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 ...
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia’s defensive reputation took a second consecutive beating Sunday, at the Charleston (S.C.) Classic. This time it was from downtown, as Xavier tied its season high with 16 3-pointers in a 78-68 victory against the Mountaineers inside TD Arena. “We allowed ...
MORGANTOWN -- Carter Welling came alive Friday night just when it seemed Clemson was about ready to be put to bed. Instead, the Tigers’ 6-foot-11 forward handed Ross Hodge his first defeat as the WVU men’s basketball coach following a 70-67 victory inside the TD Arena in the opening ...
MORGANTOWN -- Through just five games, Ross Hodge has already established a defensive identity with his first WVU men’s basketball team, one that ranks fourth in the nation in points allowed. He’s got a win against a hated rival, an emerging freshman in forward D.J. Thomas, a top ...
MORGANTOWN -- As it turns out, Honor Huff’s eight 3-pointers may not have been his biggest contribution of the night in leading the WVU men’s basketball team to an 81-59 victory against Lafayette. Rather it might have been as he was leaving the postgame press conference, walking behind ...