Game 24 - Oklahoma 2016-17 Schedule/Results DATE: Wednesday, February 8, 2017 Date Opponent Television Time/Results LOCATION: Lloyd Noble Center (12,000) in Norman, Oklahoma N11 Mount St. Mary’s ROOT SPORTS W/87-59 TIPOFF: 9:00 p.m. ET N14 Mississippi Valley State ROOT SPORTS W/107-66 SERIES: Oklahoma leads 9-4 N20 New Hampshire & ROOT SPORTS W/100-41 TV: ESPN2 (Bob Wischusen and Fran Fraschilla) N24 vs. Illinois ^ ESPNU W/89-57 Oklahoma RADIO: Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG (Tony Caridi & Jay Jacobs) No. 13/14 West Virginia N25 vs. Temple ^ ESPN2 L/77-81 OFFICIALS: Announced on game day N28 Manhattan & ROOT SPORTS W/108-61 Sooners (8-14, 2-8) Mountaineers (18-5, 6-4) D3 at Virginia ESPNU W/66-57 D7 vs. Western Carolina # ROOT SPORTS W/90-37 No. 13 West Virginia Looks For First Win Against OU In Norman D10 VMI ROOT SPORTS W/90-55 • Bob Huggins became the 10th NCAA Division I head coach to win 800 games on Dec. 17 against UMKC. D17 UMKC ROOT SPORTS W/112-67 • Bob Huggins is in ninth place all-time on the NCAA Division I winningest coaches list. His record now stands at 809-326 D20 Radford Nextar W/84-57 in his 35th season as a head coach. Huggins trails Rollie Massimino by three wins and Jim Phelan by 21 wins. D23 Northern Kentucky ROOT SPORTS W/92-61 • Huggins is the third-winningest active Division I coach behind Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim. D30 at Oklahoma State * ESPN2 W/92-75 J3 at Texas Tech * ESPNEWS L/76-77 OT • West Virginia is 151-36 in its last 187 games against unranked teams, including 79 of its last 90 at the WVU Coliseum. J7 TCU * ESPNU W/82-70 • Last season, WVU won 13 Big 12 games and 11 two years ago. WVU is 30-16 in the Big 12 in the last two-plus seasons. J10 Baylor * ESPN2 W/89-68 • West Virginia is 99-73 under Bob Huggins in conference regular season games. J14 at Texas * ESPN2 W/74-72 • Bob Huggins is 55-43 in Big 12 Conference games. He is 45-37 at WVU, and was 10-6 at Kansas State in 2006-07. J18 Oklahoma * ESPN2 L/87-89 OT • Bob Huggins has wins over 37 ranked teams at WVU, including 14 wins over Top 10 teams and three over No. 1. J21 at Kansas State * ESPN2 L/75-79 • WVU became the first team since Indiana in 2011-12 to beat No. 1 and No. 2 in the same season. J24 Kansas * ESPN W/85-69 • 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. J28 Texas A&M $ ESPN W/81-77 WVU’s 21-point win over No. 1 Baylor was the eighth-largest margin victory ever against a No. 1-ranked AP team. J31 at Iowa State * ESPN2 W/85-72 • F4 Oklahoma State * ESPNU L/75-82 • WVU is 6-1 in its last seven games vs. AP Top 25 teams, with two wins over No. 1, one vs. No. 2 and two wins over No. 6. F8 at Oklahoma * ESPN2 9:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins has posted 41 conference road victories in 10 seasons at WVU, including wins at Iowa State, Oklahoma F11 Kansas State * ESPN Noon State and Texas this season, six Big 12 road wins last season and four Big 12 road wins two years ago. F13 at Kansas * ESPN 9:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins has won 104 out of his 219 games at WVU away from home. F18 Texas Tech * ESPN2 2:00 p.m. • WVU leads the country in turnover margin (10.6), turnovers forced (22.3) and steals (11.3). WVU ranks second in scoring F20 Texas * ESPN 9:00 p.m. margin (20.6), fourth in offensive rebounds (15.0), fifth in assists (17.8) and eighth in scoring offense (87.1). F25 at TCU * ESPN or ESPN2 2:00 p.m. • Jevon Carter leads the Big 12 in steals (seventh nationally), while Nathan Adrian ranks third in offensive rebounds. F27 at Baylor * ESPNU 7:00 p.m. M3 Iowa State * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • WVU’s plus/minus leaders are Tarik Phillip (+334), Jevon Carter (+319) and Nathan Adrian (+311). M8-11 Phillips 66 Big 12 Champ. ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU TBA • WVU is averaging 43.1 deflections per game, while averaging 34.1 deflections in Big 12 Conference games. • The Mountaineers forced a school record 40 turnovers against Manhattan on Nov. 28. & NIT Season Tip-Off, Morgantown, W.Va. • All but six Mountaineer opponents have had at least 18 miscues this year, including three with more than 30. WVU ^ NIT Season Tip-Off, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. # Charleston, W.Va. has had 15 or more steals eight times in 2016-17. $ SEC/Big Challenge • Baylor’s 29 turnovers were the most forced by WVU in a league game in 24 years (30 vs. St. Bonaventure in 1992). * Big 12 Conference game - All Times Eastern • The Mountaineers are forcing their opponents to turn it over on 29.6 percent of their possessions, tops in the country. • WVU is holding its opponents to 0.88 points per possession, ranking sixth in the country. • WVU has nearly forced more turnovers (512) than its opponents have made field goals (523). WVU Athletic Communications • WVU has attempted 267 more shots than its opponents this season -- 1,485 to 1,218. Asst. Athletic Director/Communications .............Bryan Messerly • WVU’s bench has scored 30 or more in 37 of the last 50 games. This year’s team is averaging 37.5 points from the bench. 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 • WVU finished in second place in the Big 12 Conference regular season and postseason tournament last season. Twitter ......................................................@wvusidmess/@wvuhoops • The Mountaineers have been ranked 74 weeks in the AP poll under Bob Huggins, including 29 weeks in the AP Top Web .........................................................................................WVUsports.com 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 30 consecutive weeks in the AP poll and 47 of the last 50 weeks in the AP rankings. WVU has been ranked 50 consecutive weeks in the USA Today Coaches poll. Follow the Mountaineers on ... • The Mountaineers have won 54 of their last 55 games when holding opponents to 69 points or less. • WVU is 175-30 under Huggins when holding opponents to 69 points or less. WVU has won 64 of its last 66 and 120 of its last 131 games when holding opponents under 69 points. • West Virginia has made at least one 3-point field goal in 581 consecutive games. • West Virginia has allowed its opponent to shoot 50 percent or better only 57 times under Bob Huggins (334 games). • West Virginia is 59-3 under Bob Huggins when shooting 50 percent or better from the field. youtube/wvusports • West Virginia is 172-30 under Bob Huggins when leading at halftime. • West Virginia is 179-18 under Bob Huggins when leading by 10 or more points in a game. • West Virginia is 151-10 under Bob Huggins when posting a higher shooting percentage than its opponent. • The Mountaineers are 163-31 under Bob Huggins when scoring 70 or more points in a game. • West Virginia is 160-39 under Bob Huggins when outrebounding its opponent. big12sports.com • WVU is 18-17 all-time on Feb. 8 and 514-396 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 809 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 219 115 .658 • 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. 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. 9 – Top-10 final poll rankings 2009-10 Season • Huggins averages 23.3 victories a season.