West Virginia's hot 3-point shooting blasts Mississippi

Wellington Smith scored 17 of his career-high 19 points in the second half and No. 6 West Virginia used a huge rebounding edge and a big helping of second-half 3-pointers to beat Mississippi (No. 21 ESPN/USA Today, No. 15 AP) 76-66 on Wednesday night.

No. 6 West Virginia overcomes suffocating press to beat Cleveland State

Da'Sean Butler's layup with 1.2 seconds left, after West Virginia finally handled a suffocating press, gave No. 6 West Virginia an 80-78 win over Cleveland State on Saturday.

Jones' double-double powers short-handed West Virginia

Kevin Jones had 22 points and 11 rebounds and West Virginia overcame the absence of two starters to beat Coppin State 69-43 on Saturday night.

Jones scores 16 to help West Virginia drub Duquesne

Kevin Jones scored 16 points and West Virginia (No. 7 ESPN/USA Today, No. 6 AP) built a big lead early and manhandled Duquesne 68-39 on Wednesday night.

Butler scores 26 to lead undefeated West Virgina to first title since 2001

Da'Sean Butler tied his season high of 26 points to lead No. 8 West Virginia to the 76 Classic championship with a 84-65 victory over Portland on Sunday night.

Mountaineers prove contender status

West Virginia coach Bob Huggins can downplay it all he wants, but his Mountaineers are good. Real good. A tournament title at college basketball's deepest early-season event proved it.

Ebanks expected to play Thursday

West Virginia sophomore forward Devin Ebanks is expected to make his season debut Thursday against Long Beach State in the opening round of the 76 Classic after sitting out the Mountaineers' first two games while dealing with personal issues.

Butler one of several ranked teams at 76

Four ranked teams and several more NCAA tourney contenders make this year's 76 Classic field the best of any early-season tournament. Andy Katz offers a breakdown of the teams and explains what's at stake.

Flowers scores 13 off bench as West Virginia never trails

John Flowers came off the bench to score 13 points and No. 8 West Virginia never trailed in a 69-50 win over The Citadel on Tuesday night.

Return of Ebanks is key for Mountaineers

...23-point win over Loyola (Md). Butler scored 26 points, making 11 of 17 shots. Forward Kevin Jones scored 14. Huggins said forward Wellington Smith will certainly help as well. So, too, would John...

Butler scores 26 to lead W. Virginia despite three missing players

Da'Sean Butler scored 26 points and West Virginia (No. 9 ESPN/USA Today, No. 8 AP) used two second-half runs to pull away to an 83-60 victory over Loyola, Md., on Sunday.

Huggins has Mountaineers primed for big season

...Darryl Bryant (both coming off an offseason suspension), and role players John Flowers, Wellington Smith and Kevin Jones rotating inside. Well, that's if freshman forwards Danny Jennings and Deniz Kilicli don't take...

Team preview: West Virginia

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2009-10 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

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...NY, USA: Notre Dame Fighting Irish forward Luke Harangody (44) shoots over West Virginia Mountaineers forward Kevin Jones (5) and forward Devin Ebanks (3) during the first half of the second round of the...

Tourney Tips: West Virginia

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