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West Virginia University officials confirmed on Tuesday that NCAA investigators have recently interviewed university officials about potential rules violations involving the Mountaineers‘ football program. West Virginia officials wouldn’t comment on the specifics of the allegations, but a source close to the situation said the allegations center on former Mountaineers coach and current Michigan coach Rich [...]

Tony’s Behind the scenes More from the Final Four Huggins Interview West Virginia junior forward John Flowers talks about Saturday’s game against Duke at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. Mountaineer sophomore Devin Ebanks talks about Saturday’s game against Duke in the Final Four.

Tony Caridi and Jay Jacobs from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. Wellington Smith on the game with Duke Kevin Jones about being in the Final Four A behind-the-scenes look at the Mountaineers as they prepare for their Final Four meeting against Duke this Saturday Sights and sounds from West Virginia’s sendoff pep rally at [...]

by Mike Casazza MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Da’Sean Butler was named an Associated Press All-America second team selection Monday, the first time a West Virginia player has been held in as high a regard by the organization since 1962. Butler finished 10th in the All-America voting by AP weekly poll voters, with 139 points and 10 first-team votes. [...]

Kevin Jones about victory over Mizzou

by Mike Casazza BUFFALO, N.Y. – West Virginia wasn’t far away from successfully maneuvering through Missouri’s press and into the Sweet Sixteen Sunday when point guard Joe Mazzulla slipped through the defense and made the type of error he and his teammates had otherwise avoided. His pass went to the basket for Cam Thoroughman, who [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. — West Virginia overcame a miserable shooting start to avoid another Big East flameout in the NCAA tournament. Kevin Jones scored 13 of his 17 points in the first half to spark the second-seeded Mountaineers to a 77-50 win over No. 15 seed Morgan State in Friday’s first round. Despite the margin of [...]

NEW YORK — West Virginia didn’t need Da’Sean Butler to hit his sixth game-winning shot of the season Friday night in the semifinals of the Big East Tournament. In fact, with the Mountaineers up two and in possession of the ball, Butler missed a fall-away 3-pointer giving Notre Dame a chance to win. But Irish [...]

By Dave Hickman NEW YORK – Da’Sean Butler’s last shot of this Big East tournament game didn’t turn out like the one the night before. No matter, the Mountaineers had an answer anyway. Clinging to a slim lead over Notre Dame in the tournament semifinals Friday night, Butler couldn’t make the shot that would have [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Prior to Monday’s showdown between No. 5 West Virginia and No. 4 Villanova, the WVU Coliseum scoreboard read, “The snow will not stop us.” The hot shooting of Villanova, though — that’s a different story. West Virginia shot 41 percent from the field while Villanova hit 56.9 percent of its shots in [...]