Big Boys in the Big East – West Virginia at Georgetown

The West Virginia Mountaineers tackle the Georgetown Hoyas on Thursday night in Washington D.C. in a game that should draw interest from most sports betting fans. The West Virginia Mountaineers, although not as highly regarded as some of the other teams in the Big East, are good enough on most nights to stick with a team like Georgetown. West Virginia is 13 and 4 straight-up and 5 and 9 against the BetOnline online betting spread. Their against the spread record on the road is 2 and 3.

Georgetown is still considered one of the top teams in college basketball even though their straight-up record is 12 and 4. The Hoyas have beaten some pretty good teams this season like Ohio State but have lost to some other good teams like Marquette and UConn. Their record against the BetOnline online wagering spread is 6-5-1 but their record against the spread at home is a good 4 and 2.

Game-day: 1/22/2009

Tip-off: 7:00 pm est.

Here are the BetOnline online sportsbook betting odds for this game:

West Virginia Mountaineers +5 -110

Georgetown Hoyas -5 -110

Here are a few online wagering trends that might help us find a good online bet in this game:

The West Virginia Mountaineers are 1 and 4 against the spread in their last 5 games versus a team from the Big East Conference.

The West Virginia Mountaineers are 0 and 4 against the spread in their last 4 games overall.

The Georgetown Hoyas are 12 and 4 against the spread in their last 16 games after a straight-up loss.

The Home team is 6 and 0 against the spread in the last 6 meetings between these two teams.

Which team will come out firing in this game?

West Virginia has a pretty good squad with Alex Ruoff and Da’Sean Butler leading the Mountaineers in most games. Butler had 27 in the last, a victory over South Florida and Ruoff averages over 16 a game.

But Georgetown should be fired up after dropping a game to the Duke Blue Devils by 9 points in their last. That was at Duke and no team should ever be ashamed of losing to Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium, but the Hoyas have pride.

I expect that Georgetown pride to be on display Thursday night.

I like Georgetown to cover the 5 point online betting spread in this game.