Game 12 - Northern Kentucky 2016-17 Schedule/Results DATE: Friday, December 23, 2016 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: 4:00 p.m. ET N14 Mississippi Valley State ROOT SPORTS W/107-66 SERIES: West Virginia leads 2-0 N20 New Hampshire & ROOT SPORTS W/100-41 TV: ROOT SPORTS (Rob King, Warren Baker and Robby Incmikoski) N24 vs. Illinois ^ ESPNU W/89-57 Northern Kentucky RADIO: Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG (Tony Caridi & Jay Jacobs) Sirius 216, XM 381 No. 11/12 West Virginia N25 vs. Temple ^ ESPN2 L/77-81 OFFICIALS: Announced on game day N28 Manhattan & ROOT SPORTS W/108-61 Norse (9-3) Mountaineers (10-1) D3 at Virginia ESPNU W/66-57 D7 vs. Western Carolina # ROOT SPORTS W/90-37 West Virginia Wraps Up Homestand Against Northern Kentucky D10 VMI ROOT SPORTS W/90-55 • WVU is 10-1 for the third consecutive year. Last year’s team started 15-1 and the 2015 team started 14-1. D17 UMKC ROOT SPORTS W/112-67 • Bob Huggins became the 10th NCAA Division I head coach to win 800 games on Saturday in the win over UMKC. D20 Radford Nextar W/84-57 • Bob Huggins is in 10th place all-time on the NCAA Division I winningest coaches list. His record now stands at 801-322 D23 Northern Kentucky ROOT SPORTS 4:00 p.m. in his 35th season as a head coach. Huggins trails Rollie Massimino by three wins and Eddie Sutton by five wins. D30 at Oklahoma State * ESPN2 4:00 p.m. J3 at Texas Tech * ESPNEWS 9:15 p.m. • Huggins is the third-winningest active Division I coach behind Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim. J7 TCU * ESPNU 1:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins has 27 20-win seasons and 16 25-win seasons in 34 seasons as a head coach. J10 Baylor * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins has wins over 35 ranked teams at WVU, including 12 wins over Top 10 teams. J14 at Texas * ESPN2 4:00 p.m. • West Virginia has won 60 of its last 64 games at home in the month of December. J18 Oklahoma * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • WVU’s win at No. 6 Virginia was its first over a Top 10 team in a true non-conference road game since winning at No. 5 J21 at Kansas State * ESPN2 6:00 p.m. Kentucky on Dec. 20, 1957. J24 Kansas * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • WVU leads the country in turnover margin (15.7), turnovers forced (26.36), offensive rebounds (16.73) and steals (13.6). J28 Texas A&M $ ESPN Noon Jevon Carter leads the Big 12 Conference in steals, while Nathan Adrian ranks second in offensive rebounds. J31 at Iowa State * ESPN2 9:00 p.m. • F4 Oklahoma State * ESPNU 5:00 p.m. • The Mountaineers forced a school record 40 turnovers against Manhattan on Nov. 28. F8 at Oklahoma * ESPN2 9:00 p.m. • All but one Mountaineer opponent has had at least 19 miscues this year, including three with more than 30. WVU has F11 Kansas State * ESPN or ESPN2 Noon had 15 or more steals six times in 2016-17. F13 at Kansas * ESPN 9:00 p.m. • This season, WVU has forced 290 turnovers and has grabbed 184 offensive rebounds. F18 Texas Tech * ESPN or ESPN2 2:00 p.m. • WVU has forced more turnovers (290) than its opponents have made field goals (220). F20 Texas * ESPN 9:00 p.m. • WVU has taken 175 more shots than its opponents this season -- 746 to 571. F25 at TCU * ESPN or ESPN2 Noon/2:00 p.m. • WVU’s bench has scored 30 or more in 30 of the last 38 games. This year’s team is averaging 43.6 points from the bench. F27 at Baylor * ESPNU 7:00 p.m. M3 Iowa State * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • The Mountaineers’ bench scored 62 points against Manhattan on Nov. 28. M8-11 Phillips 66 Big 12 Champ. ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU TBA • WVU led the country last year with its bench averaging 33.3 ppg. • WVU scored 60 points in the first half against Manhattan. WVU scored 64 points in the first half against Mississippi Valley & NIT Season Tip-Off, Morgantown, W.Va. State, marking the first time in school history WVU scored 60 or more points in the first half in two games in a season. ^ NIT Season Tip-Off, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. # Charleston, W.Va. • WVU has shot 43 percent or higher in every game this season. WVU shot 40 percent or better in 25 games last season, $ SEC/Big Challenge including eight games of 50 percent or higher. * Big 12 Conference game - All Times Eastern • West Virginia is 100-26 in non-conference regular season games under Bob Huggins, including a 55-4 mark at home. • West Virginia is 89-6 at home against non-conference teams in the last 14 years, including 70 of its last 74. • West Virginia is 131-32 against non-conference teams in regular season games in the last 14 seasons. WVU Athletic Communications • WVU has won 116 of its last 145 non-conference games and 121 of its last 151 non-league contests (includes postseason). Asst. Athletic Director/Communications .............Bryan Messerly • West Virginia made its 27th appearance in the NCAA Championship last season, dating back to 1955. Email ....................................................bryan.messerly@mail.wvu.edu • WVU finished in second place in the Big 12 Conference regular season and postseason tournament. Phone .........................................................................................304-293-2821 • Last season, WVU made its seventh NCAA apperance in the last nine years and ninth appearance in the last 12 seasons. Twitter ......................................................@wvusidmess/@wvuhoops • WVU has made 12 postseason appearances in the last 13 years, including the NCAA Final Four in 2010. Web .........................................................................................WVUsports.com • The Mountaineers have been ranked 67 weeks in the AP poll under Bob Huggins, including 25 weeks in the AP Top 10. Huggins has had WVU ranked more weeks than any other coach in school history. Fred Schaus (1954-60) had WVU ranked for 60 weeks during his career. Follow the Mountaineers on ... • Dating back to last year, WVU has been ranked for 23 consecutive weeks in the AP poll and 40 of the last 43 weeks in the AP rankings. • The Mountaineers have won 51 of their last 52 games when holding opponents to 69 points or less. • West Virginia has made at least one 3-point field goal in 569 consecutive games. • West Virginia has allowed its opponent to shoot 50 percent or better only 54 times under Bob Huggins (322 games). • WVU is 172-30 under Huggins when holding opponents to 69 points or less. WVU has won 61 of its last 63 and 117 of youtube/wvusports its last 128 games when holding opponents under 69 points. • West Virginia is 57-3 under Bob Huggins when shooting 50 percent or better from the field. • West Virginia is 164-27 under Bob Huggins when leading at halftime. • West Virginia is 172-16 under Bob Huggins when leading by 10 or more points in a game. • West Virginia is 146-10 under Bob Huggins when posting a higher shooting percentage than its opponent. big12sports.com • The Mountaineers are 155-27 under Bob Huggins when scoring 70 or more points in a game. • West Virginia is 155-36 under Bob Huggins when outrebounding its opponent. • WVU is 4-2 all-time on Dec. 23 and 386-159 all-time in the month of December. 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 801 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 211 111 .655 • 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. 9 – Top-10 final poll rankings 2009-10 Season • Huggins averages 23.3 victories a season. 10 – Conference tournament titles West Virginia State Sportswriters Coach of the Year • Huggins has made two NCAA Final Fours and four NCAA Big East Tournament Champions 12 – Number of All-Americans in coaching tenure (Bobby Brannan Elite Eight appearances.