +2.5 (-115) | TCU -2.5 (-105)
- Over/Under (O/U): 142.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)
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West Virginia at TCU picks and predictions
Prediction
TCU 79, West Virginia 73
Moneyline
PASS.
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Against the spread
BET TCU -2.5 (-105).
The Horned Frogs have played their best basketball in front of their home crowd with a 10-2 record. Posting a 12-8-1 ATS record this season, they have been a profitable play, and that trend should continue at home against a Mountaineers team with a 2-4 record in true road games.
TCU is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games following an ATS loss, is 5-0-1 ATS in its last 6 home games against a team with a losing road record and is 7-1-1 ATS in its last 9 home games.
The home team is 13-3 ATS in the last 16 meetings between these teams and the favorite is 4-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings.
Over/Under
BET OVER 142.5 (-115).
West Virginia’s O/U record is 13-8 and TCU’s is 12-9; both teams have shown tendencies to score a lot of points, making the Over the best play in this game.
The Over is 22-5 in the Mountaineers’ last 27 road games against a team with a winning home record and 25-6 in their last 31 road games overall.
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