West Virginia 1/31 7:00 ESPN+
Obviously it was a wild offseason with all the Huggins drama. WVU loaded up in the transfer portal but many of their expected top contributors were two-time transfers who were initially ineligible this year.
WVU went 5-8 in the nonconference with no notable wins, but multiple bad losses. They are 2-5 in Big 12 play, with home wins over Texas and Kansas. They are on a 2-game losing streak, with road losses this past week at UCF (13) and Oklahoma State (4).
#152 in the NET (Quad 3 game for UC) and #135 in KenPom (173rd offensive efficiency and 123rd in defensive efficiency).
Top players:
- Fifth year guard/wing RaeQuan Battle (16.3 points, 4.4 rebounds) via Montana State via Washington
- Fifth year 6'11 center Jessee Edwards (13.8 points, 8.3 rebounds) via Syracuse
- Fifth year 6'9 forward Quinn Slazinski (13.7 points, 4.5 rebounds) via Iona via Louisville
- Senior guard Noah Farrakhan (11.1 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists) via EMU via ECU
- Senior guard Kerr Kriisa (11.0 points, 4.5 assists) via Arizona -- 11 points, 7 assists in a Maui win over UC last year
Team scores 68.3 points per game, including 33% from 3 and 72.9% from the line (UC is scoring 77.7, including 33.1% from 3 and 67.6% from the line)