NCAA Snapshot for the West Virginia basketball team
West Virginia is looking to get back into the NCAA Tournament after it wasn't played 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 latest edition looking at where the program currently sits in the overall quest to make another return to the tournament with conference play now underway.
Here are where things stand today.
| Metric | Results | Analysis |
|---|---|---|
|
Overall Record |
16-6 |
West Virginia has taken care of business for the most part and even the losses have been to quality clubs each of which are currently ranked. |
|
Big 12 Record |
9-4 |
West Virginia is sitting at 9-4 in the league and has won 6 of those games on the road at this stage of the season. |
|
Strength of Schedule |
5 |
You can't argue that West Virginia hasn't played a challenging slate even in a very unique season. |
|
NET Rankings |
No. 14 |
West Virginia is still sitting pretty when it comes to the NET rankings. |
|
Bad Losses |
None |
Each of the teams West Virginia has lost to are perched inside the quadrant one variety of the NET rankings. |
|
Quadrant 1 Wins |
6 |
West Virginia has gone 6-6 in these type of games this season signifying the strength of schedule in only 22 games. |
As of today West Virginia is a virtual lock for the NCAA Tournament. But where are the Mountaineers currently projected to end up?
--ESPN projects West Virginia as a No. 2 seed in Region 1. That would pit the Mountaineers against No. 15 Grand Canyon.
--According to Bracketmatrix.com, which tallies a number of different brackets, West Virginia is listed in each of them with the highest seed No. 2 and the lowest a No. 5. Overall the Mountaineers are currently average projected on the No. 3 line but at 2.73.
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