Historic night?
A few tips on how to control fans
By Bob Hertzel MORGANTOWN — Found it extremely interesting that on Saturday, when the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported upon West Virginia University’s beginning steps at reining in boorish fan behavior at basketbal[...]
WVU storms back to knock off St. John’s
NEW YORK — The St. John’s players could hear West Virginia coach Bob Huggins yelling at his team from down the hall during halftime. “It was the usual stuff,” Mountaineers star guard Da’Sean But[...]
Mazzulla’s grittiness not apparent in boxscore
NEW YORK – Joe Mazzulla sat at the very end of West Virginia’s bench for the entire first half of West Virginia’s game with St. John’s Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden. Even lowly sport[...]
West Virginia(6) 79, St. John’s 60 – 2/6/2010
By RACHEL COHEN AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Da’Sean Butler scored a season-high 33 points, hitting all seven 3-point attempts, and No. 6 West Virginia rallied for a 79-60 victory over St. John’s o[...]
WVU students only hurting themselves
By Mitch Vingle I CONSIDERED not writing this column. See, at one time, I was one of those obnoxious college students. I went to West Virginia University. And, yes, I screamed profanities at the opposing sports teams. Ho[...]
Host Mountaineers ease to win over Panthers
By John Grupp, MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — Two teams headed in different directions kept going that way Wednesday night. No. 6 West Virginia defeated No. 22 Pitt, 70-51, for its most lopsided victory over the Panthers in more[...]
Recruit ranks don’t always matter
By Bob Hertzel MORGANTOWN — Funny isn’t it, how much time and money and effort is spent on recruiting a class of 19 freshmen football players by West Virginia University when, in reality, no matter how good the class[...]
WVU wins Basket-Brawl
MORGANTOWN — Several objects were thrown onto the court after Pittsburgh had nearly erased a double-digit deficit, prompting West Virginia coach Bob Huggins to grab the courtside microphone and tell the restless sellou[...]
WVU’s Butler finalist for Senior CLASS Award
West Virginia University’s Da’Sean Butler was among 20 finalists Wednesday for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. The Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School award recognizes the nation[...]
WVU Men's Basketball
Historic night?
Depending on what the polls say, West Virginia’s game against Villanova tonight might be a first in WVU Coliseum history. The No. 6 Mountaineers (19-3, 8-2 Big East) stand to rise at least a spot in the polls, what with them completing a 2-0 week and No. 5 Michigan State and the No. 2 Wildcats losing [...]
A few tips on how to control fans
By Bob Hertzel MORGANTOWN — Found it extremely interesting that on Saturday, when the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported upon West Virginia University’s beginning steps at reining in boorish fan behavior at basketball games, they choose not a sportswriter to do the honors. In a fitting gesture, instead, they opted to have Ann Rodgers, a former colleague [...]
