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Kansas basketball coach Bill Self is realizing the depth and toughness of the Big 12 conference. The Jayhawks lost another road game to one of the cellar dwellers in the league on Saturday. Kansas basketball bowed to West Virginia, 91-85, in Morgantown. “There’s going to be games like this for everybody” in the Big 12, […]

The No.3 ranked Kansas Jayhawks travel to West Virginia after a blowout win over Oklahoma State in Stillwater. It is time to continue our men’s college basketball odds series with a Kansas-West Virginia prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. Kansas has rounded back into form after a disappointing loss to UCF two games ago. Their loss to […]

West Virginia looks for back-to-back upsets as they face Oklahoma. It is time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a West Virginia-Oklahoma prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. West Virginia enters the game sitting at 6-10 on the year, and just 1-2 in conference play this year. They had lost five of six and were […]

The Texas Longhorns take on the West Virginia Mountaineers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Texas West Virginia prediction and pick. Find how to watch Texas West Virginia. This has been, and will continue to be, a very difficult season for West Virginia men’s basketball. There is simply no avoiding that harsh […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes take on the West Virginia Mountaineers in Cleveland. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Ohio State West Virginia prediction and pick. Find how to watch Ohio State West Virginia. The West Virginia Mountaineers are predictably struggling in the first season after the dismissal of previous head coach Bob […]

West Virginia basketball is dressing two of its players for a game Saturday against UMass, despite being ruled ineligible to play this year by the NCAA. WVU’s RaeQuan Battle and Noah Farrakhan will be available for the game, per Jon Rothstein. Both players had been ineligible before a West Virginia federal court judge ruled this […]

West Virginia Judge John P. Bailey reportedly granted a 14-day temporary restraining order, giving Mountaineers basketball player RaeQuan Battle eligibility, paving the way for more suits from 2nd-time transfers seeking eligibility, according to Ross Dellenger of Yahoo! Sports. The NCAA will likely appeal the ruling, and a full hearing on the injunction is set for […]

The Pitt Panthers take on the West Virginia Mountaineers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Pitt West Virginia prediction and pick. Find how to watch Pitt West Virginia. The Pitt Panthers and West Virginia Mountaineers are both struggling. Both teams have lost three of their last four games. Pitt has lost to […]

It is a Big East against Big 12 battle as St. John’s faces West Virginia. It is time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a St. John’s-West Virginia prediction, pick, and how to watch. St. John’s enters the game sitting at 4-2 on the year, and winners of two straight. the only two […]

A player on the West Virginia University men’s basketball team has had enough with the NCAA after the organization denied his waiver and appeal to play this season. WVU guard RaeQuan Battle expressed his frustrations with the NCAA in a statement on Saturday, per Sports Illustrated. “The NCAA has failed me, my family, my community, […]

The West Virginia Mountaineers take on the Virginia Cavaliers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our West Virginia Virginia prediction and pick. Find how to watch West Virginia Virginia. The Mountaineers and Cavaliers both suffered through ugly losses in Fort Myers, Florida, in this neutral-site Feast Week event. WVU lost to SMU 70-58, […]

West Virginia basketball has taken yet another big blow in the offseason, with the program announcing that transfer portal acquisition and former Arizona Wildcats star Kerr Kriisa will be suspended for nine regular games in the 2023-24 college basketball campaign due to “impermissible benefits” he received during his time in Tucson. “In late August 2023, […]

West Virginia basketball big man Akok Akok is recovering at home after suffering a “medical emergency” during a Friday charity exhibition, the program announced on Sunday morning. The senior will “continue to be monitored and evaluated” by the Mountaineers medical team. Akok collapsed on the court with 15:56 remaining in the second half of his […]

The West Virginia Mountaineers were dealt a huge blow this offseason when head coach Bob Huggins was arrested on a DUI charge. While Huggins initially resigned, he later did an about-face and claimed he was forced into resignation and that he was looking to sue the university. While nothing major is expected from that, new […]

Just under two months after being arrested on a charge of driving under the influence, former West Virginia men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins is entering a 12-month diversion program, according to the Associated Press. Huggins resigned from the program just a day after the arrest, and will now enter the program to resolve the drunk […]

The West Virginia Mountaineers dealt with a bit of controversy during this offseason when longtime head coach Bob Huggins resigned from his position after a DUI incident. While Huggins has done an about face and threatened legal action saying he was forced to resign, nothing more has come from that and the Mountaineers will move […]

West Virginia basketball suddenly has stiff competition for a star transfer who was denied his chance to play by the NCAA last season named Jose Perez. The Gonzaga basketball and Michigan basketball programs have emerged as front-runners for Perez’s services. Meanwhile, West Virginia basketball is hanging onto a glimmer of hope as the Perez sweepstakes heats […]

The Bob Huggins era for the West Virginia Mountaineers is over following the former West Virginia basketball head coach’s resignation last June via a statement released by the school. However, Huggins is now challenging the legitimacy of that statement, saying that he did not pen such a letter. This hard stance from Huggins could eventually […]

West Virginia basketball has been through a lot. This all comes after Bob Huggins’ drunk driving controversy. It was once reported that he resigned from the position but recent news has argued that the coach never made such a move. Bob Huggins finally released an official letter to clear his side of the story. The […]

The West Virginia Mountaineers received unfortunate news last month when head coach Bob Huggins was arrested for DUI. Following the incident, Huggins resigned from his position as head coach leaving the team in a state of flux. Not only did they lose Huggins, but West Virginia also experienced a mass exodus of players entering the […]

With Bob Huggins resigning from his role as West Virginia men’s basketball head coach, there has been a mass exodus of players leaving the program. North Carolina has been the latest team to benefit off of West Virginia’s misfortune, landing one of the more exciting players in the transfer portal. James Okonkwo has transferred to […]

The Kentucky Wildcats have just scored a big win on the transfer portal front, as they landed former West Virginia Mountaineers forward Tre Mitchell. The move came after the resignation of Bob Huggins from his head coaching job for the Mountaineers, and one that gives the frontcourt of Kentucky basketball a major boost. Mitchell announced […]

Former West Virginia forward Tre Mitchell committed to the Kentucky Wildcats basketball program, he announced via a Monday tweet. “Tre is from Pittsburgh and I’ve known him for years,” Kentucky head basketball coach John Calipari wrote in a Monday tweet. “This was a unique situation, but as soon as he put his name in the portal, he […]

The West Virginia Mountaineers sure got a shock this offseason when longtime head coach Bob Huggins abruptly resigned following his arrest for DUI. Huggins had been the head coach at West Virginia since 2007 and had amassed a record of 342-203. Unsurprisingly, West Virginia experienced a mini exodus of players in the transfer portal following […]

West Virginia has a new basketball coach after the departure of Bob Huggins, with assistant coach Josh Eilert getting elevated to an interim role for the 2023-24 season. The school announced the decision on Saturday night. “I spoke with knowledgeable basketball people around the country over the last week, including coaches, professional basketball executives and […]

Fallout from Bob Huggins’ resignation continues for West Virginia basketball. Less than a week after the Hall-of-Fame coach stepped down as Mountaineers coach following his arrest for DUI, two of the team’s top expected players for 2023-24 are set to enter the transfer portal. Kerr Kriisa, who only just committed to West Virginia in April […]

After 16 seasons at the helm, Bob Huggins has stepped down as the head coach of West Virginia men’s basketball. Athletic director Wren Baker seems to have now narrowed down West Virginia’s search for Huggins eventual replacement. Baker sat down with assistant coaches Ron Everhart and Josh Eilert on Thursday. Furthermore, he is having a […]

West Virginia basketball is now looking for a replacement after the Bob Huggins debacle. The basketball coach was charged with Driving Under the Influence and stepped down from his position. Jacque Huggins, his daughter, came to his defense days after the incident. Coach Bob Huggins resigned from West Virginia basketball. Jacque Huggins could not help […]

It’s been a wild offseason for the West Virginia Mountaineers mainly because of the controversies attached to former West Virginia basketball head coach Bob Huggins. The long-time Mountaineers head coach stepped down from his position in West Virginia after getting arrested for driving under the influence in Pittsburgh. With Huggins gone, one question in the […]

West Virginia basketball will not have Bob Huggins as head coach of the team for at least the 2023-24 college basketball season after the long-time Mountaineers mentor announced that he’s withdrawing from the role following his shocking DUI incident, per Jeff Goodman of Stadium. BREAKING: West Virginia Hall of Fame coach Bob Huggins has informed […]

Bob Huggins’ future as the head coach of the West Virginia basketball team is very much in question after he was arrested on Friday night in Pittsburgh on charges of a DUI. Stunning new details have emerged about Huggins’ arrest in a police report, which revealed the West Virginia coach’s blood alcohol content level to […]

West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins is in trouble again, this time after reportedly being charged with a DUI Friday in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh police arrested Huggins after they noticed his SUV was in the middle of the road blocking traffic at around 8:30 p.m. ET, according to WV MetroNews. It’s Bob Huggins’ second DUI arrest. […]

West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins has been under fire since his use of a slur during comments on a Cincinnati radio station. He released an apology, and with him being suspended for the first three games of the 2023-2024 season, along with other amendments to his contract, he released another statement on Twitter. “Over […]

West Virginia basketball has suspended coach Bob Huggins and amended his contract status after he used an anti-gay slur in an interview with a Cincinnati radio station Monday, according to 247Sports’ Mike Casazza. Huggins could miss the first three games of the Mountaineers’ 2023-24 season, Casazza reported. Casazza also said there could be significant changes […]

West Virginia basketball coach Bob Higgins has apologized for using an anti-gay slur during an appearance on a Cincinnati Radio show. In what appeared to be a poor attempt at a joke, Huggins used an anti-gay slur when describing Xavier basketball fans. The West Virginia basketball coach issued an apology not long after the audio […]

West Virginia, improbably, has become one of the most interesting teams of the college basketball offseason. After landing former Arizona point guard Kerr Kriisa in the transfer portal last month, the Mountineers pulled off another major coup on Sunday by signing former Syracuse center Jesse Edwards. One of the most coveted players in the transfer […]

After making a name for himself with Arizona, guard Kerr Kriisa decided to enter the transfer portal. Kriisa has done enough searching around and has now made a final decision on his next destination post-Arizona. Kriisa is transferring to West Virginia, via Jonathan Givony of ESPN. The guard was widely considered one of the best […]

After falling 67-65 to the Maryland Terrapins in a nail-biter on Thursday night, West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins had a lengthy answer when asked about his coaching future and how long he wants to remain at the helm of the Mountaineers. “You know the only thing I’ve thought about in the last whatever month […]

The West Virginia Mountaineers will take on the Maryland Terrapins on Thursday afternoon in a First Round matchup of the 2023 NCAA Tournament at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham. With that said, check out our college basketball odds series which has our West Virginia-Maryland prediction and pick. West Virginia finished the regular season with a 19-14 record, […]