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Four of West Virginia State University men's basketball players sat in head Coach Bryan Poore's office on Friday afternoon awaiting practice.

On Sunday, West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins unveiled what he hopes is a masterpiece.

There are those who would have you believe that it starts today, with a 1 p.m. exhibition game at the Coliseum against a Mountain State team that features the world's tallest basketball player at 7 feet, 8 inches.

The National Association of Basketball Coaches has announced the NABC Honors Court.

Injured for the final month of the 2009 season, senior Rob Lowery is perhaps hungrier than anyone to get back to the Big Dance.

Villanova Coach Jay Wright wasn't able to recruit West Virginia star Da'Sean Butler, but the Wildcats may get the last laugh in the new Big East men's basketball season.

Basketball season is fast approaching. You will get your first look at the WVU men's and women's basketball teams this Friday night at Mountaineer Madness.

If you like what you read here, check out my blog Ballin' is a Habit . Buzz Williams' Marquette squad suffered another setback on Friday as freshman point guard Junior Cadougan ruptured his achilles' tendon in a conditioning drill and will be out for the season.

Bob Huggins has known before some seasons have started he'll have a very good team.

Bob Huggins is a straight shooter. When he tells a crowd of more than 250 West Virginia supporters that he thinks his 2009-10 West Virginia men's basketball team ''can be pretty good'' he's not blowing smoke.

Within the next few weeks, Alex Ruoff will embark on the longest road trip of his life.

West Virginia in 2008-09 was a squad that was built for the future at least as much as it was the present.

Bob Huggins ducked away for a week. He disconnected from his busy world to spend time with his wife, getting a healthy dose of down time.

Truck Bryant got some extra work this summer as he competed for a berth on the Under 19 national team.

With parts of their summer spent traveling the country and the globe, West Virginia forwards and presumed team leaders in 2009-10 Da'Sean Butler and Devin Ebanks were pretty pleased with what they saw upon their return.

With parts of their summer spent traveling the country and the globe, West Virginia forwards and presumed team leaders in 2009-10 Da'Sean Butler and Devin Ebanks were pretty pleased with what they saw upon their return.

West Virginia's Da'Sean Butler scored 12 points to go with Penn State's Talor Battle's 17 as the United States Men's World University Games Team edged host Serbia 68-66 in Belgrade, Serbia, on Tuesday.

If coach Bob Huggins isn't careful - or at least forgiving - he's going to run out of guards before the 2009-10 basketball season begins.

West Virginia University student-athletes Liz Repella and Alex Ruoff have been named recipients of the 2008-09 BIG EAST Conferencea s Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Awards, which recognize academic and athletic achievement as well as community service.

According to the Washington Wizards and his agent, Alex Ruoff has not signed a pro contract.