MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Ranking the 100 most memorable moments in West Virginia University basketball history is an extremely daunting task. Where do you start? Where do you end? At the risk of omitting some key Mountaineer moments, here is my personal list of the top 100 basketball moments in West Virginia University history.

	Tracy Shelton WVU Sports Communications

Hopefully these can help bring back some of your favorite memories as we celebrate 100 years of West Virginia University basketball this Saturday night against Pitt.

100. West Virginia defeated Colgate, 113-92 on Dec. 1, 1970, for the first-ever victory in the brand new 14,000-seat WVU Coliseum.

99. Joe Herber made a half-court shot at the buzzer to defeat IUPUI at the WVU Coliseum on Dec. 17, 2003.

98. Forward Stan Boskovich scored a Coliseum-record 26 first-half points against Illinois State on March 1, 1975. Boskovich finished the game with 35 points in a 105-99 Mountaineer loss.

97. Bucky Waters stepped up West Virginia’s non-conference schedule immensely by facing No. 1-ranked UCLA in Pauley Pavilion on Dec. 21, 1968. The Bruins, behind Lew Alcindor, Curtis Rowe, Lynn Shackelford and Sidney Wicks, won the game, 95-56. To this day some still maintain that UCLA owes West Virginia a return trip to Morgantown.

96. Gale Catlett recorded his first post-season win as Mountaineer coach against Penn on March 13, 1981 in the NIT. It was also the school’s first post-season victory since he was a player in 1963.

95. Tracy Shelton scored 36 points to lead West Virginia to a 97-93, two-overtime victory over No. 22-ranked Pitt on Dec. 9, 1989, at the WVU Coliseum.

94. West Virginia outscored No. 21-ranked Massachusetts 49-22 in the second half to overcome a halftime deficit and upset the Minutemen 79-54 on Feb. 27, 1993.

93. The Mountaineers recorded their Coliseum-record 39th win in a row against Duquesne on Jan. 17, 1983. The home win streak ended three days later against St. Bonaventure.

92. Wil Robinson beat the buzzer with his 40th and 41st points to down Manhattan, 78-77 on Feb. 26, 1972.

91. West Virginia nearly upset its way into the NCAA tournament in 1978 when the Mountaineers won Eastern 8 tournament games against Rutgers and Duquesne before falling to Villanova in the Eastern 8 finals.

90. The Mountaineers reached the century mark for the first time in school history against Salem on Jan. 6, 1945 (a 113-32 win).

89. In a complete surprise, West Virginia upset No. 12-rated Syracuse, 73-59 on Dec. 9, 1998 at the WVU Coliseum. The Mountaineers won only10 games that season.

88. West Virginia downed St. Bonaventure 59-56 on March 10, 1984, at the WVU Coliseum for its second consecutive Atlantic 10 tournament championship.

87. West Virginia defeated Bobby Knight-led Army 74-71 in the first game of the Mountaineer Classic at the Coliseum on Dec. 11, 1970. The Cadets were ranked 14th at the time.

86. Wil Robinson scored 39 points to lead West Virginia to a 97-87 victory at Notre Dame on Feb. 3, 1972. Directing Notre Dame was first-year coach Digger Phelps.

85. John Beilein recorded his first major upset victory as a West Virginia coach when the Mountaineers defeated No. 8 Florida 68-66 in Charleston. It was supposed to have been Florida guard Brett Nelson’s triumphant return to the Kanawha Valley.

84. Homer Martin became the first WVU player to score 30 points in a game on Jan. 13, 1919 against Fairmont YMCA. Mark DeVault, a WVU basketball researcher, says back then it was hard for a team to score 30 points let alone one player doing it.

83. West Virginia produced a school-record 132 points against Alaska-Fairbanks at the WVU Coliseum on Dec. 3, 1994. Seven WVU players reached double figures.

	Jones is interviewed by CBS' Gary Bender after WVU's win over UNLV WVU Sports Communications

82. Greg Jones scored 22 points and West Virginia needed two overtimes to defeat Ohio State 69-67 in Columbus on Dec. 11, 1982.

81. Mark Catlett, Curtis Price and Wil Robinson played all 55 minutes in a triple-overtime loss to Virginia Tech on Jan. 26, 1972.

80. West Virginia coach Fred Schaus introduced a carpet for the team to run out on during pre-game introductions in 1955. It has since become one of the school’s most popular traditions.

79. West Virginia went on the road to upset Minnesota, 80-69 on March 19, 1981 to advance to the NIT Final Four. The team returned to Morgantown the following day to a jam-packed WVU Coliseum.

78. West Virginia cruised to a surprisingly easy 82-52 victory over No. 24 Temple in the first round of the NCAA tournament in Boise, Idaho, on March 12, 1998.

77. Jerome Anderson scored 18 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and handed out 10 assists in a 99-83 win over Boston University on Jan. 4, 1975, in the consolation game of the Presidential Classic. It was the last triple-double performance in school history.

76. West Virginia’s 94-84 victory over Syracuse on Feb. 14, 1970, ended prematurely when a bench-clearing brawl started after Syracuse center Bill Smith took a swing at referee Herb Smith.

75. Dave Reaser beat the buzzer with a basket to lift West Virginia to a 90-88 victory over Illinois at the Field House on Dec. 10, 1966. The victory put the Mountaineers into the national rankings.

74. Rod Thorn scored 28 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and handed out 11 assists in a 94-82 win over St. Bonaventure on Dec. 28, 1962, in the championship game of the Holiday Festival in Madison Square Garden.

73. Lee Patrone scored 33 points to lead West Virginia to an 86-82 victory over Memphis State on Dec. 30, 1961, in the championship game of the Sugar Bowl Tournament.

72. West Virginia’s game against Pitt on Jan. 14, 1970, was interrupted when a Panther fan lobbed a dead fish onto the floor while WVU All-America guard Wil Robinson attempted a free throw. The Mountaineers eventually took care of the fishy situation, 67-66 in overtime.

71. P.G. Greene scored 15 points to lead West Virginia to a 76-75 upset victory at No. 25-rated Massachusetts on Jan. 8, 1992. The victory was instrumental in WVU earning an NCAA tournament at-large bid.

	Levi Phillips WVU Sports Communications

70. Levi Phillips scored 21 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and handed out 13 assists in a 94-83 win over Virginia Tech on Feb. 16, 1974.

69. West Virginia and George Washington scored 224 combined points in a 127-97 WVU victory on Feb. 25, 1967, at the Field House. Six West Virginia players reached double figures and three (Ron Williams 23; Carl Head 21; Greg Ludwig 21) scored more than 20.

68. Guard Floyd “Scotty” Hamilton became the school’s first basketball All-American in 1942.

67. West Virginia coach Gale Catlett recorded his 500th career victory against Robert Morris on Dec. 16, 1997, becoming just the 45th coach in NCAA history to do so.

66. Ron Williams scored 30 points to lead West Virginia to an 89-86 overtime win over Davidson at the Field House on Jan. 13, 1968.

65. West Virginia defeated Temple, 86-78 at the Spectrum on March 12, 1983, to win its first-ever Atlantic 10 tournament title.

64. Maurice Robinson scored 21 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to help West Virginia to an 81-68 upset of No. 17-ranked Notre Dame on Feb. 19, 1977.

63. Rod Thorn scored a career-high 44 points in a gallant one-man effort in West Virginia’s 97-88 loss to St. Joseph’s in the second round of the NCAA tournament on March 15, 1963, in College Park, Md.

62. West Virginia’s 57-game home winning streak finally came to an end on March 5, 1949, against Pitt, 34-32.

61. The college basketball world was introduced to sophomore Jerry West on Dec. 17, 1957, when he made the game-winning shot with three seconds left in overtime to lift West Virginia to a 76-74 victory over No. 19-rated Richmond.

60. West Virginia defeated Pitt, 48-45, in this hotly contested 1982 game at Fitzgerald Field House that was decided by a lane violation call by referee Jack Prettyman, a Moundsville, W.Va. native. Pitt coach Roy Chipman chased Prettyman all the way to the locker room after the game.

59. Dale Blaney hit a twisting foul line jumper to lift West Virginia to a 67-65 victory over No. 15-ranked Temple in the semifinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament on March 9, 1984, in Morgantown. Temple came into the game with a perfect 18-0 record in conference play.

58. Rudy Baric tallied 16 points to lead West Virginia to a 51-39 victory over Toledo on March 23, 1942, in the NIT semifinals in Madison Square Garden.

57. West Virginia reclaimed Southern Conference supremacy by defeating Chuck Noe’s Virginia Tech team, 88-72 on March 3, 1962, in the tournament finals in Richmond, Va. The Mountaineers were upset in the tournament semifinals in 1961.

56. After four straight NCAA tournament first-round losses, West Virginia captured its first-ever NCAA tournament victory against Dartmouth, 82-68, on March 10, 1959.

55. Leland Byrd scored 19 points to lead West Virginia to a 69-60 win over Bradley in the first round of the NIT on March 15, 1947, in Madison Square Garden.

54. After watching his team fall behind big, Temple coach John Chaney got a police escort from the Coliseum after being ejected in the first half of a game the Mountaineers won 91-66 on Feb. 23, 1991.

53. West Virginia recorded its 1,000th victory in program history against Massachusetts on Jan. 17, 1981. The 1,000th win was originally celebrated against St. Bonaventure on Jan. 14, 1981, before it was later discovered that a victory was counted twice in the record books.

52. West Virginia began the 1985-86 season in style by upsetting No. 10-ranked Auburn 75-58 in the first round of the inaugural Big Apple preseason NIT at the Hartford Civic Center.

51. Unknown at the time, Jim Sottile became the first player in WVU history to record a triple-double game on Jan. 3, 1952, against NYU. Sottile scored 19 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and handed out 10 assists in a fabulous all-around performance.

50. West Virginia downed No. 12-rated Syracuse 90-78 on Jan. 16, 1996 for its first-ever Big East victory.

49. A momentum-changing charging call on Darryl Prue helped Duke to a narrow 70-63 victory over West Virginia in the second round of the 1989 NCAA tournament in Greensboro, N.C. Danny Ferry, the Duke player on the other end of that call, finished the game scoring 20 points.

	Jim McCormick WVU Sports Communications

48. Jim McCormick scored 35 and Rod Thorn added 26 to lead West Virginia to a 101-99 win over Wake Forest in Charleston on Jan. 31, 1962. Wake Forest went to the Final Four that season.

47. West Virginia defeated Pitt, 68-67 on Feb. 2, 1963 when officials disallowed a buzzer-beating Panther shot when another Pitt player simultaneously called timeout with one second left.

46. West Virginia upset Joe Lapchick-coached St. John’s 70-58 on March 14, 1946, in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament in Madison Square Garden.

45. Notre Dame All-American Austin Carr put up 55 points on West Virginia in a 114-78 Irish victory in South Bend on Feb. 21, 1970. Carr’s 55 points were the most ever scored by an opponent against West Virginia.

44. West Virginia won its 44th consecutive Southern Conference game at Richmond on Feb. 13, 1960. The streak came to an end on Feb. 17 at George Washington, a 97-93 Colonial victory.

43. West Virginia defeated St. Joe’s, 51-50 on a last-second basket by Lester Rowe on Jan. 5, 1985. Moments later with the teams already in the locker room, officials ruled the basket came after the buzzer and changed the result to a St. Joe’s win. An Atlantic 10 Conference inquiry later reversed the decision back in favor of the Mountaineers.

42. West Virginia defeated No. 18-rated Syracuse 101-79 at the Carrier Dome on Dec. 4, 1996. At the time, WVU’s 101 points matched Notre Dame’s 1992 total as the most points ever scored at the Carrier Dome by an opponent.

41. Rudy Baric scored 25 points to lead West Virginia to a 77-63 victory over Salem on March 11, 1942, to help seal the school’s first-ever NIT appearance.

40. The Fred Schaus era got off to a great start with an 86-82 win over No. 17-rated Wake Forest on Dec. 17, 1954, in the opening round of the Birmingham Classic.

39. West Virginia cracked the national rankings for the first time in school history on Dec. 26, 1950, after winning its first seven games of the season. The Mountaineers were ranked 19th.

38. Marshall Glenn scored 17 points at the Field House on March 8, 1930, to pin one of only two losses on Pitt that season. The Panthers won their second mythical national championship.

37. J.J. Crawl made a steal and layup to lead West Virginia to a 64-62 upset victory over Oregon State in the first round of the 1984 NCAA tournament.

36. West Virginia defeated Pitt 43-26 on March 13, 1935 to snap a nine-game losing streak to the Panthers and claim a first-place tie in the Eastern League standings.

	Hot Rod Hundley WVU Sports Communications

35. Hot Rod Hundley scored a school-record 54 points against Furman on Jan. 5, 1957. It took Hundley a school-record 48 shot attempts to get the school scoring record.

34. West Virginia claimed its first win over a top 10-ranked team in seven years with a 49-47 victory over the No. 7-rated Temple in McGonigle Hall on Jan. 6, 1994. P.G. Greene’s stick-back layup with two seconds left gave WVU the triumph. After the game, upon the urging of Mountaineer coach Gale Catlett, the team bus was diverted to get a closer look at an entire city block that was on fire.

33. Rod Thorn gave West Virginia fans a fabulous farewell by scoring 33 points in his final collegiate game to lead West Virginia to an 83-73 victory over No. 9-rated NYU in the consolation game of the NCAA East Regionals on March 16, 1963, at Cole Field House.

32. Hot Rod Hundley missed his chance to set the Southern Conference tournament scoring record by clanking two free throws late in a game against George Washington on March 5, 1955. With the game already in the bag, Hundley’s first miss came on a shot taken from behind his back. The second miss was a hook shot.

31. The Mountaineers overcame a one-point halftime deficit to upset No. 5-rated Temple, 64-61 in McGonigle Hall on Feb. 24, 1987.

30. Jerry West scored 30 points and played all 40 minutes to lead West Virginia to an 89-81 victory over No. 9-rated Villanova on Jan. 16, 1960, at the Field House. In that game, Villanova standout George Raveling is believed to be the first opposing African-American player to ever visit the Field House.

29. Fred Schaus’ final game at the Field House resulted in an 89-75 victory over Pitt on Feb. 20, 1960. Schaus won his last 42 home games in a row before moving on to the NBA ranks.

28. West Virginia upset its way through the 1965 Southern Conference tournament, beating George Washington, No. 6 Davidson in overtime, and William & Mary to qualify for the NCAA tournament with just a .500 record. Morgantown reporter Mickey Furfari lived up to his pledge of “dancing on the courthouse square” after WVU won the Southern Conference tournament.

27. Jerry West scored a career-high 44 points to lead West Virginia to a 76-72 win over No. 11-ranked Tennessee in Knoxville on Dec. 29, 1958.

26. Behind Jerry West’s 33 points and 17 rebounds, West Virginia defeated Boston University 86-82 on March 14, 1959, to advance to its only Final Four appearance in school history.

25. Hot Rod Hundley became the first overall player selected in the 1957 NBA draft by the Minneapolis Lakers. He is still the only WVU player to be the first pick in any sport.

24. West Virginia cracked the Top 10 for the first time in school history on Jan. 15, 1952, after beating Wake Forest, 91-57 in Morgantown.

23. Ed Harvard, Norman Holmes, Jim Lewis and Ron Williams integrated West Virginia University basketball in 1965 as members of the freshmen team. Those four joined junior college transfer Carl Head as the first African-American players on the varsity basketball team in 1966.

22. Center Mark Workman became the first WVU player to score 50 points in a game against Salem on Jan. 27, 1951, at the Field House.

21. West Virginia beat No. 19-rated Duke, 95-74 on Dec. 22, 1951, for the program’s first-ever victory against a nationally ranked team.

20. In March, 1994, West Virginia and Rutgers were added as full-time Big East Conference members. Notre Dame followed suit in July to make 13 schools.

19. Hot Rod Hundley poured in 39 points to lead West Virginia to an 83-74 victory over No. 5-rated George Washington on Feb. 19, 1955.

18. West Virginia overcame a 14-point deficit with eight minutes to go to defeat Villanova 76-75 in Philadelphia on Jan. 8, 1958. Jerry West scored 37 points in the game.

17. A record 16,704 fans packed the Coliseum to see West Virginia defeat Pitt, 82-77 on Feb. 24, 1982. It was WVU’s 23rd straight win of the season.

16. The national TV lights were on the state of West Virginia for the very first time ever when the Mountaineers’ game against Holy Cross on Feb. 7, 1959, at the Field House was aired on network television.

15. West Virginia ignited an already volatile Coliseum crowd with an 80-62 win over No. 6-rated Connecticut on Feb. 11, 1998. ESPN’s Dick Vitale was on hand to describe the game.

14. Jerry West scored his school-record 2,309th career point in his final WVU contest against St. Joseph’s on March 12, 1960, in the consolation game of the NCAA East Regionals.

13. In the summer of 1954 West Virginia athletic director Red Brown convinced Fred Schaus to give up his NBA career to coach the Mountaineers. It was Schaus’ first head coaching assignment.

12. Rod Thorn scored 29 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead West Virginia to an 88-82 win over No. 5-rated Villanova at the Field House on Jan. 6, 1962.

	Jarrod West AP photo

11. Jarrod West sank a straight-away bank shot with three seconds left to upset No. 9-ranked Cincinnati in the second round of the 1998 NCAA basketball tournament at Boise, Idaho.

10. West Virginia upset Clair Bee-coached Long Island, 58-49 in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden on March 17, 1942.

9. All-America center Mark Workman captivated New York City media by leading West Virginia to a 100-75 triumph over No. 6-rated NYU on Jan. 3, 1952 in Madison Square Garden. It was the Mountaineers’ first-ever win against a ranked team on the road.

8. In the spring of 1960, All-America guard Jerry West was named to the U.S. Olympic team that went on to win the gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in Rome.

7. West Virginia came from 18 points down in the second half to defeat No. 14-ranked St. Joseph’s 95-92 in the second round of the 1959 NCAA tournament in Charlotte, N.C.

6. West Virginia upset No. 3-rated Davidson in Charleston 75-73 on Jan. 29, 1964, when All-American center Fred Hetzel was called for goal-tending on a last-second desperation heave by the Mountaineers.

5. The Bucky Waters era took a giant leap forward on Feb. 7, 1966, when West Virginia upset No. 1-ranked Duke 94-90 in Charleston. Waters was an assistant on Vic Bubas’ Duke coaching staff the year before.

4. West Virginia defeated Western Kentucky 47-45 on March 25, 1942, to capture the 1942 NIT championship in Madison Square Garden. It was WVU’s only national title in men’s basketball.

3. West Virginia snapped a 19-game losing streak against ranked teams in grand style by upsetting No. 1-ranked UNLV 87-78 at the WVU Coliseum on Feb. 27, 1983. It was also Gale Catlett’s 100th victory as Mountaineer coach.

2. West Virginia defeated Louisville 94-79 on its home court to advance to the 1959 NCAA championship game.

1. West Virginia upset No. 1-ranked North Carolina and No. 5-ranked Kentucky on back-to-back days to win the Kentucky Invitational and claim the nation’s No.1 ranking for the first time in school history on Dec. 24, 1957.