West Virginia rolled past Niagara 91-46 at Hope Coliseum.
Miles Sadler led West Virginia with 16 points and 9 assists. Logan Woods had 12 points for Niagara. Mouhamed Sylla led all players with 7 rebounds for West Virginia.
West Virginia committed 9 turnovers to Niagara's 24. West Virginia covered the closing spread. Our model missed the final margin by 21.4 points.
Basketball shares the winter at Niagara with a hockey team that plays at Dwyer Arena and has reached the NCAA Tournament four times, in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2013.
What the model said
Projected that morning with only earlier games
NIA 54, WVU 78model score
-23.6model spread (home)
132.4model total
21.4points off the final margin
UnderdogNIA +28.54.9LostUnder 141.59.1Won
OverUnderFavoriteUnderdogThe colored fill is the gap between the model and the market: a full chip means 6 points or more. The number on each chip is that gap.
Leans are against the DraftKings closing line ESPN carries. Season record on the ratings page.
Line and result
Spread (home)
Total
ML home
ML away
Source
Close
-28.5
141.5
-100000
5000
DraftKings via ESPN
Margin +45 (home)ATS WVU coveredTotal 137 → under
Travel and rest coming in
Team
Rest days
Miles in
Road streak
Time zone
NIA
–
244
1
same
WVU
non-MAC team, not tracked
Rest is full days off between games. Miles are an estimate from the travel model (see the travel page).