West Virginia Mountaineers Tickets Information
The West Virginia Mountaineers are the athletic teams of West Virginia University. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and the Big East Conference. The school's mascot is known as the Mountaineer. The two major sports at the university are football and basketball.
Baseball
Playing Facility: Hawley Field
Head Coach: Greg Van Zant
Most Victories: 40 in 1994
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 12
Last NCAA Appearance: 1996
All-Americans: 7
Drafted Players: 53
Players In The Majors: 19
Website: http://www.wvubaseball.com
Notable players
Babe Barna who played 3-sports
Marvin Bolyard who also played basketball
Zac Cline 2004 15th round draft pick of the Phillies
John Doyle
Jack Gocke
Steve Harrick
Charley Hockenberry
Justin Jenkins
Steve Kline
Bill Marovic
Dustin Nippert
Dale Ramsburg
Men's Basketball
Playing Facility: WVU Coliseum
Head Coach: Bob Huggins
Most Victories: 29 in 1959
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 20
Last NCAA Appearance: 2006
NIT Appearances: 15
Last NIT Appearance: 2007
NIT Championships: 2 (1942, 2007)
All-Americans: 13
Drafted Players: 28
Players In The NBA: 11
History and Coaches
West Virginia men's basketball has competed in three basketball championship final matches: the 1959 NCAA final, the 1942 NIT final (than NIT was considered to be more prestigious than the NCAA), and the 2007 NIT Championship. They lost 71-70 to California in the 1959 final NCAA finals, while won the 1942 NIT Championship by 47-45 over Western Kentucky and the 2007 NIT contest over Clemson 78-73, in their rebuilding season.
Other than the 1960s teams of Jerry West and such other greats, the senior squad of 2001-2005 was one of the greatest teams of the team's history, mainly in the 2005-2006 campaigns, when seniors got major time playing. The starting lineup consisted of Mike Gansey and Frank Young (Junior) at forward, while J.D. Collins and Johannes Herber played guards. Kevin Pittsnogle started at center, though he led the team with three-point shots. Senior Patrick Beilein got considerable playing time as well. The senior class was led by team-MVPs Gansey and Pittsnogle, who were both named to the all-Big East teams. The team advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament before losing to Texas 74-71 due to a game winning three-point shot at the buzzer. The class' four-year run ended an era when they graduated. The era consisted of back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances, the first since the 1959 and 1960 years of Jerry West, and an overall record of 77-51.
Notable figures
Willie Akers
Rudy Baric helped WVU win the NIT Championship
Babe Barna who played 3-sports
Eddie Beach who was the first Mountaineer to be selected in the NBA Draft
John Beilein who was coach from 2002-2007
Dale Blaney
Marvin Bolyard who also played baseball
Leland Eugene Byrd who was also famous as athletic administrator
Gale Catlett, who later became more notable as WVU's coach
Notable Games
* March 2, 1949 against Geneva in Morgantown, West Virginia with a 75-38 win when Fred Schaus scored 1000th career point.
* February 26, 1951 at Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with a 72-74 loss when the final basketball game played in Pitt
Pavilion was held.
* February 9, 1957 at Richmond in Richmond, Virginia with an 87-81 win when Rod Hundley scored 2000th career point.
* February 11, 1960 at St. John's in New York City with a 73-79 loss when Jerry West scored 2000th career point.
* February 7, 1966, West Virginia defeats #2 Duke 94-90 in Coach Bucky Waters most memorable wins.
* January 14, 1970 at Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with 67-66 Overtime win when a Pittsburgh fan threw a large dead fish onto the court after a technical foul against Pittsburgh.
* March 3, 1970 against Pittsburgh in Morgantown, West Virginia with an 87-92 loss in the final game in Mountaineer Field house.
* February 19, 1977, West Virginia's 81-68 upset of the #17 Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who were led by Digger Phelps.
* March 2, 1978, West Virginia upset the #1-seed Rutgers 81-74 in Pittsburgh, with help from sophomore Lowes Moore.
* February 24, 1982, marked West Virginia's 82-77 win over Pitt in front of a school-record 16,704 fans.
* February 27, 1983, West Virginia defeated #1 UNLV at home, 87-78, in what is considered the greatest win in Mountaineer basketball history.
Women's Basketball
Playing Facility: WVU Coliseum
Head Coach: Mike Carey
Most Victories: 26 in 1992
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3
WNIT Appearances: 2
Last NCAA Appearance: 2004
All-Americans: 3
Drafted Players: 2
Players In The WNBA:
Notable Players
Kittie Blakemore, the first women's basketball coach at WVU
Rosemary Kosiorek member of the WVU Sports Hall of Fame
Cathy Parson who was the first woman to be inducted in the WVU Sports Hall of Fame
Georgann Wells, the first woman to dunk in an NCAA Womens Basketball Game
Cross Country
Head Coach: Jeff Huntoon
NCAA Appearances: 2
Last NCAA Appearance: 2004
All-Americans: 2
Notable Players
Carl Hatfield
Mike Mosser
Stan Romanoski who was one of the most successful coaches
Rivalries
* West Virginia vs Pittsburgh in the Backyard Brawl
* West Virginia vs Syracuse in the battle for the Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy
* West Virginia vs Maryland
* West Virginia vs Marshall in The Friends of Coal Bowl for the Governor's Trophy (although this rivalry is newer and fails to carry the same heat as more-established rivalries.)
* West Virginia vs Louisville (another newer rivalry)
* West Virginia vs Virginia Tech in the Battle for the Black Diamond Trophy (ended run in 2005 season)
* West Virginia vs Penn State, though they have not played since the 1992 season
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