WVU Sports

By Dave Hickman ROSEMONT, Ill. – If Da’Sean Butler’s confidence in his own ability to put the ball in the basket was wavering, the beginning of Tuesday night’s 62-46 win over DePaul should have shaken him out of his crisis. OK, so maybe the rest of the night wasn’t lights out. In fact, it was fairly [...]

Mountaineers get past DePaul for third straight victory ROSEMONT, Ill. — Da’Sean Butler, Devin Ebanks, Darryl “Truck” Bryant and Wellington Smith scored 14 points apiece to lead No. 9 West Virginia University to a 62-46 win over DePaul on Tuesday night. West Virginia (16-3, 5-2 Big East) has won three straight after a 72-71 loss [...]

ROSEMONT, Ill. — Wellington Smith has solidified West Virginia’s starting lineup. Now someone needs to do the same for the Mountaineers’ bench. Smith and Da’Sean Butler scored 14 points apiece to lead No. 9 West Virginia to a 62-46 win over DePaul on Tuesday night. Devin Ebanks also had 14 points for West Virginia (16-3, [...]

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – All things considered, Kevin Jones didn’t do all that badly a year ago when forced to match up with Luke Harangody. Really, in two games – one at the Coliseum and the other in the Big East tournament, both West Virginia wins – Jones played a combined 51 minutes, scored 14 [...]

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 [...]

NEW YORK – When Devin Ebanks arrived at West Virginia this summer, he was one of the most highly touted freshmen in the country and one from whom a lot was expected. And while his versatility was certainly a plus, what he has developed into is rather amazing. Perhaps the 6-foot-9 freshman’s two biggest contributions [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – No. 5 Connecticut’s inside game was just too powerful for No. 25 West Virginia Tuesday night in Morgantown. The Huskies (13-1, 2-1) got 17 points from Jeff Adrien and 13 points and 13 rebounds from 7-foot-3-inch center Hasheem Thabeet to pull out a 61-55 victory over the Mountaineers. Stanley Robinson grabbed a [...]

By John Antonik for MSNsportsNET.com MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Alex Ruoff has two explanations for why he was able to score a career-high 38 points that also included a school-record nine 3-point field goals in West Virginia’s 89-54 victory over Radford Tuesday night. One, Coach Bob Huggins fixed a minor flaw in his shooting stroke and [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University forward Devin Ebanks was named Big East rookie of the week following his performances in games last week against Davidson and Duquesne. The Long Island City, N.Y., resident scored 13 points and pulled down 17 rebounds in West Virginia’s 68-65 loss to Davidson in the Jimmy V Classic at [...]

After Tuesday night’s 68-65 loss to nationally ranked Davidson at Madison Square Garden, West Virginia (6-2) will visit Duquesne (5-2) Saturday night. The Dukes’ two losses on the season came against Duke (95-72) and Pitt (78-51). Starting Mountaineer point guard Joe Mazzulla only played six minutes in the loss to Davidson after injuring his shoulder. [...]