NEW YORK - With just over two minutes to play Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden, No. 6 West Virginia's 79-60 win over St. John's was ready to be put into the books. The only variable in an odd game in which the Mountaineers trailed by 16 and led by 21 - a statistic made even odder by the fact that only 17 minutes separated the two - was the final score.

Fittingly, it was Da'Sean Butler who had the basketball as the clock wound down. He was maybe 23 feet from the basket and St. John's forward Sean Evans was all but in Butler's shirt.

Interesting story about WVU guard Joe Mazzulla's comeback from a serious shoulder injury.

MORGANTOWN – Da’Sean Butler’s 18 points led No. 6 West Virginia to a 70-51 victory over No. 22 Pitt Wednesday night at the WVU Coliseum in the 179th Backyard Brawl. Kevin Jones added 16 points and Devin Ebanks grabbed 16 rebounds to get the Mountaineers to 18-3, 7-2, on the season.

“Usually when Pitt and West Virginia get together it does have a little bit of everything,” West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said.

The Mountaineer Sports Network is providing impressively quick and detailed information regarding WVU's football recruits for 2010. Included are player profiles and videos of most of the signees.

Florida wide receiver Ivan McCartney announced at a ceremony at his high school that he would sign with West Virginia. His signed letter of intent arrived at the WVU football offices a short time later.

Deniz Kilicli is not an angry man, even though he has every right to be.

He has come to terms with the 20-game suspension the NCAA handed him in November; and now is simply waiting for the call by WVU coach Bob Huggins that will summon him from the bench so he can play in his first college basketball game.

That opportunity will come Wednesday, when the ninth-ranked Mountaineers host rival Pitt.

MORGANTOWN - Da'Sean Butler scored a season-high 27 points, including the go-ahead basket with 16 seconds remaining, and No. 9 West Virginia rallied from a big second-half deficit to beat Louisville 77-74 on Saturday.

Turkish power forward Deniz Kilicli makes his debut with Feb. 3 with WVU's basketball team against Pitt. the 6-9, 260-pound Kilicli says in a video interview that he is ready to do what it takes to help the team.