MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — As part of a two-for-one basketball series, West Virginia will return Saturday’s 4 p.m. game against Youngstown State with a road game next season.
The Penguins will return to play at the WVU Coliseum in 2020.
“One of the hardest things I’ve found at this level is scheduling,” Youngstown State coach Jerrod Calhoun said. “We’re one of those teams that are being bought [on one-year game contracts], so to have West Virginia come back to our place is a big deal for us.”
It is a deal built from a relationship between West Virginia coach Bob Huggins and Calhoun that stretches back further than Calhoun’s days as the Mountaineers’ director of basketball operations and assistant coach from 2007-2012.