Tuesday night's victory over #1 Kansas was their first in over 30 years against the nation's top ranked team. Here's a quick history of West Virginia's battles with college basketball's best.
On Tuesday night, on a snowy evening in Morgantown, the West Virginia Mountaineers picked up their first victory over a #1 ranked team in over 30 years.
Six times between February 27th, 1983 and January 12th, 2016, West Virginia had an opportunity to make history.
Six times they came up short.
There were the two A-10 conference games against #1 Temple within five days of each other: A 62-61 loss in Morgantown on 2/23/1988 followed shortly after by a 78-69 loss on 2/28/1988 to the Owls at McGonigle Hall in Philly.