Darryl Bryant News

Darryl Bryant had the ball when the buzzer sounded late Sunday, big smile on his face.

The outcome was all but decided, the tournament champion all but crowned. With a little more than four minutes remaining in the second half, West Virginia was running away from a pesky Portland team in the 76 Classic championship game.

Da'Sean Butler scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half to lead No. 8 West Virginia to a 73-66 victory over Texas A&M in the 76 Classic at the Anaheim Convention Center on Friday.

Casey Mitchell scored a career-high 18 points and No. 8 West Virginia routed Long Beach State 85-62 on Thursday in the first round of the 76 Classic.

The eighth-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers are set to play just their second game of the season, as they take on The Citadel Bulldogs in non-conference play at the Charleston Civic Center.

Da'Sean Butler scored a game-high 26 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out five assists, as eighth-ranked West Virginia opened its 2009-10 season with an easy 83-60 win over Loyola- Maryland.

The 2009-10 season gets underway for the eighth-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers as they entertain the Greyhounds of Loyola University Maryland on Sunday afternoon at WVU Coliseum in Morgantown.

As he begins his third season leading West Virginia , Bob Huggins feels like he finally has the players that fit his style of basketball - and his team's conference.

Mac Cerullo: While they are far from the trendy pick to win the Big East, West Virginia has all of the talent and experience necessary to win a Big East title.

OUTLOOK: The Big East Conference makes and the rest of the basketball world takes should be the theme for this league as it enters the 2009-10 campaign.

A national magazine recently published its preseason Top 25 college basketball rankings and the list is headed by the traditional powers - Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State, North Carolina, West Virginia .

Bob Huggins has made West Virginia an elite team in three seasons. That's what was expected once he arrived at his alma mater after a one-year stint at Kansas State.

Joe Mazzulla's long road back to the basketball court has ended. The Johnston native is back with his teammates at West Virginia and getting prepared for what promises to be a strong 2009-10 season for the Mountaineers.

West Virginia University men's basketball guard Darryl Bryant has been reinstated to the Mountaineer basketball team, coach Bob Huggins announced Friday.

West Virginia men's basketball coach Bob Huggins says point guard Darryl Bryant has been reinstated to the team.

Bob Huggins ducked away for a week. He disconnected from his busy world by spending time with his wife, getting a healthy dose of down time.

Quick hitters on a Friday: When Isiah Thomas got the Florida International job, the easy comparison was to throw up the failed Clyde Drexler experience at Houston.

Rising juniors Jacob Pullen and Dominique Sutton will participate in a nine-day tour of eastern Europe with the East Coast All-Stars beginning on Sunday.

Darryl Bryant has a truck full of problems. The West Virginia University point guard, known as Truck, was cited on Thursday by Morgantown police for the second time in a week for a traffic incident.

Luke Harangody is giddy about his decision to return to school after playing pickup with his future teammates showed him Notre Dame is ready to make a run at the Big East title.