Reacting to West Virginia being left OUT of the NCAA Tournament

Keenan Cummings and Wesley Shoemaker discuss WVU being excluded from the NCAA Tournament field. The Mountaineers finish as the first team out of the Field of 68 following Selection Sunday.

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