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The West Virginia men’s basketball team was scheduled to face Big 12 Conference foe Baylor twice in four days next week, but both games have been postponed. The conference announced Monday that the games, a home contest slated for Feb. 15 and a road matchup Feb. 18, will not be...

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas dropped out of The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll for the first time in 12 years on Monday, ending the Jayhawks’ record streak of 231 consecutive weeks ranked in the Top 25. Gonzaga and Baylor held down the top two spots, just as they have...

AMES, Iowa — Taz Sherman hit two free throws with 6.4 seconds remaining and finished with 18 points as No. 17 West Virginia held on to beat Iowa State, 76-72, on Tuesday night. Sherman was 5 of 7 from the floor and made 7 of 8 shots from the line...

Baylor has overshadowed nearly everything in the Big 12 this season as it tries to complete an undefeated season. Oklahoma has been making a statement of its own. With a win over then-No. 9 Alabama on Saturday, the Sooners became just the second team in 25 years to beat three...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Miles McBride made a go-ahead jumper with 6 seconds left and finished with a season-high 24 points, helping No. 11 West Virginia rally for a wild 88-87 victory over No. 10 Texas Tech on Monday night. Jalen Bridges and reserve Sean McNeil each scored 13 points for...

Gonzaga and Baylor have remained firmly atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll all season while everyone else keeps rotating in and out of the top 10 beneath them as potential challengers. This week, that includes Alabama for the first time in 14 years. While the Bulldogs and Bears...

The West Virginia men’s basketball team received some good news from the Big 12 Conference on Monday as a game postponed because of covid issues has been rescheduled. The Mountaineers’ matchup with Baylor, originally scheduled for Jan. 12, now will be at 5 p.m. Feb. 18, in Waco, Texas. The...

The Big 12 Conference on Tuesday announced the West Virginia men’s basketball team will not play home games with TCU (Saturday) and Oklahoma State (Jan. 19) because the Mountaineers were not able to meet necessary covid-19 requirements set forth by the conference. The same issue had already postponed Tuesday’s matchup...

The West Virginia men’s basketball team will not play its scheduled game at No. 2 Baylor on Tuesday. The Big 12 Conference on Monday announced the Mountaineers were not able to meet necessary covid-19 requirements set forth by the conference. No. 13-ranked WVU and Baylor are working with the conference...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia quarterback Austin Kendall plans to play elsewhere next season. West Virginia football spokesman Mike Montoro confirmed Tuesday that Kendall has put his name into the NCAA’s transfer database. Kendall came on in relief of Jarret Doege in the second half of the Liberty Bowl and...

STILLWATER, Okla. — After a disappointing performance in his previous game, Derek Culver bounced back in a big way. Culver had 22 points and 19 rebounds to help No. 14 West Virginia rally from 19 down in the second half to beat Oklahoma State, 87-84, on Monday night. Miles McBride...

While Gonzaga and Baylor remain firmly atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, Shaka Smart and fourth-ranked Texas are making a push into the rankings’ top tier, too. The top-ranked Zags and second-ranked Bears remained 1-2 in Monday’s latest Top 25 as they have all season. But the Longhorns...

West Virginia men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins announced Friday sophomore forward Oscar Tshiebwe, a Kennedy Catholic graduate, is stepping away from the program for personal reasons. “Oscar has our full support, and we certainly wish him the best during this time,” Huggins said in a statement. Later in a video...

Count West Virginia coach Neal Brown among those wanting to see Army play a bowl game. He will get the chance when his Mountaineers take on Army in the Liberty Bowl after the Black Knights were tapped as a covid-19 replacement for Tennessee. Brown sees this as a big opportunity...

The end of 2020 has brought tough news to the West Virginia men’s basketball team. Isaiah Cottrell, the highly touted 6-foot-10 freshman from Las Vegas, will miss the rest of the 2020-21 season after suffering a torn Achilles tendon in his left leg in the first half of Tuesday’s game...

WEST POINT, N.Y. — When Army came calling at Jeff Monken’s door, departing for the north was not on his mind. He was content as head coach at Georgia Southern, fresh from pulling off one of the biggest college football upsets in recent memory — 26-20 over the Florida Gators...

Pitt senior defensive end Patrick Jones II and West Virginia senior defensive tackle Darius Stills have been named first-team All-Americans by the Sporting News, the publication announced Tuesday. Jones is the 94th first-team All-American in Pitt football history. He finished the season with 44 tackles, 13 tackles for a loss,...