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Three multi-game road trips highlight WVU’s Big 12 schedule

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





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