MORGANTOWN — It’s now time to see if “The Magician” has any tricks left up his sleeve. That’s the nickname WVU teammates have given point guard Kerr […]
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WVU moves to “reconsideration” stage with NCAA on RaeQuan Battle’s eligibility, says it will provide new information
MORGANTOWN — RaeQuan Battle’s fight with the NCAA for immediate eligibility has reached a third stage, according to WVU men’s basketball coach Josh Eilert. In his postgame […]
WVU shooting woes come from a lack of confidence, as players continue to pass up open looks
MORGANTOWN — If confidence was sold in a bottle, Josh Eilert would have already bought every single one and stuffed his players’ lockers with them. That’s what […]
Josh Eilert: Pro agents coming after RaeQuan Battle forcing player to choose between basketball and education
Josh Eilert’s concerns with the status of guard RaeQuan Battle, as the WVU men’s basketball coach discussed Wednesday night, go much farther than the NCAA. In the […]
Ofri Naveh will play in his first Backyard Brawl, but has lived through The Derby
MORGANTOWN — At first glance, it would seem like WVU forward Ofri Naveh is the least-likely candidate to speak on the WVU-Pitt men’s basketball rivalry that resumes […]
COLUMN: Mountaineers continue fighting, but is any help going to enough?
To his credit, Josh Eilert is not changing his message, not even after watching West Virginia fall to St. John’s 79-73 on Friday night in the annual […]
Mountaineers fall to St John’s 79-73 in contact-heavy bout
There was enough contact Friday night inside the Coliseum that it seemed like the clock had been turned back some 15 years to an era now long […]
Battle of the bigs: Jesse Edwards, Joel Soriano a major focus in WVU-St. John’s game
MORGANTOWN — If the game plays out like Josh Eilert expects, there will be some good and bad news today for WVU center Jesse Edwards when the […]
Quinn Slazinski will have an additional ‘fire’ within himself in facing Pitino, St. John’s
MORGANTOWN — It would be easy to say Quinn Slazinski is playing with a chip on his shoulder, yet that doesn’t quite cover it all. The way […]
Basketball has become a way for Ofri Naveh to ‘break’ from the crisis in his home of Israel
MORGANTOWN — In the span of few months, Ofri Naveh has had two different worlds turned upside down. The WVU men’s basketball forward is a native of […]
