Save the dates: WVU vs. Alabama in 2026, ’27
West Virginia will play Alabama in a two-game home-and-away football series in the 2026 and 2027 seasons. The first game will be in Morgantown on Sept. 5, 2026, and the second will be played in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Sept. 4, 2027. “With its great tradition and history, it will be...
West Virginia adds to football coaching staff
West Virginia football coach Neal Brown announced Wednesday the hiring of Coleman Barnes as the associate athletics director for football external affairs. Barnes will work together with the athletics administration and external units to further the WVU brand. He will promote new ideas, development and growth to help position the...
Big 12 leader Kansas State pulls away from struggling West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Barry Brown scored 21 points and No. 23 Kansas State beat West Virginia, 65-51, on Monday night to remain atop the Big 12 standings. A 14-0 run midway through the second half, led by a couple of 3-pointers by Xavier Sneed, gave the Wildcats (20-6, 10-3) their...
No. 14 Kansas routs short-handed, cold-shooting West Virginia
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Devon Dotson drove through a crowd of West Virginia players, stopped in his tracks and passed the ball across the key, finding K.J. Lawson alone in the corner. Without hesitation, Lawson sunk his third 3-pointer of the game before running down the court celebrating with his brother,...
WVU football coach adds Trickett to staff
West Virginia’s new football coach Neal Brown has hired Travis Trickett, the son of former Mountaineer assistant Rick Trickett, to his staff. The younger Trickett will be on the offensive side of the ball. His assignment will be decided on a later date. Ricky Trickett was a student assistant at...
Pair of starters kicked off WVU men’s basketball team
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia starters Esa Ahmad and Wes Harris were dismissed from the team for undisclosed violations of athletic department policies. The Mountaineers announced the dismissals Monday night without elaboration. Ahmad was the team’s third-leading scorer this season at 12 points per game and the third-leading rebounder at...
West Virginia no match for improving Texas
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Texas proved Saturday night that they might be heating up at the right time. Courtney Ramey tied a career-high with 19 points as the Longhorns beat West Virginia, 75-53. Texas (14-10, 6-5 Big 12) dominated just about every facet of the game to pick up its third...
West Virginia sets Big 12 record for fewest field goals in loss
LUBBOCK, Texas — Brandone Francis scored a season-high 16 points, and No. 18 Texas Tech overwhelmed cold-shooting West Virginia, 81-50, on Monday night. The Red Raiders (18-5, 6-4 Big 12), who lost four of their previous five Big 12 games, took control with a 13-0 run midway through the first...
Brandon Knapper breaks out as WVU beats Oklahoma
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — On a day where a groundhog predicted an early spring, West Virginia basketball fans got the opposite, a little sunshine. While Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow on a cloudy day in that part of Pennsylvania, Brandon Knapper came off the bench to score a career-high 25...
Iowa State routs WVU; Huggins ejected
AMES, Iowa — Iowa State’s Lindell Wigginton leapt into the lane to steal a pass, sprinted down the court and got fouled. He then casually flipped the ball underhanded toward the basket from 30 feet — and found the bottom of the net. It was that kind of night for...
West Virginia starts fast, stalls in loss to No. 1 Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Lamonte’ Turner made the most of a rare start for Tennessee. Turner scored 23 points, and the top-ranked Volunteers held West Virginia scoreless for a 91/2-minute stretch Saturday on its way to an 83-66 victory. The 21-year-old Turner also had five assists in his first start since...
Baylor cruises past West Virginia behind Makai Mason’s 29 points
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Makai Mason scored 29 points, and Baylor cruised to an 85-73 win over West Virginia on Monday night. The Bears (12-6, 4-2 Big 12) survived a second-half comeback attempt to grab their fourth win in five games. Baylor got out to as much as a 17-point lead...
Jermaine Haley’s layup caps comeback, lifts West Virginia over No. 7 Kansas
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Kansas coach Bill Self left his postgame news conference, saw West Virginia’s Bob Huggins down a hallway and stopped for a handshake. “Go win the rest of them,” Self said. Wishful thinking, perhaps, but Huggins will gladly take this one over his friend in what has become...
Oklahoma quarterback Austin Kendall transfers to WVU
West Virginia coach Neal Brown didn’t waste any time replenishing his roster at a position where he may need some depth. Brown, who was announced as Dana Holgorsen’s replacement Jan. 11, said Friday that quarterback Austin Kendall has enrolled for West Virginia’s spring semester and will have two years of...
TCU sends West Virginia to 0-5 mark in Big 12
FORT WORTH, Texas — Desmond Bane scored 26 points to lead six TCU players in double figures as the Horned Frogs beat West Virginia, 98-67, on Tuesday night, sending the Mountaineers to their first 0-5 conference record in 23 years. TCU (13-3, 2-2 Big 12) got off a slow start,...
WVU loses to Oklahoma State, remains winless in Big 12
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Oklahoma State’s Isaac Likekele is having fun. West Virginia’s players, not so much. Likekele scored a career-high 23 points with nine rebounds to lead the Cowboys to their first true road win, beating West Virginia, 85-77, on Saturday. The loss gives the Mountaineers their first 0-4 start...
West Virginia coach Neal Brown brings strong track recordVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Self-described as “completely average college football player,” Neal Brown accepted his bachelor’s degree in business management from Massachusetts and wasn’t sure of his next step. “I was trying to put off going into the real world,” he said. So he played indoor football for a short time...
New West Virginia football coach Neal Brown professes ‘dislike’ for Pitt
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Neal Brown hasn’t been at West Virginia long enough to build up any malice toward Pitt, but he was quick to jump feet-first into the rivalry during his introductory news conference Thursday. At least, West Virginia’s new head coach has a sense for the intensity of the...
New West Virginia DC Vic Koenning values ‘contact-seekers’
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Vic Koenning said his philosophy on finding good football players is simple. “You have to be able to bend your knees,” he said. “You have to be able to have balance. You have to be able to tackle, and if you’re a defensive back, you have to...
West Virginia blows 21-point lead in loss to Kansas State
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Barry Brown scored 29 points, including the go-ahead layup with 28.9 seconds to go, and Kansas State rallied from a 21-point second-half deficit to beat West Virginia, 71-69, on Wednesday night. Mike McGuirl added 18 points and Kamau Stokes, dealing with a lingering foot injury, added 12...
Bob Huggins wondering where Press Virginia went
West Virginia coach Bob Huggins grew tired of a lack of commitment from his players in a season that has been sour since it began, so he sent a message by giving a freshman walk-on his first start in a Big 12 road game. The move didn’t last long, but...
West Virginia drops Big 12 game at Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — Matt Coleman scored 17 points, Dylan Osetkowski had 14, and both made critical plays down the stretch, helping Texas defeat West Virginia, 61-54, on Saturday night. Coleman, with the shot clock about to expire, hit a step-back 3-pointer from the right corner to give Texas a 59-54...
West Virginia hires Troy’s Neal Brown for 6 years, $19.05 million
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia hired Troy’s Neal Brown on a six-year, $19.05 million contract to coach the Mountaineers. Brown replaces Dana Holgorsen, who left to become Houston’s coach. The school announced Brown’s hiring Saturday. President E. Gordon Gee said he’s confident the 38-year-old Brown is a “good fit” for...
Reports: West Virginia hires Troy’s Neal Brown to replace Dana Holgorsen
West Virginia wasted little time finding a replacement for football coach Dana Holgorsen, replacing him with Troy’s Neal Brown, according to reports from Yahoo Sports and ESPN.com. Brown, 38, is one of only six FBS coaches with 10 victories in each of the past three seasons, He was 35-16 in...
It’s official: Dana Holgorsen leaves WVU for Houston
Dana Holgorsen officially left West Virginia after eight seasons on Wednesday when he was named head coach at the University of Houston. Holgorsen was the Cougars’ offensive coordinator during the 2008-2009 seasons. He will be introduced at a news conference at 2 p.m. Thursday. “I want to thank coach Holgorsen...
