{"id":3488,"date":"2009-02-09T07:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-09T12:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/west-virginia-pittsburgh-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-02-09T07:48:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-09T12:48:00","slug":"west-virginia-pittsburgh-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/west-virginia-pittsburgh-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"West Virginia-Pittsburgh Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The West Virginia Mountaineers and the Pittsburgh Panthers will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Petersen<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Events<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Alex<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ruoff<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scored 24 points, grabbed five boards and had six assists as <st1:State><st1:place>West Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> destroyed <st1:City><st1:place>Providence<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 86-59 on Saturday afternoon. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Mountaineers covered the 11.5-point spread, while the final score played UNDER the day&#8217;s posted total of 148. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>DeJuan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Blair<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scored a career-high 32 points while grabbing 14 rebounds to lead <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> to a 92-69 victory over DePaul on Saturday afternoon. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Panthers covered the 16.5-point spread, while the final score played OVER the day&#8217;s posted total of 136. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>West Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 16-7 SU, 10-10 ATS <br \/>Pittsburgh: 21-2 SU, 11-6 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">West Virginia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Villanova are 8-2<br \/>After playing Providence are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Cincinnati are 3-2<br \/>After playing DePaul are 3-0<br \/>After a win are 8-2<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of West Virginia&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>West Virginia is 16-7 SU in its last 23 games <br \/>West Virginia is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of West Virginia&#8217;s last 9 games on the road<br \/>Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Pittsburgh is 21-2 SU in its last 23 games <br \/>Pittsburgh is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against West Virginia<br \/>Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing West Virginia<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>West Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Villanova, Friday, February 13<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, February 14<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The West Virginia Mountaineers and the Pittsburgh Panthers will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Petersen Events Center. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Alex Ruoff scored 24 points, grabbed five boards and had six assists &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/west-virginia-pittsburgh-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">West Virginia-Pittsburgh Odds Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}