Don't look now, but the WVU men's basketball might be for real.
After going 3-0 in a stretch of games against low-major and mid-major competition that were a bit too close for comfort for West Virginia fans, there were questions of exactly how well the Mountaineers would measure up against power conference competition. They got their first chance to prove themselves against such a team when hosting Pitt in The Backyard Brawl at Hope Coliseum on Thursday night, and they did not disappoint.
The Mountaineers asserted themselves as a team that can be competitive against Power 5 competition, looking more dominant than they have all season in a 71-49 win over the Panthers in a game that completed a football-men's basketball sweep of the Mountaineers' biggest rivals.