BUFFALO - West Virginia is back in the Empire State and looking to stick around a little bit longer than it did a year ago when the third-seeded Mountaineers saw their trip to the NCAA Tournament quickly go up in flames in Brooklyn, New York, against 14th-seeded Stephen F. Austin.
Some were predicting a 2016 Final Four run for the Mountaineers before reality hit midway through the first half in the form of Stephen F. Austin guard Thomas Walkup, who scored a game-high 33 points, including 19 from the free throw line.
The Mountaineers’ 14-point loss to the underdog Lumberjacks was one of the more disappointing performances in WVU’s 62-year NCAA Tournament history.