Virginia is 11-2 and coming off a rare home loss as the Cavaliers fell to Florida State 60-58 on Saturday. Kyle Guy the was the leading scorer coming off the bench.with 14 points. Virginia had its usual great defense holding the Seminoles to 40.8 percent from the floor, but lost the game at the free throw line where it was just three-of-five compared to 12-of-24 for Florida State. Pittsburgh is in a tough spot as it attempts to bounce back from a 78-77 overtime loss to Notre Dame. The Panthers were just 27-of-72 from the field and Jamel Artis and Michael Young scored 25 points apiece. Virginia allows opponents just a .353 shooting percentage, but also is effective on offense with a .494 field goal percentage of its own. The Cavaliers have won the last four meetings, including 64-50 last season. Take Virginia on the moneyline.
This pick was released to clients on January 04, 2017 at 11:20AM ET.
CBB
Virginia at Pittsburgh
January 4, 2017
9:00 PM Eastern
1.5 units on Virginia -280 (moneyline) (risk 1.5 to return 2.04)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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