SAN JOSE, Calif. — Top-seeded Gonzaga moved within one victory of the Final Four with a 61-58 victory over West Virginia on Thursday at SAP Center in the West regional Sweet 16. Actually, the Zags (35-1) didn't so much move within a victory of their first-ever trip to the national semifinals. They clawed and scrapped and…
Gonzaga is bracing itself for the challenge West Virginia's defense presents after looking at the results of the Mountaineers' 83-71 win over Notre Dame in an NCAA Tournament second-round game last week. The No. 1-seeded Bulldogs (33-1) play No. 4 West Virginia (28-8) in a West Regional semifinal game Thursday at San Jose, Calif. The winner…
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Jevon Carter scored 24 points and No. 4 seed West Virginia defeated fifth-seeded Notre Dame 83-71 in a second-round NCAA Tournament game on Saturday at KeyBank Center. The Mountaineers (28-8) advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for the seventh time in 11 years and will face the winner of Saturday's game between No. 1…
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Tarik Phillip had 16 points off the bench to lead five double-figure scorers and No. 4 seed West Virginia outlasted No. 13 Bucknell 86-80 in an NCAA Tournament first-round game Thursday at KeyBank Center. Esa Ahmad and Lamont West each scored 15 points, Nathan Adrian tallied 12 and Jevon Carter had 11 for…
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-- Esa Ahmad hit one of two free throws with 20.2 seconds left to give West Virginia a 51-50 victory in the semifinals of the Big 12 Championship on Friday. Ahmad finished with a team-high 15 points for the Mountaineers (26-7), who will play Iowa State in the title game on Saturday. West Virginia…
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Daxter Miles scored a season-high 23 points and No. 10 West Virginia used a dominant rebounding effort to pummel No. 24 Iowa State 87-76 in a Big 12 game on Friday night in both teams' regular-season finale. Nathan Adrian, one of the Senior Night honorees, scored 16 points as West Virginia (24-7, 12-6…
