HEARTBREAK INSIDE PHOG ALLEN! WVU misses a golden opportunity to finally beat the Kansas Jayhawks in Lawrence, the basketball bubble watch continues, and conference realignment talk has heated up!

Summary

On this week's Got Your Eers On? WVU Basketball loses a heartbreaker in the final possession to Kansas in Phog Allen Field house, the basketball bubble conversation continues with only two remaining conference games to go, and the recent PAC-12 / Florida State news has heated up conference realignment talk once again! Join us for all this and more on this week’s episode of Got Your Eers On!

Show Notes:

Basketball

• Beat Iowa State at home, 76-71
  • Joe Touissant was T’d up in this one for getting excited(? maybe, I don’t really know) and the game changed after this call. Whistles everywhere following the technical.
• Lost at Texas, 94-60
  • Worst loss since a 39 point loss to Kentucky in the 2015 NCAA tournament
• Lost at Baylor, 79-67
  • Pat Suemnick had a notable block on Jalen Bridges (nothing else notable about this game…)
• Lost to Texas Tech at home, 78-72
  • WVU allowed 42 points in the paint to TTU
• Beat Oklahoma State at home, 85-67
  • Tre Mitchell had his best game as a Mountaineer
  • We had a scrum in this game that led to an OSU player being ejected for leaving the bench
• Lost at Kansas, 76-74
  • Mo Wague out this game with what appears to be a stress fracture in his foot
  • Game goes to the final posession
  • WVU had 21 turnovers yet still a chance to win late
  • McCullar banks in a desperation 3 at one point
  • Huggs postgame:
    • Intended to run what they ran for Stevenson in the Auburn game in the final possession but it was cut off
    • We pressed
    • They say we need 1 more win, I don’t know why
    • Self says WVU should be a tournament team

Other Basketball:

• Big 12 fans filled up venues this season at an avg 76% capacity attendance per game (leader among conferences)
• Darris Nichols (Radford HC) charged with DUI earlier this week
• Celtics officially named Joe Mazulla as their head coach
• The domestic violence charge against Chris Beard was dropped

Football:

• ESPN’s preseason football Big 12 rankings announced. WVU at 11 in the new 14 team league for next season.
• Gold-Blue Spring Game set for April 22 at Milan Puskar Stadium, 1:00 pm
• Interesting look at the top 5 most-attended home games during the Neal Brown era

Other Football:

• Dante Stills drafted by the New Orleans Breakers of the USFL
• Realignment talk has heated back up
  • Big 12’s Brett Yormark says he expects to “aggressively pursue” expansion now that the Texas / OU exit has been negotiated
  • Texas and OU will forego $100 million in revenue from the Big 12
  • PAC-12 released a “everything is fine” statement
  • Rumor is that SDSU will be joining the PAC-12 and that they are in discussions with SMU
  • Meanwhile, most broadcasters have stepped away from them
  • FSU telling ACC they are a brand and something has to be done for them
  • FSU puts $120 million tag on an ACC buyout
  • Summary of TV contracts by conference
• Pat McAfee wished Pat White a happy birthday this week
• Chuck Howley will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2023
  • Joins Sam Huff, Earle "Greasy" Neale, and Joe Stydahar

Baseball

• WVU knocked off #13 Maryland earlier this week
• WVU steals home to take one from Arizona

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