The loss for Kansas snaps a streak of 33 consecutive wins in conference openers dating back to the 1991-92 season, with its last loss in a conference opener taking place Jan. 8, 1991, in an 88-82 loss at Oklahoma to open Big 8 play that season.

Darian DeVries has won over a lot of West Virginia fans since he took the job last March but after Tuesday afternoon's win over No. 7 Kansas, I'm pretty sure 100% of Mountaineer Nation is on board with the hire.

West Virginia coach Darian DeVries walked into the interview room at Allen Fieldhouse on Tuesday wearing a shirt that read “No Excuses,” even though he would have had plenty of them had seventh-ranked Kansas completed a frantic second-half rally.

Javon Small hit the go-ahead free throw with 1.8 seconds remaining, and short-handed West Virginia held on after blowing an 18-point second-half lead to beat seventh-ranked Kansas 62-61 in an intense

The game was decided when Javon Small made the second of two free throws with 1.8 seconds left, and the Jayhawks' KJ Adams missed a contested shot at the other end at the buzzer, allowing West Virginia to escape with the 62-61 victory.