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West Virginia University looked like one of the top ten teams in the country in an opening round 85-62 win at the 76 Classic.

It was just like old times at the Civic Center here as the West Virginia University basketball team toyed with Citadel, 69-50. Star forward Devin Ebanks was back in a Mountaineer uniform, after missing the opening game and a whole lot of practice for reasons still yet to be revealed.

Bob Huggins was talking to his West Virginia University basketball team the other day at practice and he had a point that had to get across.

The final available scholarship for the 2010-11 West Virginia recruiting class will be claimed today, when David Nyarsuk's signed National Letter of Intent arrives at the Mountaineer men's basketball office.

West Virginia's Truck Bryant chases down a loose ball Sunday. More media MORGANTOWN - It could be a week or a month or half a season.

The fourth-winningest active college basketball coach in America was here Thursday to address the local civic clubs.

Noah Cottrill's signed National Letter of Intent arrived at West Virginia's men's basketball office Thursday and it was promptly announced the Logan High School guard was officially part of the 2010 recruiting class after committing in July 2007.

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.

A national magazine recently published its preseason Top 25 college basketball rankings and the list is headed by the traditional powers - Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State, North Carolina, West Virginia .

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.

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.

WDTV News Adam Widener Story Created: Aug 26, 2009 at 12:56 AM EDT Story Updated: Aug 26, 2009 at 12:56 AM EDT Dozens of little Mountaineers flocked to Fairmont Tuesday night to shoot some hoops with some of their local heroes.

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.

When ESPN bracketology expert Joe Linardi released his brackets for the upcoming 2010 NCAA March Madness tournament, West Virginia was selected by the analyst as one of the four No.