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Reports: Rich Rodriguez returning to coach West Virginia
Seventeen years after his successful tenure as West Virginia's coach ended, native son Rich Rodriguez is on the verge of returning to the helm of the Mountaineers, multiple media outlets reported on Wednesday.,After firing Neal Brown following a 6-6 regular season, West Virginia set its sights on br...
Could comeback spark winning streak for West Virginia or NCCU?
With each team coming off a come-from-behind win, West Virginia and North Carolina Central square off Tuesday night in Morgantown, W.Va.,West Virginia (6-2) has won two straight games and is in the midst of a 16-day, four-game homestand that kicked off with a 73-60 win over Georgetown in the Big 12-...
Georgetown ventures out of D.C. for first time to face West Virginia
Georgetown is set to play its first road game of the season while West Virginia attempts to build off its successful 2-1 trip to the Bahamas when the former conference rivals meet on Friday in Morgantown, W. Va., as part of the Big 12-Big East Battle.,Picked 13th out of 16 in the Big 12 preseason co...
West Virginia reaches OT once again, shoots down No. 24 Arizona
Tucker DeVries scored 26 points and Toby Okani added 20 to lead West Virginia to an 83-76 win over No. 24 Arizona in overtime in the Battle 4 Atlantis third-place game Friday in Paradise Island, Bahamas.,The Mountaineers (5-2) also got 13 points and 10 rebounds from Amani Hansberry. Javon Small scor...
West Virginia knocks off No. 3 Gonzaga in overtime
Javon Small scored 31 points to rally West Virginia to an 86-78 overtime upset of No. 3 Gonzaga in the opening round of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament, Wednesday in Nassau, Bahamas.,The Mountaineers (4-1) trailed by 10 points early in the second half and by five in the final minute. But over the f...
West Virginia holds on despite late charge from UMass
Tucker DeVries scored a team-high 17 points and Amani Hansberry finished with 16 to help West Virginia defeat UMass 75-69 on Friday night in Morgantown, W. Va., ,DeVries made three 3-pointers and was 8-of-9 from the free-throw line. He also led his team in scoring Monday, when West Virginia (2-0) op...
West Virginia, UMass strive to build on opening performances
West Virginia and UMass will both try to raise their records to 2-0 when they meet in a nonconference matchup Friday night in Morgantown, W. Va.,West Virginia opened its season with an 87-59 victory over Robert Morris on Monday. The Mountaineers scored the game's first 21 points and led 30-2 after e...
West Virginia replaces DC Jordan Lesley with Jeff Koonz
West Virginia inside linebackers coach Jeff Koonz on Tuesday replaced Jordan Lesley as the team's defensive coordinator for the rest of the season.,Koonz last served as a defensive coordinator at Cincinnati in 2016. He has been West Virginia's inside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator s...
No. 17 Kansas State rides QB Avery Johnson's arm in rout of West Virginia
Avery Johnson threw for career highs in yards (298) and touchdowns (three) in his eighth career start as No. 17 Kansas State dominated host West Virginia 45-18 on Saturday night.,On a night K-State (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) struggled to get any traction on the ground, Johnson found three different receivers...
Coming off tough losses, Kansas and West Virginia square off in Morgantown
Kansas and West Virginia limp into their Big 12 opener after letting late leads get away last weekend.,That adds importance to Saturday's contest in Morgantown, W.Va., when the Jayhawks (1-2) and Mountaineers (1-2) each seek a rebound victory.,"This will be a very good test for us in a lot of differ...
Pitt rallies to stun West Virginia
Derrick Davis Jr.'s 1-yard touchdown run with 32 seconds remaining capped the second of two Pitt touchdown drives in the final 3:06, as the host Panthers came from behind to defeat Backyard Brawl rival West Virginia 38-34 on Saturday. ,The Panthers (3-0) turned around a 10-point deficit with drives ...
Pitt off to fast start, faces rival West Virginia
Boasting a 2-0 record for the first time since its 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference championship season, Pittsburgh hosts West Virginia in the 107th installment of the "Backyard Brawl" rivalry series on Saturday.,The Panthers needed second-half dramatics to beat another Big 12 foe in Cincinnati last S...
West Virginia rushes for 305 yards, blasts Albany
Garrett Greene threw for three touchdowns as West Virginia downed Albany 49-14 on Saturday night in Morgantown, W.Va. ,Greene completed 17 of 23 passes for 236 yards for the Mountaineers (1-1). He also rushed for 68 yards on seven carries and found the end zone once on the ground. ,West Virginia fin...
West Virginia hosts FCS semifinalist from last season, Albany
On the heels of a disappointing loss to Penn State, West Virginia will try to get rolling when it hosts FCS opponent Albany on Saturday evening in Morgantown, W.Va.,The Mountaineers (0-1) gave up 457 yards of offense to No. 8 Penn State last week, were just 1-for-4 on red-zone trips, and committed t...
WVU's Neal Brown: Big 12 deepest conference 'in the entire country'
Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark proclaimed his league one of the three best in the land earlier this week, and he has at least one football expert in his corner on that statement: West Virginia head coach Neal Brown.,Brown, fresh off a 9-4 campaign that validated his program in a lot of outsiders'...
Here's The Catch Of The Day, From The Offensive Explosion That Was Baylor At West Virginia
Ooooh-wheee, that was a good one. It wasn't quite as close as it looked in the end—70-56 until Baylor struck one last time with about three minutes left, whereupon the Mountaineers were able to run the clock down—but it was back-and-forth for most of the game. West Virginia bled the clock partly w...
West Virginia Turns To The Youngins
In its ongoing search for Rich Rodriguez's successor as head football coach, West Virginia is extending the scope to include its intellectual superiors: 12-year-olds, dude. Yes, wee Joshua Irizarry - of the Connecticut Irizarrys - sent an application and the school took him semi-kinda-jokingly-serio...