NCAA Snapshot for the West Virginia basketball team
West Virginia is looking to get back into the NCAA Tournament after missing it with a 15-21 record a season ago and WVSports.com takes a look at where the Mountaineers sit in that regard as well as where the program could be seeded.
Here is our ninth edition looking at where the program currently sits in the overall quest to make another return to the tournament with conference play underway.
Here are where things stand today.
| Metric | Results | Analysis |
|---|---|---|
|
Overall Record |
19-9 |
West Virginia had put together a strong start to the 2019-2020 season but has now lost five of their last six games overall. |
|
Big 12 Record |
7-8 |
West Virginia now has a losing record in conference with three more games to go in the Big 12. |
|
Strength of Schedule |
6 |
This is never a question when Huggins is leading the program as West Virginia always plays a challenging non-conference slate and is now into conference play. |
|
NET Rankings |
16 |
This is perhaps the most important metric on here outside of the wins themselves as it is used for seeding in the NCAA Tournament. Right now, West Virginia is in the field. |
|
Quadrant 1 and 2 Wins |
at Ohio State (No. 18 NET) Texas (No. 65 NET) Oklahoma State (No. 71 NET) |
West Virginia has an impressive resume with a number of quality wins at this stage of the season. |
|
Bad Losses |
at Kansas State (No. 100 NET) |
While it was a true road game and still qualifies as a quadrant two defeat, there is no sugar coating that losing to Kansas State is the first real ding to the West Virginia resume. |
As of today West Virginia is a virtual lock for the NCAA Tournament. But where are the Mountaineers currently projected to end up?
--ESPN slots West Virginia as the No. 7 seed in the East Region in Cleveland matched up against No. 10 seed Xavier.
--CBS assigns West Virginia as the No. 5 in the East Region in Spokane matched up against Stephen F. Austin.
--According to Bracketmatrix.com, which tallies a number of different brackets, West Virginia are on the five line. The program is listed in each of them with the highest seed No. 3 and the lowest a No. 8.
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