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Game 18 - Oklahoma 2016-17 Schedule/Results DATE: Wednesday, January 18, 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: 7:00 p.m. ET N14 Mississippi Valley State ROOT SPORTS W/107-66 SERIES: Oklahoma leads 8-4 N20 New Hampshire & ROOT SPORTS W/100-41 TV: ESPN2 (Mark Neely and Fran Fraschilla) N24 vs. Illinois ^ ESPNU W/89-57 Oklahoma RADIO: Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG (Tony Caridi & Jay Jacobs) Sirius 134, XM 199 No. 7/8 West Virginia N25 vs. Temple ^ ESPN2 L/77-81 OFFICIALS: Announced on game day N28 Manhattan & ROOT SPORTS W/108-61 Sooners (7-9, 1-4) Mountaineers (15-2, 4-1) D3 at Virginia ESPNU W/66-57 D7 vs. Western Carolina # ROOT SPORTS W/90-37 No. 7 West Virginia Looks to Remain Undefeated at Home vs. OU D10 VMI ROOT SPORTS W/90-55 • With 806 wins, Bob Huggins is tied with Eddie Sutton for ninth place all-time in NCAA victories. D17 UMKC ROOT SPORTS W/112-67 • Bob Huggins became the 10th NCAA Division I head coach to win 800 games on Dec. 17 against UMKC. D20 Radford Nextar W/84-57 • Bob Huggins is in ninth place all-time on the NCAA Division I winningest coaches list. His record now stands at 806-323 D23 Northern Kentucky ROOT SPORTS W/92-61 in his 35th season as a head coach. Huggins trails Rollie Massimino by two wins and Jim Phelan by 24 wins. D30 at Oklahoma State * ESPN2 W/92-75 J3 at Texas Tech * ESPNEWS L/76-77 OT • Huggins is the third-winningest active Division I coach behind Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim. J7 TCU * ESPNU W/82-70 • West Virginia is 113-30 at the WVU Coliseum under Bob Huggins, including a 57-26 mark in league games. J10 Baylor * ESPN2 W/89-68 • WVU is 522-150 (.781) all-time at the WVU Coliseum and 154-36 at the WVU Coliseum in the last 13 seasons. J14 at Texas * ESPN2 W/74-72 • Under Bob Huggins at the WVU Coliseum, WVU is averaging 80.8 ppg while holding its opponents to 61.7 ppg. J18 Oklahoma * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • The Mountaineers have won 71 of their last 100 conference games at the WVU Coliseum. J21 at Kansas State * ESPN2 6:00 p.m. • WVU’s 21-point win over No. 1 Baylor was the eighth-largest margin victory ever against a No. 1-ranked AP team. J24 Kansas * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • WVU is 5-1 in its last six games against AP Top 25 teams, including two wins over No. 1 and two wins over No. 6. J28 Texas A&M $ ESPN Noon Last season, WVU won 13 Big 12 games and 11 two years ago. WVU is 27-13 in the Big 12 in the last two-plus seasons. J31 at Iowa State * ESPN2 9:00 p.m. • F4 Oklahoma State * ESPNU 5:00 p.m. • West Virginia is 149-33 in its last 182 games against unranked teams, including 78 of its last 87 at the WVU Coliseum. F8 at Oklahoma * ESPN2 9:00 p.m. • West Virginia is 97-70 under Bob Huggins in conference regular season games. F11 Kansas State * ESPN or ESPN2 Noon • Bob Huggins is 53-40 in Big 12 Conference games. He is 43-34 at WVU, and was 10-6 at Kansas State in 2006-07. F13 at Kansas * ESPN 9:00 p.m. • WVU leads the country in scoring margin (26.7), turnover margin (13,3), turnovers forced (24.3) and steals (12.6). WVU ranks F18 Texas Tech * ESPN or ESPN2 2:00 p.m. third in offensive rebounds (15.5), fifth in assists (18.2), fifth in scoring offense (89.1), and 16th in scoring defense (62.4). F20 Texas * ESPN 9:00 p.m. • Jevon Carter leads the Big 12 in steals (fourth nationally), while Nathan Adrian ranks second in offensive rebounds. F25 at TCU * ESPN or ESPN2 Noon/2:00 p.m. • WVU’s plus/minus leaders are Tarik Phillip (+312), Jevon Carter (+301), Nathan Adrian (+298) and Esa Ahmad (+243). F27 at Baylor * ESPNU 7:00 p.m. M3 Iowa State * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • WVU is averaging 47.6 deflections per game -- 49.4 deflections in its wins and 35.5 deflections in its losses. M8-11 Phillips 66 Big 12 Champ. ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU TBA • The Mountaineers forced a school record 40 turnovers against Manhattan on Nov. 28. • All but two Mountaineer opponents have had at least 18 miscues this year, including three with more than 30. WVU has & NIT Season Tip-Off, Morgantown, W.Va. had 15 or more steals eight times in 2016-17. ^ NIT Season Tip-Off, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. # Charleston, W.Va. • Baylor’s 29 turnovers were the most forced by WVU in a league game in 24 years (30 vs. St. Bonaventure in 1992). $ SEC/Big Challenge • The Mountaineers are forcing their opponents to turn it over on 31.8 percent of their possessions, tops in the country. * Big 12 Conference game - All Times Eastern • WVU is holding its opponents to 0.81 points per possession, tops in the country. • WVU has forced more turnovers (413) than its opponents have made field goals (360). • WVU has attempted 243 more shots than its opponents this season -- 1,120 to 8877. WVU Athletic Communications • WVU’s bench has scored 30 or more in 33 of the last 44 games. This year’s team is averaging 38.9 points from the bench. Asst. Athletic Director/Communications .............Bryan Messerly • The Mountaineers’ bench scored 62 points against Manhattan on Nov. 28. Email ....................................................bryan.messerly@mail.wvu.edu • WVU has shot 43 percent or higher in every game this season, including four games of 50 percent or higher. Phone .........................................................................................304-293-2821 • West Virginia made its 27th appearance in the NCAA Championship last season, dating back to 1955. Twitter ......................................................@wvusidmess/@wvuhoops • WVU finished in second place in the Big 12 Conference regular season and postseason tournament. Web .........................................................................................WVUsports.com • The Mountaineers have been ranked 71 weeks in the AP poll under Bob Huggins, including 28 weeks in the AP Top 10. Huggins has had WVU ranked more weeks than any other coach in school history. • Dating back to last year, WVU has been ranked for 27 consecutive weeks in the AP poll and 44 of the last 47 weeks in Follow the Mountaineers on ... the AP rankings. WVU has been ranked 47 consecutive weeks in the USA Today Coaches poll. • The Mountaineers have won 53 of their last 54 games when holding opponents to 69 points or less. • WVU is 174-30 under Huggins when holding opponents to 69 points or less. WVU has won 63 of its last 65 and 119 of its last 130 games when holding opponents under 69 points. • West Virginia has made at least one 3-point field goal in 575 consecutive games. • West Virginia has allowed its opponent to shoot 50 percent or better only 55 times under Bob Huggins (328 games). youtube/wvusports • West Virginia is 59-3 under Bob Huggins when shooting 50 percent or better from the field. • West Virginia is 169-28 under Bob Huggins when leading at halftime. • West Virginia is 176-16 under Bob Huggins when leading by 10 or more points in a game. • West Virginia is 149-10 under Bob Huggins when posting a higher shooting percentage than its opponent. • The Mountaineers are 160-28 under Bob Huggins when scoring 70 or more points in a game. big12sports.com • West Virginia is 158-37 under Bob Huggins when outrebounding its opponent. • WVU is 17-13 all-time on Jan. 18 and 501-320 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 806 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 216 112 .659 • 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.

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