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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia extended its win streak to six games on Wednesday night, as the Mountaineers used a fourth-quarter rally to defeat Kansas State, 65-56, at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown.
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia’s offense got a big boost on Wednesday afternoon when 1,000-yard rusher Leddie Brown announced on Twitter that he would be returning for his senior season.
West Virginia’s loss of two post players for the 2020-21 season has forced a change in the way the Mountaineer men’s basketball team will run offense, and some of those changes have been seen in recent games.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — The motto since Neal Brown arrived at West Virginia was for the Mountaineer football faithful to “Trust the Climb”, not as if it were a staircase to the penthouse but, instead, as if it were…
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
When WVU women’s basketball head coach Mike Carey emphasizes his desire to get the ball in the paint, he isn’t just talking about feeding his post players.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University rifle team is ranked No. 4 in the College Rifle Coaches Association (CRCA) Poll.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — Despite the uncertainties of a football season played in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic that left teams uncertain of the personnel it would have available for the next game or even if that next…
Monday, January 18, 2021
West Virginia’s football program uses “Trust The Climb” as the mantra for its building process, and across campus, wrestling coach Tim Flynn appreciates that, as he is certainly in the same building mode as his football counterpart Neal Brown. However,…
West Virginia’s football program uses “Trust The Climb” as the mantra for its building process, and across campus, wrestling coach Tim Flynn appreciates that, as he is certainly in the same building mode as his football counterpart Neal Brown. However,…
One of the three postponed games on the West Virginia men’s basketball slate has been rescheduled, and another future contest has been moved back one day. These changes were made by the Big 12 Conference.
The West Virginia University baseball team has been slotted at No. 14 in D1Baseball.com’s Preseason Top-25 Rankings.
Winter months cause a slowdown in some aspects of outdoor construction work, but at WVU, indoor renovations and reconstruction are continuing at a pair of athletic venues.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — A week or so ago, as Nick Saban notched his seventh national championship by coaching Alabama to the title, we authored a tribute to this area as the cradle of championship coaches, noting that as…
MORGANTOWN — With the start of the spring semester at West Virginia University on Tuesday, a fresh batch of Mountaineer football newcomers is enrolling at WVU.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — With the start of the spring semester at West Virginia University on Tuesday, a fresh batch of Mountaineer football newcomers are enrolling at WVU.
Monday, January 18, 2021
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — With the start of the spring semester at West Virginia University on Tuesday, a fresh batch of Mountaineer football newcomers are enrolling at WVU.
Saturday, January 16, 2021
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The leading scorer for the Mountaineer women’s basketball team wasn’t in the WVU Coliseum Saturday afternoon when West Virginia met Oklahoma State.
MORGANTOWN — The leading scorer for the Mountaineer women’s basketball team wasn’t in the WVU Coliseum Saturday afternoon when West Virginia met Oklahoma State.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — It is difficult to imagine just how many words were written out of West Virginia’s thrilling come-from-behind Liberty Bowl victory over Army last month, but each of them was well deserved for the featured story…
Friday, January 15, 2021
Several West Virginia alums are combining forces with the hopes of turning around a Louisiana-Monroe football program that was 0-10 this past season and hasn’t posted a winning record since 2012.
The National Letter of Intent Twitter account has announced an extension of the spring signing periods for Division I football and basketball programs.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Riding a four-game win streak, the West Virginia University women’s basketball team welcomes Oklahoma State to Morgantown, on Saturday, Jan. 16.
At the conclusion of West Virginia’s 2020 football regular season, I received a quick question from one of our social media followers: Was this a successful season for the Mountaineers?
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — Last March, the unthinkable became thinkable; a college basketball season without conference tournaments or the college athletic year’s most anticipated even for fans, the NCAA Championships themselves.
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Alabama’s dominant performance in the 2021 College Football Playoff championship game brought the Crimson Tide its 18th national title in program history.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In a normal season, West Virginia’s rifle team would be knee deep into its 2020-21 campaign.
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University women’s basketball earned its third Big 12 Conference victory of the season after defeating Texas Tech, 83-78, on Wednesday evening at the WVU Coliseum.
For several months, the expectation was that the NCAA would approve a one-time, no-penalty transfer for all Division I athletes in January, 2021.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Following a 92-58 upset win over No. 17 Texas, the West Virginia women’s basketball team gets set to host Texas Tech in Morgantown, on Wednesday, Jan. 13.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — The spike in positive tests and contact tracing that hit the West Virginia men’s basketball team and forced the postponement of Tuesday night’s key trip to Waco, Texas, to face the No. 2 Baylor team…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — As it is with all of us, the events of recent days are testing the strength of a friendship.
Monday, January 11, 2021
A little over a week after he left the Mountaineer men’s basketball team, sophomore forward Oscar Tshiebwe has found a new home — the University of Kentucky.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — The insanity that was 2020 has now carried over into the 2021 part of the basketball season as the COVID-19 pandemic has forced West Virginia to slam on the brakes as Tuesday night’s crucial game…
Saturday, January 09, 2021
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University women’s basketball upset No. 17 Texas, 92-58, on Saturday evening, at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — The fatal blow to West Virginia’s hopes of knocking off the No. 4 team, Texas, Saturday afternoon in the Coliseum will go down as slash to the throat from Andrew Jones’ hands on a 3-point…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Following West Virginia’s 72-70 loss to Texas, Mountaineer players and coaches were quick to deflect the blame from forward Emmitt Matthews, who missed a pair of free throws with 10 seconds to play that, if successful, would…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — Sometimes the colors on the jersey of the team you are rooting for matter.
Friday, January 08, 2021
West Virginia redshirt freshman Jalen Bridges scored 19 points last Saturday against Oklahoma, hitting 5 of 6 3-point attempts to propel him to that career-high.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Taz Sherman is on a hot streak.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — Bob Huggins would be almost giddy if the only thing he had to worry about in the world today would be West Virginia’s next two basketball games — games that could go a long way…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — It was a simpler time, television still a new medium, newspapers king of the news and a time when a 10-year-old kid would spend his Saturday afternoon at the movie theater for a quarter.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Following its first Big 12 win of the season, the West Virginia University women’s basketball team welcomes No. 17/17 Texas to Morgantown, on Saturday, Jan. 9.
Thursday, January 07, 2021
The NCAA’s Transfer Portal currently features over 850 names of college football players looking for new schools … and that number only figures to grow over the coming months.
As West Virginia prepares to begin its abbreviated 2021 wrestling campaign this weekend, head coach Tim Flynn notes that the absence of the open events that typically dotted the November and December portions of the schedule will have an effect…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — He is like a kernel of corn inside an air popper, ready to burst upon the world with a loud pop.
Wednesday, January 06, 2021
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, in conjunction with University, local and state officials, has extended the time period for no fans at all home indoor athletic events through Jan. 24.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Three members of the West Virginia University wrestling team rank inside the top 25 of their respective weight classes, as announced by several publications on Wednesday.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — In the end, a football player wants to play.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — Sorry, Deuce McBride, the nickname of Mr. Clutch has already been taken around here.
Tuesday, January 05, 2021
West Virginia executed a classic “Stop the Presses!” moment worthy of a 1940s movie with its 87-84 comeback win over Oklahoma State on Monday night.
Over its past two games, West Virginia’s men’s basketball team has seen two newcomers make their first big contributions to the program.
Over its past two games, West Virginia’s men’s basketball team has seen two newcomers make their first big contributions to the program.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — Bob Huggins had had enough watching Oklahoma State running what seemed to be layup lines while the clock ran down and the deficit he was facing grew.
The remarkable 87-84 come-from-behind victory by the West Virginia basketball team at Oklahoma State Monday night was key for so many reasons.
Monday, January 04, 2021
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia presented Bob Huggins his 300th victory as coach of alma mater and did so in a way he will remember it all the way to the College Basketball Hall of Fame.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — In a profession like college football coaching, one with so many bad coaches, you wonder how Marshall University can ask Doc Holliday to pack his bags and hit the road.
Saturday, January 02, 2021
If West Virginia can’t win a game in which it makes 14 3-pointers, how difficult will it be for the Mountaineers to get victories in the Big 12 in 2021?
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — The labor pains were pure torture as West Virginia went through its rebirth in the post-Oscar Tschiebwe era during a first half that produced only 20 points as they fell behind host Oklahoma by 18…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Following a pair of postponements, the West Virginia University women’s basketball team travels to face Oklahoma on Sunday, Jan. 3, in Norman, Oklahoma.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — It may be the most overlooked aspect of big-time college football coaching, yet it ranks quite high in what the separates the good from the great.
A strong defensive effort and a backup quarterback led West Virginia’s football squad to a come-from-behind victory over Army in the 2020 AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis.
In the run-up to Thursday’s AutoZone Liberty Bowl, West Virginia head coach Neal Brown noted Army, despite its conservative ground-oriented attack, was actually quite aggressive in its play. Citing its propensity to go for first down conversions (22-31 on the…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — We tend to see our heroes coming complete with super powers, in need only of a telephone booth to save the world.
Thursday, December 31, 2020
The Mountaineer football team came back from a 21-10 second half deficit to claim a 24-21 victory over Army in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl Thursday in Memphis.
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
West Virginia University sophomore spear Tykee Smith and senior defensive tackle Darius Stills were named to Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) All-America Second Team, as announced by the organization.