The Times West Virginian Bob Herzel

WVU, Big East reach agreement

2012-02-10T05:04:00-05:00

West Virginia University and the Big East have reached a conditional agreement that will allow the Mountaineers to join the Big 12 on July 1 and play football there next season, the Charleston Daily Mail reported Thursday night, citing an unidentified source.

HERTZEL COLUMN: This WVU team different from previous squads

2012-02-10T05:01:00-05:00

Games may be won or lost under glaring lights of a college arena, filled with faithful fans and the prying eye of the ever-present, unblinking television camera, but teams are built in a far different way.
They come together in a gym that smells of sweat and yesterday’s hotdogs.

Notre Dame stops WVU, 55-51

2012-02-09T05:19:00-05:00

If Kevin Jones could have scored 20 points against Notre Dame on Wednesday night before a disappointing crowd of 9,258 in the Coliseum he would have joined Jerry West and Hot Rod Hundley in the West Virginia record books.

HERTZEL COLUMN: It’s unfair to consider Truck villain

2012-02-09T05:16:00-05:00

The zero next to Truck Bryant’s name stood out like an obscene gesture during a Super Bowl halftime show.
Some even said he was M.I.A. as West Virginia University lost a heartbreaker, if not a season-breaker, to Notre Dame, 55-51.

Jones nears milestone as Notre Dame visits WVU

2012-02-08T05:03:00-05:00

That it is a crucial game in a season that seems to have nothing but, today’s 9 p.m. visit to the Coliseum by a streaking Notre Dame team comes with a historical footnote in the history of West Virginia University basketball.
Kevin Jones enters the game having scored 20 or more points in nine consecutive games.

WVU source: Battle to join Big 12 nearing conclusion

2012-02-08T05:01:00-05:00

Indications were growing that West Virginia University’s battle to leave the Big East and join the Big 12 in time for the 2012 season was about to be won, possibly as early as today.
A source within the Mountaineer athletic department said on Tuesday that the matter was nearing a conclusion and also told the Times West Virginian that West Virginia would be reinstating a golf team to compete in the Big 12.

HERTZEL COLUMN: WVU, Irish strikingly similar

2012-02-08T05:00:00-05:00

Consider, if you will, that it is Nov. 25 past, that the West Virginia University basketball team is running a routine drill four games into its season, getting ready for the Akron game when Kevin Jones goes down in a heap on the floor, his ACL torn, his season over.

WVU source: Battle to join Big 12 nearing conclusion

2012-02-07T21:47:33-05:00

Indications were growing that West Virginia University’s battle to leave the Big East and join the Big 12 in time for the 2012 season was about to be won, possibly as early as today.

HERTZEL COLUMN - Truck drives Mountaineers to needed win

2012-02-06T05:00:00-05:00

Perhaps it is what has kept him going through a West Virginia basketball career with as many turns as a trip to Pineville down in Wyoming County, but Truck Bryant enjoys being Truck Bryant.

WVU finds a way, wins in overtime

2012-02-06T05:00:00-05:00

Truck Bryant made the headline plays, including a 3-point shot with 3.3 seconds left to play, as West Virginia saved its season with an 87-84 overtime victory at Providence, but the subheads had to be reserved for Deniz Kilicli and a pair of freshman guards.