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Starting Lineups + Live Score Updates for West Virginia vs. Kansas

Your official 2026 Big 12 Championship game tracker/thread.
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West Virginia and Kansas are getting set to duke it out for the Big 12 Conference tournament championship game in Surprise, AZ.

If you are unable to watch or listen to the game, we've got you covered with this live game file. I will be providing real-time updates, which will include all scoring plays, pitching changes, and key moments throughout tonight's ballgame.

The lineup cards have been turned in, which you can check out below. Updates will be posted above the lineups.

Live game updates

TOP 1 (WVU)

Gavin Kelly was hit by a pitch in the inning, and Paul Shoenfeld singled to right, but nothing going for the Mountaineers as Sean Smith hit into an inning-ending double play.

BOTTOM 1 (KU)

Tyson Owens hits a solo home run to right-center field on a cutter left up in the zone and out over the heart of the plate. Korn bounces back with a pair of quick groundouts to end the inning.

Kansas leads 1-0

TOP 2 (WVU)

Tonight's game will start on ESPN News. It will switch over to ESPN2 once the game currently airing ends.

4:07 p.m.: West Virginia names Ian Korn tonight's starting pitcher.

West Virginia's starting lineup

1. SS Matt Ineich
2. C Gavin Kelly
3. CF Paul Schoenfeld
4. DH Sean Smith
5. LF Matthe Graveline
6. 1B Armani Guzman
7. 2B Brodie Kresser
8. RF Brock Wills
9. 3B Tyrus Hall

SP Ian Korn

More on Smith: The Mountaineers' DH has been a tough out at the plate, maybe more so than anyone in this Big 12 tournament. In the two games against Kansas State and Arizona State, he combined to go 6/8 with a double and an RBI. In that series finale against Kansas, Smith went 1/2 against tonight's starting pitcher for KU, Mathis Nayral, with the one hit being a home run.

Kansas' starting lineup

1. SS Tyson LeBlanc
2. CF Tyson Owens
3. 2B Cade Baldridge
4. 1B Josh Dykhoff
5. C Agusto Mungarrieta
6. RF Jordan Bach
7. 3B Dylan Schlotterback
8. DH Dariel Osoria
9. LF Savion Flowers

SP: Mathis Nayral

More on LeBlanc: In his at-bats against Korn, LeBlanc laid down a sacrifice bunt and then struck out swinging.

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Schuyler Callihan
SCHUYLER CALLIHAN

Schuyler Callihan is the publisher of West Virginia On SI and has been a trusted source covering the Mountaineers since 2016. He is the host of Between The Eers, The Walk Thru Game Day Show, and In the Gun Podcast. The Wheeling, WV native moved to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2020 to cover the Charlotte Hornets and Carolina Panthers.

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