It is never too early to start looking at who is a top 25 team in college basketball. ESPN holds true to this motto and in their latest version of the “Way-Too-Early-Top-25” they have ranked the Mountaineers #9 for the upcoming season.
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First Way-Too-Early ranking: 8
Last season, West Virginia forced turnovers on 27.6 percent of its opponents' possessions. On average, the Mountaineers neutralized more than one-quarter of an opposing team's trips down the floor. That harassment won't stop in 2017-18. Jevon Carter (13.