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PITTSBURGH — Gilbert Brown and Ashton Gibbs made two free throws each in the final 30 seconds after No. 25 Pittsburgh staged a frantic rally to tie it in regulation, then weathered three exhausting overtimes and West Virginia’s own comeback to beat the No. 5 Mountaineers 98-95 on Friday night. Gibbs and Brad Wanamaker scored [...]

By John Grupp, MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — Two teams headed in different directions kept going that way Wednesday night. No. 6 West Virginia defeated No. 22 Pitt, 70-51, for its most lopsided victory over the Panthers in more than three decades. Pitt (16-6, 6-4), losers of four of its past five, is stuck in the [...]

By Mitch Vingle MORGANTOWN – To say the atmosphere in the Coliseum on Wednesday was charged would be an understatement. Let’s just say it was a blessing smoking wasn’t allowed in the arena. A lit match might have blown the top off the joint. The two rivals in the Backyard Brawl were present: Pitt and [...]

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — Two teams headed in different directions kept going that way. No. 6 West Virginia defeated No. 22 Pitt, 70-51, tonight for the most lopsided victory over the Panthers in more than three decades. Pitt (16-6, 6-4) has lost four of its past five games and stuck in the worst five-game stretch [...]

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University’s women’s basketball team takes to the road for a Big East matchup with Backyard Brawl rival Pitt, Sunday, Jan. 17, at 4 p.m., at the Petersen Events Center. The contest will be aired on ESPNU with Rob King and former Mountaineer Meg Bulger on the call. West Virginia (16-1, 4-0) [...]

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — While No. 5 Cincinnati and No. 14 Pittsburgh are playing for the Big East title today, No. 24 West Virginia and Rutgers are battling for an upgrade. Whoever wins gets a better bowl game. And the Mountaineers, as it turns out, will tie for second place in the conference if they win [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - For years, Wendy’s had a snappy little slogan to sell its fast food: Eat great, even late. Tyler Bitancurt would agree. West Virginia’s redshirt freshman kicker spent a long time Friday night and then early Saturday morning celebrating and discussing his 43-yard field goal that gave the Mountaineers a 19-16 victory against Pitt. [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Remember November. That’s been the motto for the West Virginia football team since its loss at South Florida on Oct. 30. West Virginia now has something to remember after its 19-16 upset win over then-No. 8 Pitt last Friday in the Backyard Brawl. The Mountaineers took some extra time to celebrate their [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Tyler Bitancurt was tackled and mobbed by West Virginia teammates after he finished a Backyard Brawl and nationally ranked Pitt at Mountaineer Field on Friday night. To say that the redshirt freshman place-kicker was overwhelmed by his game-ending, 43-yard field goal for a 19-16 victory would be wrong – well, unless you were [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In the aftermath of a 19-16 defeat in the Backyard Brawl, Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt conceded that perhaps the eighth-ranked Panthers weren’t properly prepared for their 102nd meeting with rival West Virginia. If numbers speak the truth, then Wannstedt is right. The Panthers were a woeful 2 of 13 on third-down conversions. [...]