{"id":26079,"date":"2012-11-12T10:05:38","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T15:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26079"},"modified":"2012-11-12T10:05:38","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T15:05:38","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-west-virginia-mountaineers-vs-gonzaga-bulldogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-west-virginia-mountaineers-vs-gonzaga-bulldogs-26079\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Gonzaga Bulldogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

West Virginia Mountaineers at Gonzaga Bulldogs
\nMonday, 11\/12\/12, 11:59 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Gonzaga -10
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Gonzaga -10
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 135.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 137
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Gonzaga Bulldogs have gone UNDER the total in their last three games as home favorites of 9.5 to 12 points<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

West Virginia will be looking to gain revenge from a 77-54 blowout loss to Gonzaga in last year\u2019s NCAA Second Round game in Pittsburgh, as the squad connected on just 16-of-49 field-goal attempts.\u00a0 The Mountaineers definitely have a new look on their bench, as they welcome in three transfers in hopes of replacing star Kevin Jones, who was the Big East Conference\u2019s leading scorer and rebounder.\u00a0 \u201cTransfers can work,\u201d stated Mountaineers coach Bob Huggins.\u00a0 West Virginia is 8-13 ATS on the road the last two-plus years, which is an important angle to handicap when making your NCAA basketball predictions.<\/p>\n

The Mountaineers have gone 11-4-1 ATS in their last 16 games as a road underdog of 9.5 to 12 points, which will make them an attractive bet when looking at the college basketball odds page.\u00a0 West Virginia returns three starters and seven lettermen from a year ago, as it looks to improve upon its 52-11 record in non-conference action during the regular season under Huggins\u2019 watch.\u00a0 The program was picked to finish sixth in its first year in the Big 12 Conference.<\/p>\n

Gonzaga tallied an impressive 103-65 season-opening win over Southern Utah as 22.5-point home favorites on Friday night, as the team won the battle in the paint by a 66-28 margin.\u00a0 The Bulldogs were very pleased with the production they received from center Przemek Karnowski, finishing with a team-high 22 points on 10-of-16 shooting, while playing a major role in the team\u2019s 23 second-chance points.\u00a0 Gonzaga is 1-2 ATS as a home favorite of 9.5 to 12 points, while the UNDER is 0-3 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs shot 56.0 percent and received double-digit scoring efforts from Gary Bell Jr., Kevin Pangos and Elias Harris in last year\u2019s postseason victory against the Mountaineers.\u00a0 Gonzaga has a great chance to pick up another win in this series, considering that West Virginia has dropped eight of its last nine games versus ranked opponents, including losses in the last five opportunities.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this non-conference affair, as the UNDER is 0-3 in the Bulldogs last three meetings versus Big 12 foes.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college basketball handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

West Virginia Mountaineers at Gonzaga Bulldogs Monday, 11\/12\/12, 11:59 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Gonzaga -10 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Gonzaga -10 Opening Total:\u00a0 135.5 Current Total:\u00a0 137 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker West Virginia will be looking to gain revenge from a 77-54 blowout loss to Gonzaga in last year\u2019s NCAA Second Round game […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3267,6270,1202,7146,30,7145,449],"class_list":["post-26079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-12-conference","tag-bob-huggins","tag-gonzaga-bulldogs","tag-karnowski","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-przemek","tag-west-virginia-mountaineers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26079"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26080,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26079\/revisions\/26080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}