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Published Dec 23, 2022
NCAA Snapshot for the West Virginia basketball team
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Keenan Cummings  •  WVSports
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West Virginia is looking to get back into the NCAA Tournament after missing the field 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 first 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
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Overall Record

10-2

West Virginia has taken care of business at the early stages of the season with two losses both of the quadrant one variety.

Big 12 Record

0-0

Big 12 play doesn't begin until Dec. 31.

Strength of Schedule

19

West Virginia has played a challenging schedule through the early stages of the season.

NET Rankings

8

The Mountaineers are currently the highest ranked team in the nation with two losses. It is a favorable draw from the system.

Bad Losses

None

West Virginia has no bad losses at this stage.

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. 4 seed in the East in Albany. That would pit the Mountaineers against No. 13 Yale.

--According to Bracketmatrix.com, which tallies a number of different brackets, West Virginia is listed as a No. 5 seed with the highest being a 3 seed and the lowest a 10.

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