West Virginia vs Gonzaga Game Information

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Big 12 Conference side West Virginia (3-1) battles WCC heavyweights and No. 3 Gonzaga (5-0) in the Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas on Thanksgiving Eve in what should be an entertaining afternoon game. The Mountaineers only have 1 loss, but it was a troubling one in an 86-62 thrashing by rivals Pitt on November 15 in the Steel City. If the Panthers beat WV by 24, then the Bulldogs should be able to do the same and it’s hard to think oddsmakers making the Point Spread so high.

West Virginia Looking to Rebuild After Huggins

West Virginia (2-2-0 ATS, 1-2-1 O/U) is led by G Javon Small (15.5 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 4.0 apg), G Tucker DeVries (13.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg), G Jonathan Powell (12.0 ppg), and F Amani Hansberry (9.33 ppg, 7.5 rpg). Once a strong Hoops team, it seems 1st-year Head Coach and former Drake HC Darian DeVries has his work cut out for him in Morgantown after the Mountaineers went from 8-13 to 9-23 to end last 2023-24 NCAA Basketball season under Interim HC Josh Eilert. From 2012 to 23, the Mountaineers went 345-203 under legendary Head Coach Bob Huggins. Those days are long gone.

West Virginia Betting Trends

• West Virginia is 3-7-0 in its last 10 games overall
• The Over is 3-0-1 in the last 4 Mountaineers Road games
• The Mountaineers went 1-10 SU in their last 11 games last season
• The Under is 2-0-1 in its last 3 WV games
• West Virginia was 13-19-0 ATS last season

No. 3 Gonzaga Annihilating its Poor Opponents

Gonzaga (4-1 ATS, 3-2-0 O/U) has beaten Baylor (101-63), Arizona State (88-80), UML (113-54), San Diego State (80-67), and Long Beach State (84-41), and this just might be the season Gonzaga and Head Coach Mark Few finally get that first and elusive national championship. The Zags are led by G Khalif Battle (14.4 ppg, 6.2 rpg), F Braden Huff (14.0 ppg, 3.8 rpg), G Nolan Hickman (11.3 ppg, 3.4 rpg), F Graham Ike (14.6 ppg, 6.2 rpg), and G Ryan Nembhard (12.2 ppg, 9.4 apg) and have a great supporting cast in G Dusty Stromer (7.63 ppg, 4.3 rpg), G Michael Ajayi (6.8, 6.0 rpg), and F Ben Gregg (6.0 ppg, 5.2 rpg). There may be no team in the land deeper than the Zags.

Gonzaga Betting Trends

• Gonzaga is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games this season (SDS only non-ATS cover)
• The Over is 5-1 in the Bulldogs last 6 Home games (this is Neutral Site)
• The Zags are #8 in NCAAB in Scoring Offense (93.2 ppg)
• The First Half Over is 22-13 in Gonzaga’s last 35 games (+7.00 Units, 17% ROI)
• The Zags are allowing just 61.0 ppg heading into the Bahamas

West Virginia vs Gonzaga Prediction and Pick

This West Virginia vs Gonzaga prediction and free NCAAB pick pick for this Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis tourney game is to lay the lumber without hesitation as you have one team that is very deep and plays fundamental basketball facing a program in a new conference and looking to rebuild after losing an iconic Head Coach two seasons ago and finishing off last season with nothing but a bad taste in its mouth. It has probably been a very long time since the Mountaineers had lost 10 of 11 games and this was a school who made the Final Four in 2009-10. Bulldogs sparkplug Nembhard, Battle, Ike, Huff, and Hickman can all score and work very well together and are playing like a well-oiled basketball machine you would expect to see in January, not November.

Kevin’s Pick: Gonzaga -14.5