Joe Toussaint thanked Iowa, West Virginia and Texas Tech in a social media post, as he looks to begin a professional career in basketball. Toussaint spent three years at Iowa, one year at WVU and one year at TTU.
PITTSBURGH – Completing the tough night for ex WVU players, Joe Toussaint and Texas Tech fell to North Carolina State to cap off the first day of the NCAA Tournament in Pittsburgh.
Kentucky forward Tre Mitchell was asked about former West Virginia teammate Joe Toussaint while previewing the NCAA Tournament. Mitchell played with Toussaint, who’s now at Texas Tech, at WVU during the 2022-23 season.
Nearly eight minutes into Saturday evening's game, the West Virginia Mountaineers had a strong hold of the game jumping out to a 20-4 lead on the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Tech missed several open shots while the Mountaineers were filling it up on the opposite end of the floor.
Morgantown, WV - Texas Tech guard, and former Mountaineer, Joe Toussaint led all scorers with 21 points to lead the Red Raiders (20-8, 9-7) to an 81-70 victory over the West Virginia Mountaineers (9-20, 4-12) Saturday night 81-70.
Texas Tech will try to shake off its worst loss of the season with a trip to West Virginia on Saturday in Morgantown, W.Va., in a game loaded with emotional connections.
After bouncing in and out of the starting lineup over his three years at Iowa and coming off the bench in one year at West Virginia, veteran guard Joe Toussaint is enjoying a career year in his last go around at the collegiate level with Texas Tech.
The TCU Horned Frogs will travel to Lubbock, Texas to play the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Tuesday, February 20. TCU is coming off back-to-back needed wins against West Virginia and Kansas State.
Texas Tech stepped up its level of competition on Sunday and had a fight on its hands. San Jose State came to Lubbock with a veteran team and gave the Red Raiders all they wanted before Texas Tech pulled away late for a 56-42 victory.
Earlier this offseason, Joe Toussaint became the second former Mountaineer to transfer within the Big 12 Conference in as many years, landing at Texas Tech.
After losing veteran guards Joe Toussaint (Texas Tech) and Jose Perez (still in portal), West Virginia added a piece to its backcourt with a commitment from Florida State transfer Jeremiah Bembry.
Former West Virginia guard Joe Toussaint will play for Texas Tech next season, he announced Tuesday night. A graduate transfer, Toussaint entered the transfer portal last month after Mountaineers coach Bob Huggins resigned following a DUI arrest.
Joe Toussaint made his departure from the West Virginia basketball program official. He made a post thanking everyone at WVU and announced that he will not return for his final year of eligibility and will instead play elsewhere.
West Virginia transfer guard Joe Toussaint announced on his Instagram Monday evening that he will not return to WVU. Toussaint thanked the program, the fanbase and wished interim head coach Josh Eilert the best of luck.
Over the past few days, the recruitments of James Okonkwo, Joe Toussaint and Mohamed Wague have sped up. All three Mountaineers in the portal have shown interest in returning to West Virginia.
WVU transfers Joe Toussaint and Mohamed Wague continue to receive Power-5 interest in the portal. Toussaint is currently on a visit to Texas Tech and Wague is at DePaul.
As you've seen over the past couple of days, West Virginia's basketball roster is constantly going through change. Well, sort of. Four players have entered the portal, one has opted to return (Kerr Kriisa), one officially left (Tre Mitchell to Kentucky), and two others (Joe Toussaint and Mohamed Wague) are open to returning.
West Virginia interim head coach Josh Eilert and the rest of the men's basketball staff are fighting to keep this roster together. Sunday, they got off to a great start as point guard Kerr Kriisa announced on social media that he would be removing his name from the portal and returning to West Virginia.
Three West Virginia men's basketball players now are in the transfer portal, signaling their potential to leave the program since the resignation of Hall of Fame coach Bob Huggins.
The Panthers are one of many programs to contact Toussaint — who entered the transfer portal on Friday, just days after former Mountaineers head coach Bob Huggins announced his resignation from the job.
Junior point guard Joe Toussaint has notified head coach Fran McCaffery of his intentions to transfer from Iowa and the men’s basketball program. “We want to thank Joe Toussaint for being an integral part of multiple NCAA Tournament teams and a Big Ten championship team,” said head coach Fran McCaffery.
Iowa moved into the Associated Press men’s basketball rankings for the first time this season on Monday. The Hawkeyes (18-8 overall, 8-7 Big Ten) were ranked No.
Joe Toussaint has prepared to make big shots. So, with the ball in his possession, and the final seconds dwindling in Iowa’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge game at Virginia, what Toussaint had to do was, he said, “simple.” “Go make a play,” Toussaint said.
It’s a mentality that Joe Toussaint has carried with him throughout his basketball career, and it came from the on-court environment he played in during his high school career in New York City.
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