MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - All eyes will be on Lawrence, Kansas tonight when 10th-ranked West Virginia and No. 6 Kansas hook up for a second time this year with a share of first place in the best basketball conference in America on the line.
The Mountaineers (19-4, 8-2) are currently a half game up on Kansas (19-4, 7-3) and Oklahoma in the Big 12 standings, the Sooners keeping pace with their come-from-behind, 63-60 victory over Texas in Norman on Monday night.
A West Virginia victory tonight would keep the Mountaineers a full game ahead of Oklahoma with the rematch coming up 11 days from now in Morgantown, and would give them a two-game advantage over the Jayhawks in the loss column with less than a month of regular season play remaining.