NCAA Snapshot for the West Virginia basketball team

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Published Jan 25, 2025

NCAA Snapshot for the West Virginia basketball team

Keenan Cummings • WVSports

Managing Editor

@rivalskeenan

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 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	Result	Analysis

Overall Record	13-5	West Virginia has continued to have success.
Big 12 Record	4-3	After a big win over No. 2 Iowa State, the Mountaineers lost to Arizona State at home.
Strength of Schedule	42	West Virginia has a challenging schedule.
NET Rankings	37	The Mountaineers are sitting strong in the NET.
Quadrant 1 Record	4-4	West Virginia has four quadrant one wins on a neutral court against Gonzaga and Arizona, on the road at Kansas and at home against Iowa State.
Bad Losses	none	West Virginia dropped their first game outside of the quadrant one variety to Arizona State at home.

As of today, West Virginia is projected into the NCAA Tournament in some brackets. But where are the Mountaineers currently projected to end up?

--ESPN projects West Virginia safely into the NCAA Tournament Field. West Virginia is a No. 8 seed in the Mid-West and would square off against Georgia.

--According to Bracketmatrix.com, which tallies a number of different brackets, West Virginia is listed as a No. 6 seed with the highest being a 4 seed and the lowest a 9.

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