Following an 80-76 comeback win over the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Saturday, the West Virginia Mountaineers improved their record to 16-3 with a 5-2 conference record. Prior to the victory, Bob Huggins‘ team had lost two in a row to conference foes Oklahoma and Texas due to a lack of success from their frontcourt players, and it nearly cost them again against Texas Tech.
Entering the season, junior forward Devin Williams was expected to be one of the most dominant big men in the Big 12 after averaging 11.