Morgantown Regional Odds
 | West Virginia Mountaineers | -105 |
 | Wake Forest Demon Deacons | +180 |
 | Kentucky Wildcats | +450 |
 | Binghamton Bearcats | +300o |
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1. West Virginia Mountaineers: West Virginia was a team I nailed in the preseason. I had a ticket on the Mountaineers to win the Big 12, and while Country Roads did not lead that ticket home, they're still a dangerous national seed.
Unlike many of the other national seeds, West Virginia doesn't rely on power offensively, ranking just 213th in homers. Instead, it's an elite high-contact team that creates traffic and cashes in with extra-base hits.
That run production helps bolster a phenomenal pitching staff. Maxx Yehl and Chansen Cole ended many series in a hurry, but you could make the argument that they weren’t overly tested with the strength of schedule sitting at 70th.
2. Wake Forest Demon Deacons: If you’re looking for a battle-tested team in this region, look no further than the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
The Deacs battled the gauntlet that is the ACC and came out with a record above .500 in conference play.
They did so by being very consistent at the dish, ranking 19th in wRC+, 26th in homers and 35th in runs per game.
Of course, it also helps when you have one of the nastiest pitchers in the country to head up your rotation in Chris Levonas. Levonas pitched to a 2.90 ERA and struck out nearly 39 percent of the batters he faced.
Levonas is expected to start on Friday, and a dominant outing will give them a boost heading into a potential date with the Mountaineers on Saturday.
3. Kentucky Wildcats: Having to contend with Levonas on Friday will be the Kentucky Wildcats. The Wildcats are making their fourth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance, despite a 13-17 record in SEC play.
Kentucky is an easy 3-seed to pick holes in. Its RPI is solid, but for an SEC team, its strength of schedule doesn’t exactly cut it any slack offensively.
The Wildcats rank 66th in wRC+, but they don’t really excel anywhere at the plate. After Tyler Bell, Ethan Hindle and Hudson Brown, the lineup really drops off.
On the mound, Kentucky suffered a big blow when Will Pryor went down, leaving Jaxon Jelkin as its only consistent source of outs on the staff.
The Wildcats have experience, but that's not enough to overcome the power ahead of them.
4. Binghamton Bearcats: The Binghamton Bearcats are back-to-back America East champs who showed out in their conference tournament with stellar pitching.
However, the magnitude of those shutouts thrown in conference play is dwarfed by the Power 4 teams they're set to face in Morgantown.
The Bearcats are largely untested, and it would be a surprise to see them test any of the other teams in this Regional.
Morgantown Regional Picks
- Wake Forest to Win Morgantown Regional (+180 · DraftKings)
- Wake Forest ML -170 or Better vs. Kentucky
