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08 April 2010
MORGANTOWN - As a general rule, you can probably disregard anything that follows a player or a coach saying, "If the season were to start tomorrow..." because rarely does the season start the next day.
There are exceptions, of course, and occasions when that must be taken into consideration. Sometimes it actually is said on the eve of the regular season. Other times it's just profound enough that it's not to be dismissed, which leads to West Virginia Coach Bill Stewart.
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06 April 2010
MORGANTOWN - Da'Sean Butler played more basketball for West Virginia than any player in history.
He scored more points than anyone not named Jerry or Hot Rod and might well have had more game-winning shots in the span of just three months than anyone, even the aforementioned West and Hundley, had in their careers.
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06 April 2010
MORGANTOWN - At some point during West Virginia's four weeks of spring football practice that begin today, someone will no doubt preface a question about personnel to Mountaineer coach Bill Stewart by saying, "If the season were to start today ...''
And if Stewart were entirely truthful, his answer - no matter the specifics of the question - would be succinct.
"We'd be in a world of trouble,'' he would have no alternative but to answer.
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04 April 2010
INDIANAPOLIS - If the image one takes away from this season's West Virginia team comes from Saturday night's 78-57 Final Four rout at the hands of Duke, it's understandable.
The final image is usually what sticks. In this case, though, allowing that image to override the others would also stink.
For the Mountaineers' climb was one to remember. Yes, Saturday night's performance was one to forget.
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02 April 2010
INDIANAPOLIS - There could be as many as eight one-and-doners in the first round of the June NBA draft, freshmen who - generally because it is a prerequisite - used the college game as a brief stopover before becoming eligible to play for pay.
There will likely be four upperclassmen - and we use the term loosely to include gray-bearded sophomores in the mix - who will be taken among the Top 10 picks.
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01 April 2010
INDIANAPOLIS - It's been 18 years since Bob Huggins was in a Final Four and he'll return to his game's greatest stage in Saturday's 8:47 p.m. game against Duke at Lucas Oil Stadium.
A younger man with a sophisticated wardrobe at a different school back then, Huggins insists other things haven't changed dramatically since.
"I don't think I'm a whole lot different," he said. "Obviously I'm older. Hopefully, as you get older and you experience a lot of things, you get smarter. Other than that, I don't know."
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31 March 2010
BEFORE HEADING off to Indy for the Final Four ...
For it's time to play catch-up.
While in the vortex of WVU's terrific basketball run to the Final Four, much has gone on in the Mountain State. WVU's search for an athletic director to replace Ed Pastilong is out there.
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28 March 2010
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - West Virginia is headed to the Final Four. And for that they can thank ...
Joe Mazzulla? Indeed.
The little backup point guard, a virtual non-threat offensively all season, scored 17 points and helped the Mountaineers build an insurmountable second half lead over Kentucky Saturday night. And that was enough to allow No. 6 West Virginia to knock off talent-laden No. 2 Kentucky 73-66 in the East Regional championship in front of 22,497 at the Carrier Dome.
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28 March 2010
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The first 20 minutes of West Virginia's East Regional championship game win over Kentucky Saturday night was, well, almost surreal.
It was certainly as bizarre a half as West Virginia - and perhaps Kentucky - has played this season.
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28 March 2010
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Maybe it was the black unis.
Or Joe Mazzulla's 3-point field goal early in the game.
Maybe it was because the fans of WVU poured into the Carrier Dome and, shockingly, overwhelmed those of Kentucky.
