WVU Basketball: Back to Square One, But with Promise

0:00On March 2nd, a year ago, West Virginia Mountaineer's basketball coach Daryen DeVries delivered some standout wins, including the programs first, victory over Kansas and their home arena. Fans largely backed him despite a few setbacks. But after that one season, he left for Indiana, leaving West Virginia with a by-all payment of $6,100,000. Now, under new coach Ross Hodge, the team sits at exactly 17 wins and 12 losses through 29 games this season, the same Mark DeVries. Had at this point last year, that means the Mountaineers pocketed over $6 million and ended up right back where they started. Fans haven't warmed a Hodge as quickly with some making unfair comparisons to football coach Neil Brown. Still, Hodge's first year results outpace what Brown achieved in his early days. Looking ahead, Hodge has promising young players like Amir Jenkins and DJ Thomas who could stick around for three more seasons. They're already holding their own in Big 12 play and Topper Crew MOUKs Saadler joins incoming freshmen,

1:02Kingston Whitty, and Aliu Diume to form a Solid and Core. With proof of progress and a more stable staff, the transfer portal should bring stronger additions next year, setting West Virginia up for consistent NCAA tournament runs. NCAA tournament runs.