HUNTINGTON — Conference USA is not a 6-foot-5-and-under league.
I lost my last living grandparent on Saturday morning, as my grandmother passed away at age 78.
Welcome to “Second Guess” Tuesday.
In case you missed it, the West Virginia University men’s basketball team got thumped at Kansas State on Saturday.
So the Houston Astros, using cameras and video monitors and a labyrinthine baseball-bat-and-trash-can notification system, were stealing signs from opposing teams. From all indications, this is cheating and this is not kosher.
HUNTINGTON — Usually, it’s easy to tell Danny D’Antoni’s state of mind.
Can West Virginia win a national championship in basketball?
MORGANTOWN — A three-headed point guard is a unique beast.
There’s a reason the classics are called the classics. Five years, 10 years, 25 years down the line, they still work.
What has happened to officiating in America?
College football needs to take a page from the high school playbook, or in this case, rule book.
Welcome to “Second Guess” Tuesday.
The West Virginia University men’s basketball team has been good this season, just check the Mountaineers’ No. 17 ranking in the Associated Press Top 25 along with very high marks in the NCAA NET rankings and various other methods used to judge college basketball teams.
Note to Readers: The bad news? This will be my 38th column on replay since 1986. The good news? When I get to my 40th, I will retire to an elder care facility in suburban Monte Carlo that has eight bowling lanes, two air hockey tables and a vending machine that sells Bugles.
MORGANTOWN — Sometimes college basketball games flow as sweetly and clearly as a mountain stream in West Virginia.
Last year at about this time I wrote that two of the best college football hires of the offseason were Neal Brown at WVU and Scott Satterfield at Louisville.
There’s one thing you always can say about Bob Huggins when it comes to his time as West Virginia University’s men’s basketball coach — if the Mountaineers are down, they aren’t down for long.
Don’t be misled by Marshall University’s road record.
The flow of basketball season is downright odd.
Welcome to “Second Guess” Tuesday.
LAWRENCE, Kan. — The West Virginia University men’s basketball team did not win its Top 25 clash at No. 3 Kansas on Saturday, but one Mountaineer newcomer showed why he was perhaps the most anticipated WVU recruit this century, if not ever.
I have a friend – let’s call him “Wes,” because his real name is Scott but he does not want me mentioning him – who, every time I ask, “How come there are not more black head coaches in the NFL?” responds, “How come there are not more white running backs in the NFL?”
HUNTINGTON — Marshall University is ranked No. 320 in maturity.