West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball

March 2, 1949 against Geneva in Morgantown, West Virginia with a 75–38 win when Fred Schaus scored 1000th career point.
February 26, 1951 at Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with a 72–74 loss when the final basketball game played in Pitt Pavilion was held.
February 9, 1957 at Richmond in Richmond, Virginia with an 87–81 win when Rod Hundley scored 2000th career point.
March 22, 1959 California defeats West Virginia 71 to 70 for NCAA national title. Jerry West nearly wins the game with a last second shot from half court.
February 11, 1960 at St. John's in New York City with a 73–79 loss when Jerry West scored 2000th career point.
February 7, 1966, West Virginia defeats #2 Duke 94–90 in Coach Bucky Waters' most memorable win.
January 14, 1970 at Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with a 67–66 Overtime win when a Pittsburgh fan threw a large dead fish onto the court after a technical foul against Pittsburgh.
March 3, 1970 against Pittsburgh in Morgantown, West Virginia with an 87–92 loss in the final game in Mountaineer Fieldhouse.
February 19, 1977, West Virginia's 81–68 upset of the #17 Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who were led by Digger Phelps.
March 2, 1978, West Virginia upset the #1-seed Rutgers 81–74 in Pittsburgh, with help from sophomore Lowes Moore.
February 24, 1982, marked West Virginia's 82–77 win over Pitt in front of a school-record 16,704 fans.
February 27, 1983, West Virginia defeated #1 UNLV at home, 87–78, in what is considered the greatest win in Mountaineer basketball history.
March 9, 1984, West Virginia tallied a 67–65 win over #15 Temple in the semifinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament.
December 12, 1988, West Virginia defeats the Pittsburgh Panthers in double-overtime, 84–81.
December 9, 1989, 97–93 in favor of West Virginia against the Pittsburgh Panthers in an overtime classic.
February 11, 1998, West Virginia's 80–62 win over #6 UConn.
March 15, 1998, #10 Seeded West Virginia defeats #2 seeded Cincinnati by a bank 3-pointer by Jarrod West with 0.8 seconds to play. Cincinnati was coached by current WVU head coach Bob Huggins.
February 20, 2001, West Virginia walks away at WVU Coliseum with a double-overtime 107–100 win against Villanova.
March 19, 2005 in a 111–105 double overtime win against Wake Forest in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Cleveland, Ohio.
March 18, 2006, West Virginia defeats Northwestern State 67–54 in Kevin Pittsnogle, Mike Gansey, and the other seniors' last win as a Mountaineer. Five days later, in the Sweet 16, the Mountaineers lost to #2-seed Texas, 74–71 on a buzzer beater three point shot.
February 10, 2007, West Virginia defeated #2 UCLA 70–65 at the WVU Coliseum in front of a national television audience on CBS.
March 29, 2007, West Virginia defeated Clemson 78–73 to win the university's second NIT Championship crown, the other in 1942. West Virginia was led by senior Frank Young's 24 points (6 of 7 for three pointers) and five rebounds and freshman Da'Sean Butler's 20 points to win the championship.
March 22, 2008, West Virginia defeated Duke, 73–67 at the Verizon Center, DC  To advance to the Sweet 16.
December 27, 2008, West Virginia defeated #13 Ohio State 76–48 in Columbus, Ohio – snapping the Buckeyes' 14 game home win streak which led the nation
February 13, 2009, West Virginia defeated #13 Villanova 93–72, led by Da'Sean Butler's 43 points
March 7, 2009, against #6 Louisville in Morgantown, featuring the largest crowd ever for ESPN's College GameDay
March 12, 2009, West Virginia upset the #2 Pittsburgh Panthers in the quarterfinal round of the Big East Tournament 74–60
March 13, 2010, West Virginia, led by Da'Sean Butler's game-winning running jump-shot defeated #8 Georgetown to win its first Big East Conference Tournament Championship.
March 25, 2010, West Virginia sets a new record for most wins in a season with 30, in its 69–56 Sweet Sixteen win over Washington.
March 27, 2010, West Virginia advances to its first Final Four since 1959 with a 73–66 victory over #1 seed Kentucky.
January 12, 2016, #11 West Virginia upset #1 Kansas at the WVU Coliseum, forcing 22 turnovers. It was also their third straight home victory against Kansas.
March 12, 2016, #9 West Virginia upset #6 Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship Tournament, 69–67, after a made halfcourt shot by Buddy Hield of Oklahoma was disallowed when replay showed it was still in his hands as the clock expired. WVU went on to lose to Kansas in the Big 12 Tournament Final.
January 10, 2017, #10 West Virginia upset #1 Baylor at the WVU Coliseum. With a final score of 89-68, WVU forced 29 turnovers in the Bears' first-ever game with the #1 ranking.

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