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BOX SCORE: Oklahoma 69, No. 13 WVU 59
by Tom Bragg
AUDIO: Bob Huggins teleconference ahead of WVU’s trip to Oklahoma
February 7, 2020 by Tom BraggVIDEO: See what Bob Huggins had to say after Wednesday’s WVU win against Iowa State
February 5, 2020 by Tom Bragg
BOX SCORE: No. 13 WVU 76, Iowa State 61
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WVU football Gold-Blue spring game time, date announced
February 3, 2020 by Tom BraggJust across the Twitter timeline: West Virginia University has set a time and date for it’s annual Gold-Blue spring football game. Details in the tweet below.
West Virginia University will hold its annual Gold-Blue Spring Game presented by Encova on Saturday, April 18, at 1 p.m., at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium.
➡️ https://t.co/wd4IATiKAy pic.twitter.com/tgGAw79HU2
— West Virginia Football (@WVUfootball) February 3, 2020
WVU basketball falls to No. 13 in AP Top 25
by Tom Bragg
(photo by Sean McNamara)
The West Virginia University men’s basketball team dropped one spot to No. 13 in this week’s AP Top 25 poll coming off a loss at Texas Tech and a win at home against Kansas State last week.
The Mountaineers (17-4, 5-3 Big 12) are currently No. 9 in the NCAA NET rankings and checked in at No. 11 in this week’s coaches poll.
My AP ballot for this week can be found here, and the full AP Top 25 is posted below. West Virginia appeared as high as No. 8 and as low as No. 20 on ballots submitted this week.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 2, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Baylor (49) | 19-1 | 1608 | 1 |
| 2. Gonzaga (15) | 23-1 | 1567 | 2 |
| 3. Kansas (1) | 18-3 | 1472 | 3 |
| 4. San Diego St. | 23-0 | 1447 | 4 |
| 5. Louisville | 19-3 | 1352 | 6 |
| 6. Dayton | 20-2 | 1271 | 7 |
| 7. Duke | 18-3 | 1242 | 9 |
| 8. Florida St. | 18-3 | 1188 | 5 |
| 9. Maryland | 17-4 | 999 | 15 |
| 10. Villanova | 17-4 | 959 | 8 |
| 11. Auburn | 19-2 | 926 | 17 |
| 12. Seton Hall | 16-5 | 900 | 10 |
| 13. West Virginia | 17-4 | 827 | 12 |
| 14. Oregon | 18-5 | 758 | 11 |
| 15. Kentucky | 16-5 | 660 | 13 |
| 16. Michigan St. | 16-6 | 624 | 14 |
| 17. Iowa | 16-6 | 604 | 18 |
| 18. LSU | 17-4 | 572 | 22 |
| 19. Butler | 17-5 | 437 | 16 |
| 20. Illinois | 16-6 | 373 | 19 |
| 21. Creighton | 17-5 | 372 | – |
| 22. Penn St. | 16-5 | 356 | 24 |
| 23. Arizona | 15-6 | 164 | – |
| 24. Colorado | 17-5 | 134 | 20 |
| 25. Houston | 17-5 | 85 | 21 |
Others receiving votes: Texas Tech 66, Marquette 31, Ohio St. 19, Tulsa 19, Rhode Island 18, N Iowa 17, Wichita St. 17, BYU 14, Rutgers 12, Stanford 7, Stephen F Austin 3, Yale 1, Winthrop 1, Michigan 1, Virginia 1, Bowling Green 1
VIDEO: Bob Huggins’ press conference after WVU’s win against K-State
February 1, 2020 by Tom Bragg