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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — No. 8 West Virginia imposed its rebounding will after halftime to offset another double-digit deficit at home. Kevin Jones scored 10 of his 15 points in the second half and the Mountaineers used a big rebounding advantage to come from 13 points down and beat Cincinnati, 74-68, on Saturday. West Virginia (22-6, [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Eighth-ranked West Virginia got big second half performances from Devin Ebanks, Kevin Jones and Wellington Smith to hold off Cincinnati 74-68 Saturday afternoon at the WVU Coliseum. Forward Devin Ebanks scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for West Virginia during Saturday’s 74-68 win over Cincinnati. “We sure make it hard on [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP)—Kevin Jones scored 10 of his 15 points in the second half and No. 8 West Virginia came from 13 points down to beat Cincinnati 74-68 on Saturday. West Virginia (22-6, 11-5 Big East) can earn a bye in the first two rounds of the conference tournament with a win over No. 11 [...]

West Virginia basketball legend Jerry West was one of four players named Wednesday to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. West joins Duke’s Christian Laettner, UCLA’s Sidney Wicks and North Carolina State’s David Thompson in the Hall’s Class of 2010. West, the Chelyan native who played at East Bank High School before starring for [...]

by Mike Casazza HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut made the statement needed to alert the NCAA Tournament’s selection committee. West Virginia Coach Bob Huggins made the statement to official Mike Stuart that earned an early exit from Monday night’s loss. Publicly, Huggins explained away the 73-62 defeat to the Huskies in a matter that speaks for [...]

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The NCAA accused the University of Michigan of failing to comply with practice time rules under Coach Rich Rodriguez, who admitted making “mistakes” but will be back for a third try at bringing college football’s winningest program back into the national title hunt. Incoming UM Athletic Director David Brandon disclosed the [...]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — West Virginia was determined not to blow a double-digit lead the way it did in a triple-overtime loss just five days earlier. So, the eighth-ranked Mountaineers started aggressively, withstood a rally early in the second half and used their big height advantage to dominate inside and beat Providence, 88-74, on Wednesday night. [...]

By Dave Morrison Da’Sean Butler is no doubt one of the top players in the Big East. On stats alone (17.8 points per game, 6.2 rebounds, 80 assists, 47 threes) Butler is among the best. His scoring, assists and threes lead the team. But he is also the heart and soul of the squad — [...]

By Jim Workman It’s difficult to shake that image of the bloodied face of Owen Schmitt as he paced the sidelines in Morgantown. He had either just drilled an opponent with a head-on collision, claiming yet another broken facemask, or bashed his helmet against his own forehead in an attempt to motivate or admonish himself. [...]

West Virginia’s triple-overtime loss to Pitt hurt the Mountaineers in the college basketball polls released Monday. WVU went from No. 5 to No. 8 in the Associated Press media poll and from No. 4 to No. 8 in the USA Today/ESPN coaches’ poll. Four Big East teams remain in the top 10 of both polls [...]