WVU Selected as No. 3 Seed for NCAA Tournament, Will Face Morehead State in First Round

West Virginia men’s basketball has been selected as a No. 3 seed in the Midwest region for the 2021 NCAA tournament and will play Morehead State in the first round, the selection committee announced Sunday.

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The Mountaineers lock up the 3️⃣ seed, and will take on Morehead State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday.#HailWV | #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/C9Xbrcctke

— WVU Men's Basketball (@WVUhoops) March 14, 2021

West Virginia (18-9, 11-6 Big 12) is coming off a loss to Oklahoma State in the first round of the Big 12 tournament on Thursday. The Mountaineers have lost three out of their last four games.

WVU’s first-round opponent will be No. 14 seed Morehead State. The Eagles finished this season 23-7, 17-3 in the Ohio Valley Conference. They won the OVC championship over top-seeded Belmont on Saturday.

Times and locations for the first-round games of the NCAA tournament will be announced at a later date. All tournament games will be played in Indiana and a majority of tournament games will be played in Indianapolis.

Other Big 12 teams in the tournament include:

• West
  • No. 8 Oklahoma vs. No. 9 Missouri
  • No. 3 Kansas vs. No. 14 Eastern Washington
• South
  • No. 1 Baylor vs. No. 16 Hartford
  • No. 6 Texas Tech vs. No. 11 Utah State
• Midwest
  • No. 4 Oklahoma State vs. No. 13 Liberty
  • No. 3 West Virginia vs. No. 14 Morehead State
• East
  • No. 3 Texas vs No. 14 Abilene Christian