MORGANTOWN -
The West Virginia
University Basketball Team finds themselves in a place they have not been in
for a very long time. With
conference tournaments revving up, the Mountaineers are no where near the
conversation for the NCAA Tournament or the tournament bubble. The only way they can reach it is to
win the Big 12 Tournament and that journey begins Wednesday night against the
Texas Tech Red Raiders.
The last team West
Virginia (13-18, 6-12) defeated was Texas Tech (10-19, 3-15). Unfortunately for WVU, that was nearly
a month ago. They have lost six
games in a row (by an average of 12.8 points) dating back to the game against
the Red Raiders on February 16.
This will be the
third time these two schools have faced each other since season with WVU
winning the first two. In the
first meeting, Eron Harris led WVU with 18 points and Ty Nurse led TTU with 14. The second time around, Deniz Kilicli
scored 25 to lead the Mountaineers, while Jaye Crockett came off the bench to
lead Texas Tech with 18.
Texas Tech has won
just two of their last 17 games.
They are next to last in the Big 12 in both points (65.2) and rebounds
(32.4) per game. Jaye Crockett is
their leading scorer and the only Red Raider averaging double-figures with 11.9
points per game. He is also their
leading rebounder with 6.8 per game.
West Virginia ended
the regular season without having a single player averaging
double-figures. Eron Harris was on
the cusp of getting there, averaging 9.9 points per game. Aaric Murray leads the team in rebounds
per game with 5.8.
The game will be
Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. ET and will be aired on the Big 12 Network (can be
viewed online at ESPN3.com).
The winner faces the
top-seeded Kansas Jayhawks Thursday afternoon.
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