WVU Basketball Moves Up In KenPom Despite Loss to TCU

In a surprising development, WVU basketball improved in the KenPom rankings as of Saturday night after losing 60-54 to TCU.

After starting the day at No. 60, the Mountaineers now sit at No. 59 with a net rating of 12.60.

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. 7, Texas Tech is No. 16, Kansas is No. 19, BYU is No. 22, 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 Oklahoma State at 7 p.m.

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