Game 17 - Texas Tech 2017-18 Schedule/Results DATE: Saturday, January 13, 2018 Date Opponent Television Time/Results LOCATION: United Supermarkets Arena (15,098) in Lubbock, Texas N10 vs. Texas A&M & ESPN L/65-88 TIPOFF: 2:00 p.m. ET N15 American AT&T SportsNet W/98-64 SERIES: West Virginia leads 10-2 N18 Morgan State Nexstar Media W/111-48 TV: ESPN (Mark Neely and Robbie Hummel) N20 Long Beach State ^ AT&T SportsNet W/91-62 No. 8/8 Texas Tech RADIO: Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG (Tony Caridi & Jay Jacobs) No. 2/2 West Virginia N23 vs. Marist % ESPNEWS W/84-78 Red Raiders (14-2, 3-1) OFFICIALS: Announced on game day Mountaineers (15-1, 4-0) N24 vs. UCF % ESPN2 W/83-45 N26 vs. Missouri % ESPN2 W/83-79 No. 2 West Virginia Posts Highest AP Ranking Since Dec. 29, 1959 N30 NJIT AT&T SportsNet W/102-69 • WVU has started 15-1 for second time in the last three years. The 2016 team started 15-1, while last year’s team started D5 Virginia ESPNU W/68-61 12-1 and the 2015 team started 14-1. D9 at Pitt ESPN2 W/69-60 • WVU’s 15-game winning streak is the longest current streak in the nation. D20 Coppin State AT&T SportsNet W/77-38 D23 Fordham AT&T SportsNet W/86-69 • WVU’s 15-game winning streak is the longest since the 1988-89 team won 22 games in a row. D29 at Oklahoma State * ESPNU W/85-79 • WVU’s 4-0 league start is its best start since the 2015-16 team opened league play with a 4-0 mark. J1 at Kansas State * ESPNU W/77-69 • WVU is 13-7 all-time in games played in Texas. All 20 of those games have been since WVU joined the Big 12 in 2012. J6 Oklahoma * ESPN2 W/89-76 • With a win at Oklahoma State on Dec. 29, Bob Huggins moved past Jim Phelan for seventh place all-time on the NCAA J9 Baylor * ESPN2 W/57-54 Division I winningest coaches list. Huggins’ record now stands at 834-331 in his 36th season as a head coach. J13 at Texas Tech * ESPN 2:00 p.m. • Huggins is the third-winningest active Division I coach behind Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim. J15 Kansas * ESPN 9:00 p.m. • On Dec. 21, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced that Huggins is one of six collegiate coaches J20 Texas * CBS 2:00 p.m. eligible for the Class of 2018. Huggins is the only active coach in the group. J22 at TCU * ESPN 9:00 p.m. J27 Kentucky # ESPN 4:30/7:00 p.m. • For his performances at K-State and against Oklahoma, Teddy Allen was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week. J31 at Iowa State * ESPNU 7:00 p.m. • WVU has won at least 25 games for three consecutive seasons. WVU is 94-29 since the beginning of 2014-15 season. F3 Kansas State * ESPN or ESPN2 4:00 p.m. • WVU is 40-18 in the Big 12 regular season in the last four seasons, including a 29-11 mark in the last two-plus seasons. F5 at Oklahoma * ESPN 9:00 p.m. • West Virginia is 109-75 under Bob Huggins in conference regular season games (Big 12 and Big East). F10 Oklahoma State * ESPN or ESPN2 Noon • Bob Huggins is 65-45 in Big 12 Conference games. He is 55-39 at WVU, and was 10-6 at Kansas State in 2006-07. F12 TCU * ESPN2 9:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins has posted 45 conference road victories in 11 seasons at WVU, including a 2-0 mark this season, five Big 12 F17 at Kansas * ESPN 6:00 p..m. road wins last season, six Big 12 road wins two years ago and four Big 12 road wins three years ago. F20 at Baylor * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. F24 Iowa State * ESPN or ESPN2 6:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins has won 115 out of his 244 games at WVU away from home. F26 Texas Tech * ESPN2 9:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins has wins over 41 ranked teams at WVU, including 16 wins over Top 10 teams and three over No. 1. M3 at Texas ESPN or ESPN2 Noon • WVU is 10-6 in its last 16 games vs. AP Top 25 teams, with two wins over No. 1, one vs. No. 2, two wins over No. 6 and M7-10 Phillips 66 Big 12 Champ. ! ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU TBD one win over No. 7. • Jevon Carter leads the country in steals with 58, and he has played in 123 career games, the second-most games & Armed Forces Classic, Ramstein Air Base, Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany ^ Non-bracketed game of AdvoCare Invitational, Morgantown, W.Va. played among active college basketball players this season. % AdvoCare Invitational, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. • In the latest NCAA stats, WVU ranks second in turnover margin (8.4), is third in forced turnovers (20.3), is sixth in steals # Big 12/SEC Challenge * Big 12 Conference game per game (10.3) and is third in offensive rebounds per game (14.7). ! Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, Kansas City, Mo. • West Virginia is forcing its opponents to turn it over on 27.0 percent of their possessions, second in the country. All Times Eastern • West Virginia has nearly forced more turnovers (325) than its opponents’ made field goals (333). • Carter and Daxter Miles Jr. have played more games (239 combined) than any other Power 5 backcourt in the country. WVU Athletic Communications • The Mountaineers have been ranked 89 weeks in the AP poll under Bob Huggins, including 35 weeks in the AP Top Asst. Athletic Director/Communications .............Bryan Messerly 10. Huggins has had WVU ranked more weeks than any other coach in school history. Email ....................................................bryan.messerly@mail.wvu.edu • Dating back to last year, WVU has been ranked for 45 consecutive weeks in the AP poll and 62 of the last 65 weeks in Phone .........................................................................................304-293-2821 the AP rankings. WVU has been ranked 65 consecutive weeks in the USA Today Coaches poll. Twitter ......................................................@wvusidmess/@wvuhoops • This is WVU’s second longest streak of ranked weeks in the AP poll, behind 56 weeks from March 1956 to March 1960. Web .........................................................................................WVUsports.com • In the last two seasons, WVU has finished second in the Big 12 Conference regular season and postseason tourney. • WVU has had back-to-back seasons of single-digit season losses. The last time that happened was in 1982-83. • Jevon Carter was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year last year. Carter was named to the All-Big 12 Defensive Follow the Mountaineers on ... 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 Defensive Team. Carter was the NABC Defensive Player of the Year and the Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year. • Jevon Carter became West Virginia’s 51st 1,000-point scorer on Feb. 27. He now ranks 21st all-time with 1,376 points. • Daxter Miles Jr. became WVU’s 52nd 1,000-point scorer on Dec. 20. He now ranks 46th all-time with 1,067 points. • The Mountaineers have won 71 of their last 73 games when holding opponents to 69 points or less. • WVU is 192-31 under Huggins when holding opponents to 69 points or less. WVU has won 81 of its last 84 and 137 of youtube/wvusports its last 149 games when holding opponents under 69 points. • West Virginia has allowed its opponent to shoot 50 percent or better only 60 times under Bob Huggins (364 games). • West Virginia is 64-4 under Bob Huggins when shooting 50 percent or better from the field. • West Virginia is 190-32 under Bob Huggins when leading at halftime. big12sports.com • West Virginia is 197-20 under Bob Huggins when leading by 10 or more points in a game. • West Virginia is 168-11 under Bob Huggins when posting a higher shooting percentage than its opponent. • The Mountaineers are 181-33 under Bob Huggins when scoring 70 or more points in a game. • West Virginia is 180-41 under Bob Huggins when outrebounding its opponent. • WVU is 20-13 all-time on Jan. 13. The Mountaineers are 507-322 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 834 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 11 years 244 120 .670 • 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 seventh among the NCAA’s all-time 6 – Times named National Coach of the Year (1991-92 – Hoop Coaching Honors winningest coaches.