Ebanks steals the show
ANAHEIM, Calif. – The second of consecutive turnovers early in the first half Friday had West Virginia Coach Bob Huggins scanning his bench and pointing toward a familiar face. Devin Ebanks, who hadn’t played this season as he tended to personal issues, was finally called to stand up, remove his warmup and check into the [...]
WVU men a work in progress
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — There were long stretches in West Virginia University’s season-opening win over Loyola (Md.) 10 days ago in which the eighth-ranked Mountaineers looked like anything but a legitimate top 10 basketball team. On Tuesday night, the Mountaineers looked a little better for a sellout crowd of 12,348 at the Charleston Civic Center in [...]
Ebanks warmed up with WVU basketball team
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia University men’s basketball forward Devin Ebanks is in Charleston for tonight’s game against The Citadel. The 6′-foot-9, 215 pound sophomore from Long Island City, N.Y., had missed the Mountaineers’ season opener last Sunday against Loyola (Md.), citing “personal issues.” He did not travel with the team, which arrived Monday evening. He arrived in the capital city earlier [...]
Checking Ebanks’ pulse
MORGANTOWN – Bob Huggins couldn’t – or more to the point wouldn’t – shed any more light on the status of star forward Devin Ebanks Friday during his scheduled meeting with the media. Four days before West Virginia is scheduled to play The Citadel in Charleston and six before the start of next week’s 76 [...]
Amid offense stars, WVU’s Jennings brings ‘D’
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Back in October, when West Virginia’s basketball team was a while away from the start of preseason practice but playing pickup games at the WVU Coliseum, Da’Sean Butler let outsiders in on what the Mountaineers did to pass the time. “Basically,” the senior forward from Newark, N.J., said, “we try to dunk on [...]
West Virginia Wins Opener
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Da’Sean Butler scored 26 points to lead No. 8 West Virginia to an 83-60 victory over Loyola, Md., Sunday afternoon at the WVU Coliseum. Butler’s 15 second-half points and some energetic play by freshman Danny Jennings jumpstarted a sluggish West Virginia team playing without forward Devin Ebanks, who was not on the [...]
Hopes high as Mountaineers tip off against Loyola
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia officially begins one of the most anticipated basketball seasons at the school in a generation this afternoon with a game against Loyola (Md.). For the first time since the era of Jerry West and Rod Hundley, the Mountaineers begin the season ranked among the nation's Top 10 teams. They are No. [...]
