On The Defensive

Coming into the season, WVU head basketball coach Bob Huggins expected that his offense would be more powerful than in his previous two seasons at the helm. However, seven games into the campaign, its again the defense that is setting the tone for his squad.   Full Story

There are ways to compensate for bad shooting, and Da'Sean Butler had a simple answer for West Virginia's response to its shooting problems in the Mountaineers' 69-43 win over Coppin State.   Full Story

It was another game dominated by defense and rebounding for the No. 6 WVU basketball team. After the Mountaineers' 69-43 win over Coppin State, the BlueGoldNews.com staff made its choices for the noteworthy performances from the home squad's seventh win of the season.   Full Story

With a pair of regular starters held out of action due to injury, the WVU basketball team started slowly on Saturday night. The No. 6 Mountaineers woke from their early slumber and pulled away for a 69-43 victory over Coppin State at the WVU Coliseum.   Full Story

More photos from West Virginia's 69-43 win over Coppin St   Full Story

Exclusive photos from West Virginia's 69-43 win over Coppin State.   Full Story

West Virginia looks to continue to roll through the non-conference slate - and work on its own shortcomings - against Coppin State at 7 p.m. tonight.   Full Story

Following West Virginia’s 68-39 win over Duquesne, head coach Bob Huggins sent a very pointed message to his team concerning its play. On Friday, it appeared as if it that message had sunk in – at least a little bit.   Full Story

West Virginia point guard Joe Mazzulla isn't one to shy away from offering an honest assessment of any topic, and he did just that in analyzing West Virginia's performance in its 68-39 win over Duquesne.   Full Story

Is West Virginia that much better than Duquesne? A week ago the Dukes battled Pitt to two overtimes, before losing in a game they should/could have won. One non-sport factor applied to only Duquesne.   Full Story

Finally playing with enough defensive intensity to match its considerable offensive firepower, the No. 6 WVU basketball jumped out to a 12-2 lead in the game’s first four minutes and dominated throughout in a 68-39 victory over Duquesne.   Full Story

After WVU's 68-39 victory over Duquesne, the BlueGoldNews.com staff picked its top performances from the squad's sixth victory of the young season.   Full Story

Whatever the Dukes' women's team picked up on the road last week somehow spread to the men's basketball team as the male-version, "cold-shooting" Dukes dropped to 6-3 via the 68-39 loss to #6/7 West Virginia, Wednesday evening in the 14,000-seat WVU Coliseum.   Full Story

Here are the starting lineups and the reserves for tonight's game between the Duquesne and West Virginia Game begins at 7:00 p.m. as does TV coverage on Fox Sports Network Pittsburgh and other carriers around the country.(#) And a couple surprises in the starting lineups.   Full Story

Wednesday evening, the 6-2 Duquesne Dukes get their second game (of the last three) in a 10,000-plus seat stadium and both opponents belong to the Big East. This time, the foe is 5-0 West Virginia which is ranked number six in the latest Associate Press foe. And this match, like the City Game, will be televised back to the home folks.   Full Story

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – It’s been nine days since sixth-ranked West Virginia last played a game that counts. That ends Wednesday night with a difficult match up against Duquesne.   Full Story

Duquesne (6-2), coming off a 58-44 win over Savannah State in the Chuck Cooper Classic on Saturday, heads to Morgantown, W.Va. to face its second Big East team in a week when it visits nationally ranked West Virginia (5-0) on Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 7:00 p.m. The game, which will be televised as part of the Big East syndicated package, will air locally on Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh.   Full Story

More photos from West Virginia's 68-39 win over Duquesne   Full Story

Photos from West Virginia's 68-39 win over Duquesne   Full Story

After seeing limited playing time during his first three years with the Mountaineer basketball team, junior Jonnie West is making his mark in 2009. West has been an important sub off the bench for WVU early in the season, and has been a big threat from beyond the three-point arc.   Full Story

West Virginia plays host to Duquesne tonight at 7 p.m. in its first regular season game in nine days.   Full Story

While Wednesday night’s opposition for the No. 6 WVU men’s basketball team may lack some of the size that other Mountaineer foes will have this season, it makes up for that by spreading the floor and allowing one player to control the interior.   Full Story

The West Virginia men’s basketball team held their second exhibition game of the season when they played host to the University of Charleston on Saturday night. The 81-48 victory over UC allowed the Mountaineers to use a variety of players in the game and allowed Mountaineer fans another look at freshman forward Deniz Kilicli.   Full Story

To prevent what would have been a lengthy lull in his team’s early-season schedule, WVU head coach Bob Huggins and company will take on another in-state foe when they play the University of Charleston in an exhibition contest on Saturday night.   Full Story

There was so much going on last weekend, we barely had the chance to take it all in. Here’s a look back, with observations, thoughts, and a few peeks at the bowl future.   Full Story