West Virginia Mountaineers is a group of athletic teams that compete in the NCAA Division I Big East Conference for West Virginia University. The group is currently led by their athletics director Ed Pastilong, and cheered on by their mascot the ìMountaineer.î The Mountaineers are composed of 17 varsity teams playing various sports such as basketball, rowing, soccer, swimming, tennis, football, baseball, gymnastics, and others. However, among these sports, the group is said to particularly excel in basketball and football.
The Mountaineersí football games are often played at the Mountaineer Field, while the basketball team plays its games at the WVU Coliseum. The teamís official colors are blue and old gold and the team has been able to produce quality professional players in various sports. In fact, they already produced 11 NBA players, 30 baseball Majors players, and 1 Player in the WNBA. Through its years, they have been noted as the only school to win an NCCA basketball tournament, NCAA womenís basketball tournament, as well as a BCS game.