Ross Hodge was introduced as West Virginia's new men's basketball coach Thursday after North Texas was eliminated in the semifinals of the NIT.

Ross Hodge is the new coach for West Virginia, but before heading there, Hodge led his last North Texas team as far as it could go in the NIT.

West Virginia has hired North Texas coach Ross Hodge on a five-year contract, sources told CBS Sports. An official announcement is expected on Wednesday, and certainly no later than Thursday. Timing for Hodge's introductory press conference is to-be-determined because,

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TV sets throughout West Virginia were tuned in to ESPN's coverage of the NIT semifinals Tuesday night for a glimpse of the future. What we saw of, now, WVU men's basketball coach Ross Hodge was a swarming defense that guided North Texas to a 15-4 lead over the first nine minutes against UC Irvine.

In a tournament that could be the salvation for the mid-major class, the top-seeded Anteaters face North Texas in the semifinals on Tuesday night in Indianapolis.