{"id":661586,"date":"2026-03-08T11:02:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/?p=661586"},"modified":"2026-03-08T11:03:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:03:42","slug":"3-guys-before-the-game-wvu-basketball-ucf-recap-b12-preview-episode-703","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2026\/03\/08\/3-guys-before-the-game-wvu-basketball-ucf-recap-b12-preview-episode-703\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Guys Before The Game &#8211; WVU Basketball- UCF Recap &#038; B12 Preview (Episode 703)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Episode 703: WVU Basketball - UCF Recap \/ Big XII Preview\" src=1171498054f901.html frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=_-29.html><\/script><br \/>\nThe bracket is set. It\u2019s tournament time.<\/p>\n<p>The West Virginia men\u2019s basketball team enters the Big 12 Tournament as the No. 7 seed, earning a coveted first-round bye after closing the regular season with a win over UCF and getting a help from TCU\u2019s victory over Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p>For a team projected to finish 11th in the preseason, the Mountaineers have positioned themselves for a meaningful week in Kansas City. Their tournament run begins Wednesday against the winner of Tuesday\u2019s matchup between Kansas State and BYU.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, the \u201cGuys\u201d recap the regular-season finale against the Knights and examine what lies ahead in the conference tournament. They also preview the WVU women\u2019s appearance in the Big 12 Championship game against TCU.<\/p>\n<p>As always, Hoppy delivers his Obvious Observations, and Brad dives into the numbers with Spreads on Stats to set the statistical stage for the Mountaineers\u2019 postseason path.<\/p>\n<p>3 Guys Before The Game is sponsored by \u2013 <a href=_-126.html>Jan Dils Attorneys at Law<\/a>, <a href=_-127.html>Komax Business Systems<\/a>, <a href=_-128.html>GoMart<\/a>, <a href=_-129.html>Lou Wendell Marine Sales, <\/a><a href=_-130.html>Tudor\u2019s Biscuit World \u00a0<\/a>and <a href=_-131.html>Conley CPA Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to check out the <a href=_-132.html>3 Guys website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Never miss an episode, it&#8217;s free, subscribe below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=id127972471180dd.html><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2208\" src=_-133.html alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=podcasts1af8.html><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2211\" style=\"display: none !important;\" src=_-134.html alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=three-guys-before-the-game8bab.html><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2210\" src=_-135.html \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"3 Guys Before The Game - WVU Basketball- UCF Recap &amp; B12 Preview (Episode 703)\" src=player419d.html width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bracket is set and WVU heads to Kansas City as the No. 7 seed \u2014 the \u201cGuys\u201d break down the Mountaineers\u2019 tournament path and preview the WVU women\u2019s Big 12 Championship matchup with TCU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":661585,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-661586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wvu-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>3 Guys Before The Game - WVU Basketball- UCF Recap &amp; B12 Preview (Episode 703) - WV MetroNews<\/title>\n
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