MORGANTOWN — In more ways than one, it is a jumbled mess that the WVU men’s basketball team finds itself.

The Mountaineers host UCF at 8 p.m. today on the heels of a disappointing 65-63 loss at Kansas State, one that seemingly eliminated the Mountaineers (17-13, 8-9 Big 12) from NCAA tournament contention without winning the Big 12 tournament.

As to where WVU might fit into the league tournament, well, that is simply left up to speculation at this point.

Win or lose against the Knights (20-9, 9-8), all WVU knows at this point is it will fit somewhere in the 7th-10th seed range. It’s the only Big 12 game on the schedule, so the final standings and seedings won’t be decided until the rest of the league plays on Saturday.

The best-case scenario would be the No. 7 seed, which would require a WVU win and a loss by Cincinnati, which travels to TCU. The No. 10 seed comes into play if the Mountaineers lose today and BYU defeats Texas Tech.

Other options are available for WVU to also be No. 8 or No. 9, but the important factor to note is the top eight Big 12 teams earn a first-round bye, while the rest of the league plays in first-round games in Kansas City, Mo. beginning next Tuesday.

In any sense of the word, very little, if nothing at all, will be decided after the final buzzer goes off inside Hope Coliseum today.

Senior Day

Seniors Honor Huff, Jasper Floyd, Brenen Lorient, Harlan Obioha, Treysen Eaglestaff and Chance Moore will be celebrated on what may be their final home game in a WVU uniform. That group makes up the entirety of the Mountaineers’ starting lineup, as well as its highest-scoring player off the bench.

All six players transferred to WVU this season. Lorient and Floyd followed head coach Ross Hodge from North Texas.

The group makes up 82% of WVU’s scoring and 71% of its rebounding. Huff has 102 3-pointers, the second most by any WVU player in one season. Former standout Frank Young set the school record with 117 during the 2006-07 season.

Moving past K-State

Maybe the biggest question surrounding the Mountaineers is whether or not they can pick themselves back up after the disappointing loss to the Wildcats on Tuesday.

With an opportunity to remain in the conversation for the NCAA tournament, WVU played one of its worst games of the season. WVU shot just 39% (24 of 61) and 59% (9 of 16) from the foul line, as well as giving up a 21-0 run in the second half.

“Their physicality and ability to make plays around the rim was so much better than ours,” Hodge said. “Like I said, not always in life, but sometimes you get what you deserve. We deserved this loss tonight.”

WVU enters today’s game having lost four of its last five. UCF, too, is struggling. The Knights have lost two in a row against Baylor and Oklahoma State. The Oklahoma State loss was in overtime, 111-104, in which UCF point guard Themus Fulks finished with 22 points and all five UCF starters scored in double figures.

Fulks was the tough guard for WVU, back when the Mountaineers traveled to Orlando, Fla. on Feb. 14 and came away with a 74-67 victory. Fulks finished with 19 points and seven assists, but WVU outscored UCF, 46-38, in the second half of that game.