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NOTEBOOK: WVU lacked defense on Texas’ top shooter

Marcus Carr had seemingly spent the first 26 minutes in no-man’s land Saturday night. What he did over the final 14 minutes handed No. 7 Texas a 69-61 victory over WVU in front of 14,141 fans inside the Coliseum. “They started the game double teaming him right off the bat,” Texas ...

Texas brings offensive-minded team to face WVU

MORGANTOWN -- The transformation from defense to offense has been quite noticeable with seventh-ranked Texas. Sort of like that kid who was 5-foot-9 and 120 pounds one summer, then 6-2, 180 the next. A season ago, under former head coach Chris Beard, who was fired on Jan. 5 after his ...

COLUMN: WVU manages to change the script in win over TCU

It was a script straight out of Hollywood, but rather than some sci-fi blockbuster, West Virginia’s 74-65 victory against No. 14 TCU on Wednesday was sort of a mixed genre. It was part inspirational, part horror flick, and in the end, Keanu Reeves got to walk off into the sunset with a ...

NOTEBOOK: DerMarr Johnson makes coaching debut with WVU

DerMarr Johnson made his debut with the WVU men’s basketball team Wednesday, during the Mountaineers’ 74-65 victory against No. 14 TCU inside the Coliseum. Johnson, a former player under WVU head coach Bob Huggins at Cincinnati during the 1999-2000 season, was hired on Monday, and ...

WVU must find a way to slow down Mike Miles, fast-paced TCU

MORGANTOWN -- Forget what you remember about Jamie Dixon’s coaching philosophy when he was Pitt. Forget about the big physical battles in the paint and the hounding defenses that seemingly made each game a race to 60 points. Where it concerns Dixon and the No. 14 Horned Frogs this ...