West Virginia vs Villanova College Basketball Picks, Odds & Predictions: With the Big East’s second spot up for grabs, the tenth ranked (23-6, 12-5) West Virginia Mountaineers [+3] pay a visit to the No.9 sports betting odds favorite (24-5, 13-4) Villanova Wildcats [-3] at noon (11 AM CT). This terrific matchup is scheduled to tipoff live at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, PA. According to College Basketball Picks, Odds & Predictions experts at SBGGLOBAL.com, the OVER/UNDER between West Virginia and Villanova has been set at a projected total of 151½ points.
With the Syracuse Orange having already clinched the Big East title, Villanova will look to secure that spot on the final day of the College Basketball regular season. After losing to Syracuse in embarrassing fashion last Saturday, the Wildcats were able to avoid a huge letdown in Cincy.
Almost blowing a 16-point lead, Nova was able to hold on to beat the Bearcats, 77-73. “Hey, it was a tough loss (at Syracuse),” stated Wildcats head coach, Jay Wright. “It didn’t kill us, but it was a tough loss. And what you get to recover from that is being at Cincinnati against a team that’s hungry and tough and physical.”
For the Mountaineers, they come into the season finale tied for third place in the Big East standing with the No.17 ranked Pittsburgh Pirates. With a late surge, winning four of its last five, West Virginia has put itself in a pretty good position.
Riding the momentum of an 81-68 victory over the 19th seeded Georgetown Hoyas, the Mountaineers will try to make things interesting atop the Conference with an upset today. Senior forward, Da'Sean Butler is coming off another strong performance with 22 points in his final home game.
“I definitely wanted to win on my senior night against a good team like them,” Butler said. “When I was taken out at the end of the game, it just kind of hit me, like I’m not playing here anymore and it just took off from there.”
