Huggins unsure if Bryant will play
by The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia went to Duke country to get help for point guard Darryl “Truck” Bryant’s broken right foot. While the Blue Devils were beating Baylor on Sunday in the South Regional final, Bryant was in Durham, N.C., with Randy Meador, WVU’s coordinator of athletic training services, to get [...]
WVU goes from Sweet to Elite with 69-56 win
by The Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Da’Sean Butler shook off a sore right hand and helped West Virginia shake off feisty Washington to reach the East Regional finals. Butler kept playing after hurting himself midway through the second half and scored 14 points while Kevin Jones added 18 and eight rebounds in leading the [...]
WVU survives scare from Missouri, moves to Sweet Sixteen
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 [...]
Mountaineers beat Morgan St 77-50 after slow start
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 [...]
WVU victory is more than just a win
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 [...]
WVU slips to No. 8 in college basketball polls
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 [...]
WVU storms back to knock off St. John’s
NEW YORK — The St. John’s players could hear West Virginia coach Bob Huggins yelling at his team from down the hall during halftime. “It was the usual stuff,” Mountaineers star guard Da’Sean Butler said with a laugh. “He was telling us what we needed to do — and what would happen if we didn’t [...]
WVU Jumps Three Spots
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia jumped three spots in the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ polls released this morning. The Mountaineers are now sixth in both polls after last Saturday’s come-from-behind, 77-74 victory over Louisville. West Virginia reached sixth in the polls before the Purdue loss after starting the season ranked eighth. It is [...]
Mountaineers fall in hoops rankings
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia men’s basketball team dropped in both major polls on Monday — but not much. In the Associated Press media poll, WVU fell from No. 8 to No. 10. In the USA Today coaches’ poll, however, the Mountaineers fell just one spot to No. 9.
Football: WVU in Both Final Polls
By John Antonik Bill Stewart MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia finished 22nd in the final ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Top 25 Poll and No. 25 in the final Associated Press Top 25, both announced today. It is the fifth consecutive year West Virginia has finished the year ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 – the [...]
