MORGANTOWN — Opponents of newly crowned No. 2 West Virginia (14-1 overall, 3-0 Big 12) are discovering one important fact as the 2017-18 season progresses — the Mountaineers are going to play their style of game with or without standout senior guard Jevon Carter. “When (Carter) is not ...
Villanova needed just a week to reclaim its lost No. 1 ranking in the AP Top 25. West Virginia waited a lot longer — nearly six decades, in fact — to get back to its position at No. 2. Villanova returned to the top spot in Monday’s new poll after an upset-filled week that included losses by No. 1 Michigan State and No. 2 Duke. The Wildcats got 52 of 65 first-place votes to move up from third to No. 1, where it spent three weeks in December. The Mountaineers were next to capitalize on a big win, along with the chaos of a week that saw four top-5 teams lose to unranked opponents ...
MORGANTOWN — Teddy Allen scored 20 points off the bench, Sagaba Konate had 14 of his 16 points in the second half and No. 6 West Virginia beat No. 7 Oklahoma 89-76 on Saturday night. Lamont West and Jevon Carter added 17 points apiece for the Mountaineers (14-1 overall, 3-0 Big 12). Konate ...
MORGANTOWN — When you have pro scouts representing the Philadelphia 76ers, the Atlanta Hawks, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Memphis Grizzlies and the Portland Trail Blazers, you know you have a big game in your house. That was the case Saturday when No. 6 West Virginia (14-1, 3-0 Big 12) played host to No. 7 Oklahoma (12-2, 2-1) and the nation’s leading scorer freshman Trae Young. Young, who came into the game averaging 29.4 points and 10.5 assists per game in his first season with the Sooners, lived up to all the hype. But, then again, so did the Mountaineers’ Jevon ...
MORGANTOWN — No. 6 West Virginia (13-1 overall, 2-0 Big 12) has had some difficult Big 12 Conference openers, but if faces one of its toughest when No. 7 Oklahoma (12-1, 2-0 Big 12) invades the Coliseum for a 7:15 p.m. tipoff tonight. The game, which will be televised nationally on ESPN2 ...
MANHATTAN, Kan. — West Virginia coach Bob Huggins has a play card packed with 75 offensive sets, yet he couldn’t seem to find anything that would work against Kansas State on Monday. So Huggins told his guys to get the Wildcats to chase them in the hopes of opening up the lane. Maybe ...
