By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer West Virginia junior forward Derek Culver has been named to the Associated Press First Team All-Big 12 Team. The 6-10 Culver leads the league with 9.8 rebounds a game while averaging 14.8 points helping the Mountaineers to an 18-8 record. Sophomore ...
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Oklahoma State guard Cade Cunningham is the fourth freshman to be selected as the Big 12 player of the year by the league’s coaches. Cunningham led the Big 12’s all-conference team released Monday. The rest of the first team included guards Jared Butler and ...
From STAFF REPORTS The West Virginia men’s basketball team has be locked in as the No. 4 seed for the Big 12 tournament. The Mountaineers finished the regular season with a record of 18-8 over all and 11-6 in conference. After falling to Oklahoma State to cap off the regular season, the two teams will meet again in the quarterfinals on March 11 with a tipoff time of 11:30 a.m. The game will be broadcasted on ESPN or ESPN2. The Mountaineers and Cowboys spilt during the regular season as WVU took the first matchup on Jan. 4, 87-84 while Oklahoma State got the upperhand in the ...
Fresh off a blowout win over TCU, the No. 6 West Virginia men’s basketball team is rolling into their regular-season finale with some momentum. As head coach Bob Huggins is searching for his 900th career win, a mark reached only by five other Division I coaches in history, the ...
Following Tuesday’s heartbreaking overtime loss, West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins told his No. 6 Mountaineers not to let the dread of defeat linger. His team appeared to have taken those words to heart. On the back of forward Jalen Bridges, who earned his first career double-double, ...
The No. 6 West Virginia men’s basketball team sat in the locker room, tired and defeated following Tuesday’s loss to No. 3 Baylor. Despite the trio of Taz Sherman, Miles McBride and Sean McNeil combining for more than 60 points, the Mountaineers could not keep countering the high-powered Bears offense. Baylor took the lead, and the victory, at the conclusion of the overtime period, officially clinching the Big 12’s regular season championship. West Virginia coach Bob Huggins spoke to the team in the locker room following the game, emphasizing the importance of having a short ...
