MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia returns to the Related Press Prime 25 rankings this week, the Mountaineers checking in at No. 23.
Two weeks in the past, WVU cracked the rankings for the primary time in three years when coach Darian DeVries have been ranked 21st following its highway victory at then-seventh-ranked Kansas.
Final Saturday, West Virginia upended second-ranked Iowa State 64-57 on the WVU Coliseum earlier than a Jerry West Day crowd of 14,444.
Guard Javon Small, this week’s Large 12 Participant of the Week, scored 27 factors, grabbed seven rebounds, handed out 5 assists and made 4 steals in an impressive all-around efficiency. At one level late within the recreation, Small scored 12 straight factors for the Mountaineers.
It was the fourth ranked staff and third prime 10 staff West Virginia has defeated this season.
West Virginia (13-4, 4-2) can also be ranked 23rd on this week’s coaches’ ballot. The Mountaineers have been ranked three-straight weeks in that ballot.
This week represents the 265th time in class historical past West Virginia has been within the AP rankings since its first-ever look on Dec. 26, 1950.
WVU stays in Morgantown to face Arizona State on Tuesday evening in a 9 p.m. Large 12 recreation that shall be televised nationally on CBS Sports activities Community.
The Solar Devils misplaced at Cincinnati on Saturday afternoon.