Seton Hall looks for upset over No. 8 West Virginia
By Chico Rodriguez • Feb 19th, 2010 • Category: NCAABThe No. 8 West Virginia Mountaineers host the surging Seton Hall Pirates in a Big East battle on Saturday (12 pm ET, ESPN).
The Mountaineers have gone 7-3 straight up and against the point spread over the past 10 clashes between the teams. West Virginia has dominated the past five meetings, going 5-0 SU and 4-1 ATS.
The teams have met once previously this season, on Dec. 26. The Mountaineers managed a 90-84 win on Dec. 26, covering the point spread as a 4-point road favorite. The score easily eclipsed the over/under total of 149.5.
The Pirates’ last action came on Wednesday when they beat St. John’s 59-50, cashing as a 1-point road underdog. The score in that tilt went under the 144.5-point total.
Also Wednesday, West Virginia beat Providence 88-74. The Mountaineers covered as 7.5-point road favorites. The score went over the total of 156.
This season, Seton Hall (15-9 SU, 6-12 ATS) is 6-7 SU in the Big East, while West Virginia (20-5 SU, 10-14 ATS) is 9-4 SU, good for third place. The Mountaineers are 2.5 games back of the conference-leading No. 5 Syracuse Orange.
Seton Hall is led by guard Jeremy Hazell (21.9 points per game) while West Virginia is led by forward Da’Sean Butler (17.7 PPG).
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Chico Rodriguez is is a sports handicapper with more than 15 years in the industry. He specializes in NFL and NCAFF analysis.
He was born and raised in Los Angeles and is still based out of the city. Since Los Angeles has no NFL team, his favorite is the Indianapolis Colts.
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