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Game 29 - TCU 2016-17 Schedule/Results DATE: Saturday, February 25, 2017 Date Opponent Television Time/Results LOCATION: Schollmaier Arena (6,700) in Fort Worth, Texas N11 Mount St. Mary’s ROOT SPORTS W/87-59 TIPOFF: 2:00 p.m. ET N14 Mississippi Valley State ROOT SPORTS W/107-66 SERIES: West Virginia leads 10-0 N20 New Hampshire & ROOT SPORTS W/100-41 TV: ESPN (Rich Hollenberg and Mark Plansky) N24 vs. Illinois ^ ESPNU W/89-57 TCU RADIO: Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG (Tony Caridi & Jay Jacobs) No. 12/13 West Virginia N25 vs. Temple ^ ESPN2 L/77-81 OFFICIALS: Announced on game day N28 Manhattan & ROOT SPORTS W/108-61 Horned Frogs (17-11, 6-9) Mountaineers (22-6, 10-5) D3 at Virginia ESPNU W/66-57 D7 vs. Western Carolina # ROOT SPORTS W/90-37 No. 12 West Virginia Travels to TCU to Begin Two-Game Road Trip D10 VMI ROOT SPORTS W/90-55 • WVU is 12-6 all-time in games played in Texas. All 18 of those games have been since WVU joined the Big 12 in 2012. D17 UMKC ROOT SPORTS W/112-67 • WVU’s 22 wins mark the 31st 20-win season in school history. Bob Huggins now has 28 20-win seasons in 35 years as D20 Radford Nextar W/84-57 a head coach. He has led WVU to seven 20-win seasons in his 10 years as a head coach at WVU. D23 Northern Kentucky ROOT SPORTS W/92-61 • Bob Huggins became the 10th NCAA Division I head coach to win 800 games on Dec. 17 against UMKC. D30 at Oklahoma State * ESPN2 W/92-75 J3 at Texas Tech * ESPNEWS L/76-77 OT • Bob Huggins is in ninth place all-time on the NCAA Division I winningest coaches list. His record now stands at 813-327. J7 TCU * ESPNU W/82-70 Huggins trails Rollie Massimino by two wins and Jim Phelan by 17 wins. J10 Baylor * ESPN2 W/89-68 • Huggins is the third-winningest active Division I coach behind Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim. J14 at Texas * ESPN2 W/74-72 • Last season, WVU won 13 Big 12 games and 11 two years ago. WVU is 34-17 in the Big 12 in the last two-plus seasons. J18 Oklahoma * ESPN2 L/87-89 OT • West Virginia is 103-74 under Bob Huggins in conference regular season games (Big 12 and Big East). J21 at Kansas State * ESPN2 L/75-79 • Bob Huggins is 59-44 in Big 12 Conference games. He is 49-38 at WVU, and was 10-6 at Kansas State in 2006-07. J24 Kansas * ESPN W/85-69 • West Virginia is 155-36 in its last 191 games against unranked teams, including 82 of its last 93 at the WVU Coliseum. J28 Texas A&M $ ESPN W/81-77 Bob Huggins has posted 42 conference road victories in 10 seasons at WVU, including wins at Iowa State, Oklahoma J31 at Iowa State * ESPN2 W/85-72 • F4 Oklahoma State * ESPNU L/75-82 State, Oklahoma and Texas this season, six Big 12 road wins last season and four Big 12 road wins two years ago. F8 at Oklahoma * ESPN2 W/61-50 • Bob Huggins has wins over 37 ranked teams at WVU, including 14 wins over Top 10 teams and three over No. 1. F11 Kansas State * ESPN W/85-66 • WVU became the first team since Indiana in 2011-12 to beat No. 1 and No. 2 in the same season. F13 at Kansas * ESPN L/80-84 OT • WVU is the fourth team in AP history to beat an AP No. 1 and AP No. 2 by least 15 points each in a single season. F18 Texas Tech * ESPN2 W/83-74 2OT • WVU’s 21-point win over No. 1 Baylor was the eighth-largest margin victory ever against a No. 1-ranked AP team. F20 Texas * ESPN W/77-62 • WVU is 6-2 in its last eight games vs. AP Top 25 teams, with two wins over No. 1, one vs. No. 2 and two wins over No. 6. F25 at TCU * ESPN 2:00 p.m. • Jevon Carter needs 28 more points to become West Virginia’s 51st 1,000-point scorer. He has scored 78 points and has F27 at Baylor * ESPNU 7:00 p.m. M3 Iowa State * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. grabbed 31 rebounds over the last four games, shooting 50 percent or better in each contest. M8-11 Phillips 66 Big 12 Champ. ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU TBA • With 17 points at OU, James Bolden became the seventh different WVU player to lead in scoring in a league game this year. He is the first player in school history to score 17 points while playing a maximum of 10 minutes in a game. & NIT Season Tip-Off, Morgantown, W.Va. • WVU leads the country in turnover margin (9.1), turnovers forced (21.6) and steals (11.0). WVU ranks third in scoring ^ NIT Season Tip-Off, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. # Charleston, W.Va. margin (18.7), fourth in offensive rebounds (14.5), 15th in assists (17.2) and 11th in scoring offense (85.3). $ SEC/Big Challenge • WVU’s plus/minus leaders are Tarik Phillip (+362), Jevon Carter (+360) and Nathan Adrian (+326). * Big 12 Conference game - All Times Eastern • WVU is averaging 42.0 deflections per game, while averaging 34.9 deflections in Big 12 Conference games. • The Mountaineers forced a school record 40 turnovers against Manhattan on Nov. 28. • All but eight Mountaineer opponents have had at least 18 miscues this year, including three with more than 30. WVU Athletic Communications • Baylor’s 29 turnovers were the most forced by WVU in a league game in 24 years (30 vs. St. Bonaventure in 1992). Asst. Athletic Director/Communications .............Bryan Messerly • The Mountaineers are forcing their opponents to turn it over on 28.5 percent of their possessions, tops in the country. Email ....................................................bryan.messerly@mail.wvu.edu • WVU has nearly forced more turnovers (604) than its opponents have made field goals (625). Phone .........................................................................................304-293-2821 • WVU has attempted 314 more shots than its opponents this season -- 1,792 to 1,478. Twitter ......................................................@wvusidmess/@wvuhoops • WVU’s bench has scored 30 or more in 39 of the last 55 games. This year’s team is averaging 35.2 points from the bench. Web .........................................................................................WVUsports.com • WVU has shot 43 percent or higher in all but three games this season, including four games of 50 percent or higher. • WVU finished in second place in the Big 12 Conference regular season and postseason tournament last season. • The Mountaineers have been ranked 76 weeks in the AP poll under Bob Huggins, including 30 weeks in the AP Top Follow the Mountaineers on ... 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 32 consecutive weeks in the AP poll and 49 of the last 52 weeks in the AP rankings. WVU has been ranked 52 consecutive weeks in the USA Today Coaches poll. • The Mountaineers have won 57 of their last 58 games when holding opponents to 69 points or less. • WVU is 178-30 under Huggins when holding opponents to 69 points or less. WVU has won 67 of its last 69 and 123 of its last 134 games when holding opponents under 69 points. youtube/wvusports • West Virginia has made at least one 3-point field goal in 586 consecutive games. • West Virginia has allowed its opponent to shoot 50 percent or better only 57 times under Bob Huggins (339 games). • West Virginia is 60-3 under Bob Huggins when shooting 50 percent or better from the field. • West Virginia is 174-31 under Bob Huggins when leading at halftime. • West Virginia is 182-19 under Bob Huggins when leading by 10 or more points in a game. big12sports.com • West Virginia is 154-11 under Bob Huggins when posting a higher shooting percentage than its opponent. • The Mountaineers are 166-32 under Bob Huggins when scoring 70 or more points in a game. • West Virginia is 163-40 under Bob Huggins when outrebounding its opponent. • WVU is 18-10 all-time on Feb. 25 and 518-397 all-time in the month of February. 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 813 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 223 116 .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 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.