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TM encova.com ENCIRCLING YOU WITH COVERAGE.• WVU opens its 111 th season and 117 th year overall with a charity exhibition game against Duquesne at the WVU Coliseum on Nov 1 The Mountaineers tip off the regular season the following Friday against Akron at the Coliseum at 7 pm • The Mountaineers own a 1,771-1,100 all-time record in intercollegiate basketball competition, ranking the Mountaineers 22nd in wins among all Division I schools • WVU has earned 29 NCAA berths, 16 NIT trips and one CBI bid since 1941, and has finished in the Top 25 21 times, including an amazing nine straight years from 1955-63. • The Mountaineers have been ranked 99 weeks in the AP poll under Bob Huggins, including 37 weeks in the AP Top 10. Huggins has had WVU ranked more weeks than any other coach in school history • WVU was ranked for 76 consecutive weeks in the USA Today Coaches poll until Nov 19, 2018 • West Virginia is 120-60 since the start of the 2014-15 season. BY BRYAN MESSERLY Preseason Notebook Derek Culver 6YOU EXPECT OFF THE COURT TOO. 0471_0819 Things we want you to know: Taxes and charges such as USF and RCRF apply. Additional terms apply. ©2019 U.S. Cellular AS A U.S. CELLULAR® CUSTOMER, YOU NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FINDING HIDDEN FEES ON YOUR MONTHLY BILL, BECAUSE THEY’RE SIMPLY NOT THERE. No activation or upgrade fees • No data overages • No monthly connection charges See the difference fairness makes. Visit your nearby U.S. Cellular store or uscellular.com today.• With a win at Oklahoma State on Dec 29, 2017, Bob Huggins moved past Jim Phelan on the NCAA Division I winningest coaches list Huggins’ record now stands at 860-362 entering his 38th season as a head coach. He needs 16 more victories to tie Adolph Rupp for seventh place all-time • Huggins is the fourth-winningest active Division I coach behind Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Boeheim and Roy Williams • West Virginia played the 11th-toughest schedule in the country according to the final 2018-19 NCAA NET rankings. • West Virginia led the country in offensive rebounds last year with 525, averaging 14.6 per game. • WVU is 193-55 in its last 248 games against unranked teams, including winners of 102 of its last 120 at home • West Virginia is 144-42 at the WVU Coliseum under Bob Huggins, including a 73-35 mark in league games. • WVU is 553-162 (.778) all-time at the WVU Coliseum and 194-48 at the WVU Coliseum in the last 15 seasons. • Bob Huggins has wins over 46 AP-ranked teams at WVU, including 18 wins over Top 10 teams and three over No • Derek Culver was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team and to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team (unanimous selection). • Culver led the Big 12 in rebounding in conference games only (10.9) and had the highest scoring average (12.5) among freshmen in Big 12 Conference games only • In Big 12 Conference games only, Derek Culver finished first in the league in offensive rebounds (3.8), first in rebounding (10.9), second in defensive rebounds (7.1) and 12th in scoring (12.5). • Culver had eight double-doubles in Big 12 action, which ranked second in the league to Kansas’ Dedric Lawson (11). • Culver had 22 points and 21 rebounds vs TCU, the first WVU player to have a 20- 20 game since Mo Robinson in 1977 Jermaine Haley 8©2019 COORS BREWING COMPANY, GOLDEN, CO • BEER CELEBRATE RESPONSIBLY ® MADE TO PROUD PARTNER OF WVU ® ATHLETICSNext >