MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--The stage is set for what is expected to be one of the top basketball games of the season at the Coliseum. The first-ranked Baylor Bears roll into Morgantown to battle No. 10 West Virginia University for the first time this season. This will be seventh No.1 to come to
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WVU Coliseum renovations are coming to an end
MORGANTOWN -- With the 2016-17 basketball season beginning tonight against Mount St. Mary's at 7 p.m., Mountaineer fans will get to see the progress of the Coliseum renovations with the completion of phase one and the goal to see phase two's end by the Dec. 10 games. April Messerly, associate athletic director for
No. 14 WVU welcomes No. 15 Baylor
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.-- After a come-from-behind win at Iowa State, the 14th-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers return to the Coliseum on Saturday to take on the 15th-ranked Baylor Bears. Baylor (17-5, 6-3 Big 12) is coming off a 67-59 loss to Texas on Monday, where the Bears struggled with the Longhorns' press defense. Texas held
No. 9 WVU hosts Kansas State on Tuesday
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--Even after suffering a loss last Wednesday to Texas, the West Virginia Mountaineers still found a home in the Associated Press top 10 this week. No.9 WVU (16-3, 5-2) picked up the pieces from the Texas loss when it rallied to beat Texas Tech on Saturday. The Mountaineers trailed by four
No.11 WVU shocks No. 1 Kansas
No. 17 WVU returns home to take on Oklahoma State
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--After a three game road trip, No.17 West Virginia returns home to the Coliseum to take on Oklahoma State on Saturday afternoon. The Mountaineers (13-1, 2-0 Big 12) finished their three game swing with a perfect record, topping it off with a sloppy 95-87 win over TCU on Monday. WVU set season
No. 19 WVU rolls past Eastern Kentucky
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--Jaysean Paige came off the bench and scored 17 points to help No. 19 West Virginia knock off Eastern Kentucky 84-59 on Monday night at the Coliseum. "That's big," Devin Williams said about Paige's effort. "It takes a little bit of the focus point away from me." Paige scored all 17 points in
Carter leads No. 14 WVU past UL Monroe
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--Jevon Carter scored 21 points and No. 14 West Virginia bounced back in a 100-58 victory over Louisiana-Monroe on Sunday at the Coliseum. Daxter Miles Jr. had 18 points for the Mountaineers. Senior Jaysean Paige came off the bench and scored 14 points. Devin Williams added 12 points and Tarik Phillip 10. After struggling
No. 20 WVU tops Kennesaw State
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--Devin Williams scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed nine boards as the 20th-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers overcome sloppy play to defeat Kennesaw State 87-54 on Saturday afternoon at the Coliseum. Daxter Miles Jr added 18 points for WVU. Jonathan Holton had 17 points and nine rebounds. Brandon Watkins made his debut against the Owls
WVU pounds Bethune-Cookman in second game of Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--Devin Williams is a man on a mission this season. The 6-foot-9, 255-pound junior recorded his fourth straight double-double in as many games as the West Virginia Mountaineers defeated the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 97-44 on Monday at the Coliseum in the second game of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational. Seven