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BetUS NCAA college basketball betting odds: WEST VIRGINIA -5.5, Total 135

The West Virginia Mountaineers (20-9 SU, 12-10-1 ATS) in Big East action that gets underway at 7 PM ET at the WVU Coliseum.

In the BetUS NCAA basketball betting odds, West Virginia is listed as a 5.5-point favorite, with a total of 135 points.

Here are some of the NCAA  trends as they relate to this matchup:

* PITT has covered one of its last five games

* PITT has won 17 of its last 25 games SU

* PITT has played five of its last six games OVER the total

* PITT has won and covered two of its last six road games

* PITT has played 16 of its last 23 road games UNDER the total

* WVA has played four of its last six games OVER the total

* WVA has covered two of its last seven home games

* WVA has won 21 of its last 24 home games SU

* WVA has played four of its last six home games UNDER the total

* PITT is 11-4-1 ATS in the last 16 meetings

* PITT has won five of the last six meetings SU

* Five of the last six meetings have gone UNDER the total

* PITT has covered seven of the last nine meetings as the road team

* PITT has on five of the last seven meetings SU as the road team

* PITT has had the shooting edge in each of the last six meetings

* PITT has had the rebounding edge in each of the last eight meetings

* WVA has made more three-pointers in each of the last nine meetings

There is revenge in the air, as Pittsburgh won a hotly-contested one-point decision at the Petersen Center a little less than a month ago. But the Panthers have now won five in a row in this series, including meetings at Morgantown in 2006 and 2007. Bob Huggins will have his team ready, especially as his team's NCAA tournament hopes are fading. But can WVU get the cover?

For Pittsburgh, Levance Fields has not gotten his shooting eye back yet, going only 13-for-48 from the field (27%) since coming back from injury. But the guard was a clutch performer from the free throw line against the Orange, hitting a perfect eight-for-eight, and chipped in with five assists, so there is reason for encouragement.

We must say we're not all that impressed with West Virginia's output lately; the only Big East wins the Mountaineers have managed to score since an upset of Marquette on January 6 have been against a Syracuse team that was struggling, and those on the lower rung of the Big East.

The Mountaineers have suffered from some scattered shooting in recent games, including 55% from the line against NCAA college basketball betting odds.

JAY'S PLAY: PITTSBURGH

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(Charles Jay of http://www.eBookies.com gives it the old college try as a regular contributor to the BetUS Locker Room)