MORGANTOWN -- Nestled somewhere inside D.J. Thomas’ stat line on Thursday was the hidden fact that the young freshman stepped up and handed West Virginia a 59-54 victory over Cincinnati inside Fifth Third Arena. It was hidden for several reasons, beginning with WVU (15-8, 6-4 Big 12) ...
MORGANTOWN -- It was just a month ago – Jan. 6 to be exact – when the WVU men’s basketball team put the clamps on Cincinnati’s greatest strength. The Bearcats’ twin towers of 7-foot-1 Moustapha Thiam and 6-11 Baba Miller were held to a combined eight points. Neither one grabbed ...
MORGANTOWN -- This can either be filed under the get-real category or it’s an interesting nugget that somehow sets the scene for an amazing late-season run. Either way, it is yet another reminder of just how differently college athletes view the sports world compared to the rest of us ...
MORGANTOWN -- It was still a few hours away from Hope Coliseum being filled with fans and anticipation and Honor Huff was putting up one shot after another. The first one falls, then another and another. It is a near constant sound of the ball swishing through the net before landing with a ...
MORGANTOWN -- This was one WVU had to have. Not just to extend a winning streak inside the Hope Coliseum. Not just to continue to inch its way up college basketball’s metrics with the hope of being in the conversation for the NCAA tournament come March. And certainly not just to be ...
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia’s 16-game home winning streak came to an unceremonious and difficult end on Saturday. Of course, it had to be against Baylor. It makes all the sense in the world that Bears’ head coach Scott Drew was on the opposite sideline. Drew has darned near built a ...
