Early Vegas line vs WV

[23dpg]

Zags open up as 3 point favorites. O/U 147

[Section 116]

Thanks 23dpg!

[ZagMan in Philly]

Line is solid.

[VinnyZag]

KenPom projection is Gonzaga 76, West Virginia 72. Zags given a 64 percent chance of winning.

[Section 116]

WVU defense will be tough on GU: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/201...e-tough-test-/

See more articles in the right column.

[ZagLawGrad]

WVU defense will be tough on GU: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/201...e-tough-test-/

See more articles in the right column.

WVU will no doubt be tough with that press.

But then again, if it was such a great basketball strategy, everyone would be doing it.

[Reborn]

The one thing I'll say about Gonzaga and WV's press is that Mark Few has played against WV twice in the last five years I think and Handled the press quite well and beat WV both times.

Go Zags!!!

[Ekrub]

The one thing I'll say about Gonzaga and WV's press is that Mark Few has played against WV twice in the last five years I think and Handled the press quite well and beat WV both times.

Go Zags!!!

Think it's been three times. Once in the tourney, once at home, and once at wvu

[maynard g krebs]

66% chance on 538.

[Zagceo]

[Zagineer]

66% chance on 538.

For those that may not know about "538", here's the link:

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2017-march-madness-predictions/?addata=espn:ncb:index

Zagceo posted a portion of what "538" has to offer. There are also individual game probabilities in real time as the game progresses.

Not that it's the End-All to Be-All, but it's kind of fun to follow. Sometimes its correct, sometimes its not. Just another graphic,.... but a fun one.

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[MDABE80]

In some ways, this 538 and KenPom are based on our rpior work. A word of caution: We're not playing like we did in the regular season. It makes me nervous.
UWV is a tough focused squad. If you remember the last time we played them, we were well behind. Pangos e.t al. barely squeeked it out at their place. I thought the game was lost. I'm still not sure how we pulled it out.

[cggonzaga]

I thought UVA was eliminated from the tourney today?

[ProVeeZag]

Think it's been three times. Once in the tourney, once at home, and once at wvu

Few has been treating Coach Huggy Bear like a rented mule!

[ScrapironJim]

The WV defense is very good. But, according to KePom, ours is slightly better - #1 vs. #5. Our offense is #12 vs. their #25. We are both very good teams. We should expect a competitive game – one in which both teams will be focused and playing at maximum effort for the full 40.
WV lost eight games this year; Temple, Texas Tech, K State, Oklahoma, OK State, Iowa State, Baylor, and Kansas. Only the last two remain in the tourney. To be fair, WV also beat every one of those teams except Temple.