WVU Basketball to Accept Bid to College Basketball Crown

As expected, the WVU basketball program will accept a bid to the College Basketball Crown. The Tournament will be played from April 1-5. WV Sports Now was able to confirm what was initially reported by EerSports.com.

West Virginia left the decision up to head coach Ross Hodge, who then asked his players if they wanted to participate.

In Hodge’s first season, West Virginia finished the season at 18-14 with a 9-10 Big 12 record, including 0-1 in the conference tournament.

Any non NCAA Tournament postseason play was always going to be College Basketball Crown, not the NIT or CBI, due to the Big 12’s relationship with the Crown.

While other similar or lesser programs say no to non NCAA Tournament postseason play, WVU is saying yes, granted the Big 12 connection to the Crown is part of why.

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, a 74-63 comeback win over UCF, a 79-71 victory over No. 19 BYU and a 77-62 win over UCF to close out the season.

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For a related story, Mike Asti detailed both sides of accepting or declining a non NCAA Tournament postseason bid.