MORGANTOWN - The margin for error in Big East basketball - or the sport in general, for that matter - is razor thin. A shot lips out or banks in, a tipped pass is caught or goes astray, a rebound bounces right to one team or left to the other.

Just one of those can make the difference between a win and a loss. No one understands those principles better than West Virginia. Or at least one would assume so.

MORGANTOWN - Da'Sean Butler and his teammates sat in a hotel ballroom Sunday evening hoping for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.

They didn't get it.

NEW YORK – The Butler did it one more time. Da’Sean Butler’s running jumper with four seconds left lifted sixth-ranked West Virginia to a 60-58 victory over Georgetown to capture the 2010 Big East basketball championship at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

NEW YORK - The Butler did it. Again.

Da'Sean Butler, West Virginia's last-second magician, made the winning shot with four seconds remaining Saturday to give the Mountaineers their first Big East Conference tournament championship at Madison Square Garden.

BlueGoldNews.com has filed some excellent photos from the big WVU win over Georgetown. See inside:

West Virginia Football Coach Bill Stewart shares the popular view that a Big 10 Conference raid on the Big East Conference is only a matter of time, but unlike most, the typically optimistic coach sees that as an opportunity for the Mountaineers.

In fact, the coach sees a Big East shakeup as possibly opening the door for the Mountaineers to join the Southeastern Conference and face the likes of Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and LSU on an annual basis.

PHILADELPHIA – Wanting to give his team a good laugh earlier this week, Bob Huggins decided to read his players a letter that he received recently from a fan upset that West Virginia has not been able to put teams away lately.

The gist of the letter was that the players were not listening closely enough to Huggins’ pregame instructions and they might become more focused if Huggs ditched his trademark black West Virginia pullover and matching black trousers in favor of a navy blue suit and gold tie.

MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia University and Ed Pastilong announced Wednesday they'll honor the terms of a contract signed two years ago to send the longtime director of athletics into a two-year emeritus position beginning July 1.

University President Jim Clements said a national search for a replacement will begin later this month.