MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University and the Big 12 Conference have announced the game times and television schedule for the 2016-17 men’s basketball season.
The Mountaineers will have all 31 of their regular season games on television, including 22 regular season games on national television (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS). ROOT SPORTS Pittsburgh will televise eight contests, and Nexstar Broadcasting Group will televise one game on its statewide television affiliates. There will be no television or livestreaming for the exhibition game.
The exhibition game time against WVU Tech in Beckley will be determined once the WVU-Oklahoma State football time is announced.
Fans will get their first opportunity to see the Mountaineers in the Gold-Blue Debut, an intrasquad scrimmage that will be free of charge at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va., on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m.
Day Date Opponent Location TV Time
Thurs Oct. 13 Gold-Blue Debut Wheeling 7 p.m.
Sat Oct. 29 WVU Tech (exhibition) Beckley TBA
Fri Nov. 11 Mount St. Mary’s Morgantown ROOT SPORTS 7 p.m.
Mon Nov. 14 Mississippi Valley State Morgantown ROOT SPORTS 7 p.m.
Sun Nov. 20 New Hampshire & Morgantown ROOT SPORTS 1 p.m.
Thurs Nov. 24 vs. Illinois ^ Brooklyn, N.Y. ESPN2 or ESPNU 2:30 p.m.
Fri Nov. 25 vs. Florida State or Temple ^ Brooklyn, N.Y. ESPN2 or ESPNU 12:30/3 p.m.
Mon Nov. 28 Manhattan & Morgantown ROOT SPORTS 7 p.m.
Sat Dec. 3 at Virginia Charlottesville, Va. ESPNU 2 p.m.
Wed Dec. 7 vs. Western Carolina Charleston ROOT SPORTS 7 p.m.
Sat Dec. 10 VMI Morgantown ROOT SPORTS 2 p.m.
Sat Dec. 17 UMKC Morgantown ROOT SPORTS 2 p.m.
Tues Dec. 20 Radford Morgantown Nexstar 7 p.m.
Fri Dec. 23 Northern Kentucky Morgantown ROOT SPORTS 4 p.m.
Fri Dec. 30 at Oklahoma State * Stillwater, Okla. ESPN2 4 p.m.
Tues Jan. 3 at Texas Tech * Lubbock, Texas ESPNEWS 9:15 p.m.
Sat Jan. 7 TCU * Morgantown ESPNU 1 p.m.
Tues Jan. 10 Baylor * Morgantown ESPN2 7 p.m.
Sat Jan. 14 at Texas * Austin, Texas ESPN or ESPN2 4 p.m.
Wed Jan. 18 Oklahoma * Morgantown ESPN2 7 p.m.
Sat Jan. 21 at Kansas State * Manhattan, Kan. ESPNU 4 p.m.
Tues Jan. 24 Kansas * Morgantown ESPN2 7 p.m.
Sat Jan. 28 Texas A&M $ Morgantown ESPN Noon
Tues Jan. 31 at Iowa State * Ames, Iowa ESPN2 9 p.m.
Sat Feb. 4 Oklahoma State * Morgantown ESPNU 5 p.m.
Wed Feb. 8 at Oklahoma * Norman, Okla. ESPN2 9 p.m.
Sat Feb. 11 Kansas State * Morgantown ESPN or ESPN2 Noon
Mon Feb. 13 at Kansas * Lawrence, Kan. ESPN 9 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 18 Texas Tech * Morgantown ESPN or ESPN2 2 p.m.
Mon Feb. 20 Texas * Morgantown ESPN 9 p.m.
Sat Feb. 25 at TCU * Fort Worth, Texas ESPN or ESPN2 Noon/2 p.m.
Mon Feb. 27 at Baylor * Waco, Texas ESPNU 7 p.m.
Fri Mar. 3 Iowa State * Morgantown ESPN2 7 p.m.
Wed-
Sat Mar. 8-11 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Kansas City, Mo. ESPN/ESPN2/ TBD
ESPNU
& NIT Season Tip-Off, Morgantown, W.Va.
^ NIT Season Tip-Off, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.
$ SEC/Big 12 Challenge
* Big 12 Conference Game
- ALL DATES AND TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE FOR TELEVISION
- All Times Eastern
