West Virginia at Kentucky -3.5 O/U 134
Thought I would be on West Virginia and coach Huggins team with their trademark defense,but after further review I’ll pass. Despite a Big East team that is better in the half court than Kentucky and led the league in offensive rebounding and no. 2 in assist-to-turnover ratio,the Mountaineers just do not have enough solid shooters. West Virginia hit less than 42% FG in league play, and in fact their season FG percentage is the lowest of anyone playing in Saturday’s NCAA Tournament. Defense should determine this winner, yet it’s Kentucky’s that is playing well right now holding four of their last five opponents to less than 60 points.The young Wildcats escaped Princeton in the opening round as the smart kids out-foxed the ‘Cats. But these Wildcats can also claw on defense, holding SEC opponents to less than 40 percent shooting while leading the league in blocked shots and committing the fewest turnovers in SEC Read more