West Virginia Basketball Gets Bad News in Latest Bracketology
After a bad loss to Colorado in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament on Wednesday, Joe Lunardi’s latest Bracketology has the West Virginia Mountaineers moving down into one of the “Last Four Byes”.
Here’s what Lunardi released on Wednesday night following the Mountaineers’ loss.
This means that West Virginia is currently one of the last teams to avoid playing in the “First Four” games earlier in the week, and is one of the final eight teams in the NCAA Tournament, at least according to Lunardi.
Earlier in the day, Lunardi did not have the Mountaineers on the bubble, but a loss to a Colorado team that was one of the worst in the Big 12 did not do WVU any favors.
The Mountaineers (19-13) were leading 46-37 with under 10 minutes to go when they turned it over on seven straight possessions. Colorado took advantage and ran off 15 points to take a 52-46 lead with under six minutes to play. WVU pulled to within three with two minutes to play, but ultimately could not make the comeback.
There is good news for the Mountaineers. They have six Quad 1 wins, which is an important factor considered by the NCAA selection committee.
But there’s no doubt that now West Virginia has to sweat it out until Selection Sunday.
