Texas Tech Red Raiders vs West Virginia Mountaineers Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 02/08/26

A compelling matchup in the Big 12 takes center stage on Sunday, as Texas Tech travels to Morgantown for a date with West Virginia. From a situational perspective, this is an ideal spot to back the Red Raiders, as they are coming off two consecutive losses and should be getting point guard Christian Anderson back for this contest. Anderson missed the previous game against Kansas on Monday, and his absence was certainly felt in that loss as the Red Raiders were badly missing the straw the stirs the drink within their offense. With the sophomore back in the fold, Texas Tech should find itself in a good position to succeed on Sunday given the matchup at hand and the fact that West Virginia has generally faltered against high level competition this season.

The Mountaineers rather limited offense (130th in adjusted efficiency per KenPom) makes it hard for them to keep up with some of the higher-scoring units in this league, and we saw things get out of hand in blowout losses to Iowa State, Houston and Arizona earlier this season. Even though West Virginia is playing at home in an always dangerous environment, it’s hard to see this team compete with a desperate Texas Tech team that is very dangerous from beyond the arc (12th nationally in 3-point percentage) and does a great job of not turning the ball over. If the Mountaineers are unable to get out and score in transition, it’s going to be extremely difficult for them to generate much offense in a halfcourt setting. Defensively, the Mountaineers are certainly a solid unit (26th in adjusted efficiency). However, the quality of Anderson, J.T. Toppin and the rest of the Red Raiders offense should ultimately win out over the course of 40 minutes. With that in mind, I’ll lay the relatively short number with Texas Tech in a good bounce-back spot.

Texas Tech vs West Virginia prediction: Texas Tech -4.5 available at time of publishing. Playable to Texas Tech -5. 

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