2023 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team
College Baseball Season
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The 2023 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team represent the West Virginia University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Mountaineers played their home games at Monongalia County Ballpark as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Randy Mazey, in his 11th season at West Virginia.
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Big 12 Regular season champions | |
NCAA Lexington Regional, L 1-2 | |
| Conference | Big 12 Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 22 |
| CB | No. 29 |
| Record | 40-20 (15–9 Big 12) |
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| Home stadium | Monongalia County Ballpark |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Texas †y | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | 42 | – | 22 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State †y | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | 41 | – | 20 | .672 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia †y | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | 40 | – | 20 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 TCU ‡y | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | 44 | – | 24 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | 35 | – | 24 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech y | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | 41 | – | 23 | .641 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma y | 11 | – | 13 | .458 | 32 | – | 28 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 8 | – | 16 | .333 | 25 | – | 32 | .439 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 6 | – | 18 | .250 | 20 | – | 35 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 25, 2023[1] Rankings from D1baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Mountaineers traveled to Salt River Fields at Talking Stick in Scottsdale, Arizona to take part in an MLB Spring Training game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on February 27. West Virginia finished as the Big 12 regular season champions, an honor they shared with the Texas Longhorns.
Schedule
| 2023 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball game log (40–20) | |
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| Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled Bold = West Virginia team member | |
| Regular season (40–20) | |
Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| Coaches'[2] | — | —* | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 24 | RV | RV | 21 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 22* | 22* | RV |
| Baseball America[3] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | 17 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 16* | 16* | — |
| Collegiate Baseball^[4] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | 18 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 29 | — | — | — |
| NCBWA†[5] | — | — | RV | — | RV | 26 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 29 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 25 | RV | RV* | RV |
| D1Baseball[6] | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | 24 | 24 | — | — | 18 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 21 | — | —* | —* | — |
^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 30 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 25 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.
Personnel
Coaching staff
| Name | Position | Seasons at WVU | Alma mater |
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| Randy Mazey | Head coach | 11 | Clemson (1988) |
| Steve Sabins | Associate Head Coach | 8 | Embry–Riddle (2011) |
| Mark Ginther | Assistant Coach | 5 | Oklahoma State (2013) |
| Jacob Garcia | Assistant Coach | 4 | Northern Colorado (2018) |
Roster
| 2023 West Virginia Mountaineers Roster[7] | ||||||
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