Coming off a single-digit loss total in 2016, with a 26-9 overall record, the West Virginia University men's basketball team finds itself ranked No. 18 in the USA Today Preseason Men's Basketball Coaches Poll. Bob Huggins' teams missed out on the NCAA Tournament in its first two seasons as Big 12 Conference members. He quickly turned that around by producing two of his best seasons since coming back to Morgantown.
The Mountaineers lost three key players after the 2015-2016 season, as Devin Williams left for the NBA and Jonathan Holton and Jaysean Paige graduated. WVU does return starters Jevon Carter, Daxter Miles, Jr.