With the transfer portal already open, Hodge also spent considerable time since his March 26 hiring getting familiar with the Mountaineers while working the phones to contact pote

When West Virginia and Ross Hodge agreed to a contract, the 44-year-old coach had a decision to make: leave in the middle of an NIT run or work two jobs for a week to ten days. Hodge chose the latter,

Ross Hodge didn’t leave any doubt when he spoke with two of the men who helped vault his college coaching career forward over the last few days.