MORGANTOWN -- Harlan Obioha’s entire athletic career has been a contradiction of sorts. Maybe it begins with his nickname, “Big Harlan,” which, as the only 7-footer on the WVU men’s basketball roster makes sense, but the big guy isn’t as quite as big as he used to be. “I ...
MORGANTOWN -- Ross Hodge’s immediate expectations among his fellow Big 12 coaches is somewhere in the middle of the pack. The WVU men’s basketball team was picked 11th overall in the Big 12 preseason poll on Thursday, per a vote by the league’s coaches, who were not permitted to vote ...
MORGANTOWN -- Proudly on display back home in Ocala, Fla. is what Brenen Lorient refers to as the best time of his life. Trips to the Final Four tend to have that type of effect on college basketball players. “I’ve never experienced anything like that,” Lorient says of his 2022-23 ...
MORGANTOWN -- It wasn’t so much an idea that was planted in Ross Hodge’s head as it simply was a way of life. It’s why the moniker Hodge wears as a defensive-first basketball coach is one he wears proudly. “I wasn’t the most talented player,” the first-year WVU head coach ...
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia has added another piece to the 2026 recruiting class with a commitment from fast-rising Christ School (N.C.) point guard Kingston Whitty. Whitty, 6-foot-2, 165-pounds, saw his recruitment take off after an impressive performance in the Under Armor Association ...
MORGANTOWN -- To be sure, when there are nearly 2,400 potential prospects in the transfer portal, it can almost feel like a kid in a candy store. The sweetest of sugary treats, it would seem, all are ripe for the picking. Just simply look for the big scorers, the big rebounders and then ...
