West Virginia men's basketball has competed in three basketball championship final matches: the
1959 NCAA tournament final, the 1942
NIT final (at that time, the NIT was considered more prestigious than the NCAA), and the
2007 NIT championship. They lost 71–70 to
California in the 1959 NCAA finals, while the Mountaineers won the
1942 NIT championship 47–45 over
Western Kentucky, and the 2007 National Invitation Tournament contest over
Clemson 78–72 in a rebuilding season. In 1949, future Mountaineers head coach
Fred Schaus became the first player in NCAA history to record 1,000 points. The most points scored in a game was 132 points against
Alaska-Fairbanks in 1994, while the largest margin of victory was against
Salem College, with the Mountaineers winning 113–32 in 1945. The largest margin of defeat in Mountaineer basketball history came in 1978 against
Louisville, when the Cardinals beat the Mountaineers 106–60.
1955–1965 era Rod Hundley The modern era of West Virginia basketball history began in 1955, with the emergence of sophomore guard
Hot Rod Hundley and newly appointed head coach
Fred Schaus. The Mountaineers finished with a 19–11 record, and earned the first
NCAA tournament appearance in school history under Hundley's lead. The team entered the tournament with a #19 ranking, the first Top 20 ranking in school history. However, they lost to the #3
La Salle Explorers in the first round of the tourney, 95–61. The following season, 1956, the Mountaineers posted a 21–9 record in Hundley's junior season, which was his best statistically. The team began the season with a #14 ranking, however lost consecutively to #13
George Washington University and #2
North Carolina State, dropping them out of the rankings. They eventually worked their way back to a #19 ranking, before losing to
Villanova, La Salle, and
Carnegie Tech to drop out of the rankings again. The squad never entered the rankings again on the season until the
NCAA tournament, when they reached the #14 ranking. However, they once again lost in the first round to
Dartmouth College, 61–59 in overtime. In Hundley's senior season, 1957, the team opened with eight straight victories, including an 83–82 upset over the
Duke Blue Devils. The team also reached the #13 ranking before the Duke victory, and then rose to the #8 ranking in the final two victories. It marked the first time a Mountaineer squad was ranked in the Top 10 nationally. Going into the
Dixie Classic, the Mountaineers achieved a #4 ranking (the first Top 5 ranking in school history), but lost three straight games in the tourney. The team posted 11 consecutive wins afterwards, rising from a #19 ranking to a #10 ranking. They dropped to #14 after a loss to
Penn State, but won the next six games, including the Southern Conference Championship. The #7 Mountaineers were dropped in the first round of the
NCAA tournament again however, to the #20
Canisius team, 64–56.
Jerry West After
Hot Rod Hundley's graduation and departure to the
NBA, sophomore guard
Jerry West emerged for the Mountaineers and
Fred Schaus. In his rookie collegiate season, West helped the Mountaineers to a 26–2 record, with a 12–0 conference record. The Mountaineers began the season with a #8 ranking, as they earned defeats over Penn State, #19
Richmond, and a 77–70 victory over #5
Kentucky in the Kentucky Invitational Tournament. The following game, the Mountaineers upset the #1-ranked nationally
North Carolina, 75–65, to win the Kentucky Tourney. After the UNC victory, the Mountaineers rose to the first-ever #1 ranking in school history. In the two wins in the tourney, West totaled 29 points and 19 rebounds. Over the next six-game winning streak, the Mountaineers produced wins over
Canisius,
Villanova,
Pittsburgh, and
Furman. However, the Mountaineers were finally toppled by the
Duke Blue Devils in
Durham, 72–68. The squad retained their #1 ranking however, as they produced victories over
Florida State,
St. John's,
VMI, Penn State, and Pittsburgh. In the final regular-season game, against
George Washington, the team went into double overtime to pull out a 113–107 victory, with West earning 25 points and 9 rebounds. The squad swept the Southern Conference tournament, with their closest victory an 11-point win over Richmond in the semi-finals. However, the one-loss squad lost in the first round of the
NCAA tournament for the fourth consecutive season, this loss coming to
Manhattan, 84–89. The following season, West's junior season at West Virginia, the squad posted a 29–5 record with another undefeated conference record, 11–0. The squad's highest ranking of the season was at a #4 ranking after a Penn State victory in the third game of the season. However, they lost shortly afterwards to
Virginia to drop to #7. The Mountaineers posted two more wins, but lost in the Kentucky Invitational Tournament to #2
Kentucky, 91–97. They rose to #5 after the loss, but then lost the following game to #12
Northwestern in double overtime, 109–118. The Mountaineers bounced back however, with a victory over the #11-ranked
Tennessee Volunteers. The team dropped to #11 in the rankings, but posted ten straight victories afterwards. The streak included an overtime victory over Penn State and a
Backyard Brawl victory over Pittsburgh as the Mountaineers were ranked #10. As soon as the team rose to #9, they lost in overtime to
NYU, but posted two straight wins following. The team ended the season with wins over Pittsburgh and George Washington. They swept the Southern Conference tournament for a third straight season. For the first time in Fred Schaus' coaching career at WVU, the Mountaineers advanced further than the opening round of the
NCAA tournament. The team eventually won the East Region with victories over #14
St. Joseph's in the semi-finals and
Boston University in the finals. In the two games, West scored 69 points in leading the Mountaineers into the
Final Four, the furthest ventured in school history. The Mountaineers won their semifinal matchup against the
Louisville Cardinals, 94–79; with West scoring 38 points and grabbing 15 rebounds. However, in the championship game, the Mountaineers were bested by
California, 70–71. Jerry West was named the tournament
MVP, having scored 28 points and gathering 11 rebounds in the championship loss. In the 1960 season following their NCAA tournament championship loss, West led the Mountaineers to a 26–5 record as a senior. The team posted eight straight wins before being ranked, including victories over Tennessee, Richmond, and Kentucky to win the Kentucky Invitational Tournament. Upon being ranked #2 in the nation, the Mountaineers won over the
Stanford Cardinal and
UCLA Bruins in the
Los Angeles Classic, before losing to #3 California in the Championship game. The squad dropped to #3, but posted six straight victories afterwards. The victories included Penn State, Virginia, and Pittsburgh. They lost to
William & Mary, but continued with three more victories before their loss to St. John's as they were ranked #5. They finished the season with a victory over Pittsburgh in the
Backyard Brawl, before sweeping the
Southern Conference tournament for the fourth straight season, ranking #7 in the nation during the tourney. The squad made it to the semi-finals of the East Region of the
1960 NCAA tournament, but lost to #12
New York University, 81–82. They did finish out their tourney resume with a 106–100 victory over
St. Joseph's in the Regional Third Place matchup
Rod Thorn After the departure of
Jerry West to the
NBA draft, sophomore guard
Rod Thorn stepped in to fill his place for new head coach
George King, much like West did when star guard
Hot Rod Hundley graduated for former head coach
Fred Schaus in 1958. Thorn helped the Mountaineers to a 23–4 record, 11–1 in conference. Their highest ranking of the season came in the Southern Conference tournament, where they finished it out with a #8 ranking as they lost the Championship for the first time in four years. The Mountaineers season resume included wins over
Wake Forest, #19
Memphis State to win the
Sugar Bowl,
Syracuse, Pittsburgh,
Virginia Tech, NC State, and four more victories to end the season over Penn State, Pitt, Penn State again, and George Washington, respectively. The Mountaineers lost in the second round of the Southern Conference tournament to William & Mary, 76–88, which kept them out of the NCAA tournament. The following season, Rod Thorn guided the Mountaineers to a 24–6 record, 11–1 in conference. The Mountaineers won the first six games of the season, but lost the seventh game of the season against #7 Duke, 65–69. They lost the following two games as they earned a #7 ranking, but finished out the three-game
Los Angeles Classic with a victory over Army. They once again posted a seven-game win streak after the Classic, including a key win over #5 Villanova. But the squad lost to
Virginia Tech, 82–85, before starting another win streak: of four games. The team lost to New York University, but won three games to finish the season. The squad swept the Southern Conference tournament with a Championship win over Virginia Tech, but lost in the first round of the
NCAA tournament to the same Villanova team they had defeated earlier in the season. In Thorn's final season as a Mountaineer, effectively ending the era of WVU basketball, the team posted a 23–8 record with an 11–2 conference record. The team began the season ranked #5, but would end the season with unranked with a loss in the
NCAA tournament semi-finals and a victory in the Regional Third Place matchup over #9 New York University. The #3 Mountaineers began the season with a loss to
Ohio State in the third game of the season, 69–76. They followed three games later with a loss to #9 Kentucky, as they were ranked #7. The team went unranked before they posted two wins over
Boston College in overtime and
St. Bonaventure, before losing to #4
Illinois. The team went on a six-game run, where they reached a #9 ranking, but lost as the #6 team nationally to the #4 Duke Blue Devils, 71–111, and then the following loss to Furman. The squad posted three more wins, but then lost again to William & Mary and Pittsburgh. The team won five straight games to finish the season, including sweeping the Southern Conference tournament for the consecutive season. The squad opened up the NCAA tournament with a victory over
Connecticut, but then lost in the east region semi-finals to St. Joseph's.
2001–2005 senior class Other than the late 1950s teams of
Jerry West,
Rod Hundley,
Rod Thorn, and such other greats, the senior squad of 2001–2005 was one of the greatest teams of the school's history, mainly in the 2005–06 campaign. The starting lineup consisted of
Johannes Herber and
Frank Young (junior) at forward, while
J.D. Collins and
Mike Gansey played guards.
Kevin Pittsnogle started at center, though he led the team with three-point shots. Senior
Patrick Beilein (former coach
John Beilein's son) got considerable playing time as well. The senior class was led by team MVPs Gansey and Pittsnogle, who were both named to the All-Big East team. The team advanced to the Sweet 16 of the
NCAA tournament before losing to
Texas 74–71 due to a game-winning three-point shot at the buzzer. This loss marked the end of an era. It consisted of back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances, the first since the 1959 and 1960 teams of
Jerry West, and an overall record of 77–51.
2007 NIT Championship The team that followed the 2001–2005 senior class was projected to be weak and undeveloped due to lack of experience.
Frank Young was the only senior that got considerable playing time from the previous year, although center Rob Summers was a senior as well. Young started at forward, along with
Da'Sean Butler, Wellington Smith, and
Joe Alexander who all shared time. The guard position consisted of starter Darris Nichols and Alex Ruoff, although Ted Talkington got small action in a few games. Rob Summers started at center all year but shared time with back up center Jamie Smalligan. The primary starting line up was Nichols, Ruoff, Young, Alexander, and Summers, although all other players shared fairly equal time off the bench, including forward Da'Sean Butler. The team, projected to have a bad year with a tough
Big East schedule, started out their season 5–0 with an easy early schedule. After a loss to
Arkansas, they posted an 8–0 record to make their season record 13–1 before suffering two losses to
Notre Dame and
Marquette to make their record 13–3. After a win against
USF and an overtime loss at
Cincinnati, the Mountaineers won four games to make their record 18–4. They were beaten by 13 at home to nationally ranked Pittsburgh, followed by one of the biggest upsets in school history. The upset of #2 UCLA 70–65 made the Mountaineers 19–5, although they lost to
Georgetown the next week to make their record 19–6. After a win against
Seton Hall, they lost back-to-back against
Providence and Pittsburgh both on the road. They then finished out the regular season with a home blowout of Cincinnati to make their record 21–8. The Mountaineers then beat Providence in the first round of the Big East tournament. In the second round, the Mountaineers held with the Louisville Cardinals for two-overtimes, but lost 82–71. The Mountaineers failed to be selected for the NCAA tournament, to the surprise of many West Virginia fans, but they managed to accept a #1 seed in the NIT. The Mountaineers then posted an easy win against
Delaware State. The second round the Mountaineers won a shootout 90–77 against
UMass, then a nail biting win against North Carolina State at home to win the east region, making the first NIT semifinal appearance since 1981. The semifinal contest against
Mississippi State was one of the great wins in Mountaineer history, in which Darris Nichols hit the game-winning three-point shot to win the game 63–62 for the Mountaineers. Two days later in the
National Invitation Tournament, the Mountaineers, led by Frank Young's 24 points and
Da'Sean Butler's 20 points off the bench, beat
Clemson 78–72 to win the university's second NIT crown after their
1942 victory.
Bob Huggins era 2007–2023 A few days after WVU won the 2007 National Invitation Tournament, coach
John Beilein announced he would be leaving the school to accept a head coaching job with
Michigan. His official departure on April 4, 2007, was followed a day later by the announcement that Morgantown native
Bob Huggins was resigning his post at
Kansas State to take the vacant head coaching job at WVU. Huggins was followed by assistant coach
Billy Hahn. The Mountaineers earned an 88–65 win over
Mountain State in an exhibition game to start the season. West Virginia then entered a match-up against #7
Tennessee with a 2–0 record. However, the Mountaineers lost 74–72. The Mountaineers then posted an eight-game win streak on the way to a 10–1 record. The streak consisted of wins over
Auburn,
Winthrop, and
New Mexico State. West Virginia then lost to
Oklahoma 88–82 and then Notre Dame 69–56. They defeated #11 Marquette, 79–64, but followed up with a loss to Louisville 63–54. They then posted four-straight wins over Syracuse, St. John's, South Florida, and
Marshall. The Mountaineers then lost to #9 Georgetown 58–57, after a questionable block (or
goaltending) call to end the game. However, West Virginia could not rebound in the next game, and lost to Huggins' former job, at Cincinnati, to a final score of 62–39. They rebounded with a 77–65 victory at Providence, but then lost at #25 Pittsburgh in the Backyard Brawl on a buzzer-beating three-point shot by Pitt's Ronald Ramon to win the game, 55–54. With their record at 16–7, the Mountaineers followed up with an 81–63 victory over
Rutgers, then an 89–68 victory over Seton Hall. The Mountaineers were then upset by Villanova, 56–78, but bounced back with an 80–53 victory over Providence. The Mountaineers earned their 20th win of the season in an 85–73 victory over
DePaul. With their record at 20–8, the Mountaineers extended its 20-win season streak to four seasons, the best ever since a seven-season streak from 1981 to 1987. Bob Huggins' 20-win season moved his record to at least 20 wins in 22 of his 26 seasons coaching. His twenty 20-win seasons in his collegiate career at the Division 1 level is tied for 12th place all-time. "I'm old," Huggins said of the accomplishment. After the DePaul victory, the Mountaineers lost a critical game to #16 Connecticut, 79–71. However,
Joe Alexander scored a then career-high 32 points and added another 10 rebounds. In the following game, the Backyard Brawl and Senior Night, the Mountaineers won their home game finale over their archrival, the Pittsburgh Panthers, 76–62, to improve to 10–7 in the conference and move to 6th place. Joe Alexander again had a career day by posting a consecutive 32-point performance, also adding 6 rebounds. The Mountaineers finished the year with an 83–74 overtime victory over St. John's, then opened the Big East tournament with a 58–53 victory over Providence. In the second round of the tourney, the Mountaineers upset the #15-ranked
Connecticut Huskies, 78–72. Joe Alexander contributed with a career-high 34 points and 7 rebounds. The Mountaineers then, however, lost to the #9
Georgetown Hoyas, 55–72, in the tourney semifinals. The run to the Big East semifinals paved the way for the team to reach the
2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in coach Huggins' first season. The Mountaineers received a #7 seed in the west region, set to play the #10 seed
Arizona Wildcats, on March 20. The Mountaineers were victorious over Arizona in their first game of the NCAA tournament with a final score of 75–65. This advanced the Mountaineers into the second round of the tournament to play the Duke Blue Devils for the third time in school history. The team then beat #2 seed Duke, 73–67. They lost the Sweet Sixteen match to #3 seed Xavier in overtime, 79–75. West Virginia finished the season ranked #17.
2008–2009 West Virginia began the 2008 season projected to finish 9th in the Big East under Huggins. However, they began the season 4–0, led by senior
Alex Ruoff, junior
Da'Sean Butler, and a freshman class highlighted by
Devin Ebanks,
Kevin Jones and
Darryl Bryant. They lost the Las Vegas Invitational Tournament Championship Game to Kentucky 54–43, but then bounced back with two wins to move to 6–1. However, they lost a last-second game to #22
Davidson and
Stephen Curry in
Madison Square Garden, 68–65. Following the loss, WVU posted five straight victories; ending at the beginning of 2009. This streak included a 76–48 win over #13 Ohio State in
Columbus, snapping the Buckeyes' nation-long 14-game win streak and handing OSU their biggest home loss since 1998. However, the streak ended in a 61–55 loss to #5 Connecticut which was followed by a 75–53 loss to #15 Marquette. The Mountaineers bounced back with a three-game win streak that included a 75–58 victory over #14 Georgetown in
Washington, D.C. However, the streak ended in the 79–67 loss to #4 Pittsburgh in the Backyard Brawl. WVU defeated St. John's, but then lost to #7 Louisville and #20 Syracuse back-to-back. The Mountaineers ended the losing streak with an 86–59 win over Providence, but then lost to #4 Pittsburgh for the second time. West Virginia followed the loss to Pittsburgh with a 93–72 victory over #13
Villanova, featuring
Da'Sean Butler's career-high 43 point performance. The Mountaineers then defeated Notre Dame and Rutgers before losing to Cincinnati 70–59 in Huggins's return to
Cincinnati. The Mountaineers bounced back with consecutive wins against USF and DePaul, but lost to #6 Louisville 62–59 in Morgantown while hosting
College GameDay. West Virginia earned a first round bye in the Big East tournament, and opened the second round of play with a 74–62 victory over Notre Dame. In the quarterfinals round, West Virginia defeated rival #2 Pittsburgh 74–60 in a shocking upset. The Mountaineers next played the #20 Syracuse Orange in the semi-finals, losing 74–69 in overtime. WVU's second consecutive trip to the Big East semi-finals paved the way for a #6 seed in the
NCAA tournament, where they would play the #11 seed
Dayton Flyers. However, the Mountaineers would be upset by Dayton to the score of 68–60, ending the season.
2009–2010 The 2009–10 West Virginia Mountaineers team captured the first Big East tournament championship in school history and won the east region to advance to the second Final Four in school history, where they lost in the national semi-finals (Final Four) to eventual national champion Duke, 78–57 after Da'Sean Butler tore his ACL with 8:59 left in the 2nd half. The team finished #3 in the final Coaches Poll with a record of 31–7, setting the record for most wins in school history. Da'Sean Butler scored nine game-winning baskets over the course of the season, including one in each game of the
Big East tournament. Butler and Devin Ebanks were both selected in the second round of the
NBA draft.
2010–2011 The West Virginia Mountaineers finished the regular season with a record of 20–11 overall and 11–7 in the Big East, good for sixth place in the conference. They earned a 5th seed in east region of the
2011 NCAA tournament, one of the record eleven
Big East Conference teams selected. They defeated the
Clemson Tigers in the second round, 84–76, to advance to the Round of 32. In a rematch of last season's Elite Eight match-up, the Mountaineers played the
Kentucky Wildcats. Despite holding a 41–33 halftime lead, the Mountaineers lost, 71–63. WVU finished their season with a record of 21–12.
Notable games • March 2, 1949, against
Geneva in
Morgantown, West Virginia, with a 75–38 win when
Fred Schaus scored 1000th career point. • February 26, 1951, at
Pittsburgh in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a 72–74 loss when the final basketball game played in Pitt Pavilion was held. • February 9, 1957, at
Richmond in
Richmond, Virginia, with an 87–81 win when
Rod Hundley scored 2000th career point. • March 22, 1959
California defeats West Virginia 71 to 70 for NCAA national title.
Jerry West nearly wins the game with a last second shot from half court. • February 11, 1960, at
St. John's in
New York City with a 73–79 loss when
Jerry West scored 2000th career point. • February 7, 1966, West Virginia defeats #2
Duke 94–90 in coach
Bucky Waters' most memorable win. • January 14, 1970, at Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a 67–66 overtime win when a Pittsburgh fan threw a large dead fish onto the court after a technical foul against Pittsburgh. • March 3, 1970, against Pittsburgh in Morgantown, West Virginia, with an 87–92 loss in the final game in Mountaineer Fieldhouse. • February 19, 1977, West Virginia's 81–68 upset of the #17
Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who were led by
Digger Phelps. • March 2, 1978, West Virginia upset the #1-seed
Rutgers 81–74 in Pittsburgh, with help from sophomore Lowes Moore. • February 24, 1982, marked West Virginia's 82–77 win over Pittsburgh in front of a school-record 16,704 fans. • February 27, 1983, West Virginia defeated #1
UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball at home, 87–78. • March 9, 1984, West Virginia tallied a 67–65 win over #15
Temple in the semifinals of the
Atlantic 10 tournament. • December 12, 1988, West Virginia defeats the Pittsburgh Panthers in double-overtime, 84–81. • December 9, 1989, 97–93 in favor of West Virginia against the Pittsburgh Panthers in an overtime classic. • February 11, 1998, West Virginia's 80–62 win over #6
UConn. • March 15, 1998, #10 Seeded West Virginia defeats #2 seeded Cincinnati by a bank 3-pointer by Jarrod West with 0.8 seconds to play. Cincinnati was coached by former WVU head coach Bob Huggins. • February 20, 2001, West Virginia walks away at
WVU Coliseum with a double-overtime 107–100 win against
Villanova. • March 19, 2005, in a 111–105 double overtime win against
Wake Forest in the second round of the NCAA tournament in
Cleveland, Ohio. • March 18, 2006, West Virginia defeats
Northwestern State 67–54 in
Kevin Pittsnogle,
Mike Gansey, and the other seniors' last win as a Mountaineer. Five days later, in the Sweet 16, the Mountaineers lost to #2-seed
Texas, 74–71 on a buzzer beater three-point shot. • February 10, 2007, West Virginia defeated #2
UCLA 70–65 at the WVU Coliseum in front of a national television audience on
CBS. • March 29, 2007, West Virginia defeated
Clemson 78–73 to win the university's second NIT Championship crown, the other in 1942. West Virginia was led by senior
Frank Young's 24 points (6 of 7 for three-pointers) and five rebounds and freshman Da'Sean Butler's 20 points to win the championship. • March 22, 2008, West Virginia defeated Duke, 73–67 at the Verizon Center, DC to advance to the Sweet 16. • December 27, 2008, West Virginia defeated #13
Ohio State 76–48 in
Columbus, Ohio, snapping the Buckeyes' 14-game home win streak which led the nation. • February 13, 2009, West Virginia defeated #13
Villanova 93–72, led by
Da'Sean Butler's 43 points • March 7, 2009, against #6
Louisville in
Morgantown, featuring the largest crowd ever for
ESPN's
College GameDay • March 12, 2009, West Virginia upset the #2 Pittsburgh Panthers in the quarterfinal round of the
Big East tournament 74–60. • March 13, 2010, West Virginia, led by Da'Sean Butler's game-winning running jump-shot defeated #8 Georgetown to win its first Big East Conference tournament Championship. • March 25, 2010, West Virginia sets a new record for most wins in a season with 30, in its 69–56 Sweet Sixteen win over
Washington. • March 27, 2010, West Virginia advances to its first Final Four since 1959 with a 73–66 victory over #1 seed Kentucky. • January 12, 2016, #11 West Virginia upset #1 Kansas at the WVU Coliseum, forcing 22 turnovers. It was also their third straight home victory against Kansas. • March 12, 2016, #9 West Virginia upset #6 Oklahoma in the Big 12 tournament, 69–67, after a made half-court shot by Buddy Hield of Oklahoma was disallowed when replay showed it was still in his hands as the clock expired. WVU went on to lose to Kansas in the Big 12 Tournament Final. • January 10, 2017, #10 West Virginia upset #1
Baylor at the WVU Coliseum. With a final score of 89–68, WVU forced 29 turnovers in the Bears' first-ever game with the #1 ranking. • December 29th,2019, West Virginia upsets #2
Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball in Cleveland, Ohio at the Cleveland Classic Game 67-59 behind Freshman
Miles McBride's 21 points. • November 27, 2024, West Virginia upset #3
Gonzaga at the
Battle 4 Atlantis. Final score 86–78 in overtime the first of 3 straight overtime games in the holiday tournament for WVU. • December 31, 2024, West Virginia (missing 2 of top 3 scorers) upset #7
Kansas 62-61 at
Allen Fieldhouse their first ever win at "
The Phog". Also broke Kansas' conference opener 33 game win streak which dated back to 1991. • January 18th, 2025, West Virginia defeats #2
Iowa State 64-57 with
Javon Small scoring 27 points on
Jerry West night breaking Iowa State's 12 game win streak which led the nation. • April 5th,2026, West Virginia defeats Oklahoma 89-82 in the
College Basketball Crown Championship behind a career high 38 points from Honor Huff and Chance Moores 19 points 10 rebounds in coach Ross Hodges first season at WVU. ==Rivals==