Internet reacts to WVU's stunning upset against No. 19 BYU

It wouldn't be an overreaction to say that few people expected WVU basketball to knock off the No. 19 BYU Cougars on Saturday night.

The Mountaineers entered on a three-game losing streak after never having been considered any higher than an NCAA Tournament bubble team this season. Meanwhile, the Cougars came into Morgantown coming off a tough loss of their own, but ranked among the top teams in the nations and solidly locked into the NCAA Tournament – and bolstered by the presence of projected No. 1 NBA Draft pick AJ Dybantsa.

So it certainly wouldn't be an overreaction to say that the Mountaineers shocked the college basketball world byhanding the Cougars an eight-point defeaton Saturday night, using a massive first half run to jump ahead to a 40-26 advantage at the halftime break before leading through the entire second halfen route to a 79-71 win.

With the win, the Mountaineers reminded fans that they aren't dead yet – despite the fact that WVU still has some late-season work to do if theywant to have hopes of making the NCAA Tournament, this win over a Quad 1 opponent should help move them back into the discussion as a potential tournament team.

Meanwhile, the loss moves the Cougars to 4-8 in their last 12 outings and 6-7 against Quad 1 competition – they also have managed just one win against Top 25 teams in the KenPom rankings this season. And while the loss to WVU doesn't knock them from tournament contention in the slightest, it will help contribute in their tumble down a few seed lines from where they were projected earlier this season.

Check out how WVU fans and the college basketball world reacted the WVU upset below, and let us know how you're feeling about the loss.

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