Butler scores 27, caps No. 9 Mountaineers’ comeback past Cardinals
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Da’Sean Butler scored a season-high 27 points, including the go-ahead basket with 16 seconds remaining, and No. 9 West Virginia rallied from a big second-half deficit to beat Louisville 77-74 on Saturday. The Mountaineers (17-3, 6-2 Big East) came from 12 down midway through the second half to snap a four-game losing [...]
Mountaineers set for Duquesne challenge
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - It would be unfair to ask West Virginia’s basketball players if they feel like the sixth-ranked team in the country. None of them would know. The Mountaineers haven’t been held in such regard since Feb. 23, 1982. Coupled with the unfamiliarity of their reality is the fact most players just don’t want to [...]
WVU wins 76 Classic
ANAHEIM, Calif. – One of the streets near the Anaheim Convention Center is Disney Way. During the 76 Classic, it was the West Virginia Mountaineers’ way – especially Sunday night. In the prestigious tournament filled with upsets of ranked teams, WVU outclassed the field – and the nation’s – surprise team, Portland, 84-66 in the [...]
WVU eyes 76 Classic prize
ANAHEIM, Calif. – West Virginia’s eighth-ranked basketball team traveled all the way out here to play in one of the top in-season tournaments and be a part of a field including three other ranked teams and UCLA. The Mountaineers will leave the 76 Classic having played none of them and could actually travel the road [...]
USF’s Daniels winning as he learns on the job
TAMPA — The rapid development of quarterback B.J. Daniels may be the biggest reason South Florida has remained a Top 25 team after the loss of Big East career total offense leader Matt Grothe. Since taking over when Grothe was sidelined for the season with a knee injury, the redshirt freshman has emerged among the [...]
Upset of 1993 Miami team one of WVU’s best
MORGANTOWN – No. 9 West Virginia’s upset of No. 4 Miami for the 10th victory of the Mountaineers’ 11-0 regular season in 1993 ranks among the school’s greatest victories. An overflow crowd of 70,222 – still the largest for a game in West Virginia – and a national television audience saw the thrilling 17-14 triumph [...]
Blowing Out The Buckeyes
West Virginia held 15th-ranked Ohio State to 20 second-half points in a runaway 76-48 victory over the Buckeyes Saturday afternoon at Value City Arena in Columbus. The Mountaineers (10-2) completely dominated a Buckeye team that came into the game with the nation’s longest winning streak at 14 and winners of 65 of their last 67 [...]
