West Virginia
What to watch for when Arizona men’s basketball visits West Virginia
Halfway through its first Big 12 road swing, Arizona has already experienced how different such trips are compared to those in the Pac-12. For starters, there’s a lot more sitting around and waiting.
When the Wildcats play No. 21 West Virginia on Tuesday night it will have been away from home for six days, having left Tucson on Thursday afternoon. They spent three nights in Cincinnati, including Saturday after upsetting the then-No. 16 Bearcats, before flying to Morgantown on Sunday afternoon and spending two nights there ahead of the tail end of their debut Big 12 road swing.
This is one of three 2-game trips for Arizona (8-5, 2-0 Big 12) in its new conference, by far the lengthiest, and one of only two that will keep it out on the road in between games. The Wildcats are also scheduled to stay away from home in between games at Texas Tech on Jan. 18 and Oklahoma State on Jan. 21, while they’ll bus back to Tucson following a Feb. 1 game at ASU before flying to Provo to face BYU on Feb. 4.
All of this is a stark contrast from life on the road in the Pac-12, where other than the games against ASU the road trips were always double dips but against teams fairly close to each other. The days of having “travel partners” are over, as ASU was home on Saturday and visits Kansas on Wednesday.
Same goes for the common two-in-three-days format of the Pac-12, as the only times in Big 12 play Arizona will have just a day between games will be a pair of Saturday/Monday scenarios where three of the four contests will be at McKale Center.
Asked last week about having the longest of the road trips first, UA coach Tommy Lloyd said “I’ll let you know after.” It’s looking like it will be the most difficult of those three road swings, too, as both teams will have been ranked when the Wildcats face them.
Lloyd picked up his 15th win (in 24 tries) against a ranked opponent at Cincinnati, now comes another chance. Here’s what to watch for when the Wildcats face the Mountaineers on Tuesday, a 5 p.m. MT tip that will stream on ESPN+:
A fairly familiar foe
Arizona is one of four former Pac-12 schools that joined the Big 12 this year, but it won’t face ASU, Colorado or Utah until later this month. Yet it has already played West Virginia, the teams meeting in the 4th place game at the Battle4Atlantis on Nov. 29 with the Mountaineers pulling out an 83-76 win in overtime.
That was the first of seven consecutive wins for West Virginia, which jumped into the AP Top 25 this week for the first time in more than two years. For Arizona, that loss dropped it to 3-4 to mark the first time it was below .500 since 2010.
Quite a bit has changed for both teams since then. Arizona has won five of six and actually got votes in the latest AP poll, and while the Mountaineers have continued to win they’ve had to do so without senior Tucker DeVries. The son of first-year coach Darian DeVries has been out with an “upper body injury” since early December.
Assuming DeVries doesn’t play Tuesday that means the UA won’t have to contend with a 6-foot-8 wing who was shooting 47.3 percent from 3-point range and torched the Wildcats for eight 3s on 12 attempts and had 26 points.
West Virginia still has senior guard Javon Small, who had 14 points and eight assists against Arizona and leads the Big 12 in scoring (19.5 points per game) and minutes (35.7). He was named Big 12 Player of the Year on Monday after averaging 18.5 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists in wins over Kansas (in Lawrence) and Oklahoma State.
Yet another defensive juggernaut
In Lloyd’s first three seasons at Arizona his teams faced opponents that ranked in the Top 25 of KenPom.com’s adjusted deficiency metric 15 times, no more than six in a season, and only three in 2023-24. West Virginia will be the sixth Top 25 defensive team faced already in 2024-25, third in a row, as TCU is 25th and Cincinnati 7th in that metric.
The Mountaineers are 15th in adjusted defense, sitting fourth in effective field goal percentage (42.1). From a raw numbers standpoint they’re 7th in field goal defense (37.1 percent), 9th in defending the 2 (42.7 percent) and 9th against the 3 (27.4 percent).
The UA shot 45.3 percent against West Virginia last time, second-best of any opponent against the Mountaineers this season, and had a 104.4 offensive efficiency compared to the 93.9 West Virginia has allowed in 2024-25. And that was when the Wildcats were still figuring out their offensive identity.
During its 4-game win streak, Arizona is shooting 53.5 percent and its efficiencies against TCU (137.9) and Cincinnati (103.8) were the worst and second-worst, respectively, allowed by those teams this season.
A chance to make an early mark
Arizona is one of four 2-0 teams in the Big 12, along with Houston, Iowa State and West Virginia. The Cougars and Cyclones are heavily favored in their next games, both at home, and while KenPom.com projects a 72-71 Mountaineers win it’s the UA that’s favored by 2.5 according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
The Wildcats and Texas Tech, which plays at BYU on Tuesday night after winning at Utah on Saturday, both have a chance to start out 2-0 on the road in Big 12 play and do so with 2-game road sweeps. Those aren’t very common in this conference.
Last season there were 36 instances of back-to-back road games, with only three sweeps. Fourteen resulted in splits and 18 had the road team going 0-2. All told, in 2023-24 Big 12 games were won by the home team 66.7 percent of the time, third-highest of any Division I conference, and only Houston had a winning road record.
Compare that to the Pac-12, where in its final season six of 48 trips were swept by the road team with 23 splits and 19 winless journeys. Arizona swept the ultra-tough Rocky Mountain trip to Utah and Colorado and split the other three, going 6-4 on the road.
4-Star 2025 Running Back Deandre Desinor (5’10″/175) has flipped his commitment from West Virginia to NC State.
BREAKING: Class of 2025 RB Deandre Desinor ( @1deandredesinor ) has flipped his commitment from West Virginia to NC State he tells me.
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Deandre Desinor is a 5’10 (180 LBS) Running Back out of Delray Beach, FL. With a total of 40+ offers Deandre had been committed to WVU since… pic.twitter.com/75Krww0FZL— Steezo (@SteezoDsgn) January 7, 2025
Back on June 4th, Desinor verbally committed to the Mountaineers, but today he decided to join his Atlantic (Delray Beach, Florida) teammate Wide Receiver Teddy Hoffman, who flipped his commitment from FAU to run with the Wolfpack on National Signing Day (December 6th).
ESPN ranks Desinor as a 4-Star prospect, and Rivals ranks him as the #11 All-Purpose Running Back nationally in the 2025 recruiting class.
This season, he rushed for 711 yards and 8 touchdowns, averaging 6.6 yards per carry. Desinor also had 28 receptions for 302 yards and 3 touchdowns. He also averaged 30.9 yards on kickoff returns and 16.2 yards per punt return.
Desinor also held offers from Miami, FSU, Florida, Texas, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Penn St., Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Pitt, UCF, Louisville and others.
West Virginia RB signee Desinor flips to North Carolina State
West Virginia will not have one member of the 2025 class that signed in December join the football program as Coconut Creek (Fla.) Atlantic Community 2025 running back Deandre Desinor has flipped his pledge to North Carolina State.
Desinor, 5-foot-9, 168-pounds, signed with the Mountaineers Dec. 4 but requested his release from the football program sometime after.
That led to North Carolina State making a push and ultimately securing his commitment.
Desinor initially committed to the Mountaineers June 3 following an official visit to campus and remained that way until requesting his release. During his senior season, Desinor rushed for 674 yards and 10 touchdowns.
The Mountaineers now have 21 signed commitments in the 2025 class.
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DC snow forecast: Record snowfall at BWI, Dulles Monday
A record snowfall at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) and Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) on Monday. A bitter cold day ahead with blowing snow possible.
WASHINGTON – The first significant snowfall of the season broke records across the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia region on Monday. Here’s a look at snow totals near you from the National Weather Service.
DMV SNOW TOTALS
DC SNOW TOTALS
Washington, DC snow totals
Washington 1 E: 6.8 inches (1000 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Adams Morgan 1 SSE: 6.5 inches (730 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Anacostia 1 S: 6.5 inches (930 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
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Snow Totals for DC, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia from January 6
MARYLAND SNOW TOTALS
Allegany County snow totals
Ridgeley 1 NW: 6.5 inches (839 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Bellegrove 1 SSE: 4.5 inches (816 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Anne Arundel County snow totals
Londontowne 1 SSE: 10.3 inches (1130 PM 1/06, NWS Employee)
Birdsville: 9.1 inches (1200 AM 1/07, NWS Employee)
Crownsville 3 SSW: 8.7 inches (800 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Chelsea Beach: 7.4 inches (1100 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Pasadena 1 ENE: 7.3 inches (905 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Crofton 2 NNE: 7.2 inches (700 PM 1/06, NWS Employee)
BWI Airport: 6.3 inches (700 PM 1/06, Official NWS Obs)
Glen Burnie 1 WSW: 6.1 inches (1004 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Baltimore County snow totals
Pikesville: 7.7 inches (1009 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Catonsville 1 SSE: 6.5 inches (900 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Edgemere SE: 6.0 inches (805 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Oella 2 NNE: 5.7 inches (1029 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
White Marsh 2 E: 5.5 inches (1100 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Glyndon 1 WSW: 4.9 inches (1100 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Upper Falls 1 NNE: 4.2 inches (1100 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Long Green 2 NW: 3.5 inches (745 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Bentley Springs 1 E: 3.0 inches (1000 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Baltimore City snow totals
Arlington 2 E: 5.0 inches (1040 PM 1/06, Broadcast Media)
Calvert County snow totals
Benedict 1 E: 12.2 inches (827 PM 1/06, Public)
Prince Frederick 1 S: 11.6 inches (1010 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Carroll County snow totals
Eldersburg 1 SE: 5.5 inches (1000 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Sykesville 1 NNW: 5.2 inches (1030 PM 1/06, NWS Employee)
Gamber 1 WNW: 4.0 inches (1030 PM 1/06, NWS Employee)
Millers 4 NE: 3.8 inches (1200 AM 1/07, Co-Op Observer)
Charles County snow totals
Dentsville 1 SW: 10.1 inches (1000 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Tompkinsville 4 WNW: 9.0 inches (1200 AM 1/07, Trained Spotter)
Welcome 2 WNW: 7.5 inches (724 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Frederick County snow totals
Green Valley 1 WNW: 6.5 inches (850 PM 1/06, Public)
Fort Ritchie 1 SSE: 6.1 inches (828 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
New Market N: 5.3 inches (920 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Mount Airy 1 WSW: 5.3 inches (1030 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Bloomfield 2 WSW: 5.0 inches (900 PM 1/06, NWS Employee)
New Market 2 NW: 5.0 inches (800 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Ballenger Creek WSW: 4.7 inches (1000 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Garrett County snow totals
Grantsville 5 W: 14.8 inches (100 AM 1/07, Dept of Highways)
Mc Henry: 12.5 inches (852 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Harford County snow totals
Aberdeen Proving Ground: 4.0 inches (1000 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Churchville 1 N: 3.5 inches (1020 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Forest Hill 3 SW: 3.3 inches (930 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Howard County snow totals
Laurel 3 NNE: 7.8 inches (1015 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Simpsonville 1 SSE: 7.8 inches (1030 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Simpsonville E: 7.8 inches (1115 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Savage 1 ESE: 7.5 inches (715 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Columbia: 7.3 inches (800 PM 1/06, NWS Employee)
Elkridge 2 W: 7.2 inches (1015 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Clarksville 2 N: 7.1 inches (1100 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Simpsonville 2 NNW: 7.0 inches (1150 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Gaither 2 SSE: 6.9 inches (1055 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Ellicott City: 6.5 inches (1100 PM 1/06, Broadcast Media)
Ilchester 1 W: 5.5 inches (732 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Columbia 1 N: 5.5 inches (814 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Montgomery County snow totals
Potomac: 8.3 inches (938 PM 1/06, Emergency Manager)
Langley Park 1 W: 8.1 inches (1200 AM 1/07, Trained Spotter)
Glen Echo 1 WNW: 8.0 inches (725 PM 1/06, Emergency Manager)
Glenmont 1 S: 7.5 inches (725 PM 1/06, Emergency Manager)
Germantown 2 WSW: 7.5 inches (1100 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Poolesville NE: 7.3 inches (1050 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Norbeck 1 ESE: 7.3 inches (1000 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Rockville: 7.2 inches (951 PM 1/06, NWS Employee)
Garrett Park 1 ENE: 7.1 inches (1100 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Damascus 3 SSW: 7.0 inches (847 PM 1/06, Co-Op Observer)
Rockville 1 SSE: 7.0 inches (1010 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Gaithersburg 1 SW: 6.6 inches (1003 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Prince George’s County snow totals
Glenn Dale 1 NNE: 8.5 inches (1000 PM 1/06, NWS Employee)
University Park 1 E: 7.2 inches (1055 PM 1/06, NWS Office)
St. Mary’s County snow totals
Hollywood 3 S: 8.3 inches (1020 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Leonardtown SSE: 2.0 inches (947 PM 1/06
VIRGINIA SNOW TOTALS
Arlington County snow totals
Falls Church 1 E: 9.3 inches (944 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Rosslyn: 7.8 inches (1030 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Rosslyn 1 S: 7.3 inches (1000 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Baileys Crossroads 1: 6.7 inches (730 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Reagan National Apt: 6.1 inches (700 PM 1/06, Official NWS Obs)
Augusta County snow totals
Fishersville 2 NNW: 8.0 inches (900 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
City of Alexandria snow totals
National Harbor 1 NW: 8.0 inches (1145 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Alexandria 1 W: 7.5 inches (940 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
City of Falls Church snow totals
Falls Church 1 E: 8.2 inches (700 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
City of Manassas snow totals
Independent Hill 2 E: 11.0 inches (1100 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Manassas Park 1 SW: 8.2 inches (312 AM 1/07, Trained Spotter)
City of Waynesboro snow totals
Waynesboro 1 S: 5.0 inches (900 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Clarke County snow totals
Berryville 1 NNW: 6.1 inches (945 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Culpeper County snow totals
Culpeper 1 W: 9.8 inches (915 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Cardova 2 NW: 8.0 inches (655 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Fairfax County snow totals
Newington: 10.0 inches (1100 PM 1/06, NWS Employee)
Burke 2 S: 9.6 inches (1013 PM 1/06, Public)
Lorton: 9.5 inches (1000 PM 1/06, NWS Employee)
Hybla Valley 1 ESE: 9.5 inches (947 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
West Springfield 2 W: 9.3 inches (1010 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Fairfax Station 1 SE: 9.2 inches (1145 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Centreville 3 SSE: 9.0 inches (900 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Rose Hill ENE: 9.0 inches (945 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Fairfax NE: 8.1 inches (1040 PM 1/06, Public)
Wolf Trap 2 WSW: 8.0 inches (1100 PM 1/06, Public)
Fairfax 1 N: 8.0 inches (1045 PM 1/06, NWS Employee)
Fairfax 1 SW: 8.0 inches (1100 PM 1/06, Emergency Manager)
Chantilly 2 ENE: 7.8 inches (930 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
The I395 and I495 1: 7.5 inches (951 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Chantilly 1 SE: 6.5 inches (848 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Centreville W: 6.3 inches (1000 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Herndon 1 NNE: 6.1 inches (900 PM 1/06, NWS Employee)
Herndon 2 ENE: 5.9 inches (150 AM 1/07, Trained Spotter)
Sterling Park 2 ENE: 5.1 inches (1030 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Fauquier County snow totals
Broken Hill 2 WSW: 2.0 inches (1030 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Frederick County snow totals
Winchester 3 E: 5.6 inches (850 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Cross Junction 1 WSW: 5.2 inches (922 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Cedar Hill 4 NNW: 4.9 inches (812 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Stephens City 2 E: 4.8 inches (1035 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Loudoun County snow totals
Ashburn 1 W: 7.6 inches (847 PM 1/06, Public)
Leesburg 2 E: 6.8 inches (945 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Arcola 3 S: 6.5 inches (1000 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Ashburn N: 6.5 inches (1000 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Countryside 3 ESE: 5.7 inches (725 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Hillsboro 3 NE: 5.5 inches (1115 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Countryside 2 ESE: 5.5 inches (655 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Dulles International: 5.1 inches (700 PM 1/06, Official NWS Obs)
Page County snow totals
Honeyville 1 ESE: 8.5 inches (900 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Stanley 1 E: 8.0 inches (855 PM 1/06, Broadcast Media)
Luray: 7.5 inches (730 PM 1/06, Public)
Prince William County snow totals
Dale City 1 W: 10.5 inches (1100 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Dumfries 1 ENE: 10.0 inches (1030 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Dumfries 3 ENE: 9.8 inches (900 PM 1/06, Emergency Manager)
Manassas Park 1 NNW: 9.2 inches (1000 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Independent Hill 3 N: 9.2 inches (1130 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Woolsey 1 SW: 7.4 inches (955 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Rockingham County snow totals
Harrisonburg: 6.3 inches (830 PM 1/06, Broadcast Media)
Shenandoah County snow totals
Woodstock: 7.0 inches (855 PM 1/06, Broadcast Media)
Edinburg: 6.5 inches (855 PM 1/06, Broadcast Media)
Spotsylvania County snow totals
Spotsylvania 3 N: 6.7 inches (810 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Stafford County snow totals
Glendie 1 N: 9.1 inches (1005 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Brooke 1 ESE: 8.0 inches (1100 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Warren County snow totals
Linden 3 W: 8.5 inches (1030 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
WEST VIRGINIA SNOW TOTALS
Berkeley County snow totals
Martinsburg 2 E: 6.0 inches (900 PM 1/06, NWS Employee)
Falling Waters 2 NW: 4.8 inches (946 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Hardy County snow totals
Baker: 7.0 inches (855 PM 1/06, Broadcast Media)
Mineral County snow totals
Keyser: 5.8 inches (741 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Burlington E: 5.5 inches (945 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
STORM TOTAL ICE
MARYLAND ICE TOTALS
Baltimore County ice totals
Oella 2 NNE: Trace (1029 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
VIRGINIA ICE TOTALS
Arlington County ice totals
Falls Church 1 E: Trace (944 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
City of Falls Church ice totals
Falls Church 1 E: Trace (700 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
Loudoun County ice totals
Countryside 3 ESE: Trace (725 PM 1/06, Trained Spotter)
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