Sports Betting Odds: West Virginia 10-1 in March Madness Predictions

If you are looking for a team with great potential in March Madness predictions, then the team to give a lot of consideration too would be the West Virginia Mountaineers, who rode a wave of momentum to take last weekend’s Big East conference tournament. West Virginia will enter the Big Dance with a record of 27-6 straight up and 13-19 against the spread in college basketball odds. The Mountaineers have been one of the betting favorites in the Big East conference throughout the year and that has driven down their value in sports betting odds heading into March madness predictions. Some of that value may be re-claimed though against the strong competition West Virginia will face in the deeper rounds of the 2010 NCAA tournament.

West Virginia broke even against in sports betting odds on the road this year and went 6-6 against the spread as a college basketball betting favorite. They have gone under the total in 4 of their last 6 games heading into 2010 March madness predictions. The Mountaineers have won 8 out of their last 9 games straight up including six straight wins. West Virginia had big wins against other favorites in the tournament like Georgetown, Notre Dame, Villanova and Georgia Tech all in the past two weeks. Forward Da’Sean Butler led the Mounties in scoring with an average of 17.4 points per game.

Butler is one of three forwards that averaged double digits for scoring per game. The Mounties are one of the better rebounding teams in the country which gives them a strong edge in sports betting odds heading into March Madness predictions which shows why they are one of the favorites at 10-1. West Virginia had a rather soft non-conference schedule and their only major test early in the season was a win over Texas A&M. Any team that can have success in the Big East conference is a team that is worthy of consideration for betting on March madness predictions.

West Virginia will face the Morgan State Bears on Friday, March 19th at 12:15pm EST in a game that can be seen on CBS with the Mountaineers favored by 17.5 points in sports betting odds. In their last game, West Virginia held on for a hard-fought 60-58 victory over Georgetown in the Big East title game on Saturday. West Virginia failed to cover the 2.5-point college basketball betting spread and the combined score went UNDER the posted total of 132.5 at online sportsbooks. Vegas odds have the West Virginia Mountaineers 10-1 to win the 2010 NCAA men's basketball tournament.