SAN DIEGO — Sensing a soft spot in Murray State’s defense, fifth-seeded WVU gored its way inside for baskets and advanced into the second round of the […]
Men’s Basketball
WVU seniors know opening round can be treacherous
SAN DIEGO — WVU’s seniors understand the survive-and-advance pressure of NCAA tournament first-round games. Recent history has been quite a teacher. As freshmen, Jevon Carter and Daxter […]
Huggins: WVU’s foot speed a pressing matter
SAN DIEGO — WVU has maintained only intermittent flashes of “Press Virginia” this season, pulling back from its full-court traps once the most skilled opponents proved unaffected. […]
Inconsistent shooting a bugaboo for WVU men all year
MORGANTOWN — If there was a way to predict or fix inconsistency, Bob Huggins may just have one of the top teams in college basketball. Instead, the […]
Murray State has good shooters across lineup
MORGANTOWN — The challenges presented by Murray State may be longer than the Racers’ 13-game winning streak — the longest in the country. The fifth-seeded WVU men’s […]
Huggins: Why aren’t refs held accountable?
MORGANTOWN — Having long been a proponent of making basketball referees more accessible and accountable, Bob Huggins’ message may have hit more of a national audience on […]
WVU hopes it saved enough energy to play Sooners
MORGANTOWN — If only for a moment, or two, it nearly felt like December again for the WVU men’s basketball program. That was the thought James “Beetle” […]
WVU men finally make shots, sink KSU, 89-51
MORGANTOWN — Sherlock Holmes was needed in Morgantown on Feb. 3. You see, the 15th-ranked WVU men’s basketball team broke out of a three-game slump with a […]
Flu bug takes bite out of WVU men’s hoops lineup
MORGANTOWN — Daxter Miles Jr. leaned back in his seat inside the WVU Coliseum on Feb. 2, looking like a young man aching for rest. James “Beetle” […]
Mountaineers’ slump exasperates Huggins
MORGANTOWN — If fatigue has hurt the 15th-ranked WVU men’s basketball team, head coach Bob Huggins stressed it hasn’t been from back-breaking practices. Huggins has made sure […]
