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Da'Sean Butler scored 26 points and No. 8 West Virginia used two second-half runs to pull away to an 83-60 victory over Loyola, Md., on Sunday.

Somehow, somewhere, someday somebody is going to get through to the NCAA. Maybe then college sports will be what it should be.

Sophomores Devin Ebanks and Kevin Jones both had double-doubles and senior Da'Sean Butler barely missed a triple-double as No.

When Kevin Jones looks around him he sees pretty much the same thing everyone else does when looking at West Virginia's basketball team: a roster full of talent and a lot of people who can put the ball in the basket.

The Mountaineer Men's Basketball team opened its season Sunday afternoon, at the Coliseum, with an exhibition win over Mountain State University.

We're not going with a typical, run-of-the-mill Top 25 rundown each day. Instead, we'll cut to the chase and tell you who will be left standing at the end of the year in the Elite Eight.

You may now officially call West Virginia's men's basketball team a Top 10 team.

Basketball season is just weeks away. The WVU men's basketball team is almost two weeks into practice.

Coach: Bob Huggins . Last season's record: 23-12 overall, 10-8 in Big East . Postseason: Lost in NCAA tournament first round to Dayton .

Bob Huggins has added some wide bodies to his rugged brand of basketball. Huggins says West Virginia has been outmatched physically the past couple of years, but that's getting ready to change.

Bob Huggins has made West Virginia an elite team in three seasons. That's what was expected once he arrived at his alma mater after a one-year stint at Kansas State.

It wasn't midnight, but it was madness. Basketball returned Morgantown Friday night with the annual Mountaineer Madness, and it was a spectacular evening of fashion and frolic, topped off when John Flowers edged Devin Ebanks.

West Virginia coach Bob Huggins always approaches each new season with the same zeal and zest that he always has.

Nick Dew , a 6-foot-2, 185-pound safety from First Colonial High in Virginia Beach, committed Saturday to Tech.

The general consensus among those whose job entails ranking college basketball teams in the preseason is that Morgantown is home to one of the top 10 or 12 in the country.

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

For the second time this week West Virginia sophomore point guard Darryl "Truck" Bryant is in trouble for his alleged involvement with a hit-and-run. The 6-foot-2 native of Brooklyn, N.Y., who Wednesday turned himself in to face four misdemeanor offenses for his supposed involvement in a July 4 hit-and-run near his apartment, again surrendered ...

No matter how many schools lined up to fetch her basketball services, Taylor Palmer decided her final decision could wait.

CALL IT the long arms race. It's the race to land blue chip basketball recruits.

The Big East conference was competitive this past season for the WVU men's basketball team.