{"id":13166,"date":"2011-02-07T01:32:36","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T06:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=13166"},"modified":"2011-02-07T10:40:58","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T15:40:58","slug":"monday-big-east-basketball-tv-picks-pittsburgh-at-west-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/monday-big-east-basketball-tv-picks-pittsburgh-at-west-virginia-13166\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Big East Basketball TV Picks: Pittsburgh at West Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pittsburgh Panthers at West Virginia Mountaineers, WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, WV
\nMonday, February 7, 2011, 7:00 pm Eastern, TV: ESPN
\nOpening Line: West Virginia -2
\nCurrent Line: West Virginia -1
\nOpening Total: 130
\nCurrent Total: 128
\nMoney Line: West Virginia -110 \/ Pitt -110
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Pitt's Brad Wannamaker will be expected to score more with Ashton Gibbs out due to a knee injury<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 181st edition of the Backyard Brawl on the hardcourt will take place in Morgantown on Monday night when the 25th-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers (15-7, 6-4 Big East) host the fourth-ranked Pittsburgh Panthers (21-2, 9-1).\u00a0 The Mountaineers (-1) will be going for their third win in the last four meetings with the Panthers, who have won 11 of their last 12 games overall but will be without leading scorer Ashton Gibbs (16.3 points per game) due to a knee injury.<\/p>\n

Pitt has bounced back from its lone loss in conference play to Notre Dame by beating Rutgers on the road and Cincinnati at home, but this matchup at West Virginia will clearly be a more difficult challenge.\u00a0 The Mountaineers have dropped consecutive games only once this season, and that came at the beginning of the Big East schedule when they lost to St. John\u2019s and Marquette.<\/p>\n

West Virginia is coming off a 66-50 loss at Villanova on Saturday as leading scorer Casey Mitchell returned to action following a suspension but did not start.\u00a0 Mitchell had missed the previous three games and showed some rust in limited time, missing all three of his shots and turning the ball over twice in 13 minutes.\u00a0 Kevin Jones led the Mountaineers with a team-high 16 points while John Flowers added 15 and nobody else finished in double figures.\u00a0 The team shot just 35.8 percent from the field and allowed the Wildcats to shoot 54.3 percent.<\/p>\n

The Panthers are coming off a dominant 71-59 home win against the Bearcats on Saturday but struggled on the road against the Scarlet Knights the previous week.\u00a0 Gibbs had his second straight strong offensive performance for Pitt with a game-high 25 points, making 7 of 11 shots from the field and all of his five attempts from 3-point range.\u00a0 However, he suffered an MCL injury and is expected to miss 10-14 days.\u00a0 Gibbs also scored a game-high 24 points in a 65-62 win at Rutgers after totaling just nine in a 56-51 home loss to Notre Dame.<\/p>\n

Travon Woodall is expected to fill in as a starter for Pittsburgh after averaging 6.7 points and 3.6 assists in 20.4 minutes per game off the bench.\u00a0 Woodall has not scored in double figures since totaling 11 points in a 97-64 win against Maryland-Eastern Shore back on December 18.<\/p>\n

The Panthers won the last meeting with West Virginia last February 12 in a shootout, beating the Mountaineers 98-95 in overtime.\u00a0 The UNDER had cashed in the previous three meetings following that OVER with West Virginia winning twice.\u00a0 The UNDER has also cashed in the last five games for the Mountaineers overall.<\/p>\n

If you are betting this Big East college basketball game between Pittsburgh & West Virginia, be sure to check out the winning basketball picks packages we offer.\u00a0 You can also get free winners on our free NCAA basketball picks page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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