College Basketball - Big East Conference

West Virginia Mountaineers

Location: Morgantown, WV University Founded: 1867 Enrollment: 28,113 Nickname: Mountaineers Mascot: The Mountaineer School Colors: Old gold and blue Joined the Big East: 1995 Varsity Sports: 17 U. President: Michael Garrison Director of Athletics: Ed Pastilong Basketball Head Coach: Bob Huggins Conference (Co-) Champions: 0 Basketball Arena: WVU Coliseum Current Capacity: 14,000

The Mountaineers men’s basketball team has been a very strong program during its history.

From the 2001 thru 2005 seasons, the team achieved its best performance.

The team had college basketball stars such as: Mike Gansey, Frank Young, J.D. Collins, Johannes Herber, Kevin Pittsnogle and Patrick Beilein who were important keys for their success in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.

West Virginia has been to 20 NCAA Tournament and 15 NIT appearances in which they have won on 2 occasions one in 1942 and the other recently in 2007

Coach Bob Huggins' first season with the Mountaineers went very good this past 2007-2008 period. He is aiming for the Sweet Sixteen one more time this 2008-09 period.

West Virginia 2009/2010 Schedule

Date	Opponent	Time/Result
15-Nov	Loyola (MD)	W 83-60
24-Nov	Citadel	W 69-50
26-Nov	vs. Long Beach State	W 85-62
27-Nov	vs. Texas A&M	W 73-66
29-Nov	vs. Portland	W 84-66
9-Dec	Duquesne	W 68-39
12-Dec	Coppin State	W 69-43
19-Dec	at Cleveland State	W 80-78
23-Dec	No. 21 Mississippi	W 76-66
26-Dec	at Seton Hall	W 90-84
29-Dec	Marquette	W 63-62
1-Jan	at No. 4 Purdue	L 77-62
6-Jan	Rutgers	W 86-52
9-Jan	at Notre Dame	L 70-68
13-Jan	at South Florida	W 69-50
16-Jan	No. 5 Syracuse	L 72-71
20-Jan	at Marshall	W 68-60
23-Jan	No. 25 Ohio State	W 71-65
26-Jan	at DePaul	W 62-46
30-Jan	Louisville	W 77-74
3-Feb	No. 21 Pittsburgh	W 70-51
6-Feb	at St. John's	W 79-60
8-Feb	No. 5 Villanova	L 82-75
12-Feb	at No. 23 Pittsburgh	9:00 PM ET
17-Feb	at Providence	7:00 PM ET
20-Feb	Seton Hall	12:00 PM ET
22-Feb	at Connecticut	7:00 PM ET
27-Feb	Cincinnati	2:00 PM ET
1-Mar	No. 8 Georgetown	7:00 PM ET
6-Mar	at No. 5 Villanova	12:00 PM ET

 

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