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Game 6 - Manhattan 2016-17 Schedule/Results DATE: Monday, November 28, 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: 7:00 p.m. ET N14 Mississippi Valley State ROOT SPORTS W/107-66 SERIES: Tied 3-3 N20 New Hampshire & ROOT SPORTS W/100-41 TV: ROOT SPORTS (Rob King, Warren Baker & Robby Incmikoski) N24 vs. Illinois ^ ESPNU W/89-57 Manhattan RADIO: Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG (Tony Caridi & Jay Jacobs) Sirius 132, XM 199 No. 19/17 West Virginia N25 vs. Temple ^ ESPN2 L/81-77 OFFICIALS: Announced on game day N28 Manhattan & ROOT SPORTS 7:00 p.m. Jaspers (2-3) Mountaineers (4-1) D3 at Virginia ESPNU 2:00 p.m. D7 vs. Western Carolina # ROOT SPORTS 7:00 p.m. No. 19/17 West Virginia Returns Home to Face Manhattan D10 VMI ROOT SPORTS 2:00 p.m. • West Virginia and Manhattan will meet for the seventh time in school history. This will be the first meeting since 1981, D17 UMKC ROOT SPORTS 2:00 p.m. and this will be Manhattan’s third visit to the WVU Coliseum. WVU is 2-0 against the Jaspers at the Coliseum. D20 Radford Nextar 7:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins is in ninth place all-time on the NCAA Division I winningest coaches list. His record now stands at 795-322 D23 Northern Kentucky ROOT SPORTS 4:00 p.m. in his 35th season as a head coach. Huggins needs 11 wins to tie Eddie Sutton for eighth place all-time. D30 at Oklahoma State * ESPN2 4:00 p.m. J3 at Texas Tech * ESPNEWS 9:15 p.m. • Huggins is the third-winningest active Division I coach behind Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim. J7 TCU * ESPNU 1:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins has 27 20-win seasons and 16 25-win seasons in 34 seasons as a head coach. J10 Baylor * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins has wins over 34 ranked teams at WVU, including 12 wins over Top 10 teams. J14 at Texas * ESPN or ESPN2 4:00 p.m. • WVU leads the country in turnover margin (13.6) and forced turnovers (24.8), and is second in steals (12.8). J18 Oklahoma * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • Jevon Carter leads the Big 12 Conference in steals, while Nathan Adrian leads the league in offensive rebounds. J21 at Kansas State * ESPN2 6:00 p.m. • West Virginia is 106-30 in the WVU Coliseum under Bob Huggins, including a 55-26 mark in league games. J24 Kansas * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • WVU is 515-150 (.777) all-time at the WVU Coliseum and 147-36 at the WVU Coliseum in the last 13 seasons. J28 Texas A&M $ ESPN Noon WVU’s average margin of victory at home last year was +22.4. WVU averaged 83.3 points per game at home last year. J31 at Iowa State * ESPN2 9:00 p.m. • F4 Oklahoma State * ESPNU 5:00 p.m. • Under Bob Huggins in the WVU Coliseum, WVU is averaging 79.0 ppg while holding its opponents to 61.9 ppg. F8 at Oklahoma * ESPN2 9:00 p.m. • West Virginia is 94-26 in non-conference regular season games under Bob Huggins, including a 51-4 mark at home. F11 Kansas State * ESPN or ESPN2 Noon • West Virginia is 85-6 at home against non-conference teams in the last 14 years, including 66 of its last 70. F13 at Kansas * ESPN 9:00 p.m. • West Virginia is 125-32 against non-conference teams in regular season games in the last 13 seasons. F18 Texas Tech * ESPN or ESPN2 2:00 p.m. • WVU has won 110 of its last 139 non-conference games and 115 of its last 145 non-league contests (includes postseason). F20 Texas * ESPN 9:00 p.m. • West Virginia has won 140 of its last 172 games against unranked teams, including 72 of its last 81 at the Coliseum. F25 at TCU * ESPN or ESPN2 Noon/2:00 p.m. • West Virginia made its 27th appearance in the NCAA Championship last season, dating back to 1955. F27 at Baylor * ESPNU 7:00 p.m. M3 Iowa State * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • WVU finished in second place in the Big 12 Conference regular season and postseason tournament. M8-11 Phillips 66 Big 12 Champ. ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU TBA • Last season, WVU made its seventh NCAA apperance in the last nine years and ninth appearance in the last 12 seasons. • WVU has made 12 postseason appearances in the last 13 years, including the NCAA Final Four in 2010. & 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 25 of the last 32 games. This year’s team is averaging 42.4 points from the bench. $ SEC/Big Challenge • WVU shot 40 percent or better in 25 games last season, including eight games of 50 percent or higher. * Big 12 Conference game - All Times Eastern • 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. • The Mountaineers have been ranked 63 weeks in the AP poll under Bob Huggins, including 25 weeks in the AP Top WVU Athletic Communications 10. Huggins has had WVU ranked more weeks than any other coach in school history. Fred Schaus (1954-60) had WVU Asst. Athletic Director/Communications .............Bryan Messerly ranked for 60 weeks during his career. Email ....................................................bryan.messerly@mail.wvu.edu • Dating back to last year, WVU has been ranked for 19 consecutive weeks in the AP poll and 36 of the last 39 weeks in Phone .........................................................................................304-293-2821 the AP rankings. Twitter ......................................................@wvusidmess/@wvuhoops • West Virginia has been ranked 83 weeks since Jan. 3, 2005 in the AP poll, and 196 weeks total in school history. Web .........................................................................................WVUsports.com • The Mountaineers have won 45 of their last 46 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. • This season, WVU has forced 124 turnovers and has grabbed 86 offensive rebounds in five games. Follow the Mountaineers on ... • West Virginia has made at least one 3-point field goal in 563 consecutive games. • West Virginia has allowed its opponent to shoot 50 percent or better only 54 times under Bob Huggins (316 games). • WVU is 166-30 under Huggins when holding opponents to 69 points or less. WVU has won 55 of its last 57 and 111 of its last 122 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 159-27 under Bob Huggins when leading at halftime. youtube/wvusports • West Virginia is 167-16 under Bob Huggins when leading by 10 or more points in a game. • West Virginia is 141-10 under Bob Huggins when posting a higher shooting percentage than its opponent. • The Mountaineers are 150-27 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 8-2 all-time on Nov. 28 and 100-27 all-time in the month of November. big12sports.com 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 795 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 205 111 .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.