The games really count starting tonight for the West Virginia Mountaineers as they welcome Robert Morris for the first game of the 2024-25 season.

Here are our predictions for tonight’s match.

It’s an exciting time for West Virginia fans as the next chapter of Mountaineer basketball begins. Last season felt like a gap year in many ways and now there is actually a product that fans are excited about.

Tucker DeVries and Javon Small will cause matchup problems for the Colonials defensively and each could score over 20 points in this one. While all the attention will be on the offensive end of the court, mine will be on the other end. I’m interested to see how this group looks against better competition and how connected they are defensively.

The secret practice against Wake Forest produced very good results and if what I heard was true, Robert Morris will have a hard time scoring the ball tonight. West Virginia pulls away midway through the second half to take the win.

This year’s edition of the West Virginia men’s basketball team has a new head coach in Darian DeVries and 14 new faces taking the court Monday night and expectations are pretty low heading into the season with the media of the Big 12 Conference selecting the Mountaineers to finish 13th in the standings.

West Virginia seemed to be ahead in their exhibition against the University of Charleston with forward Tucker DeVries leading the way offensively with 18 points and the Mountaineers showed tenacity on defense.

The concern heading into the season is the Mountaineers’ frontcourt, but it shouldn’t be a problem against the Colonials and is another opportunity to learn how to bounce back as a cohesive unit.

I don’t suspect the Mountaineers will have much trouble with Robert Morris controlling most of the game, West Virginia wins the season opener 82-65.

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