MORGANTOWN -- In Bob Huggins’ own words, he’s still waiting on WVU to play a “sharp” game. Despite WVU shooting a season-high 55.6% from the floor in a 92-58 victory against Penn on Friday night, Huggins saw too many mistakes. “How many times did we throw the ball out of ...
MORGANTOWN -- There is a trend developing within the WVU men’s basketball team. It’s one predicted by head coach Bob Huggins back in September with four simple words: “The ball goes in.” Now, Huggins has spent many a preseason talking about his players making shots, only to see ...
MORGANTOWN -- The scouting report from Erik Martin came a year, or so, ago and it really wasn’t unique to any others from Martin when he was out on the road evaluating players. Except this time the story was about Mohamed Wague, an athletic and agile 6-foot-10 forward, who was leading ...
At 6-foot-10 and 285 pounds, Jimmy Bell Jr. is not a young man afraid of contact. “I used to be a football player, so I don’t have any problem with contact,” Bell said after scoring 10 points and grabbing eight rebounds in West Virginia’s 75-57 victory against Morehead State on ...
Emmitt Matthews Jr.’s lay-up attempt rolled off the right side of the rim and Tre Mitchell did what he’s sort of been known for this season. He came out of nowhere. Mitchell came flying off the right side, grabbed the ball in midair and slammed it home. It was just one of ...
MORGANTOWN -- It was just one step in the right direction, that was how WVU men’s basketball guard Erik Stevenson classified West Virginia’s victory against rival Pitt last week. It was a step, head coach Bob Huggns said, that began to take form this summer, as nine new players rolled ...