PORTLAND, Ore. — Tre Mitchell scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds, Erik Stevenson added 15 points and West Virginia beat Florida 84-55 Sunday night in the […]
Men’s Basketball
COLUMN: Tre Mitchell continues to show he’s got a Da’Sean Butler-type effect on West Virginia
MORGANTOWN — Tre Mitchell spent most of Thanksgiving Day vomiting due to a stomach bug running through the WVU men’s basketball team and not because he had […]
West Virginia faces another tall challenge against Florida center Colin Castleton
MORGANTOWN — The big man brings with him a mighty ax in college basketball this season and WVU is about to find out if its on the […]
Bob Huggins moves past Jim Calhoun on all-time wins list, as West Virginia powers past Portland State
PORTLAND, Ore. — Tre Mitchell scored 16 points to lead West Virginia to a 89-71 win over Portland State in a Phil Knight Legacy tournament consolation game […]
COLUMN: WVU’s forwards have to come up big against good competition in order to have a complete team
MORGANTOWN — Tre Mitchell’s power move through the paint was cut off Friday night, and so the WVU forward went strictly to his instincts. Or, in this […]
Purdue powers past West Virginia in opening round of Phil Knight Legacy tournament
MORGANTOWN — Given the opportunity to open up some eyes nationally, the WVU men’s basketball team instead put itself behind the eight ball early and never fully […]
West Virginia realizes great opportunity awaits it at Phil Knight Legacy tournament
MORGANTOWN — Erik Stevenson’s words were spoken as if he were wearing boxing gloves rather than a basketball jersey, but they rang true in either case. “No […]
NOTEBOOK: Bob Huggins’ connection with Phil Knight, Nike goes back to his days at Akron
MORGANTOWN — In 1984, Bob Huggins was a rookie Division I basketball coach at Akron and Nike was just another name in the shoe business. That’s when […]
Joe Toussaint’s move to West Virginia has provided new role, scoring chances
MORGANTOWN — In sports, it’s called the change-of-scenery theory, in which some athletes suddenly perform better after a trade, or in the case of college athletics, a […]
NOTEBOOK: Bob Huggins still looking for WVU to sharpen its game
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 […]