It started early in the Big East this year.
Georgetown goes to Connecticut for its opener and beats the nation’s No. 2 team. Villanova puts its No. 12 ranking on the line in its opener at Marquette and comes away with a loss.
Welcome to the Big East, where the basketball season is nothing more than the [...]
Bob Huggins had just arrived for his Friday afternoon practice, the final practice before his team would open its Big East season against Seton Hall at 2 p.m. today in Newark, N.J., and had not yet heard the news.
“What do you know about Truck Bryant’s hand?” he was asked.
He admitted he knew nothing about it. [...]
“There’s a lot of talent here,” said East quarterback Zach Mettenberger of Oconee County, Ga., who has committed to Georgia.
Joining Mettenberger at quarterback on the East team are West Virginia commitment Eugene Smith of Mirimar, Fla., and Adam Morgan of Dinwiddie, Va., who holds numerous Virginia high school passing records and is considering Clemson, South [...]
All things considered, Da’Sean Butler still prefers playing his home games at the Coliseum. But if he can’t play a home game, well, then a game at home isn’t a bad option, either.
These days, though, when Butler goes home with West Virginia’s basketball team he has a lot of company.
The Mountaineers (10-2) open Big East [...]
West Virginia, 10-2 in the major portion of its non-conference schedule, visits Seton Hall (9-4, 0-1) today for its first Big East game of the 2008-09 campaign.
Tip-off time is 4 p.m. in 18,500-seat Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The action will be televised by the Big East Network.
The Pirates, coached by Bob Gonzalez, are coming [...]
West Virginia players admit they have not seen anything quite like Seton Hall so far this year.
The Pirates (9-4, 0-1) are difficult to scout because they are a perimeter-oriented team that likes to drive to the basket and kick out to the wing for 3-point shots.
“They are just a different team,” said West Virginia junior [...]
Heading into West Virginia’s December 13th game at Duquesne, the Mountaineers were coming off of a 68-65 loss to Davidson, a game in which wvu only shot 33 percent. Following that game, freshman guard Truck Bryant said he didn’t expect the Mountaineers to lose again heading into Big East play.
And he certainly did his [...]
When people talk about the Big East getting 9 or 10 teams into the Big Dance, you can bet they’re assuming that West Virginia (10-2) and Seton Hall (9-4) are in the mix for those final NCAA Tourney bids. Both of these programs are on the upswing, with wvu having great success in the world [...]
I can’t proceed into 2009 without first wrapping up 2008, so here are what I consider the top four West Virginia stories of the last year.
4. Energy:
West Virginians watched hopelessly as gas prices shot up above $4 a gallon last summer and then dropped to one-third that much by the end of the year. [...]
Four Seasons Pharmacy on Morrison Drive in Princeton will host a “Meet and Greet” with Princeton native and West Virginia long snapper Adam Hughes on Saturday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Hughes, who will sign autographs, helped wvu to a win over North Carolina last Saturday in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. Hughes, a senior, was [...]
Four students in the wvu College of Creative Arts have been awarded scholarships from the Valerie Canady Charitable Trust Foundation.
Since 1990, Carolyn Peluso Atkins has helped athletes get comfortable in front of crowds when they’re off the playing field, courtesy of her unique speech class that’s just as much about personal histories as it is proper pronounciation. The professor’s new book, “Great Unexpectations: Lessons from the Hearts of College Athletes,” tells how it all came to be.
Interim West Virginia University President C. Peter Magrath discusses the economy, an exciting energy initiative and other timely topics in a video message that is available online.
As spring tuition bills arrive, wvu officials remind students and their families of payment options that can help to ease the strain on their wallets.
Five interior design students at wvu mixed a modern message with a holiday tradition.
While the Mountaineers and Tar Heels are well-known for athletic accomplishments, off the field their faculty, students and staff are improving the lives of people in their home states.
West Virginia overcame first-half trickery from North Carolina and later needed an interception from sophomore linebacker Pat Lazear at the North Carolina 45 to finally put away the Tar Heels.
From textbooks and supplies to campus bestsellers and Starbucks coffee, it’s all at wvu’s Bookstore. The facility just completed a renovation with its corporate partner, Barnes & Noble, and is sporting a new look for spring.
West Virginia University officials have received Board of Governors member Parry Petroplus’ resignation from the 16-member panel.