WVU Basketball Dips in KenPom Again After Oklahoma State Loss

The WVU basketball team suffered the consequences of another road loss in the KenPom rankings, this time 91-84 in overtime to Oklahoma State.

After starting the day at No. 59, WVu now sits at No. 61 with a net rating of 12.53.

West Virginia has a resume of a 70-54 win over Mount Saint Mary’s, a 73-65 win over Campbell, a 69-47 victory over Lehigh, a 71-49 domination of Pitt in the Backyard Brawl, a 81-59 blowout win over Lafayette, a 70-38  routing of Mercyhurst, a 91-49 blowout win over Coppin State, a 90-58 win over Little Rock, an 86-51 win over MVSU,  two wins over Cincinnati, a 86-75 upset over Kansas, a convincing 72-61 win over Colorado, 75-63 road win at Arizona State, a gritty 59-54 win over Kansas State and a 74-63 comeback win over UCF.

Looking at the rest of the Big 12, Arizona is No. 3, Houston is No. 6, Iowa State is No. 8, Kansas is No. 15, Texas Tech is No. 16, BYU is No. 21, Cincinnati is No. 46, Baylor is No. 48, UCF is No. 49 and TCU is No. 50.

WVU started last season at No. 87 in the KenPom rankings and ended at No. 51.

WVU basketball will take the court again at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday when the team hosts No. 19 BYU.

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