The good news for Mark Kellogg’s club is that the month of February contains several opportunities to pick up quality wins and that stretch starts Saturday at noon when the Mountaineers (16-4, 6-3 Big 12) host No. 24 Oklahoma State (17-3, 7-2 Big 12). The game will be broadcast on ESPNU.

West Virginia will be in front of their home fans on Wednesday, but a look at the spread shows they might need that home-court advantage. They and the Houston Cougars will face off in a Big 12 battle at 7:00 p.

We've got another exciting Big 12 matchup on schedule as the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Houston Cougars are set to tip at 7:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday at WVU Coliseum. West Virginia is headed into Wednesday's matchup hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight losses.

The Cougars finished tied for first place last season but did not qualify for the conference championship. They are the team to beat next fall.

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BOTTOM LINE: No. 6 Houston plays West Virginia after J'wan Roberts scored 24 points in Houston's 92-86 overtime victory over the Kansas Jayhawks. The Mountaineers have gone 9-2 in home games. West Virginia scores 71.2 points and has outscored opponents by 6.8 points per game.

Darryn Peterson, a Canton native and Kansas signee who played two years at CVCA, was named a 2025 McDonald's All-American.

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Peterson, meanwhile, gives Kansas 52 signees who have earned the McDonald’s honor, starting with Darnell Valentine in 1977. Current Jayhawks Elmarko Jackson (2023) and Flory Bidunga (2024) were named McDonald’s All-Americans.

Home losses are rare enough at Kansas that prior to Saturday, the Jayhawks hadn’t experienced more than one in a single season since the 2017-18 campaign. Every other home loss in the six and a half years since has been followed by a road trip.

The Cougars overcame six-point deficits with 1:09 remaining in regulation and eight seconds left in overtime to beat KU