After a week long break for finals, the West Virginia Mountaineers (6-3) return to action this afternoon when they take on the Rhode Island Rams (4-3) at 1:00PM EST on CBS Sports Network as part of the Basketball Hall of Fame Holiday Showcase from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The Rams are first in a three game stretch before the Mountaineers kick off Big 12 conference play on January 2nd against the currently undefeated Texas Tech Red Raiders.
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West Virginia will be meeting their former Atlantic 10 Conference brethren for the first time since 2004, when they faced the Rams in an NIT tournament first-round game in Morgantown.