With its back against a wall, West Virginia came out with a bout of toughness Saturday night it had yet to show all season. The heroes were many and the […]
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COLUMN: Pat Suemnick didn’t expect to be a basketball player, but he’s doing a pretty good job
Your thinking is Pat Suemnick is not supposed to be performing on the basketball court the way he’s been playing lately. To a degree, the senior from Green Bay, Wis. […]
WVU falls to Radford, 66-65, after buzzer-beater shot from DaQuan Smith
It was all set up Wednesday night for RaeQuan Battle to be the hero, yet in a season that has been one disbelief after another for the WVU men’s basketball […]
COLUMN: Unusual season makes it hard to accurately judge Josh Eilert as a coach
An attempt was made to find some type of reference point, someone who would stand as a fair comparison to what Josh Eilert has experienced so far in what is […]
WVU women’s basketball forces 28 turnovers in aggressive 72-61 win over Pitt
PITTSBURGH — As the turnovers began to pile up Saturday like cars in a freeway wreck, this is maybe what Mark Kellogg had envisioned for his WVU women’s basketball team.“It’s […]
Xander Rice scores 30 points as WVU falls to Monmouth
West Virginia’s feel-good story took a wrong turn Friday night. Xander Rice and Monmouth made sure of it. Rice scored a career-high 30 points — 20 coming in the second […]
COLUMN: Quinn Slazinski keeps things in perspective, tells some hard truths after a rough loss
West Virginia dropped a game it should have never lost Friday night, a 73-65 stinker against Monmouth that was a result of a lack of shooters, lack of hustle and, […]
Gordon romps for 282 yards, 4 TDs, Oklahoma State outlasts West Virginia 48-34
MORGANTOWN — Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy wants emerging star Ollie Gordon II to stay humble. The sophomore running back says his coach has nothing to worry about.Gordon rushed for a […]
Mountaineers score first win against Texas Tech under Neal Brown, 20-13
The stats and final score of last year’s drubbing at the hands of Texas Tech had been hung by the chimney with care. In a matter of speaking, anyway, as […]
COLUMN: It might not be pretty, but the Mountaineers are winning games
Having now completed a third of the regular season — if you can believe that — there is only but one question that needs to be asked about this WVU […]
