No. 5 West Virginia pushes past No. 12 Murray State

He joked about scouting West Virginia with his eyes closed after noticing how big they were.

The No. 13 seed Herd captured the hearts of millions with its seven-seconds-or-less offense in Thursday’s upset of No. 4 Wichita State.

The West Virginia vs. Murray State game will air on TNT, and here’s how to watch it online.

He said there’s no motivation necessary beyond leading West Virginia to its third Sweet 16 in four seasons. It just happens that we just matched up against Marshall. The Mountain State rivalry between Marshall and West Virginia will be renewed in San Diego.

GOOD SUPPORT: Marshall had somewhere between 300 and 400 fans scattered around Viejas Arena for its Friday night first-round victory. The Thundering Herd won’t be lacking for motivation against the Mountaineers when the two clash in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday.

But while that was a historic afternoon, Marshall wants more.

“We like the journey we’re on”, D’Antoni said.

This was Murray State’s 16th appearance in the NCAA tournament. Yeah, we have done a lot of stuff that hasn’t been done in a long time, but we want to keep winning. “We’re going to come to play and do our best and get a win”. The guard who has been taking the nation by storm scored 21 points and played almost the whole game.

The Charleston native made four 3s to help him score 27 points in the win versus Wichita State. They extended the lead by as much as 10 points in the succeeding minutes, but senior forward Terrell Miller provided an invaluable surge late in the first half when he converted a huge three with 1:29 remaining in the first to cut the lead to five.

But did we mention, he is WVU’s best offensive player, too? They’re 19-7 against the spread in their last 26 games overall, are 4-1 against the number in their last five non-conference games, and are 4-0 at the betting window in their last four neutral site games. Carter was the catalyst with a three-point play, and a steal where he found Logan Routt for a breakaway dunk and a 58-45 lead. “I’m not sure what the mileage is, but you follow them and you see what they’re doing and I think they’ve done a terrific job”.

It scored 76 points in the first game and assisted on just nine of its baskets, committing almost double the amount of turnovers (17).

Coach Dan D’Antoni, taking cues from the rapid-fire offense his brother Mike utilized in the National Basketball Association, encourages players to play loosely without worrying about a quick hook.

The Marshall Thundering Herd faceoff with the West Virginia Mountaineers in a Field of 32 college basketball matchup.

Huggins had been asked about recruiting to fit his defense and then running three-hour, punishing practices where defense always came first. They also find value in past schedules and team injuries. “They’re a good offensive team all around”. The depth of the WVU basketball team truly showed in this one and that will be key for the rest of the tournament. Oklahoma right ahead of Marshall at No. 2 in average time of possession (14.0 seconds). “I think we have a good team, and we match-up pretty well”.

“Inconsistent perimeter defense isn’t the team’s downfall”.

Our Racers played hard all game-we would get close (took the lead) but just couldn’t maintain and meet their depth.