Did I miss this week’s SBP?

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Nov. 15, 2024) – West Virginia University wrestling coach Tim Flynn has announced the signings of Leo Contino, Brock Kehler, Gunner Andrick, Cole Evans, Casen Roark, Luke Satriano and Ramil Islamov to grant-in-aid agreements for the 2025-26 academic year.



“This is a deep class,” coach Flynn said. “We went out to fill the room with kids who are good students and really good wrestlers, and I think we found that combination with this group.”



Leo Contino – 165 – Clovis, Calif. – Buchanan High School

Three-time California state placer (3rd-junior, 4th-sophomore & 8th-freshman)

Two-time Super 32 placer (4th-2023 & 8th-2024)

NHSCA Junior National runner-up

#11 at 157 according to FloWrestling

#12 at 157 according to MatScouts

#80 on FloWrestling Class of 2025 Big Board

#93 on MatScouts Class of 2025 Big Board



Brock Kehler – 285 – Morgantown, W.Va. – University High School

Three-time West Virginia state champion

Three-time NHSCA National All-American (5th-junior, 1st-sophomore & 2nd-freshman)

#9 at 285 according to MatScouts

#10 at 285 according to FloWrestling

#86 on MatScouts Class of 2025 Big Board



Gunner Andrick – 141 – Letart, W.Va. – Point Pleasant High School

Three-time West Virginia state champion

Powerade placer (7th-2023)

Beast of The East placer (5th-2023)

2024 Grappler Fall Classic champion

#14 at 138 according to FloWrestling

#22 at 138 according to MatScouts

#146 on MatScouts Class of 2025 Big Board



Cole Evans – 157 – Perrysburg, Ohio – Perrysburg High School

Two-time Ohio state champion

2024 Grappler Fall Classic champion

#24 at 150 according to MatScouts

#179 on MatScouts Class of 2025 Big Board



Casen Roark – 133 – Old Hickory, Tenn. – Father Ryan High School

Three-time Tennessee state champion

Three-time National Prep All-American (3rd-junior, 5th-sophomore & 8th-freshman)

NHSCA Junior Nationals runner-up

Powerade placer (8th-2023)

#20 at 132 according to FloWrestling

#25 at 132 according to MatScouts

#97 on FloWrestling Class of 2025 Big Board

#133 on MatScouts Class of 2025 Big Board



Luke Satriano – 133/141 – Montgomery, N.Y. – Valley Central High School

Two-time New York state champion

Three-time New York state placer (1st-sophomore & junior, 4th-freshman)

NHSCA Sophomore Nationals All-American (4th)

#228 MatScouts Class of 2025 Big Board



Ramil Islamov – 149 – Pittsburgh, Pa. – Baldwin High School

Pennsylvania state placer (4th-junior)




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Castaic (Ca.) Southern California Academy 2025 forward Trent MacLean has committed to WVU!

2-1 win over Kentucky to move to the conference tournament finals.

I thought the undercard fights would start at 8 pm and I’d watch the Tyson fight (that I’m looking forward to watching) AFTER our game. …but no, undercards start at 5:30…and the fight starts around 8 pm.

Dang.

No way I miss any of our BBall game either.

Guess I’m moving another wide screen TV into my viewing room (aka basement).

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And wtf is a Pitt-WVU basketball game doing on ESPN+. Crazy.

I guess all the Bullshit we see on the backs of NFL helmets EVERY week is OK.

TAMPA, Florida -- San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa was fined $11,255 by the NFL for wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat during a postgame interview last month, a league source told ESPN.
According to league rules, players are prohibited from displaying a personal message or non-sponsored branding "at any point throughout a game day when visible at the stadium and TV audience, including postgame interviews in the locker room or on the field."

I know the Brawl Friday isn't on regular ACC Network....they are showing other games. I assume, and hope, it is at least on ESPN+. Can anyone confirm.

Sort of shocking that the game isn't garnering more attention. I'd think at least ESPN2 or ESPNU. Gonna be pissed if not even on ESPN+

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Nov. 14, 2024) – The West Virginia University women’s soccer team prepares to open NCAA Tournament play in the First Round against No. 5-seed Kentucky on Friday, Nov. 15. Kickoff at UK’s Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex in Lexington, Kentucky, is set for 7 p.m. ET.

Friday’s match will be streamed live on ESPN+, with Josh Braun and Gavin Colton on the call. Live stats also are available at NCAA.com.

West Virginia is set to make its 23rd NCAA Tournament appearance in the last 25 seasons in 2024. WVU earned an at-large bid for the first time since 2020 and will make its 23rd appearance all time. The Mountaineers are 23-20-5 all-time in NCAA Tournament action. Additionally, WVU has earned an NCAA Tournament bid seven times since 2015, which includes four trips to the Third Round during that span.

The Mountaineers’ most recent trip to the NCAA Tournament was in 2022, when they earned the Big 12 Conference’s automatic bid. West Virginia won its 18th conference championship, as well as its fifth Big 12 Tournament title, to claim the automatic bid. As the No. 7 seed, WVU hosted Virginia Tech in the First Round on Nov. 13, earning a 2-0 win over the Hokies. In the Second Round, WVU traveled to University Park, Pa., on Nov. 18 to take on No. 2-seed Penn State, but ultimately fell 4-0 to the Nittany Lions.

Friday’s contest marks just the fourth meeting all time between West Virginia and Kentucky, while it also is the first matchup between the two teams since 2013. WVU holds a 2-1 lead in the series, as well as a 1-0 lead in games played in Lexington. The two teams first met on Aug. 27, 2004, with the Mountaineers securing a season-opening, 3-2 win in double overtime in Lexington. Most recently, West Virginia suffered its first loss in the series on Sept. 15, 2013, falling 2-4 to the Wildcats in Morgantown.

Last time out, West Virginia dropped a double-overtime match in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Big 12 Championship, falling 1-0 to eventual Big 12 Champion Kansas inside CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Nov. 2. After the match was scoreless through the first 100 minutes of play, Kansas found the back of the net for the golden goal in the 101st minute. Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Mackenzie Smith tallied eight saves in the loss, marking a new single-match career high for the Apex, North Carolina, native.

Troy Fabiano is in his third season as the head coach of the Wildcats, leading Kentucky to its best season in nearly a decade in 2024. Kentucky enters Friday’s First Round matchup with an 11-4-4 overall record, including a 3-3-4 mark in SEC play. The squad is coming off a 1-0 loss to Tennessee in the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals on Nov. 3. Makala Woods paces the Wildcat offense with 11 goals and 23 points, while Maddie Kemp leads UK with five assists. In goal, Marz Josephson has notched 33 saves and a 0.733 save percentage.

For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUWomensSoccer on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Nov. 14, 2024) – The West Virginia University women’s soccer team prepares to open NCAA Tournament play in the First Round against No. 5-seed Kentucky on Friday, Nov. 15. Kickoff at UK’s Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex in Lexington, Kentucky, is set for 7 p.m. ET.

Friday’s match will be streamed live on ESPN+, with Josh Braun and Gavin Colton on the call. Live stats also are available at NCAA.com.

West Virginia is set to make its 23rd NCAA Tournament appearance in the last 25 seasons in 2024. WVU earned an at-large bid for the first time since 2020 and will make its 23rd appearance all time. The Mountaineers are 23-20-5 all-time in NCAA Tournament action. Additionally, WVU has earned an NCAA Tournament bid seven times since 2015, which includes four trips to the Third Round during that span.

The Mountaineers’ most recent trip to the NCAA Tournament was in 2022, when they earned the Big 12 Conference’s automatic bid. West Virginia won its 18th conference championship, as well as its fifth Big 12 Tournament title, to claim the automatic bid. As the No. 7 seed, WVU hosted Virginia Tech in the First Round on Nov. 13, earning a 2-0 win over the Hokies. In the Second Round, WVU traveled to University Park, Pa., on Nov. 18 to take on No. 2-seed Penn State, but ultimately fell 4-0 to the Nittany Lions.

Friday’s contest marks just the fourth meeting all time between West Virginia and Kentucky, while it also is the first matchup between the two teams since 2013. WVU holds a 2-1 lead in the series, as well as a 1-0 lead in games played in Lexington. The two teams first met on Aug. 27, 2004, with the Mountaineers securing a season-opening, 3-2 win in double overtime in Lexington. Most recently, West Virginia suffered its first loss in the series on Sept. 15, 2013, falling 2-4 to the Wildcats in Morgantown.

Last time out, West Virginia dropped a double-overtime match in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Big 12 Championship, falling 1-0 to eventual Big 12 Champion Kansas inside CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Nov. 2. After the match was scoreless through the first 100 minutes of play, Kansas found the back of the net for the golden goal in the 101st minute. Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Mackenzie Smith tallied eight saves in the loss, marking a new single-match career high for the Apex, North Carolina, native.

Troy Fabiano is in his third season as the head coach of the Wildcats, leading Kentucky to its best season in nearly a decade in 2024. Kentucky enters Friday’s First Round matchup with an 11-4-4 overall record, including a 3-3-4 mark in SEC play. The squad is coming off a 1-0 loss to Tennessee in the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals on Nov. 3. Makala Woods paces the Wildcat offense with 11 goals and 23 points, while Maddie Kemp leads UK with five assists. In goal, Marz Josephson has notched 33 saves and a 0.733 save percentage.

For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUWomensSoccer on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

West Virginia has offered Perry Cole.

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University men's basketball coach Darian DeVries has announced the signing of Trent MacLean to a grant-in-aid for the 2025-26 season.

MacLean, a 6-foot-9, 205-pound wing from Westlake Village, California, currently attends Southern California (SoCal) Academy in Castaic, California, where he plays for coach Julius Von Hanzlik. He is averaging 16 points and seven rebounds per game, while shooting 42 percent from 3-point range. MacLean previously attended Thousand Oaks (Calif.) prior to his senior season.

MacLean's father, Don, a nine-year NBA veteran, is UCLA's and the Pac-12 Conference's all-time leading scorer with 2,608 points.

"We are elated to welcome Trent to our Mountaineer family," DeVries said. "He possesses the rare combination of size and the ability to shoot the basketball with deep range that will fit perfectly with our style of play. Trent's best basketball is still ahead of him, and we look forward to helping him reach his full potential on and off the basketball court."

Trent MacLean is a four-star prospect and Top 150 recruit, including being ranked as a Top 30 power forward by numerous scouting services. In addition, he helped BTI win a Puma Pro 16 championship.

31-9 over rider

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. (Nov. 14, 2024) – In its first road dual of the season, the West Virginia University wrestling team (2-0) picked up a 31-9 victory over Rider (0-1) inside Alumni Gym on Thursday night.



The Mountaineers jumped out to a 20-0 advantage through the first four matches of the dual, including back-to-back pins by senior Jett Strickenberger (133) and redshirt junior Jordan Titus (141). Sophomore Ty Watters added a 16-1 technical fall over No. 24 Sammy Alvarez to put West Virginia up by 17 points heading into the break (20-3).



Despite Rider getting on the board with a decision at 157 pounds, fifth-year senior Peyton Hall (165) responded with a 22-7 technical fall to extend the Gold and Blue’s lead to 22 (25-3). Redshirt senior Austin Cooley (197) and fifth-year senior Michael Wolfgram (HWT) rounded out the scoring output for the Mountaineers with pair of decisions to seal the 22-point road win against the Broncs.



Up next, Hall and Watters travel to State College, Pennsylvania, to represent WVU at the 2024 NWCA All-Star Classic on Saturday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. ET.



Match Results vs. Rider

125:. Jace Schafer (WVU) dec. Will Betancourt (RU), 1-0

133: No. 22 Jett Strickenberger (WVU) won by fall over Michael Campanaro (RU), [T – 4:31]

141: No. 15 Jordan Titus (WVU) won by fall over McKenzie Bell (RU), [T – 6:14]

149: No. 3 Ty Watters (WVU) tech. fall over No. 24 Sammy Alvarez (RU), 16-1 [T – 5:00]

157: No. 28 Colton Washleski (RU) dec. Caleb Dowling (WVU), 7-3

165: No. 4 Peyton Hall (WVU) tech. fall over Enrique Munguia (RU), 22-7 [T – 7:00]

174: No. 27 Michael Wilson (RU) dec. No. 24 Brody Conley (WVU), 11-5

184: Isaac Dean (RU) dec. No. 22 Ian Bush (WVU), 4-2

197: No. 33 Austin Cooley (WVU) dec. Steyn De Lange (RU), 5-1

HWT: Michael Wolfgram (WVU) dec. Collin French (RU), 7-6



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Have you already addressed the situation with garnes and burks are they done as mountaineers?

This is the 2023 salary list....id like to see where Alsop comes in next year...

Gross management of money.

West Virginia has offered Perry Cole.

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