WVU athletic director Shane Lyons optimistic about football season, but it’s too early to be sure
If Shane Lyons’ hopes and projections are accurate, there will be college football this year in spite of covid-19. But there are no guarantees. “Based on my conversations (with medical experts),” West Virginia’s athletic director said, “they feel that once we get to late summer, August, normal life will, hopefully,...
West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons wants to continue basketball series with Pitt
West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons said Wednesday he hopes to continue the basketball series with Pitt after the current four-year contract expires Nov. 13 with a game at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown. “I’d love to see it continued,” he said on a conference call that was otherwise devoted...
West Virginia cancels spring game
After the Big 12 extended its suspension of all team activities from Sunday to May 31, West Virginia canceled its Gold-Blue spring football game, which had been scheduled for April 18 at Milan Puskar Stadium. “It’s disappointing for our players and fans that the Gold-Blue Spring Game is canceled. The...
Isolated college coaches, players deal with change in recruiting landscape
When it’s time to get serious about next football season, Ethan Carr will get down on the floor and do a series of push-ups and sit-ups, followed by some challenging pull-ups. Then, he might open the front door and run through the mostly deserted streets of Harrison City. It is...
West Virginia coach Neal Brown deals with lost practice time, uncertainty
Spring practice meant a bit more at West Virginia this year than at many places across college football. The 15 days of meetings, drills and teaching would have laid the foundation for coach Neal Brown’s second season. It was time to set aside 2019 — when the Mountaineers finished 5-7...
Penn State’s Lamar Stevens, WVU’s Oscar Tshiebwe honored by NABC
Four players — one each from Penn State, West Virginia, Duquesne and Robert Morris — were named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division I all-district teams. Penn State’s Lamar Stevens and West Virginia’s Oscar Tshiebwe were named first team District 7 and 8, respectively. Duquesne’s Marcus Weathers and...
WVU basketball will play Pitt, Robert Morris during 2020-21 nonconference season
Pitt and West Virginia basketball teams will play the last of a four-game series Nov. 13 at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown. The series, negotiated in 2016 by former Pitt athletic director Scott Barnes and West Virginia’s Shane Lyons, ended a five-year period in which the two long-standing rivals did...
NCAA cancels men’s, women’s basketball tournaments
March Madness came to a screeching halt before a bracket could even be filled out. The NCAA canceled its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments Thursday because of the spread of coronavirus, putting an abrupt end to the season less than a month before champions were to be crowned. The unprecedented...
March Madness: Conferences scrap tourneys; NCAAs in doubt
The most powerful conferences in college sports canceled their men’s basketball tournaments Thursday because of the coronavirus, putting in doubt this month’s NCAA Tournament — one of the biggest events on the American sports calendar. Within minutes of each other, the Atlantic Coast, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern...
West Virginia beats No. 4 Baylor, denies Bears chance at Big 12 titleVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Emmitt Matthews ended a long slump to give West Virginia a much-needed boost heading into the postseason. For No. 4 Baylor, Matthews’ re-emergence came at the worst possible time. Matthews scored a season-high 18 points, freshman Oscar Tshiebwe had 16 points and 12 rebounds, and West Virginia...
No. 20 West Virginia continues late-season swoon with loss to OklahomaVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Kristian Doolittle scored 19 points two days after undergoing surgery to repair a broken nose, and Oklahoma boosted its NCAA Tournament hopes with a 73-62 victory Saturday over No. 20 West Virginia. Oklahoma (18-11, 8-8 Big 12) built a 21-point lead in the second half and cruised...
Road woes continue for No. 20 West Virginia in loss at TexasVideo
AUSTIN, Texas — Andrew Jones scored 22 points to lead Texas past No. 20 West Virginia 67-57 on Monday night as the injury-depleted Longhorns continued a late-season surge. Courtney Ramey added 21 points for Texas (17-11, 7-8 Big 12), which has won three in a row. The Mountaineers (19-9, 7-8)...
Jamie Dixon, TCU defeat No. 17 West Virginia in OTVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — Kevin Samuel scored six of his 19 points in overtime, and TCU extended No. 17 West Virginia’s Big 12 road woes with a 67-60 victory over the Mountaineers on Saturday. The Horned Frogs (15-12, 6-8 Big 12) thought they had won for just the second time...
Bob Huggins ties Dean Smith on wins list as No. 17 West Virginia beats Oklahoma StateVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Miles McBride had 11 points in his first start, Sean McNeil also scored 11 and No. 17 West Virginia took over early in the second half to beat Oklahoma State, 65-47, on Tuesday night, giving coach Bob Huggins another milestone win. Huggins earned his 879th career victory...
West Viriginia latest to lose against No. 1 BaylorVideo
WACO, Texas — Jared Butler said he wasn’t trying to make up for the absence of Baylor’s second-leading scorer behind him as the top-ranked Bears chased the Big 12 record for consecutive wins. Maybe it just seemed that way when the junior guard connected on a 3-pointer just 21 seconds...
West Virginia men give up 9-0 run to end home loss against KansasVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Kansas caught West Virginia in a rare late lapse at home. Devon Dotson scored 11 of his 15 points after halftime, Isaiah Moss had seven of his 13 points during a second-half burst and the third-ranked Jayhawks finished the game with a nine-point run to beat the...
No. 13 West Virginia falters at Doolittle-led OklahomaVideo
NORMAN, Okla. — It had been awhile since Kristian Doolittle was Oklahoma’s top offensive option. The Sooners needed it Saturday and Doolittle delivered, scoring 27 points and grabbing 12 rebounds as Oklahoma knocked off No. 13 West Virginia, 69-59, at home. Doolittle hadn’t scored in double figures in three weeks,...
No. 1 Baylor, No. 3 Kansas head of strong Big 12 classVideo
Baylor coach Scott Drew and his team don’t spend time pondering those final five minutes in Alaska the first week of the season that led to the only blemish on their record. The No. 1 Bears (20-1, 9-0 Big 12) since have won 19 games in a row and are...
West Virginia rolls past Iowa State behind Tshiebwe’s double-doubleVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Oscar Tshiebwe had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 13 West Virginia breezed to a 76-61 victory over Iowa State on Wednesday night. Chase Harler added 14 points, Emmitt Matthews Jr. and Derek Culver scored 12 points apiece and Jermaine Haley scored 11 points for the...
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...
