MORGANTOWN -- The NCAA Committee for Legislative Relief handed the WVU men’s basketball team a devastating blow Tuesday. The committee denied the school’s appeal for immediate eligibility for senior forward RaeQuan Battle, meaning he will have to sit out this season after transferring ...
MORGANTOWN -- Imagine for a moment a pile of 1,000 cement bricks that need to be moved to another area just 25 feet away. The first 50 come easily, maybe even the first 100 or 200. Eventually, though, moving those blocks take a toll. The pile, even though it’s getting smaller, somehow ...
MORGANTOWN -- Ricardo Wright didn’t bother taking a shot over the first 20 minutes, but the senior guard was absolute money in the second half Monday. Right along with him, the SMU guard tandem of Zhuric Phelphs and Chuck Harris got going, too, and SMU ended up running right past West ...
MORGANTOWN -- In the most simplistic terms, analytics are tons of stats from things that have already happened that coaches use with the hope of predicting the future. And the usage of analytics has grown tremendously across all sports in recent years. WVU STATS “It’s certainly a ...
MORGANTOWN -- For those who have never attended an AAU basketball game, it’s really not much different than your average pickup game at your local rec center or YMCA. Except one end of the court is roped off for college coaches there to scout the players. It is a world of their own of ...
MORGANTOWN -- The 2-3 zone defense is no less foreign to Kobe Johnson as Nike shoes or a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Yet a smile stretches across his face when you mention the zone and West Virginia men’s basketball. “It does feel different,” he admits. Why? Well because ...
