NCAA Tournament March Madness
#69 West Virginia
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Projection: likely out
West Virginia’s profile rests on a physical, defense-first identity that has produced authoritative wins over lesser opponents and a signature home victory over Pittsburgh, yet early neutral-site defeats to Clemson, Xavier and Wake Forest exposed offensive inconsistency and left the resume light on quality road and neutral victories. The conference gauntlet and a stacked remaining slate, highlighted by a neutral meeting with Ohio State, true road trips to Iowa State, Houston and Arizona and home dates with Kansas, Baylor and BYU, give the Mountaineers clear chances to add the kind of away or neutral wins that selection committees prize, but they also create a demanding path where additional poor outcomes would reinforce the damage from those early losses.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/4 | Mt St Mary's | 301 | W70-54 |
| 11/6 | Campbell | 214 | W73-65 |
| 11/9 | Lehigh | 305 | W69-47 |
| 11/13 | Pittsburgh | 117 | W71-49 |
| 11/17 | Lafayette | 325 | W81-59 |
| 11/21 | (N)Clemson | 31 | L70-67 |
| 11/23 | (N)Xavier | 85 | L78-68 |
| 11/30 | Mercyhurst | 330 | W70-38 |
| 12/3 | Coppin St | 364 | W91-49 |
| 12/6 | (N)Wake Forest | 46 | L75-66 |
| 12/9 | Ark Little Rock | 316 | W90-58 |
| 12/13 | (N)Ohio St | 39 | 36% |
| 12/22 | MS Valley St | 365 | 100% |
| 1/2 | @Iowa St | 2 | 6% |
| 1/6 | Cincinnati | 84 | 65% |
| 1/10 | Kansas | 17 | 33% |
| 1/13 | @Houston | 8 | 10% |
| 1/17 | Colorado | 60 | 58% |
| 1/21 | @Arizona St | 63 | 37% |
| 1/24 | @Arizona | 5 | 6% |
| 1/27 | Kansas St | 71 | 61% |
| 1/31 | Baylor | 35 | 44% |
| 2/5 | @Cincinnati | 84 | 43% |
| 2/8 | Texas Tech | 24 | 39% |
| 2/14 | @UCF | 52 | 32% |
| 2/18 | Utah | 131 | 79% |
| 2/21 | @TCU | 56 | 34% |
| 2/24 | @Oklahoma St | 55 | 33% |
| 2/28 | BYU | 9 | 24% |
| 3/3 | @Kansas St | 71 | 39% |
| 3/6 | UCF | 52 | 54% |