Some gambling addicts may still be fuming over it.
The Mountaineers came into the road game in Lubbock as a 3.5 favorite over the homestanding Red Raiders. With under a minute left, and Texas Tech leading by two points, it certainly looked like it would cover the spread.
WVU’s Tarik Phillip had other ideas. And now, ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt is laughing at the prohibitive gamblers’ misfortune.
He regularly hosts a segment call “Bad Beats’ detailing the world of gambling in terms of point spread and over/under estimates. In the five-minute segment, Van Pelt usually breaks down several games.