Big 12 tournament pairings

[43rd Parallel]

West Virginia opens with Baylor at 12:30 p.m. Thursday on ESPN2.

Winner advances to meet Kansas/K-State/TCU at 7 p.m. Friday.

Championship game is 6 p.m. Saturday on ESPN.

And then comes Selection Sunday.

Dallas Morning News

 

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ESPN: WVU is 2-6 vs. Top 25, 7-8 vs. Top 50, 10-8 vs. Top 100

BIG 12
2) Kansas
10) Baylor
11) Iowa State
13) Oklahoma
20) West Virginia
42) Texas
44) Oklahoma State
85) Kansas State
129) TCU
172) Texas Tech

ALSO
43) NC State
48) LSU
50) Wofford
79) Connecticut

ESPN

 

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Mitch Vingle: Credit WVU for victory, season

AN EXCERPT:


Saturday was a good sign for the future of the Mountaineers. No seniors; no problem. But it also signaled a time to reflect on WVU's success.
In the preseason, of all the coaches and Associated Press voters, yours truly was the only one to give the Mountaineers a Top 25 vote. That's not to brag. It's to show how almost no one believed West Virginia would finish as an NCAA team.
On Saturday, though, West Virginia was basically playing for a nicer NCAA seeding. In the upcoming Big 12 tournament, the same will be true. The Mountaineers entered the day with the No. 23 Rating Percentage Index slot. Media bracket specialist Joe Lunardi had them holding a No. 5 NCAA seed.
Credit Huggins. He told me at the beginning of the season he liked the team. He took all the parts and forged a steely team. He forged a steal-ey team. With the postseason to go, West Virginia has 343 swipes. The school record is 407.
"I didn't know what to expect when I came here," said Paige, a transfer. "But it's been a fun year. We just keep making a push to the [NCAA] tournament."

Charleston Gazette

 

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Ashley Bailey: Mountaineer wrestlers finish 4th in Big 12

(It's still last place, yes, but it's also progress. Coach Henson has the Mountaineers moving in the right direction.)

TEAM POINTS
92 -- Oklahoma State
68 -- Iowa State
45 -- Oklahoma
35 -- West Virginia

WVUsports.com

 

[43rd Parallel]

WV Illustrated: Paige says Staten has 'season-ending injury'

Comment comes at about the 1:20 mark. Wish the interviewer had followed up on it a bit more aggressively.

West Virginia Illustrated

 

[WV Jim WV]

Re: WV Illustrated: Paige says Staten has 'season-ending injury'

Originally posted by 43rd Parallel:
Comment comes at about the 1:20 mark. Wish the interviewer had followed up on it a bit more aggressively.

Terribly sad for Juwan, if true.

 

[AZeer]

Re: WV Illustrated: Paige says Staten has 'season-ending injury'

He could be referring to the reg. sea.

 

[john in california]

what i was thinking az.....maybe it's just wishful thinking......nm........

A

 

[EER-reverent]

Re: Ashley Bailey: Mountaineer wrestlers finish 4th in Big 12

yeah well we're still better than the 6 schools that don't sponsor wrestling!