MORGANTOWN -- Given the opportunity to open up some eyes nationally, the WVU men's basketball team instead put itself behind the eight ball early and never fully recovered. Purdue's 7-foot-4 center Zach Edey played like a giant and finished with 24 points and 12 rebounds in just 27 minutes ...
MORGANTOWN — Erik Stevenson’s words were spoken as if he were wearing boxing gloves rather than a basketball jersey, but they rang true in either case. “No disrespect to our first four opponents — we’ve been waiting to play somebody big-time,” the WVU men’s basketball guard ...
MORGANTOWN — In 1984, Bob Huggins was a rookie Division I basketball coach at Akron and Nike was just another name in the shoe business. That’s when the relationship between the two began, when neither was a household name like they are today. “Back then, when you took a look at ...
MORGANTOWN — In sports, it’s called the change-of-scenery theory, in which some athletes suddenly perform better after a trade, or in the case of college athletics, a transfer. A number of things factor into it, including different circumstances, coaching and teammates, as well as the ...
MORGANTOWN -- In Bob Huggins’ own words, he’s still waiting on WVU to play a “sharp” game. Despite WVU shooting a season-high 55.6% from the floor in a 92-58 victory against Penn on Friday night, Huggins saw too many mistakes. “How many times did we throw the ball out of ...
MORGANTOWN -- There is a trend developing within the WVU men’s basketball team. It’s one predicted by head coach Bob Huggins back in September with four simple words: “The ball goes in.” Now, Huggins has spent many a preseason talking about his players making shots, only to see ...
