MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia did not beat No. 1 Baylor on Monday night, but the Mountaineers may have answered the question of whether they are an NCAA tournament team in a 63-57 defeat.
“Heck yeah,” Baylor coach Kim Mulkey said emphatically when asked if the Mountaineers belong in the Big Dance.
The Bears (28-1, 18-0 Big 12) completed a perfect run through the Big 12 schedule, but not before getting one of their stoutest challenges of the season from a West Virginia team desperate to work its way into the tourney from its perceived position on the selection committee’s bubble.