WVU Basketball: West Virginia Opens NCAA Tournament With Morehead State

It’s time to start filling out NCAA tournament brackets — and West Virginia men’s basketball team is among the field. The 68-team pool for this season’s men’s tournament was announced on Sunday afternoon, and WVU, which lost three of its last four games, was named the No. 3 seed in ...

WVU Women Fall to Baylor in Big 12 Championship

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Queen Egbo scored 18 points and 11 rebounds and No. 6 Baylor beat West Virginia 76-50 to win the Big 12 Tournament on Sunday. It is the ninth Big 12 Championship in the last 10 tournaments for top-seeded Baylor (25-2). Dijonai Carrington added 14 and Moon Ursin ...

WVU Basketball: West Virginia Opens Up Big 12 Tourney Against Oklahoma State

For the first time since 2019, the West Virginia men’s basketball team is back in the Big 12 Championship tournament — and the Mountaineers are opening against a familiar foe. After last season’s tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, No. 4 seed WVU begins its tournament ...

NACDA Names WVU’s Shane Lyons Athletics Director of the Year

West Virginia University Athletics Director Shane Lyons was one of four winners of the Athletics Director of the Year Award. Along with Lyons, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics has also named Matt Hogue (Coastal Carolina), Tom Holmoe (BYU) and Rob Mullens (Oregon) as winners. Lyons is in his seventh year at West Virginia University and is the first recipient of the university to receive the award. Lyons will be honored at the NACDA national convention on July 27-28.

Culver Earns AP First Team All-Big 12 Honors

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer West Virginia junior forward Derek Culver has been named to the Associated Press First Team All-Big 12 Team. The 6-10 Culver leads the league with 9.8 rebounds a game while averaging 14.8 points helping the Mountaineers to an 18-8 record. Sophomore ...