Pat McAfee Rants About WVU Basketball NCAA Snub: ‘West Virginia Got Screwed’

In typical Pat McAfee fashion, he defended his alma mater after WVU basketball missed out making on the NCAA Tournament. And also in typical McAfee fashion, he didn’t hold back his true feelings on the matter.

“They held against us that his son, his boy got hurt. His boy got hurt whenever Rich Rod’s introductory press conference happened. That was three months ago. And there were using that against him for going into the tournament. In football, Florida State was on their fourth-string quarterback, third-string quarterback – that all happened like the last games of the year like boom, bang, pow. This has been like a long time this kid hasn’t been playing. And in 111 of these so-called bracketologist specials people, you get it…West Virginia was in the tournament,” ranted McAfee.

West Virginia got screwed #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/fUcLDEAV2i

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 17, 2025

But McAfee didn’t want to come off as too much of a homer.

“Wouldn’t have been a high seeding obviously, we should have played a lot better throughout the season and certainly had a bit of a setback and didn’t do well in the Big 12 tournament. But in 111 of these so-called experts brackets, we were in. First time ever a team has been in all 111 bracketologists brackets and didn’t make the tournament. Obviously, they’re holding something against West Virginia. That’s just another chip on the shoulder. It’s bulls***. West Virginia got screwed,” he added.

The WVU basketball season is officially over after the team declined to participate in either the NIT or the College Basketball Crown Tournament.

For a related story, Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark expressed his disappointment with WVU being snubbed by the NCAA.