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NCAA Snapshot for the West Virginia basketball team

The West Virginia Mountaineers basketball team is looking to get back into the NCAA Tournament.
The West Virginia Mountaineers basketball team is looking to get back into the NCAA Tournament.

West Virginia is looking to get back into the NCAA Tournament after exiting in the Round of 32 last season 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 next 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.

NCAA Tournament Resume
Metric Results Analysis

Overall Record

14-14

West Virginia snapped a seven game losing streak when the Mountaineers knocked off Iowa State but has since lost five straight.

Big 12 Record

3-12

West Virginia scored a win at home to move to 3-7 in the league but has since lost five straight.

Strength of Schedule

7

West Virginia has played one of the most difficult schedules in the nation at this stage.

NET Rankings

74

West Virginia has recorded three quadrant one wins on the season to date.

Bad Losses

none

The Mountaineers have 14 losses but 13 to quadrant one teams.

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As of today West Virginia is trending down for the NCAA Tournament. But where are the Mountaineers currently projected to end up?

--ESPN projects West Virginia out of the field.

--According to Bracketmatrix.com, which tallies a number of different brackets, West Virginia is listed outside the bubble and not in the field.

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