VIDEO: Bob Huggins, No. 17 WVU get set to host Oklahoma State
February 17, 2020 by Tom BraggVideo via WVU Sports on YouTube
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(photo by Sean McNamara)
The West Virginia University men’s basketball team dropped three spots to No. 17 in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 coming off losses to No. 3 Kansas and No. 1 Baylor last week.
The Mountaineers (18-7, 6-6 Big 12) are at No. 10 in the current NCAA NET rankings and No. 7 according to KenPom.com.
WVU hosts Oklahoma State on Tuesday this week before a Saturday trip to play at TCU.
The full AP Top 25 is below. I’ll update this post with ballot information when it is released.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 16, 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 (48) | 23-1 | 1559 | 1 |
2. Gonzaga (14) | 26-1 | 1518 | 2 |
3. Kansas (1) | 22-3 | 1434 | 3 |
4. San Diego St. | 26-0 | 1404 | 4 |
5. Dayton | 23-2 | 1294 | 6 |
6. Duke | 22-3 | 1285 | 7 |
7. Maryland | 21-4 | 1194 | 9 |
8. Florida St. | 21-4 | 1088 | 8 |
9. Penn St. | 20-5 | 1024 | 13 |
10. Kentucky | 20-5 | 1011 | 12 |
11. Louisville | 21-5 | 837 | 5 |
12. Villanova | 19-6 | 824 | 15 |
13. Auburn | 22-3 | 818 | 11 |
14. Oregon | 20-6 | 742 | 17 |
15. Creighton | 20-6 | 718 | 23 |
16. Seton Hall | 18-7 | 672 | 10 |
17. West Virginia | 18-7 | 552 | 14 |
18. Colorado | 20-6 | 501 | 16 |
19. Marquette | 17-7 | 404 | 18 |
20. Iowa | 18-8 | 254 | 21 |
21. Butler | 19-7 | 242 | 19 |
22. Houston | 20-6 | 237 | 20 |
23. BYU | 21-7 | 188 | – |
24. Arizona | 18-7 | 102 | – |
25. Ohio St. | 17-8 | 95 | – |
Others receiving votes: Texas Tech 92, Michigan St. 87, Michigan 83, LSU 55, Rhode Island 39, Virginia 32, Cincinnati 14, Stephen F Austin 14, Illinois 12, N Iowa 9, Utah St. 8, Rutgers 6, Florida 6, ETSU 5, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 4, Tulsa 3, Richmond 3, SMU 2, New Mexico St. 2, Wright St. 1, Arizona St 1.
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Quick update here: Quarterback Trey Lowe just tweeted that he plans to graduate this summer and leave the WVU football program as a graduate transfer.
Thank you WVU! pic.twitter.com/7JLMAPdMcU
— Woodrow Lowe III (Trey) (@treylowe10) February 13, 2020
Lowe, who also plays baseball for the Mountaineers, redshirted in 2018 but did appear in the Camping World Bowl loss to Syracuse. As a redshirt freshman in 2019, Lowe saw action in five games and played a career-high eight offensive snaps in a loss at Oklahoma. We’ll dig into this a little deeper as we get closer to spring ball.
(photo by Sean McNamara)
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West Virginia’s poor showing on the road over the weekend at Oklahoma did not cost the Mountaineers much ground in this week’s Associated Press Top 25. WVU dropped one spot and checks in at No. 14 this week’s poll, released Monday afternoon.
The Mountaineers appeared as high as No. 10 on one ballot and as low as No. 22 on another this week. You can see a breakdown of this week’s voting for WVU here.
Despite the loss to the Sooners, West Virginia remained among the nation’s top 10 teams in several prominent computer rankings — WVU is currently No. 9 according to the NCAA NET rankings and No. 7 on KenPom.
The Mountaineers have a tough week ahead, with a game at home against No. 3 Kansas on Wednesday and a Saturday trip to No. 1 Baylor. This week’s full AP Top 25 is posted below.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 9, 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 (48) | 21-1 | 1583 | 1 |
2. Gonzaga (15) | 25-1 | 1546 | 2 |
3. Kansas (1) | 20-3 | 1450 | 3 |
4. San Diego St. | 24-0 | 1422 | 4 |
5. Louisville | 21-3 | 1331 | 5 |
6. Dayton | 21-2 | 1255 | 6 |
7. Duke | 20-3 | 1211 | 7 |
8. Florida St. | 20-3 | 1170 | 8 |
9. Maryland | 19-4 | 1057 | 9 |
10. Seton Hall | 18-5 | 1013 | 12 |
11. Auburn | 21-2 | 998 | 11 |
12. Kentucky | 18-5 | 853 | 15 |
13. Penn St. | 18-5 | 787 | 22 |
14. West Virginia | 18-5 | 721 | 13 |
15. Villanova | 17-6 | 581 | 10 |
16. Colorado | 19-5 | 567 | 24 |
17. Oregon | 18-6 | 497 | 14 |
18. Marquette | 17-6 | 425 | – |
19. Butler | 18-6 | 414 | 19 |
20. Houston | 19-5 | 402 | 25 |
21. Iowa | 17-7 | 374 | 17 |
22. Illinois | 16-7 | 235 | 20 |
23. Creighton | 18-6 | 213 | 21 |
24. Texas Tech | 15-8 | 169 | – |
25. LSU | 17-6 | 160 | 18 |
Others receiving votes: Michigan St. 124, Rhode Island 57, N Iowa 44, BYU 43, Arizona 34, Purdue 27, Ohio St. 14, Cincinnati 6, Stephen F Austin 6, Michigan 3, Rutgers 2, Virginia 2, ETSU 2, Wright St. 1, Winthrop 1.