Carter

When healthy, McBride is a starter at point guard with the New York Knicks, a team that made one of the league’s best starts when they broke from the gate and immediately settled into first place in their division.

McBride sprained an ankle on Dec. 9 in a game against Orlando and has not fully recovered from that injury.

In 20 games thus far in 2025-2026 season, he has scored 11.6 points per game Last season with the Knicks, he averaged 25 minutes per game and scored 9.5 points per outing.

While at WVU, McBride was named to the Big 12’s all-freshmen team in his first year. He averaged 9.5 points per game. After a sophomore season where he scored 15.9 points a night he declared for the NBA in 2021 and was selected by Oklahoma City in the second round.

McBride

Jevon Carter was an intricate part of then coach Bob Huggins’ venturesome “Press Virginia” full court defense. Carter was named the nation’s Defensive Player of the Year as a senior.

As a scorer, Carter scored an even 500 points as a junior and added over 600 more points as a senior.

That senior season saw the Mountaineers win over 20 games and Carter average 35 minutes per game while scoring 17.3 points per game. It was his 112 steals that caught much of the country’s attention.

He’s currently in the final season of what is a three-year contract with the Chicago Bulls. Like McBride, Carter is also a point guard in the NBA.

Small transferred to WVU after playing at two other four-year colleges.

Small

He played just one season in Morgantown before opting for the NBA draft.

That lone season was a productive one because Small scored over 20 points in no less than 14 games.

He averaged 36 minutes a game and his scoring average was 18.6 points per game.

Small is currently with the Memphis Grizzlies, and like Carter and McBride is also a point guard.

With the Mountaineers on their fourth coach in recent times, it is a little surprising to see players from those swirling situations find their way into the world’s best play-for-pay ranks.