West Virginia’s Upset Win Over No. 3 Boosts Pitt’s Resume

On Wednesday, the West Virginia Mountaineers took down No. 3 Gonzaga in a massive upset.

The Mountaineers were double-digit underdogs in the game, and won.

WVU Basketball Pulls Off Massive Upset of No. 3 Gonzaga

Darian DeVries’ squad won by eight points in overtime after overcoming a double-digit second-half lead from the Zags.

This comes just weeks after Pitt beat West Virginia by 24 at the Petersen Events Center. The Mountaineers have not lost since that game.

“I thought our guys did a great job tonight,” WVU’s head coach DeVries said after the game. “Unfortunately at Pitt, in our first road game, it didn’t go the way we wanted. We told (the players) that’s part of maturing as a team. We just have to make sure we learn from it and the next time it comes up we fix it.”

“We knew we had a lot of things to improve on from that Pitt game,” DeVries’ son and star WVU player Tucker DeVries said. “I think that was the best thing for us going forward. We really dug in and improved on what we needed to improve on. That was leaning on each other more offensively and defensively and I thought the progress showed a lot (Wednesday).”

West Virginia Mountaineers head coach Darian DeVries November 15, 2024 David Hague/PSN

With the win, West Virginia rose 14 spots in Ken Pomeroy’s rankings, from No. 70 all the way up to No. 56. Pitt’s rankings changed for the better on Wednesday as well, as the Panthers moved up to No. 13 in the nation.

With the NCAA’s NET rankings coming out on Monday, the Panthers’ win over West Virginia could become a key one for their resume going forward.