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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University men’s basketball guard Darryl Bryant has been reinstated to the Mountaineer basketball team, coach Bob Huggins announced today. “Darryl has done everything that has been asked of him on all fronts,” says Huggins. “I believe he has earned the opportunity to be reinstated to our team.” A sophomore from Brooklyn, N.Y., [...]

There’s more than a marquee schedule and great expectations to boost West Virginia University basketball in the coming months. The Mountaineers’ proposed and university-approved practice facility took a significant step closer to reality last week. That came on the heels of the first “Huggsfest,” a $1,000-per-person fundraising dinner and auction for WVU hoops held in Charleston [...]

The youthful Pitt men’s basketball team got no reprieve from the 2009-10 Big East Conference schedule. The Panthers, who return one starter from a 31-5 team, play three of their first four Big East games on the road and face a stretch of three rivals — Connecticut, Louisville and Georgetown — during an eight-day span in [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bob Huggins has known before some seasons have started he’ll have a very good team. Cincinnati was No. 1 in the 1997 preseason poll and No. 2 in 2000 – and jumped to No. 1 in a week – and both times Huggins scheduled appropriately to play a who’s who of college [...]

BELGRADE, Serbia – West Virginia star Da’Sean Butler made a team-leading 4-of-6 shots from behind the 3-point arc, and the United States moved into the semifinals of the world University Games here Thursday with a 96-66 rout of Bulgaria. Team USA set its World University Games record for threes, hitting 16-of-29 as a team. Butler’s 12-point [...]

if Bob Huggins’ Mountaineers can protect their home court as they usually do, it just might lead to West Virginia’s first regular-season conference title.

BELGRADE, Serbia. – Despite receiving double-digit scoring efforts from four players, the United States’ World University Games team suffered a 98-82 setback against host Serbia in the Serbia International Invitational on Sunday night. Ohio State’s Evan Turner scored a team-high 16 points for the United States. Villanova’s Corey Fisher followed with 12 points. Penn State’s Talor [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Considering Elijah Macon just completed his freshman season of high school basketball, there remains plenty of time to get himself ready for his freshman season in college. The goal between now and then is pretty basic. “I’m going to try to become a better three (small forward),” said Macon, who, given his age and [...]

West Virginia University basketball player Da’Sean Butler has accepted an invitation to participate in the USA Men’s World University Games team trials, to be held June 16-24 in Colorado Springs, Colo. West Virginia University basketball player Da’Sean Butler has accepted an invitation to participate in the USA Men’s World University Games team trials, to be held [...]

PARKERSBURG -When ESPN bracketology expert Joe Linardi released his brackets for the upcoming 2010 NCAA March Madness tournament, West Virginia was selected by the analyst as one of the four No. 2 seeds-to the surprise of many. Not Mountaineer head coach Bobby Huggins. “I hope he’s right,” said Huggins, who was in town as part of the [...]