West Virginia With Quick Tuesday Night Turnaround at Kansas State
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Quick turnarounds are in retailer for West Virginia and Kansas State when the 2 meet Tuesday evening inside Bramlage Coliseum.
The Mountaineers’ postseason hopes had been reinvigorated following final Saturday’s 79-71 victory over 19th-rated BYU at about the identical time the Wildcats had been shedding at house to TCU, 77-68.
Kansas State is presently in the identical state of affairs West Virginia was two years in the past when it had interim coach Josh Eilert main this system. The Wildcats fired Jerome Tang on Feb. 15, and Matthew Driscoll is ending out the season earlier than they will determine Tang’s everlasting alternative.
The first sport with Driscoll at the helm in opposition to Baylor resulted in a formidable 90-74 house victory, however the euphoria has since been worn off with subsequent losses to Texas Tch, Colorado and TCU.
Against the Horned Frogs, the Wildcats bought a mixed 34 factors from their two beginning guards PJ Haggerty and Nate Johnson within the defeat.
Forward Khamari McGriff, who did not play in Kansas State’s 59-54 defeat at West Virginia earlier this 12 months, has since returned to the lineup and gave KSU eight factors and three rebounds earlier than fouling out in opposition to the Horned Frogs.
McGriff ought to have the ability to assist Taj Manning fortify the paint and maintain West Virginia from scoring near the basket as he did within the first assembly in Morgantown when he made 11 of his 13 shot makes an attempt close to the rim.
Another massive piece that is been lacking for Kansas State is 6-foot-7 wing shooter Abdi Bashir Jr., who has been sidelined for greater than a month with a stress fracture in his foot. His harm was initially listed as a four-to-six-week restoration interval, which places the timeline for a return about now.
If he is ready to return, that will give the Wildcats an extra 13.2 factors per sport and a 44.4% 3-point shooter on the wing.
Haggerty is averaging 23.3 factors per sport, which ranks third within the nation behind BYU’s AJ Dybantsa (24.9 ppg.) and East Carolina’s Jordan Riley (24.0 ppg.)
West Virginia did an incredible job of crew protection on Dybantsa final Saturday by holding him to 5 factors beneath his season common.
Haggerty bought 16 in opposition to West Virginia the primary time these two groups performed in Morgantown again on Jan. 27, a 59-54 Mountaineer victory. West Virginia outscored Kansas State 14-5 over the ultimate 4:30 to beat a 49-45 deficit.
As of this morning, the 17-12 Mountaineers are 58th within the NCAA NET rankings and are attempting to find wins to get themselves again into the NCAA Tournament bubble dialog.
Of the eight groups listed simply exterior of ESPN.com’s event reduce line, Ohio State’s 34 NET rating is one of the best. The different seven groups rank between forty second and sixty fourth, which places the Mountaineers inside vary.
Therefore, getting a win at 11-18 general Kansas State on Tuesday evening is a should.
The contest will tip off at 8 pm EST and will probably be televised on ESPN+ (Ben Boyle, Stan Weber, Sophie Smith and Hannah Whetstone.
Mountaineer Sports Network radio protection with Tony Caridi, Brad Howe and studio host David Kahn will get issues began at 7 pm on stations all through West Virginia, on-line through WVUsports.com and the Varsity Network and WVU Gameday apps.
Following Tuesday evening’s sport, the Mountaineers will wrap up their common season on Friday evening in opposition to UCF at Hope Coliseum.
The Mountaineers’ postseason hopes had been reinvigorated following final Saturday’s 79-71 victory over 19th-rated BYU at about the identical time the Wildcats had been shedding at house to TCU, 77-68.
Kansas State is presently in the identical state of affairs West Virginia was two years in the past when it had interim coach Josh Eilert main this system. The Wildcats fired Jerome Tang on Feb. 15, and Matthew Driscoll is ending out the season earlier than they will determine Tang’s everlasting alternative.
The first sport with Driscoll at the helm in opposition to Baylor resulted in a formidable 90-74 house victory, however the euphoria has since been worn off with subsequent losses to Texas Tch, Colorado and TCU.
Against the Horned Frogs, the Wildcats bought a mixed 34 factors from their two beginning guards PJ Haggerty and Nate Johnson within the defeat.
Forward Khamari McGriff, who did not play in Kansas State’s 59-54 defeat at West Virginia earlier this 12 months, has since returned to the lineup and gave KSU eight factors and three rebounds earlier than fouling out in opposition to the Horned Frogs.
McGriff ought to have the ability to assist Taj Manning fortify the paint and maintain West Virginia from scoring near the basket as he did within the first assembly in Morgantown when he made 11 of his 13 shot makes an attempt close to the rim.
Another massive piece that is been lacking for Kansas State is 6-foot-7 wing shooter Abdi Bashir Jr., who has been sidelined for greater than a month with a stress fracture in his foot. His harm was initially listed as a four-to-six-week restoration interval, which places the timeline for a return about now.
If he is ready to return, that will give the Wildcats an extra 13.2 factors per sport and a 44.4% 3-point shooter on the wing.
Haggerty is averaging 23.3 factors per sport, which ranks third within the nation behind BYU’s AJ Dybantsa (24.9 ppg.) and East Carolina’s Jordan Riley (24.0 ppg.)
West Virginia did an incredible job of crew protection on Dybantsa final Saturday by holding him to 5 factors beneath his season common.
Haggerty bought 16 in opposition to West Virginia the primary time these two groups performed in Morgantown again on Jan. 27, a 59-54 Mountaineer victory. West Virginia outscored Kansas State 14-5 over the ultimate 4:30 to beat a 49-45 deficit.
As of this morning, the 17-12 Mountaineers are 58th within the NCAA NET rankings and are attempting to find wins to get themselves again into the NCAA Tournament bubble dialog.
Of the eight groups listed simply exterior of ESPN.com’s event reduce line, Ohio State’s 34 NET rating is one of the best. The different seven groups rank between forty second and sixty fourth, which places the Mountaineers inside vary.
Therefore, getting a win at 11-18 general Kansas State on Tuesday evening is a should.
The contest will tip off at 8 pm EST and will probably be televised on ESPN+ (Ben Boyle, Stan Weber, Sophie Smith and Hannah Whetstone.
Mountaineer Sports Network radio protection with Tony Caridi, Brad Howe and studio host David Kahn will get issues began at 7 pm on stations all through West Virginia, on-line through WVUsports.com and the Varsity Network and WVU Gameday apps.
Following Tuesday evening’s sport, the Mountaineers will wrap up their common season on Friday evening in opposition to UCF at Hope Coliseum.
