West Virginia vs. Columbia Prediction, Odds, Picks – Women's Basketball NCAA Tournament First Round 2025

The No. 6 seed West Virginia Mountaineers (24-7) and the No. 11 seed Columbia Lions (24-6) will meet on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. West Virginia is a 9.5-point favorite in the matchup, which airs on ESPNews. Here's everything you need to know ahead of this 6-11 matchup. The matchup's point total is 132.5.

West Virginia vs. Columbia Game Info

• Game day: Saturday, March 22, 2025
• Game time: 2 p.m. ET
• TV channel: ESPNews
• Follow this game live on FOX Sports

West Virginia vs. Columbia Odds

West Virginia vs. Columbia Prediction

• Computer Pick ATS: Columbia (+9.5)
  
• Computer Pick OU: Under (132.5)
  
• Computer Prediction: West Virginia 70, Columbia 62

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West Virginia Betting Insights

• The Mountaineers are 19-10-0 against the spread this season.
• West Virginia has an ATS record of 14-6 as 9.5-point favorites or more.
• There have been 16 Mountaineers games (out of 29) that went over the total this season.
• West Virginia has won 15, or 78.9%, of the 19 games it has played as the moneyline favorite this season.
• The Mountaineers have entered 13 games this season favored by -535 or more and are 11-2 in those contests.

Columbia Betting Insights

• Against the spread, the Lions are 4-2-0 this season.
• Columbia is winless ATS (0-1) when playing as at least a 9.5-point underdog this season.
• The Lions have played six games this season, and four of them have gone over the total.
• Columbia has been chosen as moneyline underdogs in three games this year and has walked away with the win two times (66.7%) in those games.
• The Lions have played as an underdog of +400 or more just one time this year and came away with a loss in that game.

West Virginia's Top Performers

Columbia's Top Performers

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