MORGANTOWN—West Virginia men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins had a simple message for his players following Wednesday night’s 62-59 setback at the hands of No. 11 Texas Tech (12-1) at the Coliseum. “You can’t cheat the game,” Huggins said after his Mountaineers (8-5 overall, 0-1 ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia (8-4) opens the Big 12 Conference portion of its men’s basketball schedule with a team the Mountaineers have enjoyed great success against since joining the league in 2012 — Texas Tech. WVU has beaten the Red Raiders in 12 of their 15 meetings. This No. 11 ranked Texas Tech squad (11-1), though, rolled through the non-conference portion of its schedule tasting defeat once — a 69-58 setback at the hands of Duke at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 20. Conversely, WVU coach Bob Huggins has watched his Mountaineers struggle to find its offense at times, ...
MORGANTOWN — The rumor has become the reality. BlueGoldNews.com has confirmed with West Virginia University sources that Mountaineers head coach Dana Holgorsen has informed Director of Athletics Shane Lyons that he plans to talk to officials at the University of Houston about the ...
MORGANTOWN—Sometimes all it takes is a talk. That was the case with West Virginia senior Esa Ahmad following a Jacksonville State performance which witnessed the record season-lows in minutes played (4) and points (2). “I played more,” Ahmad said following a 21-point, nine rebound ...
ORLANDO, Fla.—The worst kept secret coming out of the Camping World Bowl was the one surrounding the fate of redshirt junior linebacker David Long Jr. On Saturday the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year made it official — he would not be returning to West Virginia for his senior season ...
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston fired coach Major Applewhite on Sunday after two seasons. The school announced the move a little more than a week after the Cougars were trounced in a 70-14 loss to Army in the Armed Forces Bowl . Houston (8-5) lost four of its last five games after starting 7-1 ...
