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Game 8 - Western Carolina 2016-17 Schedule/Results DATE: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 Date Opponent Television Time/Results LOCATION: Charleston Civic Center (12,500) in Charleston, W.Va. N11 Mount St. Mary’s ROOT SPORTS W/87-59 TIPOFF: 7:00 p.m. ET N14 Mississippi Valley State ROOT SPORTS W/107-66 SERIES: West Virginia leads 1-0 N20 New Hampshire & ROOT SPORTS W/100-41 TV: ROOT SPORTS (Rob King, Warren Baker & Robby Incmikoski) N24 vs. Illinois ^ ESPNU W/89-57 Western Carolina RADIO: Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG (Tony Caridi & Jay Jacobs) Sirius 134, XM 201 No. 15/16 West Virginia N25 vs. Temple ^ ESPN2 L/77-81 OFFICIALS: Announced on game day N28 Manhattan & ROOT SPORTS W/108-61 Catamounts (3-5) Mountaineers (6-1) D3 at Virginia ESPNU W/66-57 D7 vs. Western Carolina # ROOT SPORTS 7:00 p.m. No. 15/16 WVU Travels to Charleston to Face Western Carolina D10 VMI ROOT SPORTS 2:00 p.m. • West Virginia is 65-20 all-time at the Charleston Civic Center. WVU is 73-22 all-time in Charleston. D17 UMKC ROOT SPORTS 2:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins is in ninth place all-time on the NCAA Division I winningest coaches list. His record now stands at 797-322 D20 Radford Nextar 7:00 p.m. in his 35th season as a head coach. Huggins needs nine wins to tie Eddie Sutton for eighth place all-time. D23 Northern Kentucky ROOT SPORTS 4:00 p.m. • Huggins is the third-winningest active Division I coach behind Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim. D30 at Oklahoma State * ESPN2 4:00 p.m. J3 at Texas Tech * ESPNEWS 9:15 p.m. • Bob Huggins has 27 20-win seasons and 16 25-win seasons in 34 seasons as a head coach. J7 TCU * ESPNU 1:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins has wins over 35 ranked teams at WVU, including 12 wins over Top 10 teams. J10 Baylor * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • 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 J14 at Texas * ESPN or ESPN2 4:00 p.m. Kentucky on Dec. 20, 1957. J18 Oklahoma * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • WVU leads the country in turnover margin (14.7), turnovers forced (25.43) and steals (13.1). J21 at Kansas State * ESPN2 6:00 p.m. • Jevon Carter leads the Big 12 Conference in steals, while Nathan Adrian ranks second in offensive rebounds. J24 Kansas * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • The Mountaineers forced a school record 40 turnovers against Manhattan on Nov. 28. J28 Texas A&M $ ESPN Noon All but one Mountaineer opponent has had at least 19 miscues this year, including two with more than 30. WVU has J31 at Iowa State * ESPN2 9:00 p.m. • F4 Oklahoma State * ESPNU 5:00 p.m. had 15 or more steals four times in 2016-17. F8 at Oklahoma * ESPN2 9:00 p.m. • This season, WVU has forced 178 turnovers and has grabbed 113 offensive rebounds in five games. F11 Kansas State * ESPN or ESPN2 Noon • WVU has taken 115 more shots than its opponents this season -- 482 to 367. F13 at Kansas * ESPN 9:00 p.m. • WVU’s bench has scored 30 or more in 26 of the last 34 games. This year’s team is averaging 43.0 points from the bench. F18 Texas Tech * ESPN or ESPN2 2:00 p.m. • The Mountaineers’ bench scored 62 points against Manhattan on Nov. 28. F20 Texas * ESPN 9:00 p.m. • WVU led the country last year with its bench averaging 33.3 ppg. F25 at TCU * ESPN or ESPN2 Noon/2:00 p.m. • WVU scored 60 points in the first half against Manhattan. WVU scored 64 points in the first half against Mississippi Valley F27 at Baylor * ESPNU 7:00 p.m. M3 Iowa State * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. State, marking the first time in school history WVU scored 60 or more points in the first half in two games in a season. M8-11 Phillips 66 Big 12 Champ. ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU TBA • Esa Ahmad finished with 19 points for the second consecutive game against Manhattan. He has shot 50 percent or better in four of the last five outings, including 75 percent in two of the last three contests. & NIT Season Tip-Off, Morgantown, W.Va. • WVU has shot 43 percent or higher in every game this season. WVU shot 40 percent or better in 25 games last season, ^ NIT Season Tip-Off, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. # Charleston, W.Va. including eight games of 50 percent or higher. $ SEC/Big Challenge • West Virginia is 96-26 in non-conference regular season games under Bob Huggins, including a 52-4 mark at home. * Big 12 Conference game - All Times Eastern • West Virginia is 86-6 at home against non-conference teams in the last 14 years, including 67 of its last 71. • West Virginia is 123-32 against non-conference teams in regular season games in the last 13 seasons. • WVU has won 112 of its last 141 non-conference games and 117 of its last 147 non-league contests (includes postseason). WVU Athletic Communications • West Virginia made its 27th appearance in the NCAA Championship last season, dating back to 1955. Asst. Athletic Director/Communications .............Bryan Messerly • WVU finished in second place in the Big 12 Conference regular season and postseason tournament. Email ....................................................bryan.messerly@mail.wvu.edu • Last season, WVU made its seventh NCAA apperance in the last nine years and ninth appearance in the last 12 seasons. Phone .........................................................................................304-293-2821 • WVU has made 12 postseason appearances in the last 13 years, including the NCAA Final Four in 2010. Twitter ......................................................@wvusidmess/@wvuhoops • The Mountaineers have been ranked 65 weeks in the AP poll under Bob Huggins, including 25 weeks in the AP Top Web .........................................................................................WVUsports.com 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. • Dating back to last year, WVU has been ranked for 21 consecutive weeks in the AP poll and 38 of the last 41 weeks in Follow the Mountaineers on ... the AP rankings. • West Virginia has been ranked 85 weeks since Jan. 3, 2005 in the AP poll, and 198 weeks total in school history. • The Mountaineers have won 47 of their last 48 games when holding opponents to 69 points or less. • West Virginia has made at least one 3-point field goal in 565 consecutive games. • West Virginia has allowed its opponent to shoot 50 percent or better only 54 times under Bob Huggins (318 games). • WVU is 168-30 under Huggins when holding opponents to 69 points or less. WVU has won 57 of its last 59 and 113 of youtube/wvusports its last 124 games when holding opponents under 69 points. • West Virginia is 56-3 under Bob Huggins when shooting 50 percent or better from the field. • West Virginia is 160-27 under Bob Huggins when leading at halftime. • West Virginia is 168-16 under Bob Huggins when leading by 10 or more points in a game. • West Virginia is 142-10 under Bob Huggins when posting a higher shooting percentage than its opponent. big12sports.com • The Mountaineers are 151-27 under Bob Huggins when scoring 70 or more points in a game. • West Virginia is 153-36 under Bob Huggins when outrebounding its opponent. • WVU is 16-5 all-time on Dec. 7 and 382-159 all-time in the month of December. 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 797 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 207 111 .650 • 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.