Hooray for Mike Carey. The Big 12 women’s tournament champion didn’t get a home game, but West Virginia isn’t going far and isn’t opening the postseason on the opponent’s home floor. The Mountaineers, who went from the bubble to a No. 6 seed by beating ranked Oklahoma, Texas and Baylor and wiping out the top three seeds in succession to win tournament trophy, play No. 11 seed Elon Friday.

A second WVU v. Bucknell postseason game is a possibility. The Bison women are the No. 14 seed and play the hosts, the No. 3 seed Maryland. The winners play Sunday in College Park, Md., and the Mountaineers can’t wait to get the ball rolling again.

Sophomore Tynice Martin said that WVU’s run through the Big 12 tournament has injected the roster with a ton of confidence.

“It’s very high, especially off these big wins,” Martin said. “But we have to humble ourselves and know that we’re in a different season and have to play at that level as well.”

Martin, a unanimous All-Big 12 first-team selection and the Big 12 tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, leads the Mountaineers with 18.6 points per game. Teana Muldrow is second on the team with 14.7 points per game.

There were rumblings that WVU (23-10) might even be able to sneak in as a host site for the first two rounds. ESPN.com projected last week that, if the Mountaineers were a No. 7 seed in the same bracket as No. 2 seed Stanford, a scheduling conflict at Stanford would allow the Mountaineers to host. But when the real bracket was revealed, WVU found itself a rung higher on the ladder.

It’s not home sweet home for WVU in the first two rounds, but it’s not too far away. And Martin said the Mountaineers aren’t too worried about where they rest their heads the night before their first game.

“Honestly, it doesn’t matter where we play,” Martin said. “If we’re focused and have energy, we can play with anybody anywhere. Everybody would have wanted us to stay here, but I feel we play better when we travel.”