The season ends tonight in Las Vegas. WVU plays Oklahoma for the College Basketball Crown championship. Here’s everything you need to know.
date: Sunday, April 5, 2026
Tipoff Time: 5:30PM ET
Location: MGM Grand Garden Arena — Las Vegas, Nevada
Broadcast Information
Channel: FOX
Streaming: FOX Sports (with TV provider login)
Announcers: Gus Johnson, Jim Jackson and Kristina Pink
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Radio: Mountaineer Sports Network (Radio Affiliates) | WVU Gameday App (Apple | Android)
Radio Announcers: Tony Caridi and Brad Howe
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Betting Odds
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Spread: Oklahoma -3.5 (-114) / WVU +3.5 (-106)
Moneyline: Oklahoma -172 / WVU +142
Total: O/U 137.5 (-115 Over / -105 Under)
(As of 10:00AM ET/April 5, 2026)
Game Preview
West Virginia is taking part in for a championship this night. That’s a sentence that wasn’t on anybody’s bingo card when this season ended in Kansas City three weeks in the past.
Oklahoma comes in at 20-15 general after knocking off Colorado 90-86 in additional time in the quarterfinals and Baylor 82-69 in the semifinals. The Sooners have been on the NCAA Tournament bubble all season and ended up on the fallacious facet of it, however they’ve seemed like a tournament-caliber crew in Las Vegas. Porter Moser’s group averages 82.9 factors per sport and leads the SEC in three-point taking pictures, hitting 36.4% from deep on the season.
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WVU has been a distinct crew in this match than they have been for most of the common season. Against Creighton on Saturday, the Mountaineers shot 53% from the ground, hit 12 threes, and received by 17 factors. The win secured West Virginia’s first 20-win season in six years. DJ Thomas led 5 double-figure scorers with 20 factors.
The final time WVU received a postseason match was the 2007 NIT. That can change this night.
The Game Within The Game
Oklahoma averages 9.7 threes per sport and shoots 36.4% from three for the season. WVU’s three-point protection has been a recognized weak point all yr. Nijel Pack — who has 2,342 profession factors and is taking pictures 44% from three — is the major menace, however it is a crew with 4 succesful scorers in the beginning lineup. Xzayvier Brown had 21 factors towards Baylor. Tae Davis has been in double figures in each match video games. If WVU lets the Sooners get snug from the perimeter, this will get away from them rapidly.
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The flip facet: WVU held opponents to 34.1% from three this season, and each groups they’ve met in this match have had to work for everything. The protection that held Creighton to 70 factors on Saturday is able to making Oklahoma uncomfortable.
Mo Wague is a reputation Mountaineer followers will acknowledge. The 6-10 ahead is Oklahoma’s main rebounder at 6.7 per sport. He was, in fact, a Mountaineer earlier than a cease at Alabama. He provides the Sooners a bodily inside presence that may check Lorient and Harlan Obioha.
On the offensive finish, the Mountaineers need to maintain doing what they did towards Creighton. Eaglestaff has been the breakout story of this match — 16 factors towards Creighton, 18 towards Stanford. If he is making photographs, this crew is genuinely laborious to guard. Oklahoma allowed opponents to shoot 33.2% from three in SEC play, so the threes ought to be there if WVU is transferring the ball.
Jasper Floyd and Huff staying out of foul bother is vital with out Amir Jenkins out there. Oklahoma shoots 75.3% from the free throw line. Don’t give them free factors.
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Series History
Oklahoma leads the all-time sequence 18-10, with the Sooners profitable eight of the final 9 conferences. The final assembly got here on January 17, 2024, when Oklahoma — nonetheless a Big 12 member — received 77-63 in Norman. The sequence dates again to December 22, 20005, when WVU knocked off No. 7 Oklahoma 92-68 in the O’Reilly All-College Classic in Oklahoma City. WVU is 3-2 towards the Sooners on impartial courts.
By the Numbers
Category | West Virginia | Oklahoma |
Record | 20-14 (9-9 Big 12) | 20-15 (7-11 SEC) |
Points Per Game | 70.1 | 82.9 |
Points Allowed Per Game | 65.3 | 77.1 |
Field Goal % | 44.4% | 46.8% |
3PT FG % | 32.5% | 36.4% |
Free Throw % | 68.0% | 75.3% |
Rebounds Per Game | 34.8 | 35.8 |
Assists Per Game | 12.7 | 14.4 |
Turnovers Forced Per Game | 11.5 | 10.7 |
Turnovers Committed Per Game | 11.0 | 9.9 |
Leading Scorer | Honor Huff – 15.9 ppg | Nijel Pack – 13.0 ppg |
Lead Rebounder | Chance Moore – 5.7 rpg | Mo Wague — 6.7 rpg |
Likely Starters
No. | participant | place | Height | class | Stats |
1 | Jasper Floyd | g | 6-3 | Mr. | 7.0 ppg, 3.8 rpg |
3 | Honor Huff | g | 5-10 | Mr. | 15.9 ppg, 2.4 rpg |
52 | Treysen Eaglestaff | g | 6-6 | Mr. | 9.9 ppg, 4.7 rpg |
0 | Brenen Lorient | F | 6-9 | Mr. | 11.8 ppg, 5.2 rpg |
55 | Harlan Obioha | c | 7-0 | Mr. | 5.2 ppg, 4.7 rpg |
Prediction
Oklahoma is the finest crew on paper, and the 3.5-point unfold in their favor displays that. But WVU has been the finest crew in Las Vegas, and this group plays their finest basketball after they play free. They’ve carried out that each one week.
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The secret’s retaining this sport in the 60s or low 70s. If it turns right into a monitor meet, Oklahoma wins. If WVU controls the tempo and knocks down sufficient threes to maintain the protection trustworthy, this sport comes down to the closing 5 minutes.
West Virginia 72, Oklahoma 68
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