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Game 3 - New Hampshire 2016-17 Schedule/Results DATE: Sunday, November 20, 2016 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 2-0 N20 New Hampshire & ROOT SPORTS 1:00 p.m. TV: ROOT SPORTS (Rob King, Warren Baker & Robby Incmikoski) N24 vs. Illinois ^ ESPNU 2:30 p.m. New Hampshire RADIO: Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG (Tony Caridi & Jay Jacobs) - XM 199 No. 19/19 West Virginia N25 vs. Florida St. or Temple ^ ESPN2 or ESPNU 12:30/3:00 p.m. OFFICIALS: Announced on game day N28 Manhattan & ROOT SPORTS 7:00 p.m. Wildcats (2-1) Mountaineers (2-0) D3 at Virginia ESPNU 2:00 p.m. D7 vs. Western Carolina # ROOT SPORTS 7:00 p.m. No. 19 West Virginia Begins Play in NIT Season Tip-Off D10 VMI ROOT SPORTS 2:00 p.m. • Sunday’s game against New Hampshire begins play in the NIT Season Tip-Off, The Mountaineers will travel to Brooklyn, D17 UMKC ROOT SPORTS 2:00 p.m. N.Y., to face Illinois on Thursday and Florida State or Temple on Friday. WVU will close out the NIT Season Tip-Off at D20 Radford Nextar 7:00 p.m. home against Manhattan on Nov. 28. D23 Northern Kentucky ROOT SPORTS 4:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins is in ninth place all-time on the NCAA Division I winningest coaches list. His record now stands at 793-321 D30 at Oklahoma State * ESPN2 4:00 p.m. J3 at Texas Tech * ESPNEWS 9:15 p.m. in his 35th season as a head coach. Huggins needs 13 wins to tie Eddie Sutton for eighth place all-time. J7 TCU * ESPNU 1:00 p.m. • Huggins is the third-winningest active Division I coach behind Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim. J10 Baylor * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins has 27 20-win seasons and 16 25-win seasons in 34 seasons as a head coach. J14 at Texas * ESPN or ESPN2 4:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins has wins over 34 ranked teams at WVU, including 12 wins over Top 10 teams. J18 Oklahoma * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • West Virginia is 105-30 in the WVU Coliseum under Bob Huggins, including a 55-26 mark in league games. J21 at Kansas State * ESPN2 6:00 p.m. • WVU is 514-150 (.775) all-time at the WVU Coliseum and 146-36 at the WVU Coliseum in the last 13 seasons. J24 Kansas * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • WVU’s average margin of victory at home last year was +22.4. WVU averaged 83.3 points per game at home last year. J28 Texas A&M $ ESPN Noon Under Bob Huggins in the WVU Coliseum, WVU is averaging 78.6 ppg while holding its opponents to 62.4 ppg. J31 at Iowa State * ESPN2 9:00 p.m. • F4 Oklahoma State * ESPNU 5:00 p.m. • West Virginia is 92-25 in non-conference regular season games under Bob Huggins, including a 50-4 mark at home. F8 at Oklahoma * ESPN2 9:00 p.m. • West Virginia is 84-6 at home against non-conference teams in the last 14 years, including 65 of its last 69. F11 Kansas State * ESPN or ESPN2 Noon • West Virginia is 123-31 against non-conference teams in regular season games in the last 13 seasons. F13 at Kansas * ESPN 9:00 p.m. • WVU has won 108 of its last 136 non-conference games and 113 of its last 142 non-league contests (includes postseason). F18 Texas Tech * ESPN or ESPN2 2:00 p.m. • West Virginia has won 138 of its last 169 games against unranked teams, including 71 of its last 80 at the Coliseum. F20 Texas * ESPN 9:00 p.m. • West Virginia made its 27th appearance in the NCAA Championship last season, dating back to 1955. F25 at TCU * ESPN or ESPN2 Noon/2:00 p.m. • WVU finished in second place in the Big 12 Conference regular season and postseason tournament. F27 at Baylor * ESPNU 7:00 p.m. M3 Iowa State * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • Last season, WVU made its seventh NCAA apperance in the last nine years and ninth appearance in the last 12 seasons. M8-11 Phillips 66 Big 12 Champ. ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU TBA • WVU has made 12 postseason appearances in the last 13 years, including the NCAA Final Four in 2010. • WVU’s 26 wins tied for the fifth-most victories in a single season. & NIT Season Tip-Off, Morgantown, W.Va. • WVU led the country last year with its bench averaging 33.3 ppg. ^ NIT Season Tip-Off, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. # Charleston, W.Va. • WVU’s bench has scored 30 or more in 23 of the last 29 games, including 42 points against Mount St. Mary’s in the season $ SEC/Big Challenge opener and 57 points in the second game for an average of 49.5 points per game. * Big 12 Conference game - All Times Eastern • WVU shot 40 percent or better in 25 games last season, including eight games of 50 percent or higher. • WVU forced 30 or more turnovers in three games last season. WVU had at least seven steals in all but six games and forced 14 or more turnovers in all but five games. WVU Athletic Communications • The Mountaineers have been ranked 62 weeks in the AP poll under Bob Huggins, including 25 weeks in the AP Top Asst. Athletic Director/Communications .............Bryan Messerly 10. Huggins has had WVU ranked more weeks than any other coach in school history. Fred Schaus (1954-60) had WVU Email ....................................................bryan.messerly@mail.wvu.edu ranked for 60 weeks during his career. Phone .........................................................................................304-293-2821 • Dating back to last year, WVU has been ranked for 18 consecutive weeks in the AP poll and 35 of the last 38 weeks in Twitter ......................................................@wvusidmess/@wvuhoops the AP rankings. Web .........................................................................................WVUsports.com • West Virginia has been ranked 82 weeks since Jan. 3, 2005 in the AP poll, and 195 weeks total in school history. • The Mountaineers have won 43 of their last 44 games when holding opponents to 69 points or less. • WVU outrebounded its opponents on the offensive glass 575 to 312 in 2014-15 and 558 to 306 last season. Follow the Mountaineers on ... • This season, WVU has forced 47 turnovers and grabbed 37 offensive rebounds in two games. • West Virginia has made at least one 3-point field goal in 560 consecutive games. • West Virginia has allowed its opponent to shoot 50 percent or better only 54 times under Bob Huggins (313 games). • WVU is 164-30 under Huggins when holding opponents to 69 points or less. WVU has won 53 of its last 55 and 109 of its last 120 games when holding opponents under 69 points. • West Virginia is 55-3 under Bob Huggins when shooting 50 percent or better from the field. youtube/wvusports • West Virginia is 157-27 under Bob Huggins when leading at halftime. • West Virginia is 165-16 under Bob Huggins when leading by 10 or more points in a game. • West Virginia is 139-10 under Bob Huggins when posting a higher shooting percentage than its opponent. • The Mountaineers are 148-26 under Bob Huggins when scoring 70 or more points in a game. • West Virginia is 152-35 under Bob Huggins when outrebounding its opponent. big12sports.com • WVU is 4-1 all-time on Nov. 20 and 98-26 all-time in the month of November. 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 793 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 203 110 .649 • 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 ninth 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. 9 – Top-10 final poll rankings 2009-10 Season • Huggins averages 23.3 victories a season. 10 – Conference tournament titles West Virginia State Sportswriters Coach of the Year • Huggins has made two NCAA Final Fours and four NCAA Big East Tournament Champions 12 – Number of All-Americans in coaching tenure (Bobby Brannan Elite Eight appearances.