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18th AP Poll Finish for Men's Basketball
March 12, 2018 01:03 PM | Men's Basketball
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - For the 18th time in school history and the sixth under coach Bob Huggins, West Virginia finishes the season in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll.
The Mountaineers this year ended the season ranked 15th, the fourth consecutive season they have accomplished that.
Last year, WVU finished 13th and in 2016 it ended the season ranked No. 8. In 2015, the Mountaineers were ranked 20th.
The Associated Press does not have a poll at the conclusion of the NCAA Tournament.
The six AP poll finishes for Huggins matches Fred Schaus for the most ever at WVU.
Schaus' WVU teams from 1955 to 1960 were all ranked with his 1958 squad ending the year ranked No. 1 in the country. Schaus also had top-10 teams in 1957 (seventh), 1959 (10th) and 1960 (fifth).
Gale Catlett and George King are the only other WVU coach to have multiple teams finish ranked in the AP poll, Catlett's teams doing it in 1982 (15th) and 1989 (17th) and King's teams finished ranked in 1961 (ninth) and 1962 (15th).
John Beilein in 2006 (22nd), George King in 1961 (ninth) and Red Brown in 1952 (ninth) are the only other coaches to have teams with AP poll finishes.
West Virginia All-Time in AP Poll
2018 - 15th
2017 - 13th
2016 - 8th
2015 - 20th
2011 - 22nd
2010 - 6th
2006 - 22nd
1989 - 17th
1982 - 14th
1962 - 15th
1961 - 9th
1960 - 5th
1959 - 10th
1958 - 1st
1957 - 7th
1956 - 20th
1955 - 19th
1952 - 9th
West Virginia (24-10) faces Ohio Valley Conference champion Murray State (26-5) in an NCAA Tournament first round game at Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl on Friday, March 16 at approximately 3:45 p.m. ET.
The game will be televised nationally on TNT.
The Mountaineers this year ended the season ranked 15th, the fourth consecutive season they have accomplished that.
Last year, WVU finished 13th and in 2016 it ended the season ranked No. 8. In 2015, the Mountaineers were ranked 20th.
The Associated Press does not have a poll at the conclusion of the NCAA Tournament.
The six AP poll finishes for Huggins matches Fred Schaus for the most ever at WVU.
Schaus' WVU teams from 1955 to 1960 were all ranked with his 1958 squad ending the year ranked No. 1 in the country. Schaus also had top-10 teams in 1957 (seventh), 1959 (10th) and 1960 (fifth).
Gale Catlett and George King are the only other WVU coach to have multiple teams finish ranked in the AP poll, Catlett's teams doing it in 1982 (15th) and 1989 (17th) and King's teams finished ranked in 1961 (ninth) and 1962 (15th).
John Beilein in 2006 (22nd), George King in 1961 (ninth) and Red Brown in 1952 (ninth) are the only other coaches to have teams with AP poll finishes.
West Virginia All-Time in AP Poll
2018 - 15th
2017 - 13th
2016 - 8th
2015 - 20th
2011 - 22nd
2010 - 6th
2006 - 22nd
1989 - 17th
1982 - 14th
1962 - 15th
1961 - 9th
1960 - 5th
1959 - 10th
1958 - 1st
1957 - 7th
1956 - 20th
1955 - 19th
1952 - 9th
West Virginia (24-10) faces Ohio Valley Conference champion Murray State (26-5) in an NCAA Tournament first round game at Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl on Friday, March 16 at approximately 3:45 p.m. ET.
The game will be televised nationally on TNT.
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