LAWRENCE, Kan. — With his team lucky to be down just six points at halftime of Saturday’s Big 12 Conference opener against West Virginia, Kansas coach Bill Self fell back on the one word that means more to him than any other — toughness. The result was a grind-it-out, 60-53 victory in ...
Lawrence, Kan. — With non-conference play behind them, the third-ranked Kansas Jayhawks are on the brink of their first fist fight, according to KU coach Bill Self. That’s how the Kansas coach described today’s matchup with West Virginia at Allen Fieldhouse — 4 p.m. on Big 12 ...
A light holiday schedule led to a rare quiet week atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. Gonzaga remained at No. 1 for a second straight week, receiving 63 first-place votes from a 65-member panel in the poll released Monday. No. 2 Duke and No. 3 Kansas each had one ...
CLEVELAND — West Virginia freshman guard Miles McBride remains an avid Ohio State football fan. The Cincinnati native doesn’t share the same love for its basketball team. McBride scored a season-high 21 points, including six in the final 2:22, as No. 22 West Virginia rallied for a ...
CLEVELAND — It’s not your run-of-the mill out-of-conference game for the West Virginia University men’s basketball team today. The Mountaineers face Ohio State at noon at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland. The two nationally ranked teams don’t meet very often, although being ...
WINTER PARK, Fla. (AP) — Tynice Martin scored 24 points, Kysre Gondrezick added 23 and No. 22 West Virginia held on to defeat Syracuse 71-69 on Sunday after blowing a 20-point first-half lead. Madisen Smith added 10 points for the Mountaineers (9-1), who went 2-0 in the Florida Sunshine Classic. They beat No. 19 Michigan State on Saturday. Kiara Lewis poured in career-high 32 points with six assists for the Orange (6-5), who found themselves down 20 less than four minutes into the second quarter. That’s when Lewis took over and made it a game. Gondrezick scored five points as ...
