BUFFALO, N.Y. — If fourth-seeded West Virginia sounds eager to get the NCAA tournament started, it’s because that could end all the rehashing of their first-round upset in 2016.
Yes, Stephen F. Austin was a much-visited topic Wednesday as the Mountaineers prepped for this year’s opener against Bucknell.
“The taste is still in our mouths,” guard Tarik Phillip said. “Coaches’ mouths, players’ mouths. We don’t try to dwell on it too much, but it’s still in the back of our mind that we lost in the first round to a team we should have beat.