West Virginia survives final frantic seconds to beat CincinnatiVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Amani Hansberry scored 17 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and West Virginia pulled out a 62-59 win over Cincinnati on Wednesday night after nearly blowing a nine-point lead in the final seconds. Trailing by six midway through the second half, the Mountaineers (16-10, 7-8 Big 12) went...
Javon Smalls scores 22 points, but Baylor outlasts West Virginia in OTVideo
WACO, Texcas — Norchad Omier posted his 81st career double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Baylor did all of its scoring from the free-throw line in overtime as the Bears held off West Virginia, 74-71, on Saturday. Baylor led for more than 30 minutes, but the game featured...
Pat White, record-setting quarterback for West Virginia, returns to Mountaineers as an assistant
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Former West Virginia quarterback Pat White will return to the Mountaineers as assistant quarterbacks coach and assistant to the head coach. Coach Rich Rodriguez announced White’s hiring this week. The Mountaineers were 35-8 with four bowl wins with White as their starting quarterback from 2005-08. He set...
Penn State has 5 players invited to NFL Combine; Pitt will have 4 at event
Led by presumptive first-round picks Adbul Carter and Tyler Warren, Penn State had five players receive invitations to the annual NFL Scouting Combine, which will be held later this month in Indianapolis. Carter, a 6-foot-3, 252-pound defensive end, is viewed as one of the top players in the entire draft...
First Call: Jets tried to ban Aaron Rodgers from Pat McAfee’s show; Steelers DB lashes out at idea of Rodgers in Pittsburgh
“First Call” for Wednesday has some interesting news about Aaron Rodgers’ demise in New York. We also tell you which Steeler is aggressively opposed to the notion of Rodgers coming to Pittsburgh. It might not take very much for the Steelers to pry Deebo Samuel loose from San Francisco. Also,...
BYU tops West Virginia 73-69 behind 16 points from freshman Egor DeminVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Freshman Egor Demin scored 16 points to lead BYU to a 73-69 win over West Virginia on Tuesday night. Kanon Catchings added 11 points for BYU (16-8, 7-6 Big 12). Toby Okani scored 16 points, and Jonathan Powell and Joseph Yesufu added 11 apiece for the Mountaineers...
Former Pitt coach Jamie Dixon earns 500th career win as TCU tops WVUVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — Vasean Allette scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and TCU beat West Virginia, 65-60, on Wednesday night to give coach Jamie Dixon his 500th career win. Dixon, a TCU alum, has the program’s second-most wins at 172 since taking over in 2016 after 13 years...
West Virginia’s Tucker DeVries will miss rest of season with an upper-body injury
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia guard-forward Tucker DeVries will have surgery for an upper-body injury and miss the rest of the season. His father, West Virginia’s first-year coach, Darian DeVries, made the announcement Tuesday, saying the school will apply for a medical redshirt that would allow his son, a senior,...
West Virginia’s 2025 football schedule includes visits from Robert Morris, Pitt
West Virginia and the Big 12 released the Mountaineers’ 2025 football schedule Tuesday — the first in Rich Rodriguez’s second term as coach — and it includes two visits from Pittsburgh-area schools Robert Morris and Pitt. There are six home dates at Milan Puskar Stadium, starting with Robert Morris in...
Javon Small scores 19 points as WVU beats Cincinnati to end 3-game skidVideo
CINCINNATI — Javon Small scored 19 points to go with nine assists, and West Virginia beat Cincinnati, 63-50, on Sunday to snap a three-game losing streak. Small, who averages 19.1 points and leads the Big 12 in scoring, shot 6 of 14 from the field and made four 3-pointers. Joseph...
Cryer scores 17 to lead No. 6 Houston past West Virginia 63-49 for 13th straight winVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — L.J. Cryer scored 17 points and No. 6 Houston never trailed in beating West Virginia, 63-49, on Wednesday night for the Cougars’ 13th straight win. Joseph Tugler added 12 points and Milos Uzan scored 10 for Houston (17-3, 9-0 Big 12). The Cougars’ 18-game league winning streak...
Slow start dooms No. 23 West Virginia in loss at Kansas State
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Dug McDaniel scored 15 points, and David N’Guessan added 14 as Kansas State snapped a six-game skid with a 73-60 win over No. 23 West Virginia on Saturday night. The Wildcats (8-11, 2-6 Big 12) charged to a 19-2 lead and shot 26 for 55 (47.3%), including...
Basheer Jihad, Jayden Quaintance help Arizona State beat No. 23 West Virginia to end 4-game skid
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Basheer Jihad scored 17 points, freshman Jayden Quaintance had 15 points and 12 rebounds for his sixth double-double of the season, and Arizona State beat No. 23 West Virginia, 65-57, on Tuesday night. BJ Freeman added 14 points and Adam Miller scored 10 for the Sun Devils...
Proposed changes to ACC championship game create more problems than answers
As the ACC tries to game the system, a question arises: Is the game itself really worth playing? Two days before Ohio State beat Notre Dame, 34-23, to win the first 12-team College Football Playoff, ESPN published a story with quotes from ACC commissioner Jim Phillips about some potential changes...
Javon Small scores 27 and West Virginia beats No. 2 Iowa State 64-57Video
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Javon Small scored 12 of his 27 points in the final two minutes to lead West Virginia to a 64-57 win over No. 2 Iowa State on Saturday night, ending the Cyclones’ national-best 12-game winning streak. Amani Hansberry added 12 points for the Mountaineers (13-4, 4-2 Big...
Roberts scores 22 points to lead No. 10 Houston to 70-54 win over West VirginiaVideo
HOUSTON — J’Wan Roberts scored a season-high 22 points, L.J. Cryer added 18 and No. 10 Houston beat West Virginia, 70-54, on Wednesday night for its ninth straight win. Roberts had 17 points in the first half on 8-of-10 shooting. Emanuel Sharp, who finished with 14 points, added 12 as...
Urban Meyer joins Nick Saban in College Football HOF’s Class of 2025; former Steelers QB Terry Hanratty, WVU’s Steve Slaton also elected
Urban Meyer will join Nick Saban in the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame class, and Michael Vick and Michael Strahan are among the former players who will be inducted. The National Football Foundation announced Saban’s selection last week and the rest of the 18-player, four-coach class on Wednesday. Saban...
Javon Small scores 26 points, West Virginia holds off Colorado
BOULDER, Colo. — Javon Small scored 26 points, and Joseph Yesufu added 18 as No. 21 West Virginia held off Colorado, 78-70, on Sunday in the teams’ first meeting as members of the Big 12. The Mountaineers (12-3, 3-1 Big 12) overcame foul trouble and used a late 13-4 run...
West Virginia’s Javon Small leads the Big 12 in scoring to fuel West Virginia’s return to the Top 25
Javon Small was the best player on mediocre teams during his first three college seasons. Now he’s the Big 12’s leading scorer and a major reason why short-handed West Virginia is relevant again. No. 21 West Virginia was picked to finish 13th in the 16-team Big 12 under first-year coach...
No. 21 West Virginia men lose big to Arizona
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — KJ Lewis scored a career-high 21 points, and Arizona beat No. 21 West Virginia, 75-56, on Tuesday night for its fifth straight win. Jaden Bradley added 15 points, and Anthony Dell’Orso scored 10 for the Wildcats (9-5, 3-0 Big 12). Javon Small led West Virginia (11-3, 2-1)...
U mad, bro?: Readers welcome ’25 with familiar angst over Steelers, media coverage, College Football Playoff
The first “U mad, bro?” of 2025 appears to be very similar to what we saw a lot of in 2024: Pittsburgh Steelers fans complaining about the state of the team. Or, Steelers fans complaining about me complaining about the state of the team — with just a pinch of...
West Virginia stuns No. 7 Kansas in intense Big 12 opener
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Javon Small hit the go-ahead free throw with 1.8 seconds remaining, and short-handed West Virginia held on after blowing an 18-point second-half lead to beat seventh-ranked Kansas, 62-61, in an intense Big 12 opener for both teams Tuesday. Eduardo Andre had 15 points and Small finished with...
Oklahoma’s Zac Alley joins Rich Rodriguez’s West Virginia staff as defensive coordinatorVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Oklahoma co-defensive coordinator Zac Alley is being reunited with Rich Rodriguez at West Virginia. Rodriguez, who was hired for his second stint as West Virginia’s coach Dec. 12, announced Sunday that he hired the 31-year-old Alley as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. “Zac is one of the...
Tim Benz: Lots to complain about with new College Football Playoff, but let’s pick the right things
There’s plenty to complain about following the first round of the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff. But let’s be sure we are complaining about the right things. One of those things is not that Alabama “deserved” to be in the CFP instead of Indiana or Southern Methodist. Alabama lost three...
Javon Small, Toby Okani help West Virginia men beat Mercyhurst
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Javon Small scored 19, Toby Okani added a double-double and West Virginia breezed to a 67-46 victory over Mercyhurst on Sunday. Small made 6 of 14 shots with a 3-pointer and 6 of 7 free throws for the Mountaineers (9-2), who upped their win streak to five...
