Game 15 - TCU 2016-17 Schedule/Results DATE: Saturday, January 7, 2017 Date Opponent Television Time/Results LOCATION: WVU Coliseum (14,000) in Morgantown, W.Va. N11 Mount St. Mary’s ROOT SPORTS W/87-59 TIPOFF: 1:00 p.m. ET N14 Mississippi Valley State ROOT SPORTS W/107-66 SERIES: West Virginia leads 9-0 N20 New Hampshire & ROOT SPORTS W/100-41 TV: ESPNU (Drew Fellios and Reid Gettys) N24 vs. Illinois ^ ESPNU W/89-57 TCU RADIO: Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG (Tony Caridi & Jay Jacobs) Sirius 93, XM 199 No. 7/7 West Virginia N25 vs. Temple ^ ESPN2 L/77-81 OFFICIALS: Announced on game day N28 Manhattan & ROOT SPORTS W/108-61 Horned Frogs (12-2, 1-1) Mountaineers (12-2, 1-1) D3 at Virginia ESPNU W/66-57 D7 vs. Western Carolina # ROOT SPORTS W/90-37 No. 7 West Virginia Opens Big 12 Home Schedule Against TCU D10 VMI ROOT SPORTS W/90-55 • WVU is 1-3 in Big 12 home openers. WVU started league play with a win for the fourth straight year, all on the road. D17 UMKC ROOT SPORTS W/112-67 • Last season, WVU won 13 Big 12 games and 11 two years ago. WVU is 25-13 in the Big 12 in the last two-plus seasons. D20 Radford Nextar W/84-57 • West Virginia is 111-30 at the WVU Coliseum under Bob Huggins, including a 55-26 mark in league games. D23 Northern Kentucky ROOT SPORTS W/92-61 • WVU is 520-150 (.780) all-time at the WVU Coliseum and 152-36 at the WVU Coliseum in the last 13 seasons. D30 at Oklahoma State * ESPN2 W/92-75 J3 at Texas Tech * ESPNEWS L/76-77 OT • WVU’s average margin of victory at home last year was +22.4. WVU averaged 83.3 points per game at home last year. J7 TCU * ESPNU 1:00 p.m. • Under Bob Huggins at the WVU Coliseum, WVU is averaging 80.7 ppg while holding its opponents to 61.4 ppg. J10 Baylor * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • The Mountaineers have won 69 of their last 98 conference games at the WVU Coliseum. J14 at Texas * ESPN2 4:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins became the 10th NCAA Division I head coach to win 800 games on Dec. 17 against UMKC. J18 Oklahoma * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins is in 10th place all-time on the NCAA Division I winningest coaches list. His record now stands at 803-323 J21 at Kansas State * ESPN2 6:00 p.m. in his 35th season as a head coach. Huggins trails Eddie Sutton by three wins for ninth place all-time. J24 Kansas * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • Huggins is the third-winningest active Division I coach behind Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim. J28 Texas A&M $ ESPN Noon West Virginia is 147-33 in its last 180 games against unranked teams, including 77 of its last 86 at the Coliseum. J31 at Iowa State * ESPN2 9:00 p.m. • F4 Oklahoma State * ESPNU 5:00 p.m. • West Virginia is 94-70 under Bob Huggins in conference regular season games. F8 at Oklahoma * ESPN2 9:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins is 50-40 in Big 12 Conference games. He is 40-34 at WVU, and was 10-6 at Kansas State in 2006-07. F11 Kansas State * ESPN or ESPN2 Noon • WVU’s win at No. 6 Virginia was its first over a Top 10 team in a true non-conference road game since winning at No. 5 F13 at Kansas * ESPN 9:00 p.m. Kentucky on Dec. 20, 1957. F18 Texas Tech * ESPN or ESPN2 2:00 p.m. • WVU leads the country in scoring margin (29.9), turnover margin (14.0), turnovers forced (24.8) and steals (13.1). WVU ranks F20 Texas * ESPN 9:00 p.m. sixth in offensive rebounds (15.7), fifth in scoring offense (90.7), fifth in assists (18.6) and 15th in scoring defense (60.8). F25 at TCU * ESPN or ESPN2 Noon/2:00 p.m. • Jevon Carter leads the Big 12 Conference in steals, while Nathan Adrian ranks second in offensive rebounds. F27 at Baylor * ESPNU 7:00 p.m. M3 Iowa State * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • The Mountaineers forced a school record 40 turnovers against Manhattan on Nov. 28. M8-11 Phillips 66 Big 12 Champ. ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU TBA • All but two Mountaineer opponents have had at least 19 miscues this year, including three with more than 30. WVU has had 15 or more steals seven times in 2016-17. & NIT Season Tip-Off, Morgantown, W.Va. • The Mountaineers are forcing their opponents to turn it over on 32.4 percent of their possessions, tops in the country. ^ NIT Season Tip-Off, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. # Charleston, W.Va. • WVU is holding its opponents to 0.79 points per possession, second in the country behind Virginia at 0.78. $ SEC/Big Challenge • WVU has forced more turnovers (347) than its opponents have made field goals (288). * Big 12 Conference game - All Times Eastern • WVU has taken 206 more shots than its opponents this season -- 927 to 721. • WVU’s bench has scored 30 or more in 32 of the last 41 games. This year’s team is averaging 41.5 points from the bench. • The Mountaineers’ bench scored 62 points against Manhattan on Nov. 28. WVU Athletic Communications • WVU has shot 43 percent or higher in every game this season, including four games of 50 percent or higher. Asst. Athletic Director/Communications .............Bryan Messerly • West Virginia made its 27th appearance in the NCAA Championship last season, dating back to 1955. Email ....................................................bryan.messerly@mail.wvu.edu • WVU finished in second place in the Big 12 Conference regular season and postseason tournament. Phone .........................................................................................304-293-2821 • Last season, WVU made its seventh NCAA apperance in the last nine years and ninth appearance in the last 12 seasons. Twitter ......................................................@wvusidmess/@wvuhoops • WVU has made 12 postseason appearances in the last 13 years, including the NCAA Final Four in 2010. Web .........................................................................................WVUsports.com • The Mountaineers have been ranked 69 weeks in the AP poll under Bob Huggins, including 26 weeks in the AP Top 10. Huggins has had WVU ranked more weeks than any other coach in school history. Fred Schaus (1954-60) had WVU ranked for 60 weeks during his career. Follow the Mountaineers on ... • Dating back to last year, WVU has been ranked for 25 consecutive weeks in the AP poll and 42 of the last 45 weeks in the AP rankings. WVU has been ranked 45 consecutive weeks in the USA Today Coaches poll. • The Mountaineers have won 52 of their last 53 games when holding opponents to 69 points or less. • West Virginia has made at least one 3-point field goal in 572 consecutive games. • West Virginia has allowed its opponent to shoot 50 percent or better only 55 times under Bob Huggins (325 games). • WVU is 173-30 under Huggins when holding opponents to 69 points or less. WVU has won 62 of its last 64 and 118 of youtube/wvusports its last 129 games when holding opponents under 69 points. • West Virginia is 59-3 under Bob Huggins when shooting 50 percent or better from the field. • West Virginia is 166-28 under Bob Huggins when leading at halftime. • West Virginia is 174-16 under Bob Huggins when leading by 10 or more points in a game. • West Virginia is 148-10 under Bob Huggins when posting a higher shooting percentage than its opponent. big12sports.com • The Mountaineers are 157-28 under Bob Huggins when scoring 70 or more points in a game. • West Virginia is 156-37 under Bob Huggins when outrebounding its opponent. • WVU is 14-11 all-time on Jan. 7 and 498-320 all-time in the month of January. Bob Huggins By The Numbers By School • Huggins is WVU’s 21st head basketball coach. 2 – Appearances in the NCAA Final Four (1992, 2010) School Tenure Won Lost Pct. Walsh 3 years 71 26 .732 • Huggins is a Morgantown native and a 1977 graduate of 3 – Times earning the Ray Meyer Award as the Conference USA West Virginia University. Coach of the Year (1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00); also named the Akron 5 years 97 46 .678 • Huggins has won 803 games in 35 seasons as a head Conference USA Coach of the Decade Cincinnati 16 years 399 127 .759 coach. 4 – Appearances in the NCAA Elite Eight (1992, 1993, 1996, 2010) Kansas State 1 year 23 12 .657 West Virginia 10 years 213 112 .657 • Huggins ranks third in total victories among active 5 – Conference Players of the Year (Danny Fortson – 1996 and Division I head coaches. 1997; Kenyon Martin – 2000; Steve Logan 2001 and 2002) • Huggins ranks 10th among the NCAA’s all-time 6 – Times named National Coach of the Year (1991-92 – Hoop Coaching Honors winningest coaches. Scoop, 1992-93 – Playboy, 1997-98 – Basketball Times, 1999-2000 – The Sporting News, 2001-02 – ESPN.com, 2014-15 – Jim Phelan 2014-15 Season • Huggins’ teams have participated in postseason play in 30 Award) Big 12 Coach of the Year of 34 seasons, including 22 NCAA Tournaments. 7 – Number of NCAA appearances at West Virginia (2008, 2009, National Coach of the Year (Jim Phelan Award) • His squads have won 20 or more games in all but seven 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016) West Virginia State Sportswriters Coach of the Year NABC District 8 Coach of the Year of his 34 campaigns, including 30 or more twice.