MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (September 4, 2008) – West Virginia
University Director of Athletics Ed Pastilong and the BIG EAST have
announced the 2008-09 men’s basketball schedule.
BIG EAST schools visiting Morgantown will be Pitt,
Connecticut, Louisville, Villanova, Providence, St. John’s, Notre Dame,
DePaul and USF. For the second year in a row, the BIG EAST will play an
18-game format that allows teams to play each opponent once and three
teams twice. West Virginia will play home-and-home games with Pitt,
Louisville and USF.
The Mountaineers will play 13 non-conference contests, including four
games in the Las Vegas Invitational. As part of the Las Vegas
Invitational, West Virginia will play Longwood at home and Delaware
State in Charleston before traveling to Las Vegas to play two games
against Iowa and either Kansas State or Kentucky.
West Virginia will open the regular season Nov. 15 at home
against Elon and will also play Cleveland State, Miami University (Ohio)
and Radford at the WVU Coliseum.
The Mountaineers will open BIG EAST play at Seton Hall on
Saturday, Jan. 3. WVU will play its home BIG EAST opener against
Connecticut on Tuesday, Jan. 6.
WVU will play road games at Mississippi, Duquesne and Ohio
State and a neutral site game against Davidson in the Jimmy V Classic at
Madison Square Garden. In addition to Delaware State, the Mountaineers
will play their annual game against Marshall in Charleston.
In 2009-10, Mississippi and Ohio State will return the
games to Morgantown.
WVU’s nationally-televised games this season will be vs.
Davidson (ESPN), at Ohio State (CBS), at Georgetown (ESPN or ESPN2), at
Syracuse (ESPN), at Pitt (ESPN), Villanova (ESPN), Notre Dame (ESPN2),
at Cincinnati (ESPN or ESPN2) and Louisville (ESPN, also ESPN College
GameDay). The championship game of the Las Vegas Invitational will be
televised by ESPN2. All remaining league games will air on ESPNU, ESPN
Regional/BIG EAST Network or ESPN 360.
“Top to bottom, I think the BIG EAST will be loaded this
season,” says Head Coach Bob Huggins. “We believe our schedule has
enough balance to prepare us for a tough BIG EAST schedule.”
The Mountaineers will play an exhibition game on Saturday,
Nov. 8, against Mountain State at the WVU Coliseum. Game times and the
rest of the television games will be announced in October. Basketball
practice begins Friday, Oct. 17.
The complete WVU men’s schedule:
Day Date Opponent
Site Location
Saturday Nov. 8 Mountain State (exhibition) WVU
Coliseum Morgantown
Saturday Nov. 15 Elon
WVU Coliseum Morgantown
Thursday Nov. 20 Longwood ^
WVU Coliseum Morgantown
Tuesday Nov. 25 vs. Delaware State ^
Charleston Civic Center Charleston
Friday Nov. 28 vs. Iowa ^
Orleans Arena Las Vegas, Nev.
Saturday Nov. 29 vs. Kansas State or Kentucky ^ Orleans
Arena Las Vegas, Nev.
WednesdayDec. 3 at Mississippi
Smith Coliseum Oxford, Miss.
Saturday Dec. 6 Cleveland State
WVU Coliseum Morgantown
Tuesday Dec. 9 vs. Davidson $
Madison Square Garden New York, N.Y.
Saturday Dec. 13 at Duquesne
A.J. Palumbo Center Pittsburgh, Pa.
Saturday Dec. 20 Miami University (Ohio) WVU
Coliseum Morgantown
Tuesday Dec. 23 Radford
WVU Coliseum Morgantown
Saturday Dec. 27 at Ohio State
Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio
Saturday Jan. 3 at Seton Hall
Prudential Center Newark, N.J.
Tuesday Jan. 6 Connecticut
WVU Coliseum Morgantown
Saturday Jan. 10 at Marquette
Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisc.
WednesdayJan. 14 vs. Marshall +
Charleston Civic Center Charleston
Saturday Jan. 17 USF
WVU Coliseum Morgantown
Thursday Jan. 22 at Georgetown
Verizon Center Washington, D.C.
Sunday Jan. 25 Pitt
WVU Coliseum Morgantown
WednesdayJan. 28 St. John’s
WVU Coliseum Morgantown
Saturday Jan. 31 at Louisville
Freedom Hall Louisville, Ky.
WednesdayFeb. 4 at Syracuse
Carrier Dome Syracuse, N.Y.
Saturday Feb. 7 Providence
WVU Coliseum Morgantown
Monday Feb. 9 at Pitt
Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, Pa.
Friday Feb. 13 Villanova
WVU Coliseum Morgantown
WednesdayFeb. 18 Notre Dame WVU
Coliseum Morgantown
Sunday Feb. 22 at Rutgers
Rutgers Athletic Center Piscataway, N.J.
Thursday Feb. 26 at Cincinnati
Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, Ohio
Sunday Mar. 1 at USF
Sun Dome Tampa, Fla.
WednesdayMar. 4 DePaul
WVU Coliseum Morgantown
Saturday Mar. 7 Louisville
WVU Coliseum Morgantown
Tues.-Sat. Mar. 10-14 BIG EAST Championship Madison
Square Garden New York, N.Y.
^ Las Vegas Invitational
$ Jimmy V Classic
+ Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic
LAS VEGAS INVITATIONAL TICKETS ON SALE
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (September 4, 2008) -Basketball tickets for
West Virginia University's appearance in the Las Vegas Invitational at
the Orleans Arena are now on sale at the Mountaineer Ticket Office.
WVU will play Iowa on Friday, Nov. 28, and then face either
Kentucky or Kansas State on Saturday, Nov. 29. Tickets are priced at
$136 or $115, depending on seat location. The ticket prices include all
sessions on Friday and Saturday. Single-game tickets are not available.
To order tickets, visit WVUGAME.com or call 1-800-WVU GAME
