West Virginia’s rebound in the last week of the regular season has nudged the Mountaineers up a spot in the latest NCAA tournament projection.
With the Power 6 conferences wrapping up regular-season play over the weekend, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi released his regular-season finale Bracketology forecast. Lunardi has WVU a No. 7 seed in the Midwest Region. He has West Virginia playing in the St. Louis pod and opening against 10th seeded USC. Creighton (No. 2 seed) and Wright State (15) are in the bracket opposite WVU in St. Louis https://m.espn.com/ncb/bracketology?src=desktop.
CBS Jerry Palm has the Mountaineers as a No. 6 seed in the East Region in his regular-season finale forecast. Palm has West Virginia playing in the Cleveland pod and opening against the play-in game winner of 11 seeds UCLA and Rutgers. Michigan State (3) and North Texas (14) are in the bracket opposite West Virginia in the Cleveland pod https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/.
West Virginia is also a seven seed in the SB Nation forecast. SB Nation has WVU as a seventh seed in the South Region and playing in the St. Louis pod. The projection has the Mountaineers opening against Arizona State (10). Creighton (2) and UC Irvine (15) are in the bracket opposite WVU https://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2020/3/8/21170199/bracketology-2020-college-basketball-ncaa-tournament-bubble-utah-st-texas-ucla-richmond-cincinnati.
