MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Some 58 years lapsed since West Virginia defeated top-15 teams in consecutive games, but don’t bother looking to see the last time the Mountaineers knocked off three in a row.
That hasn’t happened.
But there’s an opportunity Tuesday night in Lawrence to pull off the hat trick and perhaps bury the Jayhawks in their quest for a 12th straight Big 12 title. (A two-game deficit with seven games—including a trip to Norman—remaining could be too much to make up.)
West Virginia is surfacing on Final Four darkhorse lists across the media landscape, though a top-10 RPI and a lead on the No.