West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey scheduled a news conference for Monday afternoon to announce potential legal action against the NCAA and the selection committee for excluding West Virginia from the NCAA Tournament.”Today I am joining @WestVirginiaAG to announce actions against the National Corrupt Athletic Association,” he wrote on X.Debate raged Monday morning after North Carolina was awarded a spot in the field of 68 instead of the Mountaineers.West Virginia finished the season with a 19-13 record (10-10 Big 12); the Tar Heels were 22-13 (13-7 Atlantic Coast Conference). However, when using the metric of Quad 1 wins, North Carolina was 1-12 and West Virginia 6-10.West Virginia declined to participate in the NIT.”I want to reiterate what I said on Sunday that I am incredibly proud of this team and what they accomplished this season,” coach Darian DeVries said in a statement issued Monday. “One of our team goals was making the NCAA Tournament and we had a resume worthy of an NCAA Tournament selection. Our guys poured their hearts into this season and all their collective efforts into making the NCAA tournament. I would like to thank all of Mountaineer Nation for their unwavering support of our team this season.”