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Following a 2023 where the team fell just short of Big 12 dominance, the West Virginia Mountaineers only have two players declaring for the 2024 NFL Draft; center Zach Frazier and offensive tackle Doug Nester.

Both Nester and Frazier have used all of their eligibility and are hopeful to get opportunities to play in the league.

With Zach Frazier’s size and durability, I expect him to go surprisingly high in the draft this year. Quite a few teams will be looking to improve their offensive lines (Arizona Cardinals, Washington Commanders, Pittsburgh Steelers, etc.) and this helps Frazier’s draft stock.

The 6-foot-2, 314-pound Mountaineer may start on the bench once he enters the league but I expect Frazier to eventually work his way up to a starting position.

About No. 3 Kansas (15-2, 3-1): KU leads the all-time series 19-6. The Jayhawks have won six in a row and 11 of 12 in the series. … KU is 5-6 in WVU Coliseum. The Jayhawks have won two in a row in Morgantown. … Bill Self is 19-6 against WVU as KU coach. … KU is 15-2 or better for the third-straight season. … KU is 3-1 or better in Big 12 play for the 20th time in Self’s 21 seasons at Kansas. … KU is 2-1 in true road games and 6-2 in games not played in Allen Fieldhouse. … Self is 580-134 while at Kansas, 787-239 overall. … Kansas shot 62.1% in Tuesday’s 90-66 win at Oklahoma State for its best shooting percentage in a game on the road since Feb. 29, 2016 at Texas (64.0%). … KU’s 36 made field goals at OSU were the Jayhawks’ most on the road in a conference game since an overtime win on Feb. 25, 2013 at Iowa State (37 field goals made). It marked the most field goals by KU in a conference game on the road in regulation since Feb. 1, 2011 at Texas Tech (36 field goals made). … Kansas has at least 20 assists in nine games. … Hunter Dickinson has eight 20-point games which leads the Big 12 Conference. … Kevin McCullar has scored in double figures in each of Kansas’ 17 games. … Dajuan Harris is ninth on Kansas’ all-time career steal list with 189. About West Virginia (6-11, 1-3): West Virginia has lost Big 12 games to Houston (89-55), Kansas State (81-67) and Oklahoma (77-63) and defeated Texas (76-73). … WVU is 6-5 at WVU Coliseum. … The Mountaineers have won 109 of their last 164 conference games at WVU Coliseum. … Interim head coach Josh Eilert, a native of Osborne, Kansas, is a 2004 graduate of Kansas State. He played two seasons at K-State where he earned a master’s degree in 2007. He was a graduate assistant for the Wildcats in 2006-07. … Eilert is in his first season as a head coach. He has spent the last 17 seasons on the Mountaineer basketball staff. … Fifth-year senior RaeQuan Battle made his season debut against Radford on Dec. 20. He started and scored 29 points. It was the most points ever scored by a WVU player in his Mountaineer debut. Battle followed that with 29 points against Toledo. He had his first career double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds against Ohio State. … Battle missed the first nine games until second-time transfers were ruled immediately eligible by a federal judge. … Kerr Kriisa missed the first nine games because of an NCAA suspension for improper benefits while enrolled at Arizona. … Akok Akok missed the first seven games with a medical issue. … Noah Farrakhan was slated to redshirt and missed the first nine games until the transfer rule was changed in federal court. … The Mountaineers were predicted to finish ninth out of 14 teams in the preseason coaches’ poll. …WVU averages 67.6 points a game and allows 72.0 points. … WVU has made 107 of 353 3s for 30.3%. Opponents have made 140 of 412 3s for 34%.. … Kriisa has made 19 of 52 3s for 36.5%.