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Fort Worth, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Undefeated TCU welcomes the 17th-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers to Wilkerson-Greines Athletic Center on Saturday to kick off the Big 12 Conference schedule for both programs. One of only a handful of programs still with an unblemished record heading into the new calendar year, the Horned Frogs have spent the majority of the campaign to this point playing at home. The team has won some very lopsided decisions of late, albeit against considerably weaker competition in order to boost their stats at both ends of the floor. On Monday, the Frogs entertained Tennessee State at the University Rec Center and demolished the Tigers in a 60-40 final. Meanwhile, the Mountaineers have been close to perfect, losing just a single game to LSU by a single point, 74-73, during the Big 12/SEC Challenge early last month. Since that setback, WVU has responded with five more wins, the latest being an 82-51 blowout of Virginia Tech at home on Tuesday. West Virginia is a perfect 4-0 in the all-time series with the Horned Frogs, with the most recent meeting taking place last March and the Mountaineers delivering a lopsided 81-59 decision. Despite shooting only 38.7 percent from the field in the first half, compared to 55.0 percent for the Hokies, WVU took a 33-30 lead into intermission and then blew the doors off the visitors. The Mountaineers made good on 64.3 percent from the floor and 7-of-11 behind the 3-point line in the second half, all while limiting Tech to just nine total field goals in the frame. Juwan Staten produced 18 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the field, followed by Gary Browne with 12 points, while Devin Williams came up a point shy of a double-double as he accounted for 11 rebounds. Defensively, the hosts forced VaTech into a staggering 25 turnovers. Just five wins away from matching their total from all of last season, the Mountaineers having been getting the job done at both ends of the floor. The squad is generating 78.9 ppg, thanks to the efforts of Staten (16.1 ppg), Jonathan Holton (11.0 ppg) and Devin Williams (10.1 ppg), the former also handing out 55 assists and the latter two performers combining to clear more than 14 rebounds per contest. Defensively, WVU has limited opponents to only 60.3 ppg while forcing them into a staggering 23 turnovers per outing. TCU was all over Tennessee State earlier this week, holding the visitors to only six field goals in the first half and a total of 14 overall, matching the number of turnovers suffered by the Tigers. Kyan Anderson scored 16 points for the Frogs, but he arrived there by shooting only 4-of-14 from the floor and 2- of-11 behind the 3-point line. Trey Zeigler chipped in 10 points and Chris Washburn eight and 12 rebounds, the latter being second only to Kenrich Williams who pulled down 13 boards off the bench. Anderson, the leading scorer in the last two games for the Horned Frogs and seven times overall in 2014-15, is the lone double-digit scorer on the unit with his 13.4 ppg. He has missed just four of his 49 attempts at the free- throw line and is also tops on the unit with 55 assists and 19 steals, doing everything he possibly can to ensure success for the program. Like West Virginia, defense has been key for the Frogs as they limit opponents to a meager 33.9 percent shooting from the floor, one of the best marks in all of college basketball, leading to just 53.2 ppg. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Bills could identify a new owner within three months, leading Gov. Andrew Cuomos stepping up the states efforts to secure the franchises long-term future in the region. A person familiar with the sale process told The Associated Press on Saturday there is an anticipation that the Bills could be sold by July, and the sale approved by NFL owners as early as the leagues meetings in October. The same person and another person also told the AP that at least one prospective ownership group has already toured potential new stadium locations in Buffalo. Both people spoke on condition of anonymity because the sale process has not been made public. The person would not identify which ownership group toured the city, what sites were viewed or who provided the tour. The Bills future in Buffalo is uncertain after team owner and founder Ralph Wilson died in March. Wilsons estate is in the process of hiring an investment banking firm that would oversee the sale of the team, which is expected to go to the highest bidder. The updated timetable has led Cuomo to speed up the states involvement in protecting its interests in preventing the Bills from relocating. The state intends to hire a consulting firm over the next week to produce a report within three months that would be issued to prospective owners. The report would identify potential stadium sites and outline public financing options that would be made available. That firm would work with sports business attorney Irwin Raij, whose contract was extended last month, to represent the state during the sale process.dddddddddddd Raij specializes in stadium development projects and lease agreements. In 2012, he represented New York in negotiating the Bills 10-year lease that included a strict non-relocation clause that makes it difficult for the team to move before the 2020 season. The firm would produce its report ahead of the "New Stadium Working Group," a committee made up of public and private leaders, including Bills executives. The group has already met twice over the past month and is responsible for making recommendations whether a new stadium or renovations to the teams current home best fit the franchises needs to remain viable in Buffalo once the lease expires in 2023. The working group is expected to take six months or longer before making its recommendations, well after the team could be sold. Cuomo is intent on making sure a framework of a plan is in place much sooner, Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy told the AP during a visit through the region Friday. "The governor wants to be prepared if there are any earlier offers to buy the team," Duffy said. "Our team is looking at sites now in Erie County, Buffalo, Niagara County. Were just being prepared because we dont know who the next owner will be. Were not sure what the goals and the objectives of the next ownership team will be." 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