WVU Sports

By Bob Hertzel MORGANTOWN — Bob Huggins had tried just about everything in his weathered, dog-eared coaching book and none it was doing much to stop Louisville as the Cardinals snowed three-point shots down upon the Mountaineers. The game had long been a sellout but the frigid weather and an informal student boycott held the [...]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Gator Bowl is adding extra seats for Bobby Bowden’s finale. Two days after the bowl announced a sellout for its Jan. 1 game between Florida State and No. 18 West Virginia, organizers decided to add temporary bleachers — much like the city does for the annual Florida-Georgia game at Jacksonville Municipal [...]

The Citadel has long been an answer to one of college basketball’s best trivia questions, but the only answer a sellout Charleston Civic Center crowd of 12,348 wanted Tuesday night had nothing to do with the Bulldogs. The West Virginia partisans wanted to know when Mountaineer star sophomore Devin Ebanks is going to be back. [...]

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia played its second sloppy game in a row Thursday night. This time, though, the Mountaineers had a savior. Noel Devine has not only grown into WVU’s most consistent offensive weapon, he’s also become its most trustworthy. The little tailback, seemingly one of the few Mountaineers who have mastered the art of [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bob Huggins has spent the first three weeks of the Big East Conference basketball season saying his team just doesn’t measure up. Fourth-ranked Pitt proved definitively Sunday that it was more than a statement about physical stature by the 630-win West Virginia coach. In the 176th meeting between WVU and the neighboring [...]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Believe it or not, not everyone wants “Meineke Car Care Bowl” splashed across a T-shirt or a hat. David Erwin of Hurricane shops with his wife, Melissa. Managers at the University Shop at Trace Fork say sales have been weak for bowl game merchandise. Saturday’s bowl game featuring the West Virginia University [...]