LAWRENCE, Kan. — Javon Small hit the go-ahead free throw with 1.8 seconds remaining, and short-handed West Virginia held on after blowing an 18-point second-half lead to beat seventh-ranked Kansas 62-61 in an intense Big 12 opener for both teams Tuesday. “Our guys left it out there and ...
MORGANTOWN -- Let there never be another word spoken that Kansas center Hunter Dickinson is the best player in the Big 12. Not from Jayhawks’ coach Bill Self. Not from any other Big 12 coach or player. Not from any TV or radio announcer covering the league. No one. To be sure, the ...
MORGANTOWN -- For better or worse, the WVU men’s basketball team will once again walk back into Allen Fieldhouse at 2 p.m. Tuesday. For 11 long years, that situation has meant nothing more than heartache, sometimes confusion, but the Mountaineers have always walked out of the arena with ...
MORGANTOWN -- For those who don’t like change, the local sports year of 2024 was not for you. The year was filled with it, and it came in all shapes and sizes. Major coaching changes — both at WVU and the area high schools — dominated the headlines, including the biggest of all ...
MORGANTOWN -- As if Kansas’ homecourt advantage and 7-foot-2 center Hunter Dickinson weren’t sizable enough, the 7th-ranked Jayhawks have developed one more obstacle. It comes in the form of senior guard Zeke Mayo, who spent the days leading into the Christmas break coming into his ...
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia officially moved to Plan C Sunday, the result of losing starting center Amani Hansberry to an apparent ankle injury in the opening seconds of a 67-46 victory against Mercyhurst inside the Coliseum. Hansberry got tied up with Lakers’ guard Shemar Rathan-Mayes ...