West Virginia

Heartbreak#4235.2

Big 12 · Morgantown, Morgantown, West Virginia

The Heartbreak Index5.2 · #423

The Damned · Never won it, waiting since 1904

5.2

Heartbreak

#423

of 1,138 clubs

#20

in CBB

4.4

agony · 0.8 despair

The clocks

First CBB title since 19049.4
CBB final appearance since 19591.8

Heaviest wounds

fell one round short, 2010 · lost the final, 1959 · playoff run died early, 2005

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1895-1202

All-time

0.612

Win %

NCAA titles

Final Fours

Tourney apps

#1 seeds

Weeks at #1

All-Americans

Greatest tournament games

West Virginia’s top NCAA tournament games of all time by Game Score.

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#13 West Virginia 58-61 #2 Gonzaga

SAP Center, San Francisco-San Jose, California

Sweet 16

2017 · Mar 23, 2017 · Regional Semifinals

2.05

Game Score

West Virginia 75-74 #9 Cincinnati

Boise State University Pavilion, Boise, Idaho

1998 · Mar 14, 1998 · Second Round

2.04

Game Score

#8 West Virginia 56-70 Stephen F. Austin

Barclays Center, New York, New York

2016 · Mar 18, 2016 · First Round

2.04

Game Score

#1 West Virginia 84-89 Manhattan

Madison Square Garden III, New York, New York

1958 · Mar 11, 1958 · First Round

2.02

Game Score

#10 West Virginia 70-71 #11 California

Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky

National Title

1959 · Mar 22, 1959 · Championship Game

2.00

Game Score

#5 West Virginia 81-82 #12 NYU (OT)

Charlotte Coliseum I, Charlotte, North Carolina

1960 · Mar 11, 1960 · Second Round

1.94

Game Score

West Virginia 73-67 #9 Duke

Verizon Center, Washington-Baltimore, DC

2008 · Mar 22, 2008 · Second Round

1.75

Game Score

#6 West Virginia 68-59 Missouri

HSBC Arena, Buffalo, New York

2010 · Mar 21, 2010 · Second Round

1.50

Game Score

#13 West Virginia 72-75 Syracuse

Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana

2021 · Mar 21, 2021 · Second Round

1.49

Game Score

#6 West Virginia 73-66 #2 Kentucky

Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York

Elite Eight

2010 · Mar 27, 2010 · Regional Finals

1.48

Game Score

#			Round	Match
1	Mar 23, 2017	2017	Regional Semifinals	#13 West Virginia 58-61 #2 Gonzaga SAP Center, San Francisco-San Jose, California Sweet 16	2.05
2	Mar 14, 1998	1998	Second Round	West Virginia 75-74 #9 Cincinnati Boise State University Pavilion, Boise, Idaho	2.04
3	Mar 18, 2016	2016	First Round	#8 West Virginia 56-70 Stephen F. Austin Barclays Center, New York, New York	2.04
4	Mar 11, 1958	1958	First Round	#1 West Virginia 84-89 Manhattan Madison Square Garden III, New York, New York	2.02
5	Mar 22, 1959	1959	Championship Game	#10 West Virginia 70-71 #11 California Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky National Title	2.00
6	Mar 11, 1960	1960	Second Round	#5 West Virginia 81-82 #12 NYU (OT) Charlotte Coliseum I, Charlotte, North Carolina	1.94
7	Mar 22, 2008	2008	Second Round	West Virginia 73-67 #9 Duke Verizon Center, Washington-Baltimore, DC	1.75
8	Mar 21, 2010	2010	Second Round	#6 West Virginia 68-59 Missouri HSBC Arena, Buffalo, New York	1.50
9	Mar 21, 2021	2021	Second Round	#13 West Virginia 72-75 Syracuse Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana	1.49
10	Mar 27, 2010	2010	Regional Finals	#6 West Virginia 73-66 #2 Kentucky Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York Elite Eight	1.48

Season by season

2027 · West Virginia

Big 12

Record

0-0

Conf record

—

SRS

—

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2026 · West Virginia

Big 12

Record

21-14

Conf record

9-9

—

SRS

#52

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2025 · West Virginia

Big 12

Record

19-13

Conf record

10-10

—

SRS

#41

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2024 · West Virginia

Big 12

Record

9-23

Conf record

4-14

—

SRS

#117

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2023 · West Virginia

Big 12

Record

19-15

Conf record

7-11

—

SRS

#17

Seed

Tournament

NCAA tournament

2022 · West Virginia

Big 12

Record

16-17

Conf record

4-14

—

SRS

#60

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2021 · West Virginia

Big 12

Record

19-10

Conf record

11-6

#13

SRS

#24

Seed

Tournament

NCAA tournament

2020 · West Virginia

Big 12

Record

21-10

Conf record

9-9

#24

SRS

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2019 · West Virginia

Big 12

Record

15-21

Conf record

4-14

—

SRS

#86

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2018 · West Virginia

Big 12

Record

26-11

Conf record

11-7

#15

SRS

Seed

Tournament

Sweet 16

2017 · West Virginia

Big 12

Record

28-9

Conf record

12-6

#13

SRS

Seed

Tournament

Sweet 16

2016 · West Virginia

Big 12

Record

26-9

Conf record

13-5

SRS

Seed

Tournament

NCAA tournament

Year	School	Record	Conference	Conf	AP	SRS	Seed	Tournament
2027	West Virginia	0-0	Big 12
2026	West Virginia	21-14	Big 12	9-9		#52
2025	West Virginia	19-13	Big 12	10-10		#41
2024	West Virginia	9-23	Big 12	4-14		#117
2023	West Virginia	19-15	Big 12	7-11		#17	9	NCAA tournament
2022	West Virginia	16-17	Big 12	4-14		#60
2021	West Virginia	19-10	Big 12	11-6	#13	#24	3	NCAA tournament
2020	West Virginia	21-10	Big 12	9-9	#24	#9
2019	West Virginia	15-21	Big 12	4-14		#86
2018	West Virginia	26-11	Big 12	11-7	#15	#9	5	Sweet 16
2017	West Virginia	28-9	Big 12	12-6	#13	#3	4	Sweet 16
2016	West Virginia	26-9	Big 12	13-5	#8	#6	3	NCAA tournament
2015	West Virginia	25-10	Big 12	11-7	#20	#24	5	Sweet 16
2014	West Virginia	17-16	Big 12	9-9		#43		NIT
2013	West Virginia	13-19	Big 12	6-12		#107
2012	West Virginia	19-14	Big East	9-9		#36	10	NCAA tournament
2011	West Virginia	21-12	Big East	11-7	#22	#20	5	NCAA tournament
2010	West Virginia	31-7	Big East ◆	13-5	#6	#7	2	Final Four
2009	West Virginia	23-12	Big East	10-8		#9	6	NCAA tournament
2008	West Virginia	26-11	Big East	11-7		#13	7	Sweet 16
2007	West Virginia	27-9	Big East	9-7		#28		NIT
2006	West Virginia	22-11	Big East	11-5	#22	#18	6	Sweet 16
2005	West Virginia	24-11	Big East	8-8		#38	7	Elite Eight
2004	West Virginia	17-14	Big East	7-9		#87		NIT
2003	West Virginia	14-15	Big East	5-11		#109
2002	West Virginia	8-20	Big East	1-15		#164
2001	West Virginia	17-12	Big East	8-8		#109		NIT
2000	West Virginia	14-14	Big East	6-10		#111
1999	West Virginia	10-19	Big East	4-14		#117
1998	West Virginia	24-9	Big East	11-7		#19	10	Sweet 16
1997	West Virginia	21-10	Big East	11-7		#28		NIT
1996	West Virginia	12-15	Big East	7-11		#49
1995	West Virginia	13-13	Atlantic 10	7-9		#102
1994	West Virginia	17-12	Atlantic 10	8-8		#65		NIT
1993	West Virginia	17-12	Atlantic 10	7-7		#41		NIT
1992	West Virginia	20-12	Atlantic 10	10-6		#53	12	NCAA tournament
1991	West Virginia	17-14	Atlantic 10	10-8		#49		NIT
1990	West Virginia	16-12	Atlantic 10	11-7		#86
1989	West Virginia	26-5	Atlantic 10 ★	17-1	#17	#42	7	NCAA tournament
1988	West Virginia	18-14	Atlantic 10	12-6		#72		NIT
1987	West Virginia	23-8	Atlantic 10	15-3		#42	7	NCAA tournament
1986	West Virginia	22-11	Atlantic 10	15-3		#60	9	NCAA tournament
1985	West Virginia	20-9	Atlantic 10 ★	16-2		#79		NIT
1984	West Virginia	20-12	Atlantic 10 ◆	9-9		#104	11	NCAA tournament
1983	West Virginia	23-8	Atlantic 10 ★ ◆	10-4		#41	7	NCAA tournament
1982	West Virginia	27-4	Eastern 8 ★	13-1	#14	#73	5	NCAA tournament
1981	West Virginia	23-10	Eastern 8	9-4		#61		NIT
1980	West Virginia	15-14	Eastern 8	4-6		#79
1979	West Virginia	16-12	Eastern 8	7-3		#128
1978	West Virginia	12-16	Eastern Collegiate	3-7		#127
1977	West Virginia	18-11	Eastern Collegiate ★	5-5		#45
1976	West Virginia	15-13	Independent			#67
1975	West Virginia	14-13	Independent			#95
1974	West Virginia	10-15	Independent			#109
1973	West Virginia	10-15	Independent			#140
1972	West Virginia	13-11	Independent			#78
1971	West Virginia	13-12	Independent			#82
1970	West Virginia	11-15	Independent			#130
1969	West Virginia	12-14	Independent			#130
1968	West Virginia	19-9	Southern	9-2		#86		NIT
1967	West Virginia	19-9	Southern ★ ◆	9-1		#56		NCAA tournament
1966	West Virginia	19-9	Southern	8-2		#72
1965	West Virginia	14-15	Southern ◆	8-6		#85		NCAA tournament
1964	West Virginia	18-10	Southern	11-3		#59
1963	West Virginia	23-8	Southern ★ ◆	11-2		#30		Sweet 16
1962	West Virginia	24-6	Southern ★ ◆	12-1		#25		NCAA tournament
1961	West Virginia	23-4	Southern ★	11-1	#9	#38
1960	West Virginia	26-5	Southern ◆	9-2	#5	#8		Sweet 16
1959	West Virginia	29-5	Southern ★ ◆	11-0	#10	#9		Final Four
1958	West Virginia	26-2	Southern ★ ◆	12-0	#1	#7		NCAA tournament
1957	West Virginia	25-5	Southern ★ ◆	12-0	#7	#28		NCAA tournament
1956	West Virginia	21-9	Southern ★ ◆	10-2	#14	#82		NCAA tournament
1955	West Virginia	19-11	Southern ★ ◆	9-1	#19	#91		NCAA tournament
1954	West Virginia	12-11	Southern	6-4		#89
1953	West Virginia	19-7	Southern	11-3		#62
1952	West Virginia	23-4	Southern ★	15-1	#9	#25
1951	West Virginia	18-9	Southern	9-3		#86
1950	West Virginia	13-11	Independent			#83
1949	West Virginia	18-6	Independent
1948	West Virginia	17-3	Independent
1947	West Virginia	19-3	Independent					NIT
1946	West Virginia	24-3	Independent					NIT
1945	West Virginia	12-6	Independent					NIT
1944	West Virginia	8-11	Independent
1943	West Virginia	14-7	Independent
1942	West Virginia	19-4	Independent					NIT
1941	West Virginia	13-10	Independent
1940	West Virginia	13-6	Independent
1939	West Virginia	10-9	EIC	4-6
1938	West Virginia	6-13	EIC	2-8
1937	West Virginia	9-14	EIC	3-7
1936	West Virginia	16-8	EIC	6-4
1935	West Virginia	16-6	EIC ★	6-2
1934	West Virginia	14-5	EIC	7-3
1933	West Virginia	10-14	EIC	1-7
1932	West Virginia	7-14	Independent
1931	West Virginia	9-11	Independent
1930	West Virginia	11-10	Independent
1929	West Virginia	16-6	Independent
1928	West Virginia	13-7	Independent
1927	West Virginia	10-8	Independent
1926	West Virginia	10-11	Independent
1925	West Virginia	6-11	Independent
1924	West Virginia	14-2	Independent
1923	West Virginia	12-7	Independent
1922	West Virginia	8-13	Independent
1921	West Virginia	11-9	Independent
1920	West Virginia	12-10	Independent
1919	West Virginia	8-8	Independent
1918	West Virginia	4-13	Independent
1917	West Virginia	8-8	Independent
1916	West Virginia	11-7	Independent
1915	West Virginia	10-10	Independent
1908	West Virginia	3-7	Independent
1907	West Virginia	4-8	Independent
1906	West Virginia	5-4	Independent
1905	West Virginia	6-9	Independent
1904	West Virginia	4-3	Independent

Consensus All-Americans

14 AP All-American selections.

Jevon Carter2018

Kevin Jones2012

Da’Sean Butler2010

Wilbert Robinson1972

Rod Thorn1963

Rod Thorn1962

Jerry West1960

Jerry West1959

Lloyd Sharrar1958

Jerry West1958

Rodney Hundley1957

Rodney Hundley1956

Year	Player
2018	Jevon Carter
2012	Kevin Jones
2010	Da’Sean Butler
1972	Wilbert Robinson
1963	Rod Thorn
1962	Rod Thorn
1960	Jerry West
1959	Jerry West
1958	Lloyd Sharrar
1958	Jerry West
1957	Rodney Hundley
1956	Rodney Hundley
1952	Mark Workman
1951	Mark Workman

NBA first-round picks

18 first-round NBA draft selections from this program.

Joe Alexander2008

Last college yr: 2008

Joe Alexander2008

Last college yr: 2007

Joe Alexander2008

Last college yr: 2006

Ron Williams1968

Last college yr: 1968

Ron Williams1968

Last college yr: 1967

Ron Williams1968

Last college yr: 1966

Rod Thorn1963

Last college yr: 1963

Rod Thorn1963

Last college yr: 1962

Rod Thorn1963

Last college yr: 1961

Jerry West1960

Last college yr: 1960

Jerry West1960

Last college yr: 1959

Jerry West1960

Last college yr: 1958

Draft	Player	Last college yr
2008	Joe Alexander	2008
2008	Joe Alexander	2007
2008	Joe Alexander	2006
1968	Ron Williams	1968
1968	Ron Williams	1967
1968	Ron Williams	1966
1963	Rod Thorn	1963
1963	Rod Thorn	1962
1963	Rod Thorn	1961
1960	Jerry West	1960
1960	Jerry West	1959
1960	Jerry West	1958
1957	Hot Rod Hundley	1957
1957	Hot Rod Hundley	1956
1957	Hot Rod Hundley	1955
1952	Mark Workman	1952
1952	Mark Workman	1951
1952	Mark Workman	1950

The Heartbreak Index5.2 · #423▸

Greatest tournament games

Season by season

Consensus All-Americans

NBA first-round picks

The Heartbreak Index5.2 · #423