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INDIANAPOLIS — Preston Spradlin didn’t fret when Morehead State stumbled out of the gate, and he’s making sure the Eagles aren’t comfortable despite their red-hot roll. After all, there’s so much to achieve in their long-awaited return to the NCAA Tournament, as Kentucky’s lone representative yet. Wednesday marked 10 years...

Two days apart in late December, West Virginia coach Bob Huggins got a double dose of bad news: A promising freshman was lost for the season with a torn Achilles tendon. Then one of the few five-star recruits in program history quit the team. Huggins needed to make some fast...

Sophomore Justin Champagnie was named an Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American on Tuesday, becoming the first Pitt player in 10 years to receive that designation. The most recent Pitt All-Americans were Ashton Gibbs and Brad Wanamaker, who were honorable-mention selections after the 2010-11 season. West Virginia’s Derek Culver and Miles...

UConn is in its normal spot with a No. 1 seed for the women’s NCAA Tournament. Familiar territory for Stanford and South Carolina, too. It’s a brand new day for North Carolina State. And the Huskies, while used to their position in the bracket, are facing uncertainty after coach Geno...

For the first time in three seasons, West Virginia men’s basketball is going dancing. The Mountaineers (18-9) were awarded a No. 3 seed in the Midwest region and will open the NCAA Tournament against No. 14 Morehead State (23-7) at 9:50 p.m. Friday. The game will be played at Lucas...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Avery Johnson III hit the go-ahead bucket for Oklahoma State with less than a minute to go, and Sean McNeil’s tying 3-pointer came a split-second after the final buzzer, allowing the No. 12 Cowboys to escape with a 72-69 win over No. 10 West Virginia in...

West Virginia’s Shane Lyons is one of four recipients of the Athletics Director of the Year Award from the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, the university announced Wednesday. “I am humbled and honored to receive this prestigious award, and I share it with all the hard-working people who...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Sophomore Avery Anderson III scored a career-high 31 points to lead No. 17 Oklahoma State to an 85-80 victory over No. 6 West Virginia on Saturday in their Big 12 regular-season finale. The Cowboys (18-7, 11-7 Big 12) made up for the loss of two starters by...

Things finally are getting back to normal for Hampton graduate Rachel Hornung. Normal means doing aerial cartwheels on a 4-inch wide balance beam and performing midair straddles and flips on uneven bars 8 feet off the ground. A junior on the West Virginia women’s gymnastics team, Hornung is returning to...

Michigan finally broke the stranglehold of Gonzaga and Baylor atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll on Monday, taking advantage of the Bears’ loss at Kansas to leap into the No. 2 spot behind the Bulldogs. Gonzaga continued to hold down the top spot in the Top 25, just...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Sean McNeil scored 16 points, and No. 10 West Virginia used a two big second-half runs to beat Kansas State, 65-43, on Saturday. Derek Culver added 11 points for West Virginia (17-6, 10-4 Big 12). Davion Bradford scored 11 points, and Mike McGuirl had 10 for Kansas...

Spring football is in the air at West Virginia, and the Mountaineers will host their annual Gold-Blue Spring Game at 1 p.m. April 24, at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium. Because of ongoing covid-19 protocols in place, and for the safety of the spectators, the WVU athletic department announced...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Taz Sherman scored 23 points, Derek Culver had 18 points and 14 rebounds and No. 10 West Virginia continued its solid play on the road with a 74-66 victory over TCU on Tuesday night. Miles McBride added 11 points for the Mountaineers (16-6, 9-4 Big 12)....

Gonzaga’s bid for a wire-to-wire run at No. 1 keeps chugging along. Baylor is still right there with the Zags. Gonzaga received 60 first-place votes from a media panel in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll released Monday, picking up one vote from last week. The second-ranked Bears received...

The voters in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll are lined up with the committee that will select the NCAA Tournament field when it comes to which five teams are the nation’s best. Agreeing on the order beyond that isn’t as simple. Top-ranked Gonzaga and No. 2 Baylor remained...

The West Virginia men’s basketball team will play one of its two games against Baylor on Feb. 25 in Waco, Texas, the Big 12 Conference and Mountaineers athletic department announced Monday. The road game for WVU had been postponed twice, the first time Jan. 12 when WVU was not able...

Two Franklin Regional grads – Spencer Lee and Michael Kemerer – are ranked No. 1 according to the latest NCAA coaches rankings. Both wrestle for No. 1 Iowa. Lee, a two-time NCAA champion, is ranked No. 1 at 125 pounds. Kemerer, a two-time NCAA placewinner and three-time All-American, is ranked...

The West Virginia football team will open its 2021 season with a road trip to Maryland on Sept. 4. Six home dates — four Big 12 matchups and games against Virginia Tech and Long Island — plus five conference road dates also make up the Mountaineers upcoming schedule, WVU director...

LUBBOCK, Texas — Sean McNeil drew the start when a groin injury sidelined Taz Sherman, who was coming off a career high in scoring, and the West Virginia guard hit his first shot 15 seconds into the game. The junior kept it going from there. McNeil scored a career-high 26...