MORGANTOWN — The similarities have become too great to ignore, even for WVU men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins. “I know our record coming out of (non-conference) was pretty much the same as it was before,” he said following WVU’s 83-78 loss against Baylor on Wednesday. For a ...
MORGANTOWN -- Jimmy Bell Jr. wasn’t even on the WVU men’s basketball roster a year ago, yet he’s well aware of the sidebar that goes along with Wednesday's 7 p.m. game against Baylor inside the Coliseum. The return of Baylor forward Jalen Bridges to Morgantown — where he spent ...
MORGANTOWN -- It’s been nearly three months since Bob Huggins stood in front of a WVU Coliseum crowd anticipating the start of another men’s basketball season. Just days before, the Big 12 preseason poll had been released and the Mountaineers were picked to finish ninth. Huggins ...
MORGANTOWN -- Maybe nothing was more peculiar about West Virginia’s 76-62 loss against No. 3 Kansas on Saturday than the final few seconds of the first half. With Kansas leading 40-35, Jalen Wilson missed a 3-pointer with three seconds remaining and with the shot clock nearing ...
MORGANTOWN — It may be nothing more than some sort of twist of fate that currently has No. 3 Kansas at the top of the Big standings, while WVU sits at the bottom. A play that goes right for one team and wrong for the other, or maybe a referee’s call or a shot that bounces in for one ...
MORGANTOWN — There are any number of reasons today as to why the WVU men’s basketball team could struggle against No. 3 Kansas on Saturday. Certainly recent history — not to mention current trends and a boatload of stats — suggest that the Mountaineers will indeed do just ...