MORGANTOWN — If confidence was sold in a bottle, Josh Eilert would have already bought every single one and stuffed his players’ lockers with them. That’s what the WVU men’s […]
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Josh Eilert: Pro agents coming after RaeQuan Battle forcing player to choose between basketball and education
Josh Eilert’s concerns with the status of guard RaeQuan Battle, as the WVU men’s basketball coach discussed Wednesday night, go much farther than the NCAA. In the aftermath of the […]
Trinity boys’ out to prove they are better than its state ranking, open by beating Braxton County
MORGANTOWN — The number 9. That’s it. That’s all Trinity boys’ basketball coach Codey Horton has written on the board in the Warriors’ locker room. Hasn’t mentioned a single word […]
Defending champ Morgantown High opens season with 111 points, blowout win
MORGANTOWN — If the Morgantown boys’ basketball team has its way, there will be a lot of havoc at the Rowdie Center this season. Not just on the court where […]
Ofri Naveh will play in his first Backyard Brawl, but has lived through The Derby
MORGANTOWN — At first glance, it would seem like WVU forward Ofri Naveh is the least-likely candidate to speak on the WVU-Pitt men’s basketball rivalry that resumes again at 9 […]
WVU remains unbeaten with dominating win against St. Bonaventure
MORGANTOWN — It started this offseason, at least that’s the timeline J.J. Quinerly puts on it, as the star guard tries to explain the early success of the WVU women’s […]
Battle of the bigs: Jesse Edwards, Joel Soriano a major focus in WVU-St. John’s game
MORGANTOWN — If the game plays out like Josh Eilert expects, there will be some good and bad news today for WVU center Jesse Edwards when the Mountaineers host St. […]
Quinn Slazinski will have an additional ‘fire’ within himself in facing Pitino, St. John’s
MORGANTOWN — It would be easy to say Quinn Slazinski is playing with a chip on his shoulder, yet that doesn’t quite cover it all. The way the WVU senior […]
Basketball has become a way for Ofri Naveh to ‘break’ from the crisis in his home of Israel
MORGANTOWN — In the span of few months, Ofri Naveh has had two different worlds turned upside down. The WVU men’s basketball forward is a native of Neot Golan, Israel, […]
West Virginia holds off Bellarmine behind Jesse Edwards’ third double-double of the season
MORGANTOWN — The good news: West Virginia ended a two-game skid Sunday night with a 62-58 win against Bellarmine inside the Coliseum. The not so good news: The Mountaineers showed […]
