TCU vs West Virginia Prediction 2/25/25 College Basketball Picks

The TCU Horned Frogs and the West Virginia Mountaineers meet Tuesday in college basketball action from WVU Coliseum. Here’s a TCU vs West Virginia prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best TCU vs West Virginia pick. We will examine: 

The TCU Horned Frogs’ recent form and player performance

The West Virginia Mountaineers’ recent form and player performance 

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the TCU Horned Frogs

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the West Virginia Mountaineers

Recent betting trends in games played between TCU and West Virginia

A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the TCU vs West Virginia game

TCU Horned Frogs Betting Preview

The Frogs have had a pretty choppy year overall, but they’ve been doing better in the win column lately. TCU opened up with a 10-7 run, taking wins over Florida A&M, Florida Gulf Coast, Texas State, Alcorn State, Xavier, South Alabama, Montana State, Kansas State, BYU, and Baylor during that time. The next three games were all losses to Kansas, UCF, and Texas Tech, but the Frogs would hit a 5-1 run after that with only a loss to Iowa State mixed in. Otherwise, it was victories over Colorado, West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Arizona State, and Texas Tech in that time, giving TCU a 15-11 overall run through their first 26 games this year. 

In Saturday’s game with Cincinnati, TCU took a 31-24 deficit into the break. The Frogs were outscored 44-39 the rest of the way and ended up losing 75-63 in the end. David Punch led the team with 18 points and six rebounds alongside three assists and two steals in the loss. Vasean Allette added 13 points and six rebounds as well. 

West Virginia Mountaineers Betting Preview

Over on the West Virginia side, they started out great but they’ve been quite choppy in the record books since early January. The Mountaineers kicked off with an 11-2 run across their first 13 outings, taking losses in that time to only Pittsburgh and Louisville. A 4-6 run came in the next 10 games with wins over Colorado, Iowa State, Cincinnati, and Utah among losses to Arizona, Houston, Arizona State, Kansas State, Houston, and TCU. After losses to BYU and Baylor in the next pair, WVU took out Cincinnati to move to 16-10 overall on the year through their initial 26 outings. 

Matched up against Texas Tech over the weekend, the Mountaineers were down by three points heading into the break. WVU didn’t get any closer than that on a 43-24 run the rest of the way and lost 73-51 in the end. Tops in scoring was Amani Hansberry with a double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds. Javon Small added 10 points with five assists and two rebounds, while Eduardo Andre had six points in 15 minutes of work off the bench. 

Why the West Virginia Mountaineers will win

• The home team has won seven of the last eight games between TCU and West Virginia.
• TCU has lost four of its last five road games against Conference opponents.
• TCU has lost the first half in three of its last four road night games against Conference opponents.

Why the TCU Horned Frogs will win

• West Virginia has lost nine of its last 10 night games against Conference opponents.
• TCU has won each of its last four night games against the Big 12 Conference.

TCU vs West Virginia Prediction 

I’ll probably lean toward West Virginia here, but you could call it either way. The Mountaineers aren’t looking especially appealing after the loss to Texas Tech over the weekend either. In that one, West Virginia shot a miserable 32.8 percent from the field and 22.2 percent (6-of-27) from 3-point range alongside a 41-31 rebounding deficit. That gives the Mountaineers three losses in four games, and they’ve been below 70 points in three of the last four as well. 

Back on February 5 when these teams last met up, the Frogs took a 65-60 win at home. In that one, West Virginia lost out on the rebounding battle 34-26 but did score 23 points off 15 TCU turnovers. Statistically, the teams were mostly comparable otherwise, however, TCU hit 20 free throws to the Mountaineers’ two. West Virginia needs a better overall effort in the rematch but should get a lift from being at home.