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Quick Facts TAZ SHERMAN
Location: Morgantown, W.Va. Enrollment: 29,107 Founded: 1867 President: Dr. E. Gordon Gee (Utah, ‘68) Athletic Director: Shane Lyons (West Virginia, ‘87) Athletic Department Phone: (304) 293-5621 Ticket Office Phone: 1-800-WVU GAME Nickname: Mountaineers School Colors: Old Gold (PMS 124) and Blue (PMS 295) Basketball Began: 1903-04 All-Time Basketball Record: 1,811-1120 Years In NCAA Tournament (last): 30 (2021) Years In NIT (last): 16 (2014) NCAA Championships: None NCAA Finals: 1 (1959) NCAA Final Four: 2 (1959, 2010) NCAA Sweet 16: 11 (1959, 1960, 1963, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2018) NIT Championships: 2 (1942, 2007) NIT Finals: 2 (1942, 2007) NIT Final Four: 3 (1942, 1981, 2007) Facility: WVU Coliseum (1970) Capacity: 14,000 Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Big 12 2020-21 Overall Record: 19-10 2020-21 Conference Record/Finish: 11-6/t-3rd 2020-21 Postseason: NCAA Second Round Lettermen Returning/Lost: 8/4 Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3
STARTERS RETURNING Jalen Bridges Sean McNeil
Ht. Wt. Cl. P Ppg Rpg 6-7 225 So. F 5.9 3.6 6-3 205 Sr. G 12.2 2.2
OTHERS PLAYERS RETURNING Ht. Isaiah Cottrell 6-10 Kedrian Johnson 6-3 Seny N’diaye 6-10 Gabe Osabuohien 6-7 Taz Sherman 6-4 Taj Thweatt 6-7
NEWCOMERS
Dimon Carrigan Malik Curry Kobe Johnson Jamel King James Okonkwo Pauly Paulicap Seth Wilson
In The Rankings
• West Virginia was ranked No. 13 in the final Associated Press poll and No. 18 in the final USA Today Coaches poll. • WVU began the season ranked No. 15 in both polls. • Last season, WVU was ranked as high as No. 6 in the AP poll (March 1) and No. 5 in the USA Today Coaches poll (March 1). • In 2019-20, West Virginia finished No. 24 in the final Associated Press poll and No. 24 in the final USA Today Coaches poll. • West Virginia has been ranked at least one week in 11 of Bob Huggins’ 14 seasons at WVU. • The Mountaineers have been ranked 129 weeks in the AP poll under Bob Huggins, including 43 weeks in the AP Top 10. Huggins has had WVU ranked more weeks than any other coach in school history. • WVU was ranked for 76 consecutive weeks in the USA Today Coaches poll until Nov. 19, 2018.
• WVU’s streak of 55 weeks from 2015-18 in the AP poll was one week shy of the school record of 56 weeks from March 1956 to March 1960. • WVU’s No. 2 AP ranking on Jan. 8, 2018, was its highest since a No. 2 ranking on Dec. 29, 1959. • West Virginia has been ranked 149 weeks since Jan. 3, 2005, in the AP poll, and 263 weeks total in school history. • WVU’s 263 appearances in the AP poll ranks 38th all-time in NCAA history for most AP poll appearances. • WVU was No. 6 in the final AP poll in 2010, its highest final ranking since a No. 5 ranking in 1959-60. • In 2010, WVU was ranked in the Top 10 for nine straight weeks - the most consecutive weeks in the Top 10 since 1960.
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Wt. Cl. 245 r-Fr. 185 Sr. 245 So. 240 5th 190 5th 210 So.
Ht. 6-9 6-1 6-3 6-7 6-8 6-8 6-1
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Ppg Rpg 1.6 1.4 1.3 0.8 0.1 0.4 1.7 4.4 13.4 1.8 0.4 0.8
Wt. Cl. 230 5th 190 5th 210 Fr. 190 Fr. 230 Fr. 235 5th 215 Fr.
P F G G F F F G
Head Coach: Bob Huggins (West Virginia, ‘77) Record At WVU: 310-171 (14 seasons) Career Record: 900-382 (39 seasons) Best Time To Contact: Through SID Basketball Office Phone: (304) 293-2193 Basketball Office Fax: (304) 293-2719
STAFF:
Larry Harrison (Pitt, ‘78) Associate Head Coach Ron Everhart (Virginia Tech, ‘85) Assistant Coach Erik Martin (Cincinnati, ‘93) Assistant Coach Josh Eilert (Kansas State, ‘04) Director of Basketball Operations Bryan Messerly Associate Athletics Director Communications: email: bryan.messerly@mail.wvu.edu Athletic Communications Phone: 304-293-2821 Basketball Press Row Phone: (304) 293-2821 Mountaineer Web Page Address: WVUsports.com Twitter: @WVUHoops
