NCAA Snapshot for the WVU basketball team
West Virginia is looking to get back into the NCAA Tournament for the fourth consecutive year 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 final edition looking at where the program currently sits in the overall quest to make another return to the tournament with the regular season complete.
Here are where things stand today.
| Metric | Results | Analysis |
|---|---|---|
|
Overall Record |
24-10 |
West Virginia has another 20 win season in the books, the fourth straight for the program and is looking to enhance their seed for the Big Dance. |
|
Big 12 Record |
11-7 |
West Virginia finished the regular season in the Big 12 at 11-7 in the league. |
|
Strength of Schedule |
38 |
A non-conference slate that featured several marquee games as well as the round-robin of the Big 12 helps efforts here for West Virginia. |
|
RPI/Ken-Pom/BPI/Sagarin |
27/13/10/9 |
West Virginia is in the tournament, the question is now where the Mountaineers will fall in regards to overall seed. |
|
Quality wins (RPI of 50 or below) |
Virginia (RPI 1), Texas Tech x2 (RPI 23), TCU (RPI 25), Missouri (RPI 44), Oklahoma x2 (RPI 48) |
West Virginia has the feather in the cap with the win over Virginia and several other quality wins to cover them in this department for seeding. |
|
Bad losses |
Oklahoma State at home. |
West Virginia fell at home to Oklahoma State. |
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. 4 seed in the East Region in Boise matched up against Murray State.
--CBS assigns West Virginia as the No. 4 in the West Region in San Diego matched up against Charleston.
--According to Bracketmatrix.com, which tallies a number of different brackets, West Virginia is listed in each of them with the highest seed a three and the lowest a six.
