The Mountaineers haven't lost consecutive games since they fell to Clemson and Xavier in the Shriners Children's Charleston Classic at the beginning of the season.
It feels like West Virginia has no shot of making the NCAA Tournament, but mathematically speaking, they're still alive for an at-large bid. They need to finish these final five games strong, and it all starts today against TCU (16-10, 6-7).
After suffering a devastating loss earlier in the week to the Utah Utes, the West Virginia Mountaineers are ready to move on and try to get back in the win column against TCU, which marks the first of a two-game road trip.
The West Virginia was held scoreless for four innings, but the bats came alive and the Mountaineers (4-0) posted 12 runs in four innings to hammer the Liberty Flames (2-2) Friday night 12-0.
It's unlikely that West Virginia makes the NCAA Tournament at this stage, given that they have a Quad 3 home loss on their schedule in addition to a pair of losses to Xavier and Wake Forest that aren't going to be received well by the selection committee.
The No. 25 West Virginia Mountaineers (3-0) will navigate through the mountains and into Lynchburg, Virginia to face the Liberty Flames (2-1) for a three-game weekend series.
Tomorrow night, Steve Sabins' West Virginia Mountaineers will open up a three-game series on the road against the Liberty Flames, who were picked to finish seventh in the Conference USA preseason poll.
Thursday morning, the West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team announced that their home opener against Canisius, which was scheduled for February 24th, has been canceled, due to "forecasted cold temperatures, per school release.
Essentially, a whole new roster will take the field next fall for the West Virginia Mountaineers, and considering how things went last year, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
West Virginia doesn't live and die by the three-point shot by any stretch of the imagination, but it's certainly an area of the game that has really cost them in conference play.
A lot needed to happen for West Virginia down the stretch to be able to have a shot at making the NCAA Tournament. After last night's head-scratching loss to Utah, the path just became even more difficult.
The only thing that couldn't happen last night happened. West Virginia fell into the trap of playing a bad team in the middle of the week with a light crowd and a late tip.
The NCAA Tournament bubble may have just burst for West Virginia as they fell to Utah on Wednesday night, dropping their third straight game at home. Here are my initial thoughts from this one...
The West Virginia Mountaineers (16-9, 7-5) welcome the Utah Utes (9-16, 1-11) to Hope Coliseum Wednesday night. Tip-off is set for approximately 8:30 p.m.