Cincinnati-West Virginia Produced An All-Time Bad Beat For Mountaineers Bettors

ESPN West Virginia was up nine laying 3.5 with 10 seconds to play. They managed to not cover in regulation in absolutely breathtaking fashion.

Feb 20, 2025 - 19:08

Cincinnati-West Virginia Produced An All-Time Bad Beat For Mountaineers Bettors

Betting on college basketball is always a bit terrifying, whether you’re betting sides or totals, and it is the sport that most consistently produces horrendous beats late in games.

There are a few reasons for that. You have the crazy number stoppages we tend to see in college hoops that make the final two minutes of games take forever to play, the propensity to play the foul game early to extend things which only adds to that, and the general unreliability of 18-22 year olds to make good decisions (which is not unique to the basketball court, of course). On Wednesday night in Morgantown, we got an all-timer as the West Virginia Mountaineers hosted the Cincinnati Bearcats as 3.5-point favorites and after a hard-fought game, it looked like the home team was going to cruise to Covertown after pulling ahead by nine late.

And then, this happened.

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