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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — West Virginia was determined not to blow a double-digit lead the way it did in a triple-overtime loss just five days earlier. So, the eighth-ranked Mountaineers started aggressively, withstood a rally early in the second half and used their big height advantage to dominate inside and beat Providence, 88-74, on Wednesday night. “We haven’t [...]

By Dave Morrison Da’Sean Butler is no doubt one of the top players in the Big East. On stats alone (17.8 points per game, 6.2 rebounds, 80 assists, 47 threes) Butler is among the best. His scoring, assists and threes lead the team. But he is also the heart and soul of the squad — the captain — [...]

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 – No. [...]

by Mike Casazza MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Amid the disbelief over the way West Virginia gave away Friday night’s basketball game at Pitt was another unanimous emotion. The Mountaineers wanted badly to get over the defeat and begin that process by getting back to work. “I honestly can’t wait until our next practice and our next game,” WVU point guard [...]

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 a 82-75 [...]