For the first time this season, the West Virginia Mountaineers will bust out the all-black "Coal Rush" uniforms Saturday ...

West Virginia lost its eighth straight ... but their all-black threads went viral on social media and were tabbed the best ...

Black uniforms would pop at night. WVU executed the reveal with a look at the uniforms and a detailed explanation about the design ... and nothing else. Nothing about a date and time for the opener.

and even on the court with the players wearing throwback uniforms, replicating the look the Mountaineers wore when West suited up for WVU from 1958-60. A reveal of the uniforms will be posted on ...

For the first time in several years, the West Virginia Mountaineers will be wearing a set of throwback uniforms ... and Iowa State will throw the ball up in the air at 5 p.m. EST.