West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey and Attorney General JB McCuskey stood behind a podium with a sign that read “National Corrupt Athletic Association” while announcing the investigation.

Keep politics out of sports,” has become a common phrase — but what about the politicians themselves? West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey has decided to step in after the West Virginia Mountaineers were snubbed from the 2025 March Madness bracket on Sunday.

WVU was left out of the tournament in favor of the University of North Carolina’s team, despite many experts believing WVU should have made it in.