West Virginia at Notre Dame
women's college BB
3:30pm eastern
pick: WV +26 (bet365)
These two play today on TV as part of the Coaches for Cancer Research. Notre Dame is a great team and is at home. They are #2 in the nation and have won by big margins, even beating Tennessee by 28. They trampled Pitt by a large margin. Some other home games were by less than 23:
beat UConn in OT
beat Depaul by 20
beat Ky by 9
beat Villanova by 23
West Va made the women's tourney last year and only lost by 14 to Baylor. They lost at home to WV last year by 13 and lost at ND back in 2010 by 8. They did lose many key players last year but they are well coached and well rested as they haven't played since last week and will have 7 days to prepare.
WV is 17-6 (7-3 in Big East) and beat #14 Louisville by 16 in their last game. They get balanced scoring from Palmer (12.6 ppg), Bussie 11.7 and Caldwell 11.6.
key stat:
"11 of the past 12 games between the Fighting Irish and Mountaineers have been decided by 13 points or fewer (the lone exception being an 82-57 Notre Dame win on Feb. 26, 2005, at Purcell Pavilion)."
Notre Dame will win this game behind their guard Skylar but will the Irish show a little compassion in a charity event/fund raiser and smash West Va by more than 26 points? Hopefully, the road team can make it close and only lose 73-52.
West Virginia +26
women's college BB
3:30pm eastern
pick: WV +26 (bet365)
These two play today on TV as part of the Coaches for Cancer Research. Notre Dame is a great team and is at home. They are #2 in the nation and have won by big margins, even beating Tennessee by 28. They trampled Pitt by a large margin. Some other home games were by less than 23:
beat UConn in OT
beat Depaul by 20
beat Ky by 9
beat Villanova by 23
West Va made the women's tourney last year and only lost by 14 to Baylor. They lost at home to WV last year by 13 and lost at ND back in 2010 by 8. They did lose many key players last year but they are well coached and well rested as they haven't played since last week and will have 7 days to prepare.
WV is 17-6 (7-3 in Big East) and beat #14 Louisville by 16 in their last game. They get balanced scoring from Palmer (12.6 ppg), Bussie 11.7 and Caldwell 11.6.
key stat:
"11 of the past 12 games between the Fighting Irish and Mountaineers have been decided by 13 points or fewer (the lone exception being an 82-57 Notre Dame win on Feb. 26, 2005, at Purcell Pavilion)."
Notre Dame will win this game behind their guard Skylar but will the Irish show a little compassion in a charity event/fund raiser and smash West Va by more than 26 points? Hopefully, the road team can make it close and only lose 73-52.
West Virginia +26
