Spread & Over/Under Predictions for WVU at Kansas

Can the Mountaineers cover the spread?

Each game day, we will release an article on our thoughts on the spread and the over/under of West Virginia games. The star ratings next to the play describe the overall confidence in that particular play.

Star ratings:

1 Star - Not very confident

2 Star - A little confident

3 Star - Fairly confident

4 Star - Very confident

5 Star - Should be a lock to happen

Spread: Kansas -9.5

4-star play on Kansas covering: West Virginia is 1-6 ATS in its last seven meetings with Kansas. Couple that with the Jayhawks covering each of the last five, and yeah, I'm all over KU laying the points in this one. The Mountaineers don't have the ability to hang, especially if Erik Stevenson has an off night shooting. He's their only chance. He went 4/19 from the field in the first meeting, including 0/5 from deep. Don't overthink it. Lay the points.

Over/Under: 151

1-star play on the under: I'm going against the data here, so let's see how it works out for me. All the numbers say to play the over even with it being as high as it is. The thing is, I just don't see West Virginia playing efficiently enough offensively to help us get up and over the number. A cold day shooting with countless turnovers is how I see this one playing out for the Mountaineers. Too many points for me. Take the under.

My picks

ATS record: 17-11 (61%)

O/U record: 16-12 (57%)

Overall: 33-23 (59%)

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