The #1 NBA draft pick is coming to Morgantown. Can WVU stop the bleeding?

Date: Saturday, February 28, 2026

Tipoff Time: 5:30PM ET

Location: Hope Coliseum — Morgantown, West Virginia

Broadcast Information

Channel: FOX

Streaming: Fox Sports app (with TV provider login)

Announcers: Kevin Kugler and LaPhonso Ellis

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Radio: Mountaineer Sports Network (Radio Affiliates) | SiriusXM Channel 388 and Streaming Channel 978 | WVU Gameday App (Apple | Android)

Radio Announcers: Tony Caridi and Brad Howe

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Spread: BYU -2.5 (-102) / WVU +2.5 (-120)

Moneyline: BYU -140 / WVU +116

Total: O/U 140.5 (-110 both sides)

(As of 7:00AM ET/February 28, 2026)

Game Preview

AJ Dybantsa comes to town as the presumptive No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft. 6’9”, averaging 25.1 points and 6.8 rebounds per game, and has functionally taken over as BYU’s de facto point guard. He’s the guy every defense has had to scheme around all year, and nobody has really stopped him.

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WVU is 16-12, 7-8 in Big 12 play, and coming off three straight losses that have most likely knocked them off the bubble. The pattern in those losses is what matters — turnovers at the worst possible moments, defensive breakdowns late, a rebounding unit that led the conference most of the season and has now allowed three of their four highest opponent offensive rebounding totals in those last three games. The free throw line has been a problem as well. Over the last three games, the Mountaineers’ opponents have gone to the stripe 29 more times than WVU has.

This team is still capable. Ross Hodge said it best this week — none of those three loses felt like a wall you can’t climb. They were a rebound here, a free throw there, a made shot at the right moment. But you can’t have those same issues pop up each game in a league where the margin for error is razor thin.

The Cougars are coming in a bit desperate too, in their own way….

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Publish date : 2026-02-28 12:00:00

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