MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU men’s basketball team will open their tenth season in the Big 12 Conference with a pair of road games in the Lone Star State. The Mountaineers will begin league play at Texas on New Year’s Day. The trip continues with a game at TCU on Jan. 3.
Bob Huggins’ club will return to Morgantown and will host Kansas State on Jan. 8 in their Big 12 home opener.
The Mountaineers will host defending national champion and Big 12 champion Baylor on Jan. 18. The Bears will will welcome WVU to Waco on Jan. 31. That game will be the second contest on a two-game road trip. WVU will visit Arkansas in the Big 12/SEC Challenge two days earlier.
West Virginia will have another two-game trip in February. The Mountaineers visit Oklahoma State on Feb. 12 and complete the trip at Kansas State two days later.
The non-conference schedule was previously announced. The Mountaineers will open against Oakland on Nov. 9 and welcome Pittsburgh to Morgantown on Nov. 12.
2021-22 WVU Men’s Basketball Schedule
Friday Oct. 29 Akron (charity exhibition) Morgantown
Tuesday Nov. 9 Oakland Morgantown
Friday Nov. 12 Pitt Morgantown
Thursday Nov. 18 vs. Elon $ Charleston, S.C.
Friday Nov. 19 vs. Ole Miss or Marquette $ Charleston, S.C.
Sunday Nov. 21 Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic $ % Charleston, S.C.
Friday Nov. 26 Eastern Kentucky Morgantown
Tuesday Nov. 30 Bellarmine Morgantown
Saturday Dec. 4 Radford Morgantown
Wednesday Dec. 8 Connecticut ^ Morgantown
Sunday Dec. 12 Kent State Morgantown
Saturday Dec. 18 vs. UAB & Birmingham, Ala.
Wednesday Dec. 22 Youngstown State Morgantown
Saturday Jan. 1 at Texas * Austin, Texas
Monday Jan. 3 at TCU * Fort Worth, Texas
Saturday Jan. 8 Kansas State * Morgantown
Tuesday Jan. 11 Oklahoma State * Morgantown
Saturday Jan. 15 at Kansas * Lawrence, Kan.
Tuesday Jan. 18 Baylor * Morgantown
Saturday Jan. 22 at Texas Tech * Lubbock, Texas
Wednesday Jan. 26 Oklahoma * Morgantown
Saturday Jan. 29 at Arkansas ! Fayetteville, Ark.
Monday Jan. 31 at Baylor * Waco, Texas
Saturday Feb. 5 Texas Tech * Morgantown
Tuesday Feb. 8 Iowa State * Morgantown
Saturday Feb. 12 at Oklahoma State * Stillwater, Okla.
Monday Feb. 14 at Kansas State * Manhattan, Kan.
Saturday Feb. 19 Kansas * Morgantown
Wednesday Feb. 23 at Iowa State * Ames, Iowa
Saturday Feb. 26 Texas * Morgantown
Tuesday Mar. 1 at Oklahoma * Norman, Okla.
Saturday Mar. 5 TCU * Morgantown
Wed.-Sat. Mar. 9-12 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Kansas City, Mo.
$ Shriner’s Children’s Charleston Classic
% Boise State, Clemson, St. Bonaventure or Temple
^ Big East-Big 12 Battle
& Legacy Arena, Birmingham, Ala.
! Big 12/SEC Challenge
* Big 12 Conference Game