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West Virginia’s Javon Small leads the Big 12 in scoring to fuel West Virginia’s return to the Top 25

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Buoyed by its first win at Kansas last week, West Virginia is ranked for the first time in two years and is off to its best start since going 15-1 in the 2017-18 season. Small scored 17 points but no other Mountaineers were in double …

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Jonathan Powell, Joseph Yesufu each make 4 3-pointers, and short-handed West Virginia beats NCCU

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Freshman Jonathan Powell scored a season-high 17 points, Joseph Yesufu added 14 points and short-handed West Virginia beat North Carolina Central 79-45 on Tuesday night. Before the game, West Virginia announced Tucker DeVries would be sidelined indefinitely with an upper body injury. …

West Virginia knocks off No. 3 Gonzaga 86-78 in overtime in the Battle 4 Atlantis

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! NASSAU, Bahamas — Javon Small scored five of his 31 points in overtime and Tucker DeVries added key free throws late in regulation and finished with 16 points as West Virginia beat No. Small’s layup with under 2 minutes left in OT gave West Virginia …

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West Virginia Rebuilding Under New Coach Darian DeVries and Son Tucker

New West Virginia coach Darian DeVries and his son Tucker are tasked with turning things around at the school. The team lost nearly its entire roster and is coming off a school record for losses under interim coach Josh Eilert. However, the team has some promising players returning, including Tucker DeVries, Jayden Stone, and Javon Small. The team opens Nov. …

Star guard Tucker DeVries is transferring from Drake to join his dad at West Virginia

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — New West Virginia coach Darian DeVries brought some reinforcements from Drake. Tucker DeVries sat in the front row for his father’s introductory news conference Thursday as Darian announced that his son, a two-time Missouri Valley Conference player of the year, is joining him with the Mountaineers. Tucker called his dad’s choice to come to West Virginia “a …

Darian DeVries named basketball coach at West Virginia after 6 seasons at Drake

West Virginia tapped Drake basketball coach Darian DeVries on Sunday to move the Mountaineers past one of the ugliest years in school history. “Coach DeVries is a phenomenal basketball coach and an even better person and possesses all the qualities we desired in the next leader of our men’s basketball program,” Baker said. Drake’s 30-1 home record over the past …