(Update: Good stuff, courtesy Jack Bogaczyk, coming in tomorrow’s paper about how the schedule is put together — a pretty neat process is involved — as well as the names of all of WVU’s non-conference opponents. The Sunshine State! Gorgeous!) 

For West Virginia, it looks like this:

WEST VIRGINIA

Home            Connecticut, DePaul, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall, USF

Away            Cincinnati, DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse, Villanova

Hard to say where this puts WVU in the Big East’s preseason estimation. Pitt is a lock for a home-and-home, Louisville is annually competitive and, more importantly, good for TV, but DePaul is … well, it’s DePaul. That said, I’m obviously siked for the trip.

I’m going to guess the preliminary opinion of the membership is a wide range of teams could compete for the top four/five/six spots next season. What’s interesting to me is two of the home games are against teams WVU has historically had a hard time with on the road — Notre Dame and Connecticut — while two more — Seton Hall and St. John’s — are teams against which WVU has in recent years had some scares away from home. In that regard, it’s not bad for the Mountaineers.