West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball
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| University | West Virginia University | |||
| All-time record | 1,720–1,063 | |||
| Conference | Big 12 | |||
| Location | Morgantown, WV | |||
| Head coach | Bob Huggins (10th year) | |||
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WVU Coliseum (Capacity: 14,000) |
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| Nickname | Mountaineers | |||
| Colors | Blue and Old gold |
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| NCAA Tournament runner-up | ||||
| 1959 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Final Four | ||||
| 1959, 2010 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1959, 2005, 2010 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1959, 1960, 1963, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Round of 32 | ||||
| 1982, 1984, 1989, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2015 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | ||||
| 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| SoCon: 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967 A10: 1983, 1984 Big East: 2010 |
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| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| EIC: 1935 SoCon: 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967 A10: 1977, 1982, 1985, 1989 |
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The West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represents West Virginia University in NCAA Division I college basketball competition. They are a member of the Big 12 Conference. WVU has won 13 conference tournament championships, and has 26 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including two Final Fours, most recently in 2010. The Mountaineers have also appeared in 16 National Invitation Tournaments, and have won two championships, in 1942 and 2007.
They are led by former Mountaineer player, Bob Huggins, who has been head coach since 2007. WVU plays their home games at the WVU Coliseum, their home venue since 1970.
West Virginia men's basketball has competed in three basketball championship final matches: the 1959 NCAA final, the 1942 NIT final (at that time, the NIT was considered more prestigious than the NCAA), and the 2007 NIT Championship. They lost 71–70 to California in the 1959 NCAA finals, while the Mountaineers won the 1942 NIT Championship 47–45 over Western Kentucky, and the 2007 NIT contest over Clemson 78–72 in a rebuilding season. In 1949, future Mountaineers head coach, Fred Schaus, became the first player in NCAA history to record 1,000 points.
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