MORGANTOWN — Fights aren’t meant to be pretty, and that’s what West Virginia coach Neal Brown saw in the “Backyard Brawl” with Pittsburgh. CJ Donaldson rushed for 102 yards and […]
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Former WVU assistant basketball coach Billy Hahn dies
Longtime college basketball coach and former WVU men’s assistant Billy Hahn died Friday at Ruby Memorial Hospital. He was 69. Hahn, who coached with the Mountaineers from 2008-2017, was pulled […]
NOTEBOOK: Emmitt Matthews Jr. focused on winning, not scoring big
In his own words, Emmitt Matthews Jr. is a sort of reluctant scorer. It’s a sense of unselfishness the 6-foot-7 forward plays with, in that he would rather find other […]
COLUMN: WVU made the moves that counted this time around
It was just a day earlier when Joe Toussaint sat in front of a microphone and said offense is not what would lead the WVU men’s basketball team back to […]
Celebrating women in sports
The West Virginia University women’s basketball team celebrated National Girls and Women in Sports Day Wednesday. The team returned to Morgantown to square off against Texas for the first time […]
NOTBOOK: Kedrian Johnson keeps nation’s top scorer down
By the end of West Virginia’s 81-70 victory Saturday night against UAB, the nation’s leading scorer was forced into becoming a spectator from the bench. UAB guard Jordan Walker, who […]
COLUMN: Joe Toussaint provides results for Mountaineers
It was just a few days ago when Joe Toussaint said all the right things. He had fallen on the sword and taken the blame for West Virginia’s second-half collapse […]
Strong shooting leads WVU men’s basketball team past Navy, 85-64
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s long-range bombers were on target Wednesday night. It went to the tune of WVU shooting 55.2% from the floor — the fourth time this season the […]
NOTEBOOK: No warm welcome for Huggins in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI — There was no welcome mat waiting for Bob Huggins outside the Cintas Center on Saturday. Huggins, who spent 16 years coaching at the University of Cincinnati — just […]
WVU men’s basketball comes up short in 84-74 loss against Xavier
CINCINNATI — West Virginia’s first taste of a true road game this season was a mixed bag that completely burst in the final minutes. Xavier forward Jack Nunge scored seven […]
