NCAA Tournament March Madness

#58 West Virginia

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Projection: next four out

West Virginia looks like a true bubble team because its resume mixes a couple of signature moments with several resume wounds. The Mountaineers boast a statement home win over Kansas and an impressive road victory at Arizona State and they showed they can compete on neutral floors in tight games against Clemson and Ohio State, which plays to their defensive identity. Those positives are negated by brutal road drubbings at Houston and at Arizona and by a stagnant offense that leaves too few high-end wins to offset a nonconference slate full of low-level opponents. With meaningful conference matchups ahead against the likes of Baylor, a road trip to Cincinnati, Texas Tech, an away date at UCF, BYU and a return trip to Kansas State there are clear opportunities to flip the profile, but until those games are won this résumé reads like a team on the wrong side of the cut line.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Mt St Mary's297W70-54
11/6Campbell205W73-65
11/9Lehigh305W69-47
11/13Pittsburgh100W71-49
11/17Lafayette317W81-59
11/21(N)Clemson29L70-67
11/23(N)Xavier89L78-68
11/30Mercyhurst300W70-38
12/3Coppin St364W91-49
12/6(N)Wake Forest74L75-66
12/9Ark Little Rock291W90-58
12/13(N)Ohio St40L89-88
12/22MS Valley St365W86-51
1/2@Iowa St5L80-59
1/6Cincinnati56W62-60
1/10Kansas14W86-75
1/13@Houston6L77-48
1/17Colorado80W72-61
1/21@Arizona St78W75-63
1/24@Arizona1L88-53
1/27Kansas St86W59-54
1/31Baylor5258%
2/5@Cincinnati5638%
2/8Texas Tech1832%
2/14@UCF4531%
2/18Utah11478%
2/21@TCU5133%
2/24@Oklahoma St7242%
2/28BYU1529%
3/3@Kansas St8649%
3/6UCF4553%