STAFF REPORTS MORGANTOWN — Just days ahead of its first night game inside Milan Puskar Stadium in the Neal Brown era, the Big 12 Conference announced on Wednesday that the Oklahoma and West Virginia football game scheduled for Saturday night at 7 p.m. has been postponed until Dec. ...
STAFF REPORTS SIOUX FALLS, SD — It may have been closer than West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins was hoping but a win is a win. The Mountaineers opened the season with a 79-71 victory over South Dakota State on Wednesday night in the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic. WVU led 37-32 at halftime and had to fend off the pesky Jackrabbits in the second half. West Virginia shot 39 percent from the field (30-for-77), 25 percent from 3 (8-for-22) and 75 percent from the foul line (9-for-12). Huggins’ squad was led to victory by sophomore guard Miles McBride who accounted for ...
Staff reports The West Virginia men’s basketball team has picked up another game on its schedule — and it’s a big one. WVU, ranked 15th in the Associated Press Top 25, will play No. 1 Gonzaga on Dec. 2 in the Jimmy V Classic in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Mountaineers announced the scheduled change Wednesday. The two teams last met in the 2017 NCAA Sweet 16, with the Bulldogz winning 61-58. Their Dec. 2 matchup will be the first game of a doubleheader, with No. 2 Baylor playing No. 8 Illinois in the second game. This will mark WVU’s fourth appearance in the Jimmy V ...
MORGANTOWN — As the college football season winds down for West Virginia University, arguably the toughest two conference opponents remain on the Mountaineers’ schedule. This week, the Mountaineers (5-3, 4-3 Big 12) will take on the Oklahoma Sooners (6-2, 5-2) - the second-best team in ...
MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia University basketball team has now scheduled its third different opponent for the opening round of the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic on Wednesday, Nov. 25 at 7 p.m. in Sioux Falls, South Dakota with the game airing on ESPN2. The Mountaineers will take on South Dakota State in the event after Texas A&M and Northern Iowa were both scratched from the tournament. This will be the first matchup between the Mountaineers and the Jackrabbits, who went 22-10 last year. With a victory, coach Bob Huggins and his squad will advance in the tournament to take ...
MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia university men’s basketball team’s home opener against Youngstown State has been postponed due to the Penguins’ pausing team activities because of a positive COVID-19 test, the university announced Thursday. The game was originally scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 2 and has no set date right now. West Virginia, ranked 15th in the Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll, and Youngstown State hope to reschedule the game on a mutually agreeable date in December. The Mountaineers’ first home game will now be against Robert Morris on Wednesday, Dec. 9 ...
