Athletics

The West Virginia University women's basketball team will host Saint Joseph's on Sunday in 2 p.m. tip in the second round of the 2018 Postseason WNIT at the WVU Coliseum.

The women's basketball team opened the 2018 Postseason WNIT with an 83-50 win over visiting Bucknell on Thursday night (March 15) at the WVU Coliseum. With the win, the Mountaineers move on to the second round of the tournament and are set to host Saint Joseph's on Sunday (March 18) at the WVU Coliseum.

Stephen Lytle will become the 12th director of the beloved Pride of West Virginia Mountaineer Marching Band. Lytle is currently the associate director of bands at Miami University in Ohio.

The West Virginia women's basketball team earned an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament and will host Bucknell in on Thursday (March 15) in the first round of the 2018 Postseason WNIT.

Big 12 Championship runner-up West Virginia will be making its 29th NCAA Tournament appearance on Friday in San Diego, California, when the Mountaineers face Ohio Valley Conference champion Murray State in a first-round game.

Continuing its work implementing changes allowed by the “freedom agenda” adopted by the 2017 Legislature, the West Virginia University Board of Governors issued a notice of proposed rulemaking Tuesday (March 6) for an amended set of academic rules and one additional faculty rule.

Director of Athletics/Associate Vice-President Shane Lyons has been named to the NCAA Division I Council. The Division I Council is a high-level group responsible for the day-to-day decision-making for Division I. The council is comprised of practitioners who work daily in Division I athletics, and it has primary legislative authority for Division I.

Senior guard Jevon Carter and sophomore forward Sagaba Konate headline WVU's awards for the 2018 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Men's Basketball teams. Carter was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year for the second-straight season and is just the third player from a major conference (first Big 12 player) to be named to the All-Defensive Team all four years of his career. He was a unanimous choice for the All-Big 12 First Team and the Big 12 All-Defensive Team.

Each year, coaching staffs across the country assemble and go over all of the things their teams did well, all of the things they didn't do well and all of the things they want to see improved during the spring.

Single game tickets are on sale now for another exciting season of West Virginia University baseball at Monongalia County Ballpark.