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The genie is out of the bottle

MORGANTOWN — You have to love Jordan McCabe.

No. 10 Mountaineers defense steps up to beat Kansas State 65-43

MORGANTOWN — The first half of Saturday’s 65-43 victory over Kansas State for West Virginia at the Coliseum offered nothing that would convince anyone that the Mountaineers were a Top Ten basketball team.

WVU women hold off Kansas for 72-68 road victory

LAWRENCE, Kan. – The West Virginia University women’s basketball team bounced back with a 72-68 win over Kansas to earn the series sweep, at Allen Fieldhouse, on Saturday afternoon in Lawrence, Kansas.

Fairmont State blasts Frostburg State 109-85 in regular season finale; enters MEC Tournament as No. 2 seed

FAIRMONT — Throughout the entirety of the respective collegiate careers of Fairmont State basketball’s six seniors, excellence has been held as the standard and dominance has been promoted as the goal. And on Saturday, with those six seniors being recognized as part of Senior Day against vis…

Kotchman becomes MEC's all-time leading scorer in Falcons Senior Day rout of Bobcats

FAIRMONT — Fairmont State’s roller coaster regular season ended with a mauling and a milestone on Saturday’s Senior Day against visiting Frostburg State, as the Falcons collectively bludgeoned the Bobcats 97-53 and senior star Sierra Kotchman dropped 26 points to the become the all-time lead…

WVU's shooting has to keep improving Saturday against Kansas State

MORGANTOWN — On the surface, it doesn't seem all that tough, this skill that is shooting a basketball.

Home is where the heart is: Huggins' love, appreciation for West Virginia guides Mountaineers

MORGANTOWN — There’s a promo running these days during West Virginia basketball games in which coach Bob Huggins says something to the effect that the state’s greatest asset isn’t coal, as most people say, but that it is, instead, its people.

Huskies emphasizing 'attention to details' amid changing style

RACHEL — The North Marion boy’s 2019-20 season was one of the best in program history, however, the worst part about it was the piling up of victories never definitively stopped, nor did the joys of playing with one another ever reach a hard-and-fast conclusion.

Pirates RF Polanco hoping bumpy road smooths out in 2021

Gregory Polanco doesn’t linger over his long-term future. There’s too much to focus on in the present, namely kick-starting a career that’s been stuck in neutral for more than two years.

Polar Bears primed to surge again after strong end to last season

FAIRMONT — Just when Fairmont Senior High had revved up to its peak form last March, the state’s entire basketball landscape shut down for the 2019-20 season.