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Harlan Obioha leads WVU to its third consecutive win against Kansas, 86-75

MORGANTOWN -- The situation at hand was rough at best, hinting at full-blown panic at worst. And there stood West Virginia’s 7-footer Harlan Obioha. He had a smile on his face, energy in his bones and a plan to make it all better. “This one was really more about just trying to get ...

The Kansas factor: WVU looks to avoid a letdown against No. 22 Jayhawks

MORGANTOWN -- The examples stretch back for decades with the latest victim being TCU and head coach Jamie Dixon. The Horned Frogs had a 16-point lead against Kansas inside the famed Allen Fieldhouse with 11 minutes and change to go on Tuesday night, only to fall in double overtime, ...

WVU hands Ross Hodge first Big 12 win with victory against Cincinnati

MORGANTOWN -- Treysen Eaglestaff was caught in no-man’s land, so too maybe were his West Virginia teammates on Tuesday night. “I honestly don’t remember everything that happened,” the WVU guard said in the moments that followed the Mountaineers’ 62-60 victory against Cincinnati ...

Cincinnati offers another defining matchup against WVU men’s hoops team

MORGANTOWN -- In the most ironic sort of way, it makes all the sense in the world that Cincinnati visits the Hope Coliseum at 7 p.m. Tuesday as the next opponent for the WVU men’s basketball team. Over the course of the past 31 months, it’s either been the Bearcats or, in some way, the ...

WVU men’s basketball struggles on the glass without Brenen Lorient

Just under a day before West Virginia men’s basketball faced off against No. 3 Iowa State, the Mountaineers received news they’d be without one of their best players and rebounders, forward Brenen Lorient. Lorient averaged 10.7 points per game and was second on the team, averaging 5.7 ...