MORGANTOWN — The layover in Morgantown for the WVU men’s basketball team lasted just 32 hours. Because of a winter-weather advisory in the Northeast — a major storm could hit […]
Men’s Basketball
WVU corrals Marshall, 94-71, to advance to Sweet 16
SAN DIEGO — The WVU men’s basketball team took “Hillbilly Ball” to the woodshed. Behind a dominant rebounding performance and Jevon Carter’s 28 points, the Mountaineers clinched another trip to […]
WVU, Herd both have supreme shot-blockers
SAN DIEGO — Sagaba Konate is built like a defensive end with pogo-stick hops. Ajdin Penava is built like a pogo stick. WVU-Marshall, for all the mountain marbles in the […]
WVU mangles Murray State, 85-68, as Marshall awaits
SAN DIEGO — Sensing a soft spot in Murray State’s defense, fifth-seeded WVU gored its way inside for baskets and advanced into the second round of the NCAA tournament. The […]
WVU seniors know opening round can be treacherous
SAN DIEGO — WVU’s seniors understand the survive-and-advance pressure of NCAA tournament first-round games. Recent history has been quite a teacher. As freshmen, Jevon Carter and Daxter Miles were key […]
Huggins: WVU’s foot speed a pressing matter
SAN DIEGO — WVU has maintained only intermittent flashes of “Press Virginia” this season, pulling back from its full-court traps once the most skilled opponents proved unaffected. “I didn’t do […]
Inconsistent shooting a bugaboo for WVU men all year
MORGANTOWN — If there was a way to predict or fix inconsistency, Bob Huggins may just have one of the top teams in college basketball. Instead, the WVU men’s basketball […]
Murray State has good shooters across lineup
MORGANTOWN — The challenges presented by Murray State may be longer than the Racers’ 13-game winning streak — the longest in the country. The fifth-seeded WVU men’s basketball team will […]
Huggins: Why aren’t refs held accountable?
MORGANTOWN — Having long been a proponent of making basketball referees more accessible and accountable, Bob Huggins’ message may have hit more of a national audience on Feb. 17. Following […]
WVU hopes it saved enough energy to play Sooners
MORGANTOWN — If only for a moment, or two, it nearly felt like December again for the WVU men’s basketball program. That was the thought James “Beetle” Bolden said briefly […]
