West Virginia Mountaineers NCAA Basketball News

The 76 Classic gets underway on Thanksgiving Day, with the eighth-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers taking on the Long Beach State 49ers at Anaheim Convention Center.

West Virginia has not played a basketball game since opening the season nine days ago but, beginning with tonight's game against The Citadel at the Charleston Civic Center, the Mountaineers will play four games in six days.

Ebanks is warming up for tonight's game against The Citadel. CHARLESTON -- WVU starting forward Devin Ebanks is warming up for tonight's game against The Citadel.

The eighth-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers are set to play just their second game of the season, as they take on The Citadel Bulldogs in non-conference play at the Charleston Civic Center.

West Virginia begins what could be called a season-defining stretch tonight when the nation's eighth-ranked team takes on The Citadel at the Charleston Civic Center.

The Mountaineer basketball team pulled into the Charleston Marriott around 5:00 p.m. on Monday evening to rest up for tomorrow's game against Citadel.

Bridgeport hosts George Washington in a state quarterfinal rematch from a year ago.

Devin Ebanks ' unexplained leave of absence for personal reasons is serious enough that West Virginia coach Bob Huggins won't even drop a hint at what his star sophomore player is going through, when he'll return or what the long-term effects are on the team.

Back in October, when West Virginia's basketball team was a while away from the start of preseason practice but playing pickup games at the WVU Coliseum, Da'Sean Butler let outsiders in on what the Mountaineers did to pass the time.

It could be a week or a month or half a season. It could happen overnight or it could take a year or more.

"I was on the bench and we started losing and Coach Huggins called a timeout and he was screaming and I really took that to heart," Jennings said.

West Virginia officially begins one of the most anticipated basketball seasons at the school in a generation this afternoon with a game against Loyola .

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

Sporting News college basketball expert Mike DeCourcy makes his predictions on how everything will unfold in the six major conferences.

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.

In 2008-09, the Big East was the best and deepest conference in America, sending 7 teams into the NCAA Tournament, including three teams that garned a #1 seed.

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

The NCAA's decision to issue a 20-game suspension to West Virginia F Deniz Kilicli has had the impact one might expect on the freshman from Turkey.

It is truly the tale of two recruits, two freshmen, and two very different results.

Despite a bevy of new faces dotting league rosters in the 2009-10 season, WVIAC men's basketball coaches are calling for more of the same by making defending regular season champion West Virginia State the overwhelming favorite to repeat.