MORGANTOWN -- Want to know how a head coach of a basketball team that just won by 42 points can still have a tough go of it? You schedule the team that is ranked 364th in the country – out of 365 Division I schools – in the Ken Pomeroy Ratings for a home game a week after Thanksgiving ...
MORGANTOWN -- Behind Door No. 1 is a dominating WVU men’s basketball defense that’s shown up in a big way against mid-major opponents and rival Pitt. Behind Door No. 3 is a WVU defense that was picked apart against Power Conference opponents Clemson and Xavier, who are a combined 13-4 ...
MORGANTOWN -- It was a moment that may have gone unnoticed, if it weren’t for the one who was taking charge. Jackson Fields had played all of two minutes in the first half during West Virginia’s 70-38 victory against Mercyhurst on Sunday. He didn’t play a single second in the ...
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia was the ultimate balanced equation Sunday in knocking off Mercyhurst, 70-38, inside the Hope Coliseum. Whatever was presented on top was also presented on the bottom. The right side saw an almost mirror image on the left side. BOX SCORE WVU forward Jackson ...
MORGANTOWN -- Whatever defensive goodwill that was built up by the WVU men’s basketball team over a 5-0 start took only a weekend to tear down. Clemson and Xavier both shot north of 45% in victories over the Mountaineers during the Charleston (S.C.) Classic. Xavier scored at will beyond ...
MORGANTOWN -- The prediction from WVU guard Treysen Eaglestaff is that it will all soon begin to click. Not just for himself, but for the entire WVU men’s basketball team. When it does: “One day, we’re going to be a very scary team at West Virginia,” he said. That was not the ...