MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A second No. 44 will soon hang high atop WVU Coliseum.
West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons announced Thursday that Rod Thorn’s playing number will be retired in a halftime ceremony of WVU’s game against Oklahoma on Saturday, Feb. 29. The WVU Athletics Council unanimously voted to retire Thorn’s number.
Thorn is the last Mountaineer to have worn 44, which was also retired for Jerry West in 2005. Thorn played at West Virginia from 1961-63.
Thorn becomes the third Mountaineer basketball player to have his number retired. Besides West, Hot Rod Hundley had his No.