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Game 2 - American 2017-18 Schedule/Results DATE: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 Date Opponent Television Time/Results LOCATION: WVU Coliseum (14,000) in Morgantown, W.Va. N10 vs. Texas A&M & ESPN L/65-88 TIPOFF: 7:00 p.m. ET N15 American AT&T SportsNet 7:00 p.m. SERIES: West Virginia leads 4-1 N18 Morgan State Nexstar/WVUsports 7:30 p.m. TV: AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh (Rob King, Warren Baker & Robby Incmikoski) N20 Long Beach State ^ AT&T SportsNet 7:00 p.m. American RADIO: Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG (Tony Caridi & Jay Jacobs) Sirius 135, XM 199 No. 24/10 West Virginia N23 vs. Marist % ESPNU 8:30 p.m. Eagles (0-1) OFFICIALS: Announced on game day Mountaineers (0-1) N24 vs. Nebraska or UCF % ESPN2/ESPN3 5:00/7:30 p.m. N26 AdvoCare Invitational % ESPN2/ESPNU TBD West Virginia Hosts American in 2017-18 Home Opener N30 NJIT AT&T SportsNet 7:00 p.m. • The Mountaineers hold a 99-9 record in home openers. Their last loss in a home opener was the 1989-90 season. D5 Virginia ESPNU 7:00 p.m. • West Virginia is 102-27 in non-conference regular season games under Bob Huggins, including a 57-4 mark at home. D9 at Pitt ESPN2 8:00 p.m. • West Virginia is 159-36 in its last 195 games against unranked teams, including 82 of its last 93 at the WVU Coliseum. D16 Wheeling Jesuit (exh.) AT&T SportsNet 2:00 p.m. D20 Coppin State AT&T SportsNet 7:00 p.m. • West Virginia is 119-32 at the WVU Coliseum under Bob Huggins, including a 62-28 mark in league games. D23 Fordham AT&T SportsNet Noon • WVU is 528-152 (.781) all-time at the WVU Coliseum and 160-38 at the WVU Coliseum in the last 13 seasons. D29 at Oklahoma State * ESPNU 7:00 p.m. • Under Bob Huggins at the WVU Coliseum, WVU is averaging 81.3 ppg while holding its opponents to 63.3 ppg. J1 at Kansas State * ESPNU 5:00 p.m. • West Virginia is 91-6 at home against non-conference teams in the last 14 years, including 72 of its last 76. J6 Oklahoma * ESPN/ESPN2 7:15 p.m. • West Virginia is 133-33 against non-conference teams in regular season games in the last 14 seasons. J9 Baylor * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • Last year was WVU’s eighth NCAA appearance in the last 10 years and 10th appearance in the last 13 seasons. J13 at Texas Tech * ESPN/ESPN2 2:00 p.m. • WVU has reached the Sweet 16 in seven of its last 11 NCAA appearances (2017, 2015, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2005, 1998). J15 Kansas * ESPN 9:00 p.m. • WVU has won at least 25 games for three consecutive seasons. WVU is 79-29 since the beginning of 2014-15 season. J20 Texas * CBS 2:00 p.m. J22 at TCU * ESPN 9:00 p.m. • For the second year in a row, WVU finished second in the Big 12 Conference regular season and postseason tourney. J27 Kentucky # ESPN 4:30/7:00 p.m. • WVU has had back-to-back seasons of single-digit season losses. The last time that happened was in 1982-83. J31 at Iowa State * ESPNU 7:00 p.m. • WVU has made 13 postseason appearances in the last 14 years, including the NCAA Final Four in 2010. F3 Kansas State * ESPN/ESPN2 4:00 p.m. • Jevon Carter was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year last year. Carter was named to the All-Big 12 Defensive F5 at Oklahoma * ESPN 9:00 p.m. Team for the third year in a row. Carter is just the third player in Big 12 history to earn three selections on the All-Big 12 F10 Oklahoma State * ESPN/ESPN2 Noon Defensive Team. Carter was the NABC Defensive Player of the Year and the Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year. F12 TCU * ESPN2 9:00 p.m. • Carter was a unanimous selection for the Preseason All-Big 12 Team this season. F17 at Kansas * ESPN 6:00 p..m. F20 at Baylor * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • Carter and Daxter Miles Jr. have played more games (209 combined) than any other Power 5 backcourt in the country. F24 Iowa State * ESPN/ESPN2 6:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins became the 10th NCAA Division I head coach to win 800 games on Dec. 17, 2016 against UMKC. F26 Texas Tech * ESPN2 9:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins is in eighth place all-time on the NCAA Division I winningest coaches list. His record now stands at 819-331, M3 at Texas ESPN/ESPN2 Noon in his 36th season as a head coach. Huggins trails Jim Phelan by 11 wins for seventh place all-time. M7-10 Phillips 66 Big 12 Champ. ! ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU TBD • Huggins is the third-winningest active Division I coach behind Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim. & Armed Forces Classic, Ramstein Air Base, Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany • WVU is 36-18 in the Big 12 regular season in the last three seasons. ^ Non-bracketed game of AdvoCare Invitational, Morgantown, W.Va. • Bob Huggins has wins over 39 ranked teams at WVU, including 14 wins over Top 10 teams and three over No. 1. % AdvoCare Invitational, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. • WVU is 8-6 in its last 14 games vs. AP Top 25 teams, with two wins over No. 1, one vs. No. 2 and two wins over No. 6. # Big 12/SEC Challenge * Big 12 Conference game • Jevon Carter became West Virginia’s 51st 1,000-point scorer on Feb. 27. He now ranks 35th all-time with 1,131 points. ! Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, Kansas City, Mo. • WVU led the country in turnover margin (7.7), turnovers forced (20.0), total steals (371) and steals (10.0). WVU ranked third in scoring margin (14.8), fifth in offensive rebounds (14.3), 21st in assists (16.4) and 23rd in scoring offense (81.5). WVU Athletic Communications • The Mountaineers forced their opponents to turn it over on 27.0 percent of their possessions, tops in the country. Asst. Athletic Director/Communications .............Bryan Messerly • WVU nearly forced more turnovers (740) than its opponents made field goals (826). Email ....................................................bryan.messerly@mail.wvu.edu • WVU attempted 385 more shots than its opponents last season -- 2,333 to 1,948. Phone .........................................................................................304-293-2821 • The Mountaineers have been ranked 81 weeks in the AP poll under Bob Huggins, including 31 weeks in the AP Top Twitter ......................................................@wvusidmess/@wvuhoops 10. Huggins has had WVU ranked more weeks than any other coach in school history. Web .........................................................................................WVUsports.com • Dating back to last year, WVU has been ranked for 37 consecutive weeks in the AP poll and 54 of the last 57 weeks in the AP rankings. WVU has been ranked 57 consecutive weeks in the USA Today Coaches poll. • This is WVU’s second longest streak of ranked weeks in the AP poll, behind 56 weeks from March 1956 to March 1960. Follow the Mountaineers on ... • The Mountaineers have won 60 of their last 62 games when holding opponents to 69 points or less. • WVU is 181-31 under Huggins when holding opponents to 69 points or less. WVU has won 70 of its last 73 and 126 of its last 138 games when holding opponents under 69 points. • West Virginia has allowed its opponent to shoot 50 percent or better only 58 times under Bob Huggins (349 games). • West Virginia is 61-4 under Bob Huggins when shooting 50 percent or better from the field. • West Virginia is 178-32 under Bob Huggins when leading at halftime. youtube/wvusports • West Virginia is 186-20 under Bob Huggins when leading by 10 or more points in a game. • West Virginia is 157-11 under Bob Huggins when posting a higher shooting percentage than its opponent. • The Mountaineers are 169-33 under Bob Huggins when scoring 70 or more points in a game. • West Virginia is 168-41 under Bob Huggins when outrebounding its opponent. big12sports.com • West Virginia has made at least one 3-point field goal in 597 consecutive games. • Bob Huggins has won 109 out of his 229 games at WVU away from home. • WVU is 3-1 all-time on November 15. The Mountaineers are 101-28 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 819 games in 36 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 229 120 .660 • 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 eighth 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 31 Award) Big 12 Coach of the Year of 35 seasons, including 23 NCAA Tournaments.