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West Virginia Mountaineers

Coverage of Gonzaga’s Sweet Sixteen opponent, the West Virginia Mountaineers

Sports >  Gonzaga basketball

Gonzaga debuts at No. 3 in NET rankings with two Quad 1 victories

Remember the angst last season when Gonzaga was stationed on the bubble, hadn’t recorded a Quad 1 victory until February and was in jeopardy of missing the NCAA Tournament? No such drama early on this season. The Zags are off to a 7-1 start – same as last year – but their November victories are carrying more clout this time around with a pair of Quad 1 wins.

Sports >  Gonzaga basketball

West Virginia puts the brakes on Gonzaga’s transition offense

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Job No. 1 for West Virginia in slowing down Gonzaga’s high-powered offense was, well, slowing down Gonzaga’s high-powered offense. In other words, controlling Gonzaga’s transition game, and that’s what the Mountaineers did in springing an 86-78 overtime victory Wednesday at Imperial Arena.
Sports >  Gonzaga basketball

Key matchup: Seasoned West Virginia guard Javon Small brings 3-point shooting, offensive intuition into matchup with Gonzaga

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – West Virginia’s team plane didn’t land in the Bahamas until Monday evening, but senior guard Javon Small had already crossed paths with a handful of familiar faces strolling around the Atlantis resort by the time he joined Mountaineers coach Darian DeVries and teammate Tucker DeVries for a news conference Tuesday afternoon.
Sports >  Gonzaga basketball

Gonzaga stays at No. 3 in AP college basketball poll

Gonzaga remained third in the AP college basketball poll, but that could change by next week depending on how the Zags perform over three games at the Battle 4 Atlantis. GU gained some ground on No. 2 UConn in the rankings – and that was before the Huskies suffered their first loss, 99-97, to unranked Memphis in a Maui Invitational opener.
Sports >  Area sports

Lengthy travel, busy schedule doesn’t keep Jen Greeny from Inland Northwest Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony

It was going to be old home week, err, more like 30 hours or so, when Jen (Stinson) Greeny returned to her Eastern Washington roots for induction Tuesday into the Inland Northwest Sports Hall of Fame. Greeny, former Davenport High, Washington State University standout athlete and highly successful WSU volleyball coach now at West Virginia, is quite familiar with several members of the 2024 class.