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The 5th seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish face the 4th seed West Virginia Mountaineers in a West Region 2nd round NCAA Tournament game that will take place at a neutral site at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York Saturday March 18th at 12:10 PM ET. On the March Madness betting board West Virginia backers are handicapped with a -2.5 line while the total for this Round of 32 game is listed at 145.5 points.
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Notre Dame is coming off a 60-58 win over Princeton in the first round of the NCAA Tournament where they failed to cover the spread as a 5.5-point underdog. The total number of points scored in the game was 118, which was under the closing line of 134. The Fighting Irish have failed to cover the spread in their last two games after doing so in four in a row and in their last six games they have an over/under record of 1-4-1. Notre Dame has won three of their last four games.
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West Virginia is coming off an 86-80 win over Bucknell in the first round of the NCAA Tournament where they failed to cover the spread as a 13-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 168, which was over the closing line of 148.5. The Mountaineers have failed to cover the spread in six of their last seven games, including their last four, and in their last two games the total has gone over while in the previous two games they total went under. West Virginia has won four of their last five games.
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Offensively, Notre Dame is putting up 78 points per game on a 45.9% FG average. On the defensive side of things the Fighting Irish are allowing 69.2 points per game on a 43% FG average.
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West Virginia is putting up 82 points per game on a 45.8% FG average. On defense the Mountaineers are allowing 66.3 points per game on a 42.5% FG average.
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These teams last met in the 2012 season where Notre Dame beat West Virginia 71-44.
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Notre Dame Fighting Irish at West Virginia Mountaineers Betting Trends<br />
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Notre Dame is 4-2 against the spread in their last 6 games overall.
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The Fighting Irish are 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 games against the Mountaineers.
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The game total has gone under in 5 of Notre Dame’s last 5 games against West Virginia.
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West Virginia is 1-7-1 against the spread in their last 9 games overall.
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The Mountaineers are 5-16 straight up in their last 21 games vs. Notre Dame.
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Public Money Consensus<br />
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In this NCAAB march madness matchup between Notre Dame and West Virginia have the public leaning slightly to the Irish getting the 2.5 points with 58%. The over/under bettors are leaning heavily to this game going over the posted total line of 145 with 71% on board.
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