3 Guys Before The Game - UCF Recap & Utah Preview (Episode 698)
3 Guys Before The Game
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4.8 • 707 Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
With six Big 12 games remaining, West Virginia has officially entered the NCAA Tournament at-large conversation. The path is there — but so is the pressure.
Saturday’s gritty, come-from-behind win at UCF may have changed the tone of the season. The Mountaineers showed toughness, late-game execution and the kind of resilience that the selection committee notices. Now comes another opportunity Wednesday night against Utah.
In this episode, the “Guys” break down what flipped the switch in Orlando, analyze the remaining schedule and explain exactly what WVU must do to secure its postseason fate.
Hoppy returns to the studio with a fresh batch of Obvious Observations, and listener questions and comments close the show with Textual Healing.
The stretch run is here.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome in, everyone. It's time for three guys before the game. |
| 0:11.2 | Episode number 698. We've got a unique one here for you today. |
| 0:15.8 | What's that? We actually have the recap preview. |
| 0:20.4 | Haven't been able to do those. No, this has kind of been in and out. We're going the recap preview. Haven't been able to do those. |
| 0:21.6 | It's kind of been in and out. |
| 0:23.6 | We're going to recap West Virginia UCF. |
| 0:26.6 | We're going to talk about a really successful weekend |
| 0:28.6 | athletically for Mountaineer sport teams, |
| 0:31.6 | and we will preview Wednesday's encounter |
| 0:34.6 | West Virginia against the Utah Uts. And guess who's back in the studio? Oh, yeah. Hop is here. Got his obvious observations with him. We'll get into that. And more. Harvey's parked in the parking lot. Yes, he is. He's the guy. Coco's waiting. Cocoa the dog. There's a lot of people that love Coco. We'll get that textual healing going. Cheat dog. Three guys brought to us by GoMart. Get a Gomart Rewards card. Download their app, and you can do that by going to gomart.com for details. Or just go to the app store and get it because you will save on food, fuel, and just about anything. Three guys brought to us by Lou Wendell Marine Sales in St. Albans. They sell family fun. Some folks at the UCF game the other night brought their Lou Wendell boat in. Oh, did that? That's what they texted me, and they told me they did. Visit Lou Wendell Marine Sales.com. That's the state of West Virginia's only Honda Marine Premium dealership. |
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| 1:57.2 | value beyond numbers. |
| 2:07.2 | All right, let's jump in West Virginia on the road this weekend against UCF. |
| 2:09.4 | Heck of a game. |
| 2:10.2 | That was fun. |
| 2:11.0 | Exciting. |
| 2:14.0 | I think Ross Hodge has a problem. |
| 2:14.9 | What's that? |
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