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Yes. In 1942 West Virginia University won the National Basketball Championship. Although the NCAA might prefer that people forget, in 1942 the NIT was the tournament deciding the National Championship. The NCAA tournament was only 3 years old and teams consistently chose the NIT over the NCAA, as they do the NCAA over the NIT today. WVU finished 16-4 and was one of the 8 teams invited to the NIT, held at Madison Square Garden. They beat Western Kentucky in the final game 47-45 to win the NIT and claim to the National Basketball Championship.
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Has WVU ever been to a national championship game?
WVU played in the 1988 national championship against Notre Dame.
How many ncaa football national championships does west Virginia have?
0. WVU is the most winningest football team to have never won a National Championship.
What division 1 NCAA football team is the most winning team in history?
Coming into the 2008 season, that would be Michigan with 872 victories. <-- Updated ---- it would be WVU they are the winningest team in college football but have never won a national championship. ________________________________________________________________________ WVU is only the most winning school without a National Championship, they are not the most winning school all-time.
Who will win the NCAA Championship this year?
West Virginia University(WVU)
Has marshall ever beat wvu?
no
Has West Virginia University ever won a Basketball National Championship?
No. They played in the National Championship once, I think in 1959 vs. California and lost by one point. Actually, WVU won the NIT in 1942. At the time, the NCAA was only 3 years old and the NIT was considered the more prestigious of the two events. Early in the life of the NCAA tournament, teams would turn down invites in favor of the NIT. So while the 1942 team was not the NCAA champion, they were in fact national champions.
Most wins with no national championships?
WVU
What conference was WVU basketball before they were Big East?
Atlantic 10
Who coached the WVU mens basketball team in 1972?
sonny moran
Have the West Virginia Mountaineers ever played in a National Championship in Football?
Sort of. They have never played in a BCS championship game. But in 1988 season they played Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl. ND was ranked #1 and WVU was ranked #3 at the time. It wasn't really considered a national championship game, per se, but the winner of the game would've have probably been voted the #1 ranked team at the end of the season.
Who scored the most points in an ncaa mens basketball game?
jerry west had 62 in a wvu basketball game
Why was casey mitchell of wvu mens basketball suspended?
For breaking team rules
