MORGANTOWN — It started with Josiah Harris finding himself all alone with nothing but a runway to the rim. There was a lob dunk from Kobe Johnson to Jesse Edwards on a perfectly executed pick and roll, a 3-pointer from 6-foot-10 forward Akok Akok and a one-handed leaner from Johnson ...
MORGANTOWN — If confidence was sold in a bottle, Josh Eilert would have already bought every single one and stuffed his players’ lockers with them. That’s what the WVU men’s basketball coach sees when evaluating the Mountaineers’ shooting woes. It’s not forced shots that ...
Josh Eilert’s concerns with the status of guard RaeQuan Battle, as the WVU men’s basketball coach discussed Wednesday night, go much farther than the NCAA. In the aftermath of the Mountaineers’ 80-63 loss inside the Coliseum against rival Pitt, Eilert said there are other outside ...
MORGANTOWN — It rained inside the Coliseum Wednesday. No precipitation, just 3-pointers from Pitt forward Blake Hinson and his Panthers teammates. “I think we all know the story, Blake Hinson,” was the way WVU head coach Josh Eilert began his postgame press conference following ...
The first sort of hint came Tuesday afternoon, as WVU men’s hoops coach Josh Eilert was giving an update on his team. “I haven’t given up on getting additions through our own guys,” Eilert began. “We keep getting better and better news on Akok.” It became official about 36 ...
MORGANTOWN — At first glance, it would seem like WVU forward Ofri Naveh is the least-likely candidate to speak on the WVU-Pitt men’s basketball rivalry that resumes again at 9 p.m. Wednesday inside the Coliseum. Naveh, a native of Israel, has only been in the United States less than ...
