MORGANTOWN — Cincinnati didn’t shoot West Virginia out of its zone defense Saturday. The Bearcats lobbed dunked the Mountaineers out of it. There were so many alley-oops […]
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Jesse Edwards has historic final game inside WVU Coliseum in loss against TCU
In his final game inside the WVU Coliseum, Jesse Edwards put his name among company reserved for the elitist of the elite in school history. Names like […]
COLUMN: WVU’s season stumbles towards its end without much fanfare
The evening began with Bob Huggins — decked out in a nifty pinstriped suit — walking by press row inside the Coliseum. Moments later, he was on […]
Mountaineers fall to Baylor, 94-81, drop to last place in Big 12 standings
West Virginia’s defensive trend continued in a downward spiral Saturday, as did Mountaineers’s place in the Big 12 standings. Baylor’s 94-81 victory inside the Coliseum handed WVU […]
BYU tops WVU in first trip to the Coliseum, 86-73
There is a scene from the 1980s movie Three Amigos where Chevy Chase, Steve Martin and Martin Short dress up everyone in a Mexican village in the […]
COLUMN: Fousseyni Traore wasn’t the ideal center, but WVU still had a hard time guarding him
With a heavy African accent, it was difficult to understand what exactly Fousseyni Traore was saying in BYU’s postgame press conference. It was even harder for West […]
Mountaineers put up a fight, upset No. 25 Texas, 76-73
With its back against a wall, West Virginia came out with a bout of toughness Saturday night it had yet to show all season. The heroes were […]
COLUMN: Pat Suemnick didn’t expect to be a basketball player, but he’s doing a pretty good job
Your thinking is Pat Suemnick is not supposed to be performing on the basketball court the way he’s been playing lately. To a degree, the senior from […]
Mountaineers put up a fight, fall to Ohio State in 78-75 overtime loss
CLEVELAND — You never would have known Roddy Gayle Jr. just had the game of his life Saturday.Cool, calm and collected, Gayle took a hectic moment Saturday […]
COLUMN: WVU’s numbers tell a much different story than its record
MORGANTOWN — If you knew nothing of the back story that goes along with the WVU men’s basketball team and simply looked at the Mountaineers’ stat sheet […]