MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Mountaineers were in the hunt for their 20th national championship when the sun rose Saturday. However, it didn’t take long to realize this would not be the Hollywood ending Mountaineer fans had envisioned for the program’s first NCAA national championship event at the WVU Coliseum.
Instead West Virginia settled for a second-place finish, seven points behind TCU’s score of 4699.
“There’s always nerves in a championship like this. I think we felt the nerves a little bit,” said WVU coach Jon Hammond. “I know they did the best they could and tried to keep composed and be as calm as they could under the circumstances.