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A couple more commits will soon reside in Huggytown »

Coach Huggs continues his recruiting brilliance as he’s able to land a couple solid players who will reside in Motown in the near future.
Last night, shooting guard Dalton Pepper notified Coach Huggs that he became a Mountaineer (according to the Bucks County (PA) Courier Times). The soon-to-be senior from Pennsbury High School, in suburban [...]

Is it football season yet…!?!? »

Here is a shot of what the WVU Schedule Poster looks like. Do ya’ think they are pumping up Pat White at all for Heisman? Nice…..

There’s a Storm brewing at the Coliseum for 2010. »

Pardon that lame pun but that’s the best I can come up with in welcoming our latest Coach Huggs recruit 6-10 210 center (yes, center) Storm Stanley.
Stanley hails from Saint Francis de Sales High School located in Toledo, Ohio. He will be a junior next season. Along with Poca native Noah Cottrill he’s [...]

Joe leaves WVU for good and will remain in the NBA Draft! »

The way Alexander was kicking butt in those NBA workouts we diehard Mountaineer fans knew the writing was on the wall. We’ve all been hoping and praying, for the past two months, that he would stay for his senior season to try and make a huge run for that elusive NCAA Championship. However, on Sunday evening, [...]

Joe Alexander to flirt with the NBA (and other WVU ball tidbits) »

Well, we all knew it was coming eventually. Joe Alexander will test the NBA waters and declare for the draft but don’t panic Mountaineer Nation. According to Foxsports.com he will not hire an agent and even said that “I am pretty sure I’ll be back”. So for the next 3 weeks we will [...]

PLAY BALL »

Ah Yes! The smell of freshly-cut grass, the crack of salted peanuts, the smoke of finely grilled hot dogs and hamburgers, the hum of the John Deere tractor swirling around the basepaths, and the best part the PING of an Easton Aluminum ball. Baseball season is in full effect. For a brief moment, I’m taking [...]

Kevin Jones: Parade All-American »

The West Virginia basketball season may be over but the offseason has just begun.
In Coach Huggs first full recruiting season he has landed some quality players. Number one on the list is Mt. Vernon, N.Y native Kevin Jones. According to the Wheeling newspaper, The Intelligencer, he will be named Parade All-American in this weekend’s Parade [...]

Missed FTs, Raymond’s 3 brings a bitterSWEET ending for WVU. »

What’s harder than realizing that West Virginia will not make it to the Elite Eight is the fact that I have to blog about this roller-coaster ride of a game but for you, Mountaineer Nation, I must.
Missed free throws, the ones that plagued the Eers in losses to Oklahoma, Georgetown, and Pittsburgh, are the big [...]

It’s SWEETness tonight! »

What will be even sweeter is if we get by the Musketeers of Xavier in Phoenix, Arizona.  From there it’s on to the Elite Eight and the chance to beat UCLA for the 3rd consecutive season.  That will take us all the way to San Antonio.  It will not be an easy task obviously as the [...]

WVU Women run out of gas against Vandy »

Well, as I’ve been saying for the past few weeks about the West Virginia Women’s Basketball program, the late season slump was going to be there undoing. This senior-laden team, seven in all, had Sweet 16 potential all season. I mean they beat Rutgers this season. But a cop-out of a draw [...]