MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia basketball program kicked off their 2026 recruiting efforts in a major way by landing four-star Bella Vista Prep (Co.) big Aliou Dioum. Dioum, 6-foot-10, 200-pounds, […]
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Ross Hodge finalizes WVU hoops roster with Evans Barning’s commitment
MORGANTOWN — The WVU men’s basketball team completed its roster late Friday with the addition of forward Evans Barning, a high school prospect out of Archbishop Carroll in Washington D.C. […]
Rebuilding and honeymoon periods are of little interest to WVU men’s hoops coach Ross Hodge
MORGANTOWN — Save for a few framed jerseys leaning up against a wall — one of them a Jerry West from his WVU college days — Ross Hodge goes to […]
Roster overhauls are nothing new for WVU men’s hoops coach Ross Hodge
MORGANTOWN — There was a time in college basketball when junior college coaches were sort of like being the kid down the block. There’s nothing wrong with that kid. It’s […]
COLUMN: Apologies, an update and some insight on WVU men’s hoops coach Ross Hodge
CHARLESTON — Ladies and gentlemen, I am a terrible writer. That was never more evident than Tuesday night inside the Charleston Coliseum. Best Virginia had just advanced to the TBT […]
Best Virginia advances, James Reese quickly making a WVU connection in TBT run
CHARLESTON – The connection between James Reese and the WVU men’s basketball program has generally been a story of respect from a distance. That’s changed over his last three days […]
COLUMN: Expanding the NCAA basketball tournaments is an awful idea, but the NCAA just may be a genius for doing it
MORGANTOWN — We are on the doorstep of what may possibly be the dumbest decision since Coca-Cola came out with New Coke in 1985, which just happens to be the […]
Javon Small will take first steps into NBA at Salt Lake City Summer League
MORGANTOWN — The last time Javon Small was on a basketball court that mattered, he ended up criticizing himself for not being more assertive with his offensive game. That was […]
COLUMN: In the new age of sustaining college athletics, WVU has got to produce more bang for the people’s bucks
MORGANTOWN — By now, you’ve either grown weary of hearing about the colossal game-changer in college athletics that is the House settlement or you’re simply ignoring it altogether. There is […]
Amir Jenkins reclassifies to 2025, point guard commits to WVU
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia was still searching for some key pieces to round out the 2025 basketball roster and the coaching staff made some serious strides there by adding Amir […]
