Predicting Every Game of WVU’s Big 12 Schedule

Non-conference play is over, for now, that means issues are about to ramp up fairly a bit in what is taken into account the perfect basketball convention within the nation – the Large 12. 

West Virginia was picked to complete ninth within the Large 12 preseason ballot as voted on by the media. The low expectations stem from the huge turnover the WVU roster had, bringing again solely 5 gamers from final yr’s squad with just one, Kedrian Johnson, logging important minutes.

Bob Huggins adjusted to the brand new period of school athletics and did a terrific job of fishing out expertise within the switch portal, touchdown guys corresponding to Tre Mitchell, Erik Stevenson, Joe Toussaint, and the return of Emmitt Matthews Jr. Due to these additions gelling collectively fairly rapidly, the Mountaineers completed the non-conference schedule with a 10-2 report and have earned a No. 24 rating within the AP Prime 25. 

As soon as once more, the Large 12 is loaded from high to backside. How good? Nicely, for instance, all the league is ranked within the high 51 of the KenPom scores; Kansas (5), Texas (6), Baylor (15), West Virginia (21), Oklahoma State (30), Texas Tech (32), Oklahoma (33), TCU (38), Iowa State (46), and Kansas State (51).

There aren’t any simple wins on this convention and due to the depth of the league, we might see as many as eight or 9 groups make the NCAA Event. So, the actual query is, how properly will West Virginia navigate the difficult highway forward? Here is how I see it taking place.

12/31 at Kansas State – Lose (0-1)

1/2 at Oklahoma State – Win (1-1)

1/7 vs Kansas – Lose (1-2)

1/11 vs Baylor – Win (2-2)

1/14 at Oklahoma – Win (3-2)

1/18 vs TCU – Win (4-2)

1/21 vs Texas – Lose (4-3)

1/25 at Texas Tech – Win (5-3)

1/31 at TCU – Lose (5-4)

2/4 vs Oklahoma – Lose (5-5)

2/8 vs Iowa State – Win (6-5)

2/11 at Texas – Lose (6-6)

2/13 at Baylor – Lose (6-7)

2/18 vs Texas Tech – Win (7-7)

2/20 vs Oklahoma State – Win (8-7)

2/25 at Kansas – Lose (8-8)

2/27 at Iowa State – Lose (8-9)

3/4 vs Kansas State – Win (9-9)

In most years, ending with a 9-9 report in Large 12 play would have you ever round fifth place within the league. Nevertheless, there are some years, like in 2019-20, the place 9-9 can get you a third-place end due to everybody simply beating one another up. When it is all mentioned and performed, I imagine WVU will discover itself ending within the high 5. Beneath are my Large 12 standings projections.

1. Kansas 

2. Texas

3. Baylor

4. TCU

5. West Virginia

6. Texas Tech

7. Oklahoma State

8. Iowa State

9. Kansas State

10. Oklahoma

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