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 ...
MORGANTOWN -- The scouting report from Erik Martin came a year, or so, ago and it really wasn’t unique to any others from Martin when he was out on the road evaluating players. Except this time the story was about Mohamed Wague, an athletic and agile 6-foot-10 forward, who was leading ...
At 6-foot-10 and 285 pounds, Jimmy Bell Jr. is not a young man afraid of contact. “I used to be a football player, so I don’t have any problem with contact,” Bell said after scoring 10 points and grabbing eight rebounds in West Virginia’s 75-57 victory against Morehead State on ...
