In the midst of a disappointing football season, many WVU sports fans are looking ahead to the tip-off of the 2025-2026 WVU basketball season.
The Mountaineers will open their season when they take on Mount St. Mary’s on November 4. WVU will play non-conference opponents such as Ohio State, Pitt, and Wake Forest before getting to Big 12 play. The Mountaineers will also play Clemson and either Georgia/Xavier in the Shriners Children's Charleston Classic in Charleston, South Carolina. But who will start for the Mountaineers once things get underway? Here are our predictions.
Point Guard: Jasper Floyd
Floyd decided to take his talents to Morgantown when his head coach Ross Hodge made the jump to WVU. Floyd has contributed to his team winning at two different stops before WVU. Hopefully, Floyd brings his winning ways with him to Morgantown alongside his head coach.
In his career, 73 games played (71 starts), Floyd has averaged 9.3 points, 4.0 assists, and 4.5 rebounds per game playing collegiate basketball. Floyd is a mediocre shooter, shooting 40.2 percent from the floor and 33.3 percent from behind the three-point line in his career. Taking care of the ball is a big part of Floyd’s game; spending a lot of time with the ball in his hands, Floyd has a +2 assist-to-turnover ratio (4/2).
In his lone season at North Texas, Floyd averaged nine points, 3.9 assists, and three rebounds per game while shooting 42.2 percent from the field and 34.3 percent from beyond the arc.
Shooting Guard: Honor Huff
Huff will be coming into the 2025-2026 season as one of the best three-point shooters in all of college basketball. The Chattanooga transfer led all of college basketball in three-pointers made last season. Now transitioning to the Big 12, Huff will be expected to still score at a high level if WVU wants to make noise in the Big 12. Because of his great shooting season last season, Huff earned All-Southern Conference First Team honors for his season.
Averaging 15.2 points, 2.3 assists, and 1.8 rebounds per game for the 2024-2025 season, Huff was a big part of the success for the Chattanooga Mocs. The Brooklyn, New York, native almost shot the three-ball as well as his shots from the floor. Huff shot 41.6 percent from the three-point line and 42.4 percent from the floor.
In his 103 games played between Virginia Military Institute and Chattanooga (87 starts), Huff has a career of 14.3 points, 2.4 assists, and 2.1 rebounds per game.
Small Forward: Treysen Eaglestaff
One of the biggest adds for Hodge and his staff in the transfer portal was Eaglestaff, a 6-foot-6 wing from North Dakota. As a four-star transfer recruit, Eaglestaff was a highly coveted recruit that WVU was able to land in the transfer portal.
As the only Division I player to record more than one game with 40-or-more points scored, Eaglestaff averaged 18.9 points, 2.4 assists, and 2.8 rebounds per game last season. Shooting 41.6 percent from the floor and 35.9 percent from the three-point line, Eaglestaff is a very capable shooter. For his career (98 games played and 73 starts), Eaglestaff averages 13.9 points, 1.88 assists, and 2.5 rebounds per game.
Power Forward: Jackson Fields
The 6-foot-8 forward is coming to WVU from Troy, where he spent three seasons. While playing for Troy for the past three seasons, Fields has averaged 6 points, 0.6 assists, and 3.9 rebounds per game over 95 games played (60 starts). Fields is currently set to miss the start of the regular season, and Hodge will likely rely on Brenen Lorient to open the season in this role. But Fields has a solid chance to crack the starting lineup once things really get into full swing.
Center: Harlan Obioha
Obioha is joining Hodge and the Mountaineers after transferring from UNC Wilmington in April. The 7’0” center will be the main focal point for the inside scoring threat for WVU.
During his lone season at UNC Wilmington, Obioha averaged 9.2 points, six rebounds, and 1.2 blocks per game while shooting 63.9 percent from the floor. Stuffing the stat sheet, Obioha recorded five double-doubles and recorded double-digit points in 17 games. Obioha has been the focus of some preseason hype, as Hodge has had nothing but praise this preseason for the big man.
"He was a high-end football player coming out of high school," Hodge said regarding Obioha. "He’s got great touch, great hands, great feet, and now he’s just able to be a little lighter, and it allows him to play longer stretches of quality basketball.”