West Virginia slotted 13th in Preseason Big 12 Poll

West Virginia enters its first season with Darian DeVries projected to finish toward the bottom of the Big 12 Conference. The league released its annual preseason poll Thursday afternoon, and the Mountaineers are projected 13th of 16 teams. West Virginia is slotted ahead of Oklahoma State (14) and league newcomers Colorado (15) and Utah. “I don't know where they'll have us,” DeVries said earlier Thursday during a press conference. “Preseason rankings are harder now than they ever have been with the portal and things. I don't put a lot of stock into it. A lot of times, preseason rankings are more a credit to last year's team and who you have coming back. We're a team nobody has seen. I don't think