WVU Basketball Gets KenPom Bump After Victory Over Little Rock

WVU basketball moved up slightly in the KenPom rankings after defeating Little Rock 90-58 Tuesday at the Hope Coliseum. The Mountaineers moved from No. 77 to No. 73.

After having a net rating of 11.30, WVU now has a rating of 12.10.

Prior to the win over Little Rock, West Virginia has a resume that consisted 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 and a 91-49 blowout win over Coppin State.

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

This season marks the first year of Ross Hodge at the helm of WVU, with the program seeing its fourth head coach in as many years.

Looking at the rest of the Big 12, Iowa State is No. 2, Arizona is No. 5, BYU is No. 10, Houston is No. 11, Kansas is No. 17, Texas Tech is No. 19, Baylor is No. 32, Oklahoma State is No. 49, UCF is No. 51, TCU is No. 56 and Colorado is No. 64. Arizona State is right behind WVU at No. 74.

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