No. 1 seed Texas falls flat against No. 8 seed West Virginia in 5-1 loss
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The No. 1 seed Texas Longhorns got off to a rough start in the Big 12 Tournament on Wednesday in Oklahoma City, falling to the No. 8 seed West Virginia Mountaineers 5-1 to set up an elimination game at 12:30 p.m. Central on ESPNU.
Texas will face the loser of No. 4 seed Oklahoma State and No. 5 seed Oklahoma.
Facing West Virginia’s No. 1 starter Jackson Wolf for the second time in less than a week, Texas only managed five hits and five walks as Wolf struck out seven and pitched the first complete game for the Mountaineers this season. AT 6’7 and with a low release point, Wolf was able to confound Texas hitters with a fastball that never reached much above 90 miles per hour.
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TORONTO – During his college days with the West Virginia Mountaineers, Alek Manoah met often with head coach Randy Mazey. Sometimes, they talked about the way he was pitching. Other times, the way he was acting on the mound would come up. They’d discuss the future a fair bit, too.
“I would always tell him that, ‘Hey, man, one day when you re starting against the Yankees, you re not going to be able to do this, this and this. And one day when you’re starting against the Yankees, you re going to have to do this, this and this,’” Mazey recalled Tuesday. “When we talked (Monday), he said, ‘Hey, you remember all those talks we had about you saying one day when you re starting against the Yankees? Well, guess what? I’m starting against t
Manoah goes to the show, WVU heads to the Big 12 tourney By
WVU head coach Randy Mazey looks on.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. The No. 8 seed West Virginia Mountaineers are less than 24 hours away from opening Big 12 Tournament play against No. 9 seed Kansas.
The Mountaineers and Jayhawks will be playing a single-elimination game. The winner will take on No. 1 seed Texas Longhorns. Mazey was a guest on the Tuesday night edition of
MetroNews Citynet Statewide Sportsline.
“If we can capture that game [Texas] one magic, we can capture the game one magic of Kansas State, the game three at Baylor, game one against Oklahoma, and game one against Oklahoma State. There has been some magic here and there,” Mazey said.