Ohio State at West Virginia College Basketball Odds & Predictions: College Basketball fans will be treated to a stellar non-conference border battle between the 21st ranked Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten and 11th ranked West Virginia Mountaineers down in Morgantown, WV with tipoff time set for 2 pm Eastern (CBS). Coach Bob Huggins' Mountaineers started 11-0 this season, but have lost three of their last five. Ohio State, meanwhile, is 4-1 both SU and ATS since getting forward Evan Turner back.
Oddsmakers at online sportsbook SBGglobal.com list the Mountaineers as 5-chalk favorites versus the Buckeyes with a 133 total. Ohio State backers are getting +190 odds on the SBG Global moneyline while West Virginia is giving -230.Ohio State is 4-3 vs. ranked teams in the Associated Press Top 25 this season and 4-1 with a full roster. Evan Turner missed six games this season with a back injury. Ohio State was 3-3 in those games, including an 0-2 mark vs. ranked foes. Turner averages 24.2 points and 9.6 rebounds vs. five ranked opponents this season . He is connecting on 58 percent of his shots (46-80) and has 21 assists, four blocks and six steals.
The Mountaineers have been successful in six of the last seven meetings, including a 76-48 victory a season ago in Columbus. Both teams enter the game this year ranked among the Top 25 for the first time in series history. Ohio State is 1-1 vs. West Virginia as a ranked team while the Mountaineers are 0-1 vs. Ohio State when ranked.
West Virginia boosted its record to 14-3 with a hard-fought 68-60 win over Marshall Wednesday night in Charleston. Senior Da’Sean Butler snapped out of his five-game shooting slump with a 6-for-11 shooting performance against the Thundering Herd to finish with 16 points. Butler became just the sixth player in school history to pass 1,700 career points and he needs 77 more to pass Rod Thorn for fifth place with 1,785 points.
Butler is averaging 15.8 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. Sophomore Kevin Jones is just a shade below 15 points per game, while pulling down 7.7 rebounds per contest. Sophomore forward Devin Ebanks shows averages of 11.6 points and 7.9 rebounds per game.
College Basketball Predictions: We like the Mountaineers giving the five at home in this game.
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