Last Monday, I wrote in this space about WVU’s basketball team. Remember? Just seven days ago, the Mountaineers were poised to take on Oklahoma in the first round of the Big 12 tournament. They stood at 21-10 and were a lock for the NCAA tournament. Until, that is, the coronavirus put a headlock on our […]

Ye olde notebook: Let’s face it, February was the lion and March the lamb – so far — for the WVU men’s basketball team. In March, the Mountaineers have defeated Iowa State on the road and, Saturday, No. 4 Baylor at the Coliseum. Oh, and the latter was quite engaging, especially for Ohio Valley product […]

The text hit my phone at 5:12 p.m. Tuesday. “Mitch if we lose tonight – we’ll not win Saturday – we’ll not be in the [NCAA] tourney! Nor do we deserve to be!” I can’t tell you how many messages like that I’ve received through my life, most before my move to Wheelhouse Creative. My […]

The communication from WVU brought forth a smile. Redshirt sophomore Noah Adams of the Mountaineer wrestling team finished the regular season on Sunday with a 29-0 record, even though West Virginia’s team lost to Big 12 affiliate Utah Valley at the Coliseum. Adams, you see, is a spark for WVU coach Tim Flynn. A much-needed […]

When the national poll rankings came out today, Monday, Feb. 17, WVU fell among men’s college basketball teams to No. 17, according to the writers (A.P.), and to No. 18, according to the coaches (USA Today). A friend wrote on Twitter that shows national respect for the Mountaineers. Believe it or not, though, it really […]

As TV character Jethro Bodine once famously said, I may not know new math, but I sure know how to cipher. (Jed Clampett in reply: “If brains was lard, Jethro couldn’t grease a pan.”) So I put pen to paper and exercised my “goes intos” regarding this WVU men’s basketball team. While the Mountaineers, now […]