2016-17 West Virginia Basketball Preseason Information 2015-16 Schedule/Results • West Virginia returns four starters and eight letterwinners from last year’s 26-win team. Date Opponent Television Time/Results • WVU’s returning players who started games in 2015-16: Jevon Carter (35 starts), Esa Ahmad (34 starts), Daxter Miles Jr. (30 N13 Northern Kentucky West Virginia Media W/107-61 starts), Nathan Adrian (16 starts), Teyvon Myers (four starts) and Elijah Macon (one start). N16 vs. James Madison # ROOT SPORTS W/86-73 • Freshmen Maciej Bender, Chase Harler and Sagaba Konate join the Mountaineers in 2016-17. James “Beetle” Bolden, N20 Stetson + ROOT SPORTS W/103-62 N23 Bethune-Cookman + ROOT SPORTS W/97-44 Logan Routt and Lamont West will join the lineup after redshirting last season as freshmen. N26 vs. Richmond ^ FS1 W/67-59 • WVU finished No. 8 in the final Associated Press poll last season. N27 vs. San Diego State ^ FS1 W/72-50 • Last season, WVU finished in second place in the Big 12 Conference regular season and postseason tournament. D5 Kennesaw State ROOT SPORTS W/87-54 • WVU made its seventh NCAA apperance in the last nine years and ninth appearance in the last 12 seasons. D8 vs. Virginia ! ESPN L/54-70 • WVU has made 11 NCAA postseason appearances in the last 12 years, including the NCAA Final Four in 2010. D13 UL Monroe West Virginia Media W/100-58 • WVU’s 26 wins tied for the fifth-most victories in a single season. The most are 31 wins in 2010 (NCAA Final Four). D17 vs. Marshall # ESPNU W/86-68 • Jaysean Paige was a unanimous selection as the Big 12 Conference Sixth Man of the Year. Paige and Devin Williams D21 Eastern Kentucky ESPNU W/84-59 D30 at Virginia Tech ESPNU W/88-63 earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors. Jevon Carter was named to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team for the second year in J2 at Kansas State * ESPNU W/87-83 2OT a row. J4 at TCU * ESPN2 W/95-87 • Bob Huggins is in ninth place all-time on the NCAA Division I winningest coaches list. His record now stands at 791-321 J9 Oklahoma State * ESPNU W/77-60 entering his 35th season as a head coach. Huggins has moved past Lute Olson, Lou Henson and Lefty Driesell last year. J12 Kansas * ESPN2 W/74-63 • Huggins is the third-winningest active Division I coach behind Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim. J16 at Oklahoma * ESPN2 L/68-70 • Bob Huggins has 27 20-win seasons and 16 25-win seasons entering his 35th season as a head coach. J20 Texas * ESPNU L/49-56 • Bob Huggins has wins over 34 ranked teams at WVU, including 12 wins over Top 10 teams. J23 at Texas Tech * ESPNEWS W/80-76 • WVU has won 106 of its last 134 non-conference games and 111 of its last 140 non-league contests (includes postseason). J26 Kansas State * ESPNEWS W/70-55 J30 at Florida $ ESPN L/71-88 • WVU forced 30 or more turnovers in three games last season. WVU has had at least seven steals in all but six F2 at Iowa State * ESPN2 W/81-76 games and has forced 14 or more turnovers in all but five games. F6 Baylor * ESPN2 W/80-69 • WVU led the country with its bench averaging 33.3 ppg. WVU’s bench has scored 30 or more in 21 of the last 27 games. F9 at Kansas * ESPN2 L/65-75 • WVU has shot 40 percent or better in 25 games last season, including eight games of 50 percent or higher. F13 TCU * ESPNU W/73-42 • The Mountaineers have been ranked 60 weeks in the AP poll under Bob Huggins, including 25 weeks in the AP Top 10. F16 at Texas * ESPN2 L/78-85 Huggins ties Fred Schaus (1954-60) for the most weeks ranked in the AP poll in school history. F20 Oklahoma * ESPN L/62-76 • West Virginia was 21-0 last season when holding its opponents to 69 points or less and is 20-1 last season. F22 Iowa State * ESPN W/97-87 F27 at Oklahoma State * ESPNU W/70-56 • The Mountaineers have won 41 of their last 42 games when holding opponents to 69 points or less. M2 Texas Tech * ESPNU W/90-68 • WVU outrebounded its opponents on the offensive glass 575 to 312 last season and 558 to 306 last season. M5 at Baylor * ESPN W/69-58 • West Virginia has made at least one 3-point field goal in 558 consecutive games. M10 vs. TCU % ESPNU W/86-66 • West Virginia has allowed its opponent to shoot 50 percent or better only 54 times under Bob Huggins (311 games). M11 vs. Oklahoma % ESPN2 W/69-67 • WVU is 162-30 under Huggins when holding opponents to 69 points or less. WVU has won 51 of its last 53 and 107 of M12 vs. Kansas % ESPN L/71-81 its last 118 games when holding opponents under 69 points. M18 vs. Stephen F. Austin ! CBS L, 56-70 • West Virginia is 55-3 under Bob Huggins when shooting 50 percent or better from the field. + Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Morgantown, W.Va. • West Virginia is 155-27 under Bob Huggins when leading at halftime. ^ Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Las Vegas, Nevada • West Virginia is 163-16 under Bob Huggins when leading by 10 or more points in a game. ! Jimmy V Classic, New York, N.Y. # Charleston, W.Va. • West Virginia is 137-10 under Bob Huggins when posting a higher shooting percentage than its opponent. $ Big 12/SEC Challenge • The Mountaineers are 146-26 under Bob Huggins when scoring 70 or more points in a game. * Big 12 Conference game • West Virginia is 150-35 under Bob Huggins when outrebounding its opponent. % Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Championship, Kansas City, Mo. ! NCAA Championship, Brooklyn, N.Y. • This is the 108th season and 114th year overall for West Virginia basketball, which began in 1903. • The Mountaineers own a 1,702-1,059 all-time record in intercollegiate basketball competition, ranking the Asst. Athletic Director/Communications .............Bryan Messerly Mountaineers 23rd in wins among all Division I schools. Email ....................................................bryan.messerly@mail.wvu.edu • WVU has earned 27 NCAA berths and 16 NIT trips since 1941, and has finished in the Top 25 19 times, including an Phone .........................................................................................304-293-2821 amazing nine straight years from 1955-63. • Thirty-four of the last 35 seniors on the WVU men’s basketball team have graduated on time or early since 2004. • In 2016, Jevon Carter and Daxter Miles Jr. were named to the Academic All-Big 12 Men’s Basketball First Team. Nathan Follow the Mountaineers on ... Adrian and Devin Williams were named to the second team. Adrian earned first-team honors in 2015. Elijah Macon and Brandon Watkins were second-team honorees in 2015. • Bob Huggins has posted 38 conference road victories in nine seasons at WVU, including six Big 12 road wins last year and five Big 12 road wins two years ago. • West Virginia is 93-69 under Bob Huggins in conference regular season games. • Bob Huggins is 48-39 in Big 12 Conference games. He is 38-33 at WVU, and was 10-6 at Kansas State in 2006-07. youtube/wvusports • West Virginia is 103-30 in the WVU Coliseum under Bob Huggins, including a 55-26 mark in league games. • WVU is 512-150 (.775) all-time at the WVU Coliseum and 144-36 at the WVU Coliseum in the last 12 seasons. • WVU’s average margin of victory at home this year is +22.4. WVU is averaging 83.3 points per game at home this year. • Under Bob Huggins in the WVU Coliseum, WVU is averaging 77.9 ppg while holding its opponents to 62.4 ppg. big12sports.com • West Virginia is 90-25 in non-conference regular season games under Bob Huggins, including a 48-4 mark at home. • West Virginia is 121-31 against non-conference teams in regular season games in the last 12 seasons. • West Virginia’s basketball staff has 65 years of Division I head coaching experience. Location: Morgantown, W.Va. NIT Championships: 2 (1942, 2007) Enrollment: 31,514 NIT Finals: 2 (1942, 2007) Founded: 1867 NIT Final Four: 3 (1942, 1981, 2007) President: Dr. E. Gordon Gee (Utah, ‘68) Athletic Director: Shane Lyons (West Virginia, ‘87) Facility: WVU Coliseum (1970) Athletic Department Phone: (304) 293-5621 Capacity: 14,000 Ticket Office Phone: 1-800-WVU GAME Affiliation: NCAA Division I Nickname: Mountaineers Conference: Big 12 School Colors: Old Gold (PMS 124) and Blue (PMS 286) 2015-16 Overall Record: 26-9 Basketball Began: 1903-04 2015-16 Conference Record/Finish: 13-5/2nd All-Time Basketball Record: 1,702-1,059 2015-16 Postseason: NCAA First Round Years In The NCAA Tournament (last): 27 (2016) Lettermen Returning/Lost: 8/4 Years In The NIT (last): 16 (2014) NCAA Championships: None Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 NCAA Finals: 1 (1959) NCAA Final Four: 2 (1959, 2010) NCAA Sweet 16: 9 (1959, 1960, 1963, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015) Starters Returning Ht. Wt. Cl. P Ppg Rpg Jevon Carter 6-2 200 Jr. G 9.5 2.9 Daxter Miles Jr. 6-3 200 Jr. G 9.4 2.1 Esa Ahmad 6-8 230 So. F 4.9 2.7 Nathan Adrian 6-9 235 Sr. F 4.5 3.1 Other Scholarship Players Returning Ht.