MORGANTOWN — Any kind of run West Virginia makes in the Big 12 tournament will go through the state of Kansas. The Mountaineers (15-16, 4-14 Big 12) were already assured […]
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NOTEBOOK: West Virginia’s defense comes up big in winning rematch against TCU
MORGANTOWN — Playing its final home game of the season, West Virginia may have come up with one of its top defensive efforts of the season in knocking off TCU […]
COLUMN: With a season like WVU has, it deserved to celebrate a little against TCU
MORGANTOWN — They celebrated Saturday. On the court. In the stands with their fellow students. “It was just happiness,” WVU guard Taz Sherman said after the Mountaineers held off TCU […]
West Virginia closes regular season against TCU with an eye toward the future of the program
MORGANTOWN — On a day generally reserved for celebrating seniors’ accomplishments, the theme around West Virginia’s men’s basketball program was more about the future. It began with the school releasing […]
Malik Curry shows marked improvement after getting comfortable at West Virginia
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s best candidate for most-improved player may come with an asterisk. That’s only because Malik Curry wasn’t even on the Mountaineers’ roster last season. But, as the […]
COLUMN: West Virginia’s defensive struggles aren’t physical, just a matter of not caring
MORGANTOWN — At some point, it has to be said that this West Virginia basketball team is not good defensively, not because it’s not capable, but because the majority of […]
West Virginia’s defense in question on the road against efficient Oklahoma
MORGANTOWN — In just the latest example of how stats don’t tell the whole story, we offer up the last four games West Virginia has played. In those four games, […]
Four finalists to compete in cheer-off
BY WVU TODAY Four students eager to represent West Virginia University as the 68th Mountaineer mascot will compete in a cheer-off during the men’s basketball game vs. Texas at 2 […]
West Virginia hosts No. 20 Texas looking to salvage any positive momentum to the season
MORGANTOWN — For the fifth time this season, West Virginia will host a nationally-ranked team when No. 20 Texas visits the Coliseum at 2 p.m. Saturday. An expected sell-out is […]
The breakdown of West Virginia’s costly turnover against Iowa State latest example of disaster in the second half for the Mountaineers
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s second-half meltdowns may have reached another level Wednesday night in its 84-81 loss against Iowa State. WVU led 54-42 with 14:19 remaining, and while the Cyclones […]
