In 2004 – 05 , Beilein 's team entered the 2005 Big East Tournament with an 18 – 9 record as the eighth seed and as a team on the bubble for the 2005 NCAA Tournament . The team won its opening-round game against number nine seed Providence 82 – 59 , its second-round game against number one seed 78 – 72 , and its third-round game against number four 78 – 72 . West Virginia lost the conference tournament finals to Syracuse 68 – 59 , but it earned a seven seed in the NCAA tournament against number ten seed of the Missouri Valley Conference . The loss gave Beilein his fifth loss in as many games against his mentor Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim , who had helped him acquire each of his first three Division I coaching positions . In the NCAA tournament , West Virginia beat Creighton 63 – 61 with a defensive stop and fast break dunk in the final five seconds . West Virginia then defeated the number two seed Wake Forest team led by Chris Paul in double overtime 111 – 105 . In the Sweet Sixteen round , West Virginia defeated Bobby Knight 's number six seeded Texas Tech 65 – 60 . In the elite eight round , they lost 93 – 85 in overtime to Rick Pitino 's number four seeded Louisville , who were led by Taquan Dean and Larry O'Bannon . With the three wins in 2005 , Beilein raised his career NCAA Tournament record to 4 – 3
2005 Big East Tournament
2005 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
John Beilein