NCAA Tournament March Madness

#73 West Virginia

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Projection: likely out

West Virginia’s résumé is driven by a stingy defensive identity and a string of dominant wins over low-major opponents such as Mt St Mary’s, Campbell, Lehigh, Lafayette, Mercyhurst and Coppin State, but those victories carry limited weight when set against neutral-site losses to Clemson, Xavier and Wake Forest and an otherwise thin collection of quality road or neutral wins beyond a solid result against Pittsburgh. The back half of the schedule hands the Mountaineers multiple clear chances to change the conversation with true tests on the road at Iowa State, Houston and Arizona plus high-profile home dates with Kansas, Baylor and BYU and a neutral meeting with Ohio State, and without at least a couple of breakthrough performances away from Morgantown the offensive inconsistencies that have shown up will leave the profile looking vulnerable despite the defense.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Mt St Mary's308W70-54
11/6Campbell213W73-65
11/9Lehigh304W69-47
11/13Pittsburgh108W71-49
11/17Lafayette327W81-59
11/21(N)Clemson26L70-67
11/23(N)Xavier83L78-68
11/30Mercyhurst328W70-38
12/3Coppin St364W91-49
12/6(N)Wake Forest45L75-66
12/9Ark Little Rock32397%
12/13(N)Ohio St3635%
12/22MS Valley St365100%
1/2@Iowa St25%
1/6Cincinnati7563%
1/10Kansas1732%
1/13@Houston1010%
1/17Colorado6358%
1/21@Arizona St7038%
1/24@Arizona68%
1/27Kansas St7964%
1/31Baylor3343%
2/5@Cincinnati7541%
2/8Texas Tech1936%
2/14@UCF5331%
2/18Utah12278%
2/21@TCU5834%
2/24@Oklahoma St4931%
2/28BYU1124%
3/3@Kansas St7942%
3/6UCF5353%