Here’s how to watch and hear West Virginia vs. Georgetown

The West Virginia Mountaineers (5-2) welcome an old Big East rival, the Georgetown Hoyas (7-1), to Morgantown as part of the Big 12-Big East Challenge.

History of the West Virginia vs. Georgetown series

Georgetown leads 26-27

Last meeting: WVU 80, Georgetown 71 (December 6, 2020, in Washington, DC)

When: Friday, December 6th

Location: Morgantown, WV, WVU Coliseum (14,000)

Tip: 7:00 p.m. EST

TV: ESPN2

announcer: Chuckie Kempf and Jon Crispin

Radio: Tony Caridi (PBP), Brad Howe (Analyst) Mountaineer Sports Network from Learfield IMG College (Radio Partner)

WVU game notes

– West Virginia is 2-3 in the Big 12-Big East battle. The Mountaineers defeated UConn at home in 2021 and won at Georgetown in 2020. The Mountaineers lost at home to St. John’s last season, to Xavier in 2022 and to St. John’s in 2019.

– West Virginia was a member of the Big East Conference from 1995 to 2012 and won the Big East Conference in 2010.

– West Virginia has won 85 of its last 92 home games in December.

– Javon Small was named co-Big 12 Player of the Week on Dec. 2 and Tucker DeVries was named Big 12 Freshman of the Week on Dec. 2. Both were named to the Battle 4 Atlantis All-Tournament Team.

– Small was named the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week on December 3rd.

– With a win over No. 3 Gonzaga, WVU defeated a top-5 AP team for the second straight year. Last season, the Mountaineers defeated No. 3 Kansas 91-85 in Morgantown.

– West Virginia played three consecutive overtime games for the first time in school history.

– WVU has a 139-13 record at home against non-conference teams over the last 23 years and has won 120 of its last 131 games.

– WVU is 612-187 (.778) all-time at WVU Coliseum over the last 21 seasons and 253-73 at WVU Coliseum.

– West Virginia has a 203-56 record against non-conference teams in regular season games over the last 21 seasons.

– The Mountaineers have posted a non-conference winning record in 31 of the last 32 seasons.

– WVU has a 265-99 record in its last 364 games against unranked teams, including 148 of the last 180 wins at WVU Coliseum.

– West Virginia is the only team in the country to have two players on the same team who averaged more than 20 points per game last season – Tucker DeVries (21.6 ppg) and Jayden Stone (20.8 ppg).

– Darian DeVries, who led Drake to six consecutive 20-win seasons and had a .731 winning percentage as a head coach, was named the 23rd head men’s basketball coach at West Virginia University on March 24, 2024.

– DeVries has a 155-57 (.731) record in seven seasons as a head coach, including a 60-17 (.779) mark over the past two or more seasons.

– West Virginia is only scoring 2.8 percent of its points compared to last year’s team (Ofri Naveh).

– The Mountaineers are led by two transfer players: Tucker DeVries (Drake) and Javon Small (Oklahoma State). Last season, DeVries was named All-American Honorable Mention by the Associated Press, while Small earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention honors.

– Additionally, Eduardo Andre (Fresno State), Joseph Yesufu (Washington State), Sencire Harris (Illinois), Amani Hansberry (Illinois) and Jayden Stone (Detroit Mercy) will all see plenty of action this season.

– The WVU team has a wealth of experience with college basketball experience. Entering this season, they have played a combined 806 games, made 442 starts, scored 7,606 points, grabbed 3,304 rebounds and dished out 1,248 assists.

– Tucker DeVries was named to the 20-man Julius Erving Preseason Watch List, given annually to the best small forward in the country.

– Tucker DeVries was named to the preseason Naismith Trophy Men’s College Player of the Year watch list.

– Tucker DeVries was named to the John R. Wooden Award Top 50 Preseason Watch List.

– Tucker DeVries scored the most points (1,867) of any senior (four-year player only) competing this season. He ranks eighth overall in career scoring among returning players (including fifth-year players) and third in the Big 12 Conference.

– Entering this season, Tucker DeVries scored the fifth-most points in college basketball since 2021-22. He is one of 12 players to score 1,800 or more points since 2021-22.

– Tucker DeVries recorded 98 double-digit games.

– Tucker DeVries is 29 points away from reaching 2,000 points for his career.

– Toby Okani needs 11 more points to reach 1,000 in his career.

– Javon Small is 82 points shy of scoring 1,000 points in his career.

– Darian DeVries is 72-2 when scoring 80 or more points in a game and 136-17 when scoring 70 or more points.

– Darian DeVries is 110-21 when holding opponents to 69 points or fewer and 52-6 when holding opponents to 59 points or fewer.

— West Virginia was projected by the league’s head coaches to finish 13th in the preseason Big 12 poll.

– West Virginia has made at least one 3-point field goal in 871 consecutive games.

– The Mountaineers have won 147 of their last 165 games when their opponents had 69 points or fewer.

– WVU has won 158 of its last 179 and 214 of its last 242 games while holding opponents to fewer than 69 points.

– West Virginia is 14-5 all-time in games played Dec. 6.