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WVU's Opponent for the Big East-Big 12 Battle Revealed

Huggins returns to the city where it all started.

It's that time of year where bits and pieces of West Virginia's 2022-23 basketball schedule will start to come together. Wednesday afternoon, Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports reported the full slate for this year's Big East-Big 12 Battle. West Virginia will travel to Cincinnati on December 4th to take on Xavier.

This will be the second-ever meeting between the Mountaineers and Musketeers. Xavier won the first matchup 79-75 in a Sweet Sixteen overtime thriller back in 2008. Joe Alexander led WVU in scoring with 18 points on 8/18 shooting from the field. 

West Virginia is 2-1 all-time in the Big East-Big 12 Battle. The full schedule for this year's even can be seen below. 

Nov. 29: Baylor at Marquette

Nov. 30: Providence at TCU

Nov. 30: Georgetown at Texas Tech

Nov. 30: Kansas State at Butler

Dec. 1: Creighton at Texas

Dec. 1: Seton Hall at Kansas

Dec. 1: Oklahoma State at UConn

Dec. 3: Oklahoma at Villanova

Dec. 4: West Virginia at Xavier

Dec. 4: St. John's at Iowa State

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