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 […]
Men’s Basketball
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 […]
Continued hot shooting leads West Virginia past Penn
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 […]
Mohamed Wague’s progress from soccer to hoops continues to grow at West Virginia
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 […]
NOTEBOOK: Jimmy Bell Jr. not afraid of playing a physical game
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 […]
