Men’s Basketball

MEN’S

BASKETBALL 16-17/4-14 BIG 12

BOB HUGGINS

• Finished with the second-toughest strength of schedule in the final NCAA rankings • Played more regular season Quad I games (17) in the NET than any other

Division I school • The Mountaineers own 1,827 all-time victories, ranking WVU 20th in wins among all Division I schools • WVU won its 11th game in Big 12

Championship history, defeating

K-State in the opening round • Posted a winning, nonconference mark (11-2) for the 30th consecutive season • Defeated No. 15 UConn in the Big 12-

Big East Battle • Averaged 11,535 fans in the WVU

Coliseum • Recorded the 100th all-time victory against Pitt • 14,100 fans watched the WVU-Pitt game, the most ever for a November basketball game at the WVU Coliseum • 72.39% from the free-throw line was the ninth-best percentage in a season in school history • 208 3-point field goals made was the 15th-most made in a season in school history

COACH BOB HUGGINS

• Selected to the 2022 class for the

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of

Fame • Moved past Bob Knight and Roy Williams on the NCAA career wins list • Now has 916 wins, the fourth-most wins among the NCAA’s all-time winningest coaches • Coached his 1,300th career game, the sixth-most games in college basketball history • Coached his 500th game at WVU • Became the 18th Division I head coach all-time to coach 40 or more years • Is now the second-winningest active

Division I coach behind Jim Boeheim

JALEN BRIDGES

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

SEAN MCNEIL

• All-Big 12 Conference Honorable

Mention • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 Player of the Week (Dec. 27)

GABE OSABUOHIEN

• Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year • Big 12 Conference All-Defensive Team

TAZ SHERMAN

• All-Big 12 Second Team • Big 12 Player of the Week (Dec. 13) • Big 12 Player of the Week (Nov. 22) • Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic

All-Tournament Team • Became WVU’s 55th 1,000-point scorer • Scored more than 500 points in a season, marking the 48th time a WVU player has scored 500 points in a season

GABE OSABUOHIEN

TAZ SHERMAN