West Virginia Knocking on the Door of Top 5 in Coaches Poll

West Virginia survived quite a bit of a scare last Friday night in their Big 12 opener vs Iowa State with a 70-65 win. The Mountaineers were not at the top of their games and looked out of sorts, potentially looking past the Cyclones.

Nonetheless, West Virginia pulled out the win and as a result, moved up one spot in this week's USA Today's coaches poll to No. 6.

West Virginia will have a light week or two as the only game on the schedule between now and New Year's is a road contest at No. 3 Kansas this Tuesday. The Mountaineers were scheduled to host Buffalo on Tuesday, December 29th but that has now been called off due to COVID-19 issues within the Buffalo program.

If West Virginia finds a way to spring the upset in Lawrence Tuesday night, the Mountaineers should leap into the top five of both polls.

The Mountaineers also moved up a spot in the AP Top 25 rankings today to No. 7.

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