Report: West Virginia Basketball’s First Big 12 Opponent Revealed

West Virginia is expected to play Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse on Dec. 31, as reported by CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein. The Mountaineers will be spending their New Year’s Eve in Lawrence, Ks. A tipoff time has not been revealed.

Source: The following Big 12 games will be played on Tuesday, December 31st.

Arizona State at BYU
Utah at Baylor
UCF at Texas Tech
West Virginia at Kansas

— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) September 25, 2024

WVU has not played in Lawrence since the 2022-23 season. Last year, West Virginia upset then-No. 3 Kansas 91-85 in Morgantown.

The Big 12 will release its full conference schedule on Thursday.

WVU’s matchups this season:

Home AND Away: BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, TCU, Utah

Home ONLY: Arizona, Arizona State, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, UCF

Away ONLY: Baylor, Colorado, Kansas, Kansas State, Texas Tech

The Mountaineers will play each team once while playing five opponents for a second time, as the Big 12 moves to a 20-game league slate.

There are a lot of changes in Big 12 basketball for the 2024-25 season. The conference officially adds Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah this summer while losing Oklahoma and Texas to the SEC. The Big 12 will also move to a 20-game conference schedule, making the already grueling slate even harder.

WVU is entering its first season under head coach Darian DeVries from Drake. DeVries and his new staff completely flipped the roster as they only return rising sophomore Ofri Naveh. West Virginia brings top transfers Tucker DeVries (F – Drake) and Javon Small (G – Oklahoma State) to lead the way with other adds being Sencire Harris (G – Illinois), Amani Hansberry (F – Illinois), Toby Okani (F – UIC), Eduardo Andre (C – Fresno State), Joseph Yesufu (G – Washington State), Jayden Stone (G – Detroit Mercy) and many others.