West Virginia's Opponent for the Big East-Big 12 Battle is Set

Morgantown, WV - Although there are no dates at this time, the field for the Big East - Big 12 Battle has been completed and the West Virginia Mountaineers will travel to the nation's capital to take on former Big East Rival the Georgetown Hoyas per Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports.

Sources: Matchups for the 2020 Big East-Big 12 Battle are set.

Villanova at Texas
Creighton at Kansas
Baylor at Seton Hall
Providence at TCU
St. John’s at Texas Tech
Oklahoma at Xavier
West Virginia at Georgetown
Oklahoma St at Marquette
DePaul at Iowa St
Kansas St at Butler
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) April 22, 2020

The Hoyas won both the first and last meetings between the two programs. The first matchup dates back to 1975 in a one-point loss for the Mountaineers during the second round of the Eastern College Athletic Conference and Georgetown took the last meeting in the first round 2014 National Invitational Tournament (NIT) 77-65.

West Virginia's first Big East Conference game came in an 86-83 loss to the sixth-ranked Hoyas on December 2nd, 1995 as Georgetown took the first five meetings inside the Big East on their way to an 18-11 all-time series record over the Mountaineers.

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