WVU Gets Kenpom Boost After Win Over Coppin State

WVU basketball jumped back up to its original spot in KenPom at No. 67 Wednesday night after a 91-49 victory over Coppin State.

The Mountaineers have a net rating of 12.73.

Prior to the CSU win, 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 and a 70-38  routing of Mercyhurst.

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, Houston is No. 4, Arizona is No. 6, BYU is No. 9, Iowa State is No. 11, Baylor is No. 20, Kansas is No. 28, Texas Tech is No. 30, Cincinnati is No. 45, Kansas State is No. 49, Oklahoma State is No. 58 and UCF is No. 66. TCU trails WVU at No. 80.

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