National Awards
National Champions - Texas Tech Red Raiders (34-3, 15-1 Big 12)
NIT Champions - North Carolina State (25-13, 5-11 ACC)
National Coach of the Year - Chris Lowery (Texas Tech)
National Player of the Year - Jerimie Cambridge (Florida State)
Mid-Major Player of the Year - Ryan Nichols (Ohio)
National Defensive Player of the Year - Tre Welch (West Virginia)
Big Man of the Year - Jerimie Cambridge (Florida State)
National Freshman of the Year - Brett Erwin (Mississippi)
Big East Awards
Big East Regular Season Champions - West Virginia Mountaineers (32-7, 14-4 Big East)
Big East Tournament Champions - West Virginia Mountaineers (32-7, 14-4 Big East)
Big East Coach of the Year - James Frizzell (West Virginia)
Big East Player of the Year - Tre Welch (West Virginia)
Big East Freshman of the Year - Dez Keita (Marquette)
West Virginia 2026-2027 Recap
Record - 32-7 (14-4 Big East)
NCAA Tournament - Final Four
National Defensive Player of the Year - Tre Welch
Conference Coach of the Year - James Frizzell
Second Team All-American - Tre Welch
First Team All-Conference - D.C. Montgomery, Tre Welch
Second Team All-Conference - Anderson Black, Jud Helms
Freshman All-Conference - Nile Stevenson
Starters
PG #25 Anderson Black 5'11 197 (Tuscon, AZ) 87 overall SR
SG #35 Leandro Summers 6'5 197 (Trenton, NJ) 88 overall JR
SF #21 D.C. Montgomery 6'6 216 (Queens, NY) 89 overall JR
PF #31 Jud Helms 6'8 243 (Queens, NY) 88 overall SR
C #44 Tre Welch 7'0 219 (Bloomington, MN) 86 overall JR
Bench
PG #20 Waitari Trammell 5'10 173 (Richmond, VA) 83 overall SO
SG #12 Bobby Dux 6'7 233 (Green Bay, WI) 85 overall JR
SG #23 R.J. Peterson 6'2 197 (Virginia Beach, VA) 82 overall SO
SG #4 Nathan Holcomb 6'3 186 80 overall SO
SF #34 Deno Woodards 6'7 221 (St. Paul, MN) 81 overall FR
PF #55 Nile Stevenson 6'10 239 (Sioux Falls, SD) 79 overall FR
PF #41 Lionel Darden 6'6 204 (Ames, IA) 79 overall FR
Reserves
SG #10 Sam Lang 6'7 215 (Australia) 81 overall SR
PF #53 Sambra Coly 6'9 219 (Senegal) 69 overall FR
C #50 Kason Warzynski 6'11 236 (Chicago, IL) 69 overall SO (Walk-on)
C #45 Louis Bermudez 6'10 236 (Puerto Rico) 68 overall FR (Redshirting)
Coaches
James Frizzell: A overall (20th year)
Brad Huse: B overall (8th year)
Jarrett Felton: B overall (8th year)
Individual Statistics:
Player GP PT/G R/G A/G S/G B/G M/G FG% 3P% FT% Tre Welch 39 16.6 9.5 1.6 1.7 1.3 30.1 .563 .000 .775 D.C. Montgomery 39 15.7 4.3 2.1 1.5 0.3 26.2 .451 .387 .816 Jud Helms 39 10.1 6.8 2.5 1.9 0.4 28.2 .510 .384 .802 Anderson Black 39 8.6 2.9 4.7 3.2 0.0 27.4 .459 .358 .793 Leandro Summers 39 8.3 2.3 1.5 1.5 0.2 26.7 .429 .401 .805 Nile Stevenson 39 6.7 4.3 0.8 0.8 0.4 16.6 .529 .450 .709 Deno Woodards 39 5.3 2.9 1.1 0.8 0.1 13.0 .464 .452 .641 Bobby Dux 30 4.2 1.6 0.7 0.8 0.0 8.3 .461 .369 .636 Waitari Trammell 39 4.2 1.3 2.4 1.2 0.0 12.5 .400 .314 .950 R.J. Peterson 39 4.1 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.1 9.8 .414 .371 .800 Nathan Holcomb 14 2.9 0.9 1.0 0.3 0.0 6.9 .531 .312 .667 Lionel Darden 13 0.8 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.2 6.6 .250 .200 .500 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 84.2 37.0 18.2 14.0 3.0 .480 .382 .787 OPPONENTS 64.3 29.3 13.9 9.7 2.8 .394 .267 .758
Coaching Record: Season School Record NCAA Tournament Results 2007-2008 Princeton 18-11 N/A 2008-2009 Princeton 21-9 First Round (#12 Seed) 2009-2010 Princeton 25-9 Sweet Sixteen (#9 Seed) 2010-2011 Princeton 22-8 First Round (#8 Seed) 2011-2012 Princeton 26-6 Second Round (#8 Seed) 2012-2013 Princeton 32-5 Final Four (#3 Seed) 2013-2014 Princeton 25-7 First Round (#12 Seed) 2014-2015 Princeton 31-4 Second Round (#3 Seed) 2015-2016 Princeton 31-5 Elite Eight (#3 Seed) 2016-2017 San Francisco 20-15 First Round (#12 Seed) 2017-2018 San Francisco 33-6 Final Four (#3 Seed) 2018-2019 San Francisco 35-5 Championship Game (#3 Seed) 2019-2020 West Virginia 24-12 Sweet Sixteen (#6 Seed) 2020-2021 West Virginia 29-9 National Champions (#5 Seed) 2021-2022 West Virginia 28-8 Second Round (#2 Seed) 2022-2023 West Virginia 25-11 Elite Eight (#7 Seed) 2023-2024 West Virginia 24-11 Second Round (#5 Seed) 2024-2025 West Virginia 29-13 Elite Eight (#6 Seed) 2025-2026 West Virginia 35-3 Final Four (#1 Seed) 2026-2027 West Virginia 32-7 Final Four (#1 Seed) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 20 years 545-164 NCAA Tournament Record: 44-18 NIT Record: 0-0 Ivy League Conference Record: 114-12 WCC Conference Record: 30-12 Big East Conference Record: 86-47 Ratings Offense: A+ Defense: A+ Teaching: A+ Scouting: C+ Charisma: A+ Discipline: B+ Overall: A Achievements Regular Season Championships: 12 Conference Tournament Championships: 6 NCAA Tournaments: 19 NCAA Sweet Sixteens: 11 NCAA Elite Eights: 9 NCAA Final Fours: 6 NCAA Championships: 1 Preseason #1 Rankings: 0 20 Win Seasons: 19 30 Win Seasons: 7 Conference Coach of the Year: 15 National Coach of the Year: 1 All-Conference Players: 56 All-American Players: 9 National Players of the Year: 0 Pro Draftees: 7 Goals Reached Sign a Four Star Recruit Sign a Five Star Recruit Sign a Five Star Recruit in Season Sign a World Recruit Sign a High School All-American Sign the Mr. Basketball From Your State Assemble a Top 20 Recruiting Class Go an Entire Season With No Unhappy Players Have a Player Chosen Freshman All-Conference Have a Player Chosen All-Conference Coach a Conference Player of the Year Coach an NCAA All-American Have a Player Chosen in the Pro Draft Have an Underclassman Chosen in the Pro Draft Coach a Team to a Winning Record Coach a Team to 10 Wins Coach a Team to 20 Wins Win a Non-Conference Tournament Upset the #1-Ranked Team Coach a Team into the Top 25 Coach a Team to the #1 Ranking Coach a Team to a Conference Championship Coach a Team to an NCAA Tournament Bid Coach a Team to the Sweet Sixteen Coach a Team to the Final Four Coach a Team to the NCAA Championship Coach a Team to a #1 Seed in the NCAA Tournament Be Chosen Conference Coach of the Year Be Chosen NCAA Coach of the Year Get Hired by a Larger Conference Team Get Hired by a Power Conference Team Get 5,000 Legacy Points in One Season Accumulate 200 Career Wins Accumulate 500 Career Wins Goals Not Yet Reached Sign the Top Recruit in a Recruiting Class Assemble the Top Recruiting Class Coach a Player of the Year Award Winner Coach a 2K Sports Award Winner Get a Lifetime Contract With Any Team Get 200,000 Legacy Points in Your Career Accumulate 800 Career Wins Accumulate 900 Career Wins
SF #21 D.C. Montgomery 6'6 219 (Queens, NY) - 89 overall JR - Entered Draft
SF #31 Jud Helms 6'8 243 (Queens, NY) 88 overall SR - Entered Draft
PG #25 Anderson Black 5'11 197 (Tuscon, AZ) 87 overall SR - Graduated
SG #10 Sam Lang 6'7 224 (Australia) 81 overall SR - Graduated
SG #4 Nathan Holcomb 6'3 186 (Durham, NC) 80 overall FR - Left team
PF #41 Lionel Darden 6'6 204 (Ames, IA) 79 overall FR - Left team
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