MORGANTOWN — The situation at hand was rough at best, hinting at full-blown panic at worst. And there stood West Virginia’s 7-footer Harlan Obioha. He had a smile on his […]
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The Kansas factor: WVU looks to avoid a letdown against No. 22 Jayhawks
MORGANTOWN — The examples stretch back for decades with the latest victim being TCU and head coach Jamie Dixon. The Horned Frogs had a 16-point lead against Kansas inside the […]
COLUMN: WVU’s shortcomings are there, but No. 22 Kansas is far from a perfect team
MORGANTOWN — Anyone who wants to analyze what West Virginia’s 62-60 victory against Cincinnati on Tuesday night means in the grand scheme of things, good luck. You’d likely have a […]
WVU hands Ross Hodge first Big 12 win with victory against Cincinnati
MORGANTOWN — Treysen Eaglestaff was caught in no-man’s land, so too maybe were his West Virginia teammates on Tuesday night. “I honestly don’t remember everything that happened,” the WVU guard […]
Cincinnati offers another defining matchup against WVU men’s hoops team
MORGANTOWN — In the most ironic sort of way, it makes all the sense in the world that Cincinnati visits the Hope Coliseum at 7 p.m. Tuesday as the next […]
COLUMN: WVU isn’t hiding its plan for Big 12 play, it’s just a matter of execution
MORGANTOWN — If it was possible, we’d love to get that behind-the-scenes glimpse of how the WVU men’s basketball team and head coach Ross Hodge is going to tackle the […]
WVU men’s hoops team picked to finish 11th in Big 12
MORGANTOWN — Ross Hodge’s immediate expectations among his fellow Big 12 coaches is somewhere in the middle of the pack. The WVU men’s basketball team was picked 11th overall in […]
COLUMN: Please, someone tell Brett Yormark that expanding the NCAA tournament is an awful idea
MORGANTOWN — There should be no doubt that Brett Yormark isn’t the right guy to have in charge of the Big 12 Conference. Outside of not making a real push […]
WVU opens Big 12 play against nation’s top defensive team in No. 3 Houston
MORGANTOWN — The following is the list of teams that have reached 70 points in a game against No. 3 Houston this season: No One University. As in the Cougars […]
Brett Yormark has alternate broadcasts in mind for Big 12 hoops; will bring men’s and women’s tourneys together
MORGANTOWN — Brett Yormark’s vision for the Big 12 goes beyond expansion, a point he began to drive home Tuesday at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo. Speaking at […]
