MORGANTOWN — It could be chalked up as another lesson in being careful what you wish for, not that Josh Eilert sees it that way. He was given the keys to the Coliseum and told by WVU athletic director Wren Baker to go be a head coach — have fun with it. To boot, Eilert was given a ...
MORGANTOWN — It’s no exaggeration to say that Jay Jacobs has lived his life through the game of basketball. “I started out in grade school just playing in churches and skipping Cub Scout meetings to go down and play at the school,” Jacobs told The Dominion Post in a recent ...
There is a scene from the 1980s movie Three Amigos where Chevy Chase, Steve Martin and Martin Short dress up everyone in a Mexican village in the same costume to confuse the bad guys and eventually take them down. WVU knew exactly how that felt Saturday, as No. 22 BYU went inside and ...
With a heavy African accent, it was difficult to understand what exactly Fousseyni Traore was saying in BYU’s postgame press conference. It was even harder for West Virginia to guard him. Before we go any further, we must tell you that Traore wasn’t expected to start Saturday, as ...
MORGANTOWN -- Josh Eilert wasn’t about to divulge the nature of the conversations he had with WVU guard RaeQuan Battle, but one could guess. “He’s had his troubles the last couple of games and he’s been frustrated,” Eilert said. Just 10 games remain in the regular season and ...
MORGANTOWN — In terms of facing another setback, all the usual signs were right there Wednesday for the WVU men’s basketball team. Getting beat on the boards check: Check. RaeQuan Battle in early foul trouble: Check. Struggling to make shots: Check. What was a tied game with ...
