West Virginia adds two recruits on signing day
West Virginia added a pair of three-star recruits to its Class of 2020 on National Signing Day on Wednesday. The Mountaineers got letters of intent from running back A’Varius Sparrow (5-9, 190) and linebacker/end Eddie Watkins (6-4, 220). Sparrow was a Class 5A all-state honoree at Jones High School in...
No. 12 West Virginia beats K-State, Bob Huggins moves past Adolph RuppVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Derek Culver wanted to do something about West Virginia’s worst loss of the season. The sophomore had 19 points and 14 rebounds to lead No. 12 West Virginia to a 66-57 victory over Kansas State on Saturday, giving coach Bob Huggins another milestone win. The Mountaineers (17-4,...
No. 12 West Virginia loses at Texas TechVideo
LUBBOCK, Texas — Davide Moretti had a career-high 25 points and a pair of Texas Tech freshmen also scored more than 20 as the Red Raiders snapped a two-game losing streak with an 89-81 win over No. 12 West Virginia on Wednesday night. Terrence Shannon Jr. added 23 points, including...
No. 14 WVU beats Missouri 74-51 in Big 12/SEC ChallengeVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — No. 14 West Virginia’s inside dominance turned a close game into a rout and moved coach Bob Huggins another notch higher on the all-time wins list. Jermaine Haley had 15 points and nine rebounds, Miles McBride scored 15 points and West Virginia broke open a close game...
Pitt, WVU baseball will bring the Backyard Brawl back to PNC Park
The Backyard Brawl is returning to PNC Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pitt and West Virginia athletic departments announced Thursday that the schools’ baseball teams will meet April 29 at the home of the Pirates. It’s the second consecutive season the two rivals will meet at PNC Park. West...
First Call: Browns to hire offensive line coach that some Steelers fans wanted in Pittsburgh
At the end of the NFL regular season, if you did a Twitter search of Bill Callahan’s name, you got a ton of people suggesting the Steelers should hire him as a special assistant to help coach the offensive line. Or just get him to flat-out replace Shaun Sarrett. The...
No. 14 West Virginia routs TexasVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Oscar Tshiebwe sprinted the length of the court to chase down an errant Texas inbounds pass. While the home crowd implored him not to touch the ball, Tshiebwe grabbed it anyway just before it reached the corner end line, took one dribble and slammed the ball through...
Kansas State routs No. 12 West VirginiaVideo
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State needed career highs from Cartier Diarra and Dajuan Gordon to knock off No. 12 West Virginia. Diarra tied a career high with 25 points. Gordon scored a career-high 15, including 13 in the first half, and Xavier Sneed had 16, moving into the top 15...
WVU to retire Rod Thorn’s No. 44
West Virginia great Rod Thorn, who played from 1961-63, will have his No. 44 retired at halftime of the Feb. 29 game against Oklahoma, athletic director Shane Lyons announced Thursday. Thorn is the last WVU player to wear the number. Jerry West also wore No. 44, and it was retired...
Derek Culver, Oscar Tshiebwe help No. 12 WVU’s half-court defense thrive
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — No. 12 West Virginia’s opponents don’t have to dribble the ball past midcourt to the point of exhaustion anymore. But it comes at a cost. In abandoning a suffocating full-court pressure defense from past seasons, the Mountaineers have doubled down on an even-greater priority: keeping teams out...
West Virginia men’s basketball dominates Jamie Dixon, TCUVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Derek Culver scored 17 points, West Virginia’s bench provided a huge lift on offense and the 12th-ranked Mountaineers stomped TCU, 81-49, on Tuesday night. West Virginia (14-2, 3-1 Big 12) is unbeaten in eight home games and has held 10 opponents this season to 60 points or...
Kevin Gorman: A Pitt, Penn State or WVU national football title unlikely, not impossible
LSU’s decisive 42-25 victory over Clemson in the national championship game Monday night had analysts gushing about how it might be the best team in college football history. Not only did the Tigers beat seven top-10 teams, including the top four in the AP preseason poll, but they also ended...
West Virginia beats Texas Tech, surpasses win total from last seasonVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Miles McBride took over when the shots weren’t falling for West Virginia. McBride scored a season-high 22 points, fellow freshman Oscar Tshiebwe added 17 rebounds and No. 17 West Virginia beat 22nd-ranked Texas Tech, 66-54, on Saturday night. It marked the second time in two weeks McBride...
WVU hires Penn State assistant Gerad Parker as offensive coordinator
West Virginia has hired Penn State wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator Gerad Parker as its new offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach. Parker, 39, graduated from Kentucky in 2005. Since then, he has coached at his alma mater, Tennessee-Martin, Marshall, Purdue, Duke and Penn State. He was interim...
West Virginia’s Bob Huggins fined for calling officials ‘three blind mice’Video
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Big 12 Conference fined West Virginia coach Bob Huggins $10,000 on Tuesday for referring to an officiating crew as “three blind mice” after a recent loss at No. 3 Kansas. The league announced the fine and issued a public reprimand in a statement. “Coach Huggins’ comments...
First Call: Golden Knights’ Marc-Andre Fleury blames himself for loss; Penguins trade targets heat upVideo
Wednesday’s “First Call” features an unhappy Marc-Andre Fleury after losing to his old Penguins teammates. Two Penguins’ trade targets net goals. Bob Huggins gets fined. And the Pitt hoops team may be catching North Carolina at the right time. At least Roy Williams seems to think so. No Flower power...
Azubuike leads No. 3 Kansas to 60-53 win over No. 16 West VirginiaVideo
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas coach Bill Self knew he would need his toughest bunch on the floor to muscle up against West Virginia. All three showed up. Udoka Azubuike had 17 points and 11 rebounds while outplaying Mountaineers big man Oscar Tshiebwe in the second half, Devon Dotson and Marcus...
No. 22 West Virginia men rally, upset No. 2 Ohio StateVideo
CLEVELAND — Miles McBride scored six of his season-high 21 points in the final 2 minutes, 22 seconds, and No. 22 West Virginia rallied to beat No. 2 Ohio State, 67-59, on Sunday. The Mountaineers (11-1) trailed by nine late in the first half but went ahead for good at...
Tshiebwe leads No. 25 West Virginia past Youngstown St 72-64Video
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — West Virginia’s Oscar Tshiebwe and Derek Culver had a happy homecoming. Tshiebwe scored 19 points, and Derek Culver added 15 as No. 25 West Virginia overcame scrappy Youngstown State for a 75-64 victory Saturday. West Virginia (10-1) scored the final eight points to seal its third straight...
College football participants also contend for team recruiting title
Teams competing for the national championship this season got good news well before the College Football Playoff — even if they didn’t have much time to celebrate. The early signing period opened Wednesday with three playoff teams — Clemson, LSU and Ohio State — landing eight of the nation’s top...
State’s top 2 prospects highlight West Virginia’s recruiting class
The West Virginia football coaching staff vowed to keep the state’s best players close to home. On Wednesday, the Mountaineers received letters of intent from the state’s top two prospects. Bluefield defensive end Sean Martin and Fairmont center Zach Frazier, a pair of three-star recruits, signed their commitment to play...
Source: WVU product Will Grier to start Sunday for Carolina Panthers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Panthers plan to make a quarterback change Sunday, starting rookie Will Grier in the team’s Week 16 game at Indianapolis instead of the struggling Kyle Allen, according to a source. Grier, who grew up in Davidson, will be making his first NFL start and taking his...
West Virginia rides Derek Culver, Oscar Tshiebwe double-doubles to winVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia’s young inside presence stood out, but it was a balanced scoring attack that helped the Mountaineers outlast Nicholls State’s pesky defense. Sophomore Derek Culver scored 16 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, and freshman Oscar Tshiebwe had 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead West Virginia...
West Virginia rebounds from 1st loss, crushes Austin PeayVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Emmitt Matthews Jr. scored 16 points and added 10 rebounds to lead West Virginia to an 84-53 victory over Austin Peay on Thursday night. Oscar Tshiebwe added 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Mountaineers (8-1), who bounced back from their first loss of the season Saturday...
Late free throws by St. John’s hand West Virginia 1st defeatVideo
NEW YORK — Rasheen Dunn scored nine of his 13 points in the second half, including the winning free throws with 5 seconds remaining, and St. John’s handed West Virginia its first defeat, 70-68, on Saturday in Madison Square Garden. It was the fourth straight win for the Red Storm....
