MORGANTOWN -- In some other multiverse far, far away there is a top-seeded WVU men’s basketball team getting set to play in the second round of the NCAA tournament with a starting lineup of Deuce McBride, Derek Culver, Teddy Allen, Taz Sherman and Oscar Tshiebwe. It’s a team that ...
MORGANTOWN — Don’t be surprised if Bob Huggins doesn’t appear to be his usual effervescent self Saturday when he’s in the TV studio for the NCAA tournament. “No, not nervous,” the West Virginia men’s hoops coach said Thursday. “but I’m battling a cold.” In truth, ...
MORGANTOWN -- Outside of COVID-19 bringing a sudden halt to college basketball in 2020, this year may have been the most frustrating ending to West Virginia men’s and women’s seasons in some time. In the end, you had the WVU men crossing their fingers just to play in the NIT, only to ...
MORGANTOWN -- Selection Sunday came and went, and for the first time since 2013, the West Virginia men’s basketball program finds itself on the outside looking in at March Madness. Already knowing it wasn’t going to play in the NCAA tournament, the Mountaineers (16-17) were also ...
MORGANTOWN -- According to WVU athletic director Shane Lyons, the Mountaineers men’s basketball team would only play in a postseason tournament if they are invited to the NIT. The College Basketball Invitational (CBI) is off the table, Lyons said by text message Saturday, confirming a ...
MORGANTOWN -- Bob Huggins left no doubt that West Virginia would keep playing this season following the Mountaineers’ 87-63 loss against Kansas on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament. “We’ve got more games to play,” Huggins said. “We’ll get home and have them ...