Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Tipoff Time: 7:00PM ET
Location: T-Mobile Center — Kansas City, Missouri
Broadcast Information
Channel: ESPN2
Streaming:ESPN (with TV provider login)
Announcers: Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla, and Angel Gray
Radio: Mountaineer Sports Network (Radio Affiliates) | SiriusXM Channel 198 and Streaming Channel 952 | WVU Gameday App (Apple | Android)
Radio Announcers: Tony Caridi and Brad Howe
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- Spread: BYU -4.5 (-110) / WVU +4.5 (-110)
- Moneyline: BYU -210 / WVU +172
- Total: O/U 143.5 (-106 Over / -114 Under)
(As of 10:30AM ET/March 11, 2026)
Game Preview
West Virginia enters tonight’s game at 18-13 overall, 9-9 in Big 12 play, coming off a 77-62 Senior Night win over UCF that locked up the seven seed and a first-round bye in the conference tournament. The NCAA Tournament bubble is soft this year, and the Mountaineers are on the wrong side of it. Tonight is the first step toward changing that — or the last game of the season.
BYU beat 15-seed Kansas State 105-91 on Tuesday night, with AJ Dybantsa going for 40 points on 15-of-21 shooting — a performance that broke the Big 12 freshman scoring record previously held by Kevin Durant. The Cougars are safely in the NCAA Tournament regardless of what happens this week. West Virginia isn’t. One of these teams needs this win a lot more than the other.
The Game Within The Game
It starts and ends with Dybantsa. In the first meeting on February 29th in Morgantown, Brenen Lorient and Chance Moore held him to four points in the first half — a season low in Big 12 play — before he found his footing for 16 in the second half. WVU won 79-71 anyway. He just put up 40 against Kansas State.
The blueprint from the first meeting is still the blueprint. Get physical with him early, don’t let him attack downhill, and accept that he’s going to get some points. The goal isn’t to shut him down, it’s to make him work for everything and keep Rob Wright from getting loose at the same time. Wright had 23 in Morgantown. Wright had 14 points in Tuesday night’s matchup against Kansas State before taking an elbow to the face, knocking his tooth out of socket with about 12 minutes left in the game. He didn’t return but Kevin Young said after the game that Wright will play this evening.
The other piece is pace. BYU just scored 105 points 24-hours before tipoff. Ross Hodge’s offense is going to look nothing like Kansas State’s. WVU is 7-1 this season when they score 10 or more points in the final four seconds of the shot clock. Run the offense, make BYU’s legs pay for it in the second half.
Honor Huff at the free throw line is also non-negotiable. He was 10-for-10 against UCF on Friday, went 18-for-18 across both meetings with the Knights this season. BYU’s guards are going to have to decide early how they want to play him, and there’s not good answer.
Series History
BYU leads the all-time series 4-2. The Cougars have won three of four since joining the Big 12, including both meetings last season — a 73-69 win in Morgantown and a 77-56 win in Provo. WVU flipped the script on February 28th, building a 40-26 halftime lead and holding on through a second-half BYU push to win 79-71.
By the Numbers
| Category | West Virginia | BYU |
| Record | 18-13 (9-9 Big 12) | 21-10 (9-9 Big 12) |
| Points Per Game | 69.9 | 85.0 |
| Points Allowed Per Game | 64.6 | 76.3 |
| Field Goal % | 44.2% | 47.9% |
| 3PT FG % | 33.0% | 34.7% |
| Free Throw % | 67.9% | 74.5% |
| Rebounds Per Game | 34.7 | 38.7 |
| Assists Per Game | 13.0 | 13.8 |
| Turnovers Forced Per Game | 11.7 | 11.2 |
| Turnovers Committed Per Game | 11.0 | 10.6 |
| Leading Scorer | Honor Huff – 15.8 ppg | AJ Dybantsa – 25.2 ppg |
| Leading Rebounder | Chance Moore – 5.3 rpg | Keba Keita — 7.1 rpg |
Probable Starters
| No. | Player | Position | Height | Class | Stats |
| 1 | Jasper Floyd | G | 6-3 | Sr. | 7.1 ppg, 3.8 rpg |
| 3 | Honor Huff | G | 5-10 | Sr. | 15.8 ppg, 2.4 rpg |
| 52 | Treysen Eaglestaff | G | 6-6 | Sr. | 9.7 ppg, 4.9 rpg |
| 0 | Brenen Lorient | F | 6-9 | Sr. | 11.6 ppg, 5.0 rpg |
| 55 | Harlan Obioha | C | 7-0 | Sr. | 5.2 ppg, 4.7 rpg |
Prediction
The difference in this game comes down to whether WVU can replicate what they did in the first half two weeks ago. They held Dybantsa to four points, built a 14-point lead, and made BYU play their game. The second half got messy — it’s going to get messy again tonight — but WVU scored enough to hold on because five guys hit double figures and Lorient was a problem all night long.
BYU is a better team on a neutral floor coming off a game where they broke 100 points. But they’re also playing their second game in two days, and WVU’s pace is going to make those legs feel it by the second half.
If Honor Huff gets going early and Lorient stays out of foul trouble, this team wins. Those are the two variables that matter most.
West Virginia 73, BYU 68
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