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Marshall can take one bit of solace in its 28.6 percent shooting performance Wednesday at Memphis: It probably won't be the only Conference USA team whose offense is so shackled.
Marshall’s Shaquille Johnson snatches the ball away from Memphis players Robert Dozier (left) and Antonio Anderson (right) as Herd teammate Darryl Merthie helps out.
MORGANTOWN - Say what you will about the virtues of recruiters like Doc Holliday, Chris Beatty and the rest of West Virginia's new football coaching staff, not to mention the strength of having a closer like Bill Stewart (criticize his homespun manner all you like, but isn't that the guy you want talking to parents?).
MORGANTOWN - The limits of what Joe Mazzulla can and can't do with a basketball these days are pretty clear cut.
AS I unveil my annual pre-conference season rankings in Conference USA, I guess I'll include Memphis this time around.
AS A rule, I do not celebrate the new year.
AS YOU MAY know, I've been critical of Bill Stewart and his staff for their performance this past football season. The way I saw it, the West Virginia team was an A student that brought home a C+.
MORGANTOWN - Maybe it was appropriate. After No. 25 West Virginia fell 61-55 to No. 5 Connecticut before a packed house at the Coliseum, an old AC/DC song echoed through the structure with the lyrics, "It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll.''
AS A RULE, unless one was born and raised in Arizona - a place with a lot of sun, a lot of cactuses and a lot of Applebee's - one feels no attachment to Arizona. Then explain this:
In a Year of Destiny - Item 1: Some guy catches a football on his helmet to deny the New England Patriots perfection; Item 2: Michael Phelps swims into uncharted waters; Item 3: Barack Obama - Couch Slouch has been a destiny-bound dervish.
MY PARENTS always told me that it takes a big man to admit it when he is wrong.
Twenty teams from the tri-state area will compete in the annual Pat Vance Invitational today and Saturday at Nitro High.
Florida No. 1, Utah No. 2 in AP ratings; WVU 23rd
MIAMI -- Florida is No. 1 in the AP Top 25. Utah is perfect at No. 2, though not perfectly happy.
Here's how Gazette sports editor Mitch Vingle voted in the final Associated Press Top 25 poll:
The landscape shifted for Winfield and Logan this season, as their respected basketball programs departed the Class AA Cardinal Conference for life in the AAA ranks.
Poca finally has all the pieces together for what third-year coach Brady Lanham hopes is a breakout season.
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