MORGANTOWN -- The play of WVU forward Brenen Lorient on Saturday was maybe the best example of why the plus-minus statistic in basketball is the most worthless figure in sports. In what ended up being a moment to celebrate, and Lorient and his teammates did just that with a victory lap ...
MORGANTOWN -- It is not the ideal situation for the WVU men’s basketball team. It’s certainly not the way WVU head coach Ross Hodge would want to picture it. Yet here it is. Coming off the heels of one of the Mountaineers worst defensive performances of the season, WVU (16-12, 7-8 Big ...
MORGANTOWN -- That banging noise heard inside Gallagher-Iba Arena on Tuesday night was either WVU men’s basketball coach Ross Hodge slamming his hand down on the scorer’s table or Oklahoma State hammering the final nail into the Mountaineers’ coffin for the 2025-26 season. It just ...
MORGANTOWN -- It may be somewhat uncanny how much the West Virginia men’s basketball team is a near-mirror image of Oklahoma State. For 14 years now, the Mountaineers have been a member of the Big 12. They’ve battled it out 26 times with Oklahoma State with both teams winning 13 times. ...
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia’s latest meltdown Saturday was another headscratcher. The Mountaineers held TCU to its lowest point total and its second-lowest shooting percentage of the season, and yet the Horned Frogs still finished the game on a 17-5 run over the final eight minutes for a ...
MORGANTOWN -- It would seem there is no safe place for the WVU men’s basketball team to hide these days. The comforts of home have become uncomfortable, the result of three straight losses inside Hope Coliseum. Road games were once a recipe for disaster, yet the Mountaineers (16-10, ...
