West Virginia has been absolutely suffocating at home, blowing out their first two opponents by 45 and 38 points respectively at Hope Coliseum. Mercer is a projected 7th-place SoCon squad coming in at 2-2 with road losses already on the books, offering zero resistance to a Big 12 program playing at this level. The talent gap here is enormous — WVU covers this with ease.

Everybody wants to write Mercer off, but 27.5 points is a MOUNTAIN to climb — and West Virginia's guard A. Jenkins is questionable with a shoulder injury, potentially disrupting their offensive flow right out of the gate. Mercer just dropped 97 points in an overtime battle, showing they can pile up buckets, and their own analysis confirms the spread looks far too wide. Nobody's giving the Bears a shot, which means it's exactly the right time to ride with them!