Texas Tech is on a bad slide right now. Since conference play has started, the Red Raiders have gone 0-7. Back on December 30th, this team was 10-2 and looking like one of the elite teams in the nation. Now here they are at 10-9 less than a month later. It’s worth noting, all of Texas Tech's losses were to the top tier teams within the Big 12. West Virginia is 1-6 in conference play, so this team has had similar struggles. One of the keys here for us is where the game is being played. Texas Tech has one of the nations top home court advantages (valued at almost 5 points according to KenPom). West Virginia also has one of the nations top home court advantages, so it's a huge swing to have this game in Texas. In terms of the matchup, West Virginia is not a good 3 point shooting team. They like to score inside the perimeter, which is where this Texas Tech defense is very tough. If the moneyline was a bit more reasonable, we may have opted to go that route. However, it's not reasonable, so we will lay the 3 points for a half unit.

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