WVU Sports

Konate Will Return to WVU

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University forward Sagaba Konate has withdrawn his name from the 2018 NBA Draft and will return for his junior season at WVU. “I am glad that I was able to gain feedback and to get experience from being invited to the NBA Draft Combine,” Konate said. “It was a great experience, and I’m ready to get back to work with my teammates at West Virginia.” A native of Bamako, Mali, Konate averaged 10.8 points and 7.6 rebounds per game in 2017-18. He finished the season second nationally in blocked shots with 116. Konate was named to the All-Big 12 ...

WVU Coaches Deal With Transfer Rule

PARKERSBURG — Coaches talk a lot. It’s part of the job. College coaches are especially put in front of the microphone more than they would like and often forced to talk about subjects that they would much rather stay silent over. That wasn’t the case last week at J.P. Henry’s Restaurant as West Virginia’s Dana Holgorsen, Bob Huggins and Mike Carey joined Director of Athletics Shane Lyons at the Mountaineer Athletic Club’s Coaches Caravan. “There’s no new rules and, quite honestly, I am a little tired of talking about it,” Holgorsen said when asked about the Big ...

Let’s Goooooooo!

The WVU Coaches Caravan rolled into Wheeling on Monday night at River City, featuring several head coaches including Bob Huggins, Dana Holgorsen and Mike Carey. As part of the festivities, the Belmont Mountaineer Athletic Club made a $10,000 donation to the WVU Mountaineer Athletic Club. ...

MAC Coaches Caravan Hits Road

MORGANTOWN — Fans of West Virginia University will get a once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity to meet and speak with their favorite Mountaineers’ coach when the annual Mountaineer Athletic Club’s Coaches Caravan visit Wheeling, Parkersburg and Martinsburg this week. “As a head coach you spend a lot of time on the road recruiting and playing games,” WVU football coach Dana Holgorsen explained during last year’s gala at J.P. Henry’s Restaurant in Parkersburg. “This gives us a chance to spend some time with the people who invest a lot of money in our program. “Money that ...

Holgorsen Talks WVU’s Upcoming Season

MORGANTOWN — Football coaches from the Big 12 Conference gathered recently to update fans about what they can expect to witness when the season opens in September. And, like he has done every year since West Virginia joined the 10-team conference in 2012, Mountaineers coach Dana Holgorsen took his turn answering a variety of questions during a 10-minute teleconference. Many of the questions asked were of the obvious variety. One in particular — Will WVU be improved in 2018? — won’t be known until the Old Gold and Blue hit the field against Southeastern Conference member ...

Huggins Inks G Jermaine Haley

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins has announced that Jermaine Haley has signed a national letter of intent for the 2018-19 academic year. Haley, a 6-foot-7, 215-pound guard, currently attends Odessa College in Odessa, Texas. A native of Vancouver, British Columbia, he will have two years remaining of eligibility at West Virginia. “We are really excited to add size and experience to our backcourt,” Huggins said. “We had a pressing need for size in our guard rotation. Jermaine will give us size and skill set in addition to being a ...