Archive for December, 2009
Butler, West Virginia barely outlast Marquette
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Da’Sean Butler’s 20-foot jumper with 2 seconds left lifted No. 6 West Virginia to a 63-62 victory over Marquette on Tuesday night. West Virginia (11-0, 2-0 Big East) overcame a five-point deficit in the final minute and its lowest point total of the season to achieve its best start since a Jerry [...]
WVU’s Ebanks picked national player of week
West Virginia forward Devin Ebanks is the latest winner of the United States Basketball Writers Association Oscar Roberson National Player of the Week Award, presented by Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook. Ebanks, the Big East Conference player of the week, scored a career-high 22 points and added 17 rebounds in No. 6 West Virginia’s 90-84 [...]
WVU needs overtime to remain unbeaten
NEWARK, N.J. – Devin Ebanks leaned against a wall deep in the bowels of the Prudential Center early Saturday evening, looking every bit like a guy who had just played a full 45 minutes in one of the most bizarre Big East basketball games this season is likely to see. “We keep saying we want [...]
Butler’s place in history secure
NEWARK – It’s not often that the really good ones are able to sneak up on anyone. Usually they come with such fanfare that they are hard to miss or, if they aren’t that highly regarded, they make a sensational early splash and grab everyon’s attention. Da’Sean Butler fell into neither group. He wasn’t a [...]
Devine, Sanders named top WVU offensive players
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University Football Coach Bill Stewart has announced the team award winners for the 2009 season. Noel Devine and Jock Sanders were named the team’s offensive co-players of the year, while Reed Williams was honored as the team’s defensive player of the season. The Scott Shirley award for special teams excellence went [...]
WVU signs DE Bruce Irvin
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University football coach Bill Stewart has announced the signing of first team All-America Bruce Irvin, a 6-3, 235-pound defensive end from Mt. San Antonio Community College in Walnut, Calif., to a national letter of intent. “We are excited about the addition of Bruce Irvin to our program,” Stewart said. “He has [...]
No point guard, no problem
MORGANTOWN — Bob Huggins put together basketball’s version of the “Wildcat” offense Wednesday night in the Coliseum and used it score his first victory of the season over a nationally ranked team, beating Ole Miss, 76-66, for the Mountaineers ninth consecutive win. Huggins’ “Wildcat”, like the one in football, has no quarterback, or in this [...]
Ineligible starters let teammates, themselves down
MORGANTOWN — I’m not quite sure where it began. I believe I can put my finger on it even though it was many years ago in a far different world than the one in which we now live. The central character was 10 or 11 years old at the time, one of those cute little [...]
West Virginia Escapes With Win
By Steve Stone for MSNsportsNET.com NEWARK, N.J. – After blowing a 10-point lead with 58 seconds left in regulation, No. 6 West Virginia managed to squeak out a 90-84 victory over Seton Hall in overtime on Saturday afternoon at the Prudential Center. West Virginia held a 75-65 advantage late, but missed two straight one-and-ones that [...]
Mountaineers have edge in Gator Bowl
A position-by-position analysis of Friday’s Gator Bowl by Charleston Gazette Sports Editor Mitch Vingle. Quarterback The future of the Florida State football team became the present when redshirt freshman E.J. Manuel took over for injured Christian Ponder late in the season. Ponder was leading the ACC in passing yards and total offense. Manuel hit 15-of-20 [...]
