WVU Sports

by Mike Casazza NEW YORK – Da’Sean Butler’s fifth game-winning basket had banked in Thursday night before a euphoric and spoiled Madison Square Garden crowd. West Virginia’s senior savior then skipped and roared and thumped his chest and said, in a matter of words, “I told you all.” And while another winner shouldn’t have been much of a [...]

BIG EAST TOURNAMENT BRACKET MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia’s 68-66 overtime victory at Villanova locked up a No. 3 seed for the Mountaineers in this year’s 2010 Big East Tournament, presented by New York Life, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. West Virginia (24-6, 13-5) was one of four teams to earn double byes [...]

PHILADELPHIA — Da’Sean Butler scored 21 points, including the decisive basket with 5.8 seconds left in overtime, leading No. 10 West Virginia to a 68-66 victory over No. 9 Villanova today. Butler grabbed 10 rebounds and finished 13 of 14 from the foul line for the Mountaineers (24-6, 13-5). Butler’s winning drive came after the Mountaineers had [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Monday night saw three seniors honored before the West Virginia-Georgetown game and then saluted after the first Big Monday win in three tries this season. Only one, however, was labeled “one of the greatest players to wear the Old Gold and Blue” and only one laughed. In both instances, the only one was [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Even before Monday night’s victory against No. 19 Georgetown, West Virginia had already accomplished a number of things that meant something to the 10th-ranked Mountaineers. They were picked to finish second in the Big East preseason poll, higher than any preceding projection. The Associated Press ranked them in the preseason top 10 for the [...]

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, 11-5 Big [...]

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 WVU and [...]

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 the box [...]