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 little life and came away with few answers to what’s been troubling them. “We wanted a little more,” ...
MORGANTOWN -- Ricardo Wright didn’t bother taking a shot over the first 20 minutes, but the senior guard was absolute money in the second half Monday. Right along with him, the SMU guard tandem of Zhuric Phelphs and Chuck Harris got going, too, and SMU ended up running right past West ...
MORGANTOWN -- The 2-3 zone defense is no less foreign to Kobe Johnson as Nike shoes or a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Yet a smile stretches across his face when you mention the zone and West Virginia men’s basketball. “It does feel different,” he admits. Why? Well because ...
MORRGANTOWN — The ball movement was crisp and clean. The chemistry was well mixed and shots went in at a rapid pace. This couldn’t be the WVU men’s basketball team could it? Indeed it was. Jesse Edwards was dominant down low and Kobe Johnson and Quinn Slazinski were good ...
MORGANTOWN — It is the one truly amazing thing about sports, in that the names and faces can change, but the keys to scoring more points than the other team rarely do. Take this WVU men’s basketball team, which certainly has seen its share of new faces. Josh Eilert is in as head ...
The festivities actually began Sunday night for Josh Eilert and his family. “We had a table for 20 at Oliverio’s and every single one of them was an Eilert,” the first-year WVU men’s basketball coach said. You know what they say, big table equals one big bill. “Yeah, it was ...