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Saturday’s Big 12/SEC matchup in Morgantown a sell-out

by Ashley O'Brien - January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 0286

Morgantown, W.V.a - After Monday night's Texas blowout in Morgantown, the men's basketball team plays host for one of the weekend's Big 12/SEC matchup games. The Mountaineers will host the Missouri Tigers on Saturday for a prime noon tip off on ESPN. Mountaineer fans across the country will be looking

Macke quickly becoming a fan and teammate favorite

by Ashley O'Brien - January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 0954

Morgantown, W. Va. - Monday night's home throttling of the Texas Longhorns led to chants of "Macke! Macke!" from the student section. With time winding down, head coach Bob Huggins granted the request of his fans and put the walk-on in the game. On a move that later made the

Women’s Hoops continues to move up in AP Poll

by Ashley O'Brien - January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 0456

Morgantown, W.Va. - The men's basketball team is not the only team making a name for themselves this season in Morgantown. This week, the women's basketball team also made strides in their move up the AP Top 25. The women's team jumped up two spots this week in the poll

Mountaineer Eli Wellman signs reserve/futures contract with Packers

by Ashley O'Brien - January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 0366

Green Bay, WI. - Former Mountaineer fullback signed a reserves/futures contract with the Green Bay Packers on Monday. Wellman was previously on the Washington Redskins roster after being signed as an undrafted free agent during the 2018 NFL Draft. Wellman played in 51 games as a Mountaineer and making it

Big 12 hits Huggins with sanctions following Kansas game loss

by Ashley O'Brien - January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 01133

Morgantown, W. Va. - Several days after Huggins and the Mountaineers took their first conference loss of the season, and subsequently the day after their first conference win; the head coach was hit was a public reprimand from the Big 12. Following Saturday's loss at Kansas, Huggins made several statements

Mountaineers drop one spot in AP Poll following Saturday’s loss

by Ashley O'Brien - January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 0271

Morgantown. W.VA - Hours before the Mountaineers take on their second Big 12 game of the 2019-2020 season, the weekly AP Top 25 Poll was released. Following the loss to Kansas in Lawrence this past Saturday, the Mountaineers dropped just one point from 16 to 17. The Mountaineers join fellow

Coach Seiler accepts Defensive Coordinator position

by Ashley O'Brien - January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 02092

Morgantown, W.VA. - January 2020 brought New Years resolutions, likely too much time with family over the holiday season, another loss at the Phog in Lawrence and the latest West Virginia football coach to take a job outside of Morgantown. Inside linebackers and special teams coach Blake Seiler has accepted

Pat White named Running Backs Coach at USF

by Ashley O'Brien - January 2, 2020January 2, 2020 0510

Tampa, FL. - Beloved Mountaineer Pat White has a new job title and city to start the year 2020. Former quarterbacks coach at Alcorn State University has been named the running backs coach at the University of South Florida. White is one Mountaineer that truly needs no recap or introduction

McBride named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week

by Ashley O'Brien - December 30, 2019December 30, 2019 0249

Morgantown, W.Va. - On the heels of an Ohio State upset, freshman guard Miles McBride has been named the Big 12 conference's Newcomer of the Week. McBride was an integral part in West Virginia's 67-59 upset over the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Cleveland Classic Sunday afternoon. The Ohio native

Football fans take to social media to voice opinions on opening in coaching staff

by Ashley O'Brien - December 25, 2019December 24, 2019 05444

Over the past weekend, football head coach Neal Brown took to Twitter to announce the first (and hopefully last) coaching staff departure following the 2019 season. Coach Brown announced that receivers coach Xavier Dye would be leaving the program just ten months after getting to Morgantown. Dye is taking his