KANSAS CITY, Mo. — West Virginia didn’t come to Kansas City just to hang out and chow down on barbecue.
The Mountaineers have arrived with the intent of winning their first-ever Big 12 tournament, which would also be the program’s first conference championship since winning the Big East tourney exactly one decade ago.
So what will it take for the sixth-seeded Mountaineers to achieve that goal?
Here are three keys to success.
The red-hot version of Emmitt Matthews
Matthews is beginning to show a penchant for getting hot this time of year.