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WVU Basketball

Hitting the Road Where Your Team Hits the Court

Photo courtesy of ylva.pihlstromweb.com Hmm, Madison Square Garden? Big East Basketball? Sounds like a good idea doesn’t it?
March 17, 2008

College basketball, for the fan and for the player, is about a desire to win that is so great it cannot be beaten or broken by any team. It just has to be there, acting as a deterrent to probability of victory or ability of the players on the court. Fortunately for the better teams, their talent breathes desire — their skill is so amazing that desire seems to be built right in. For the lesser teams, this fire has to be ignited by something deeper. It’s harder to get to that way but once found is stronger than those of bigger and better teams. Come on, look at “Remember the Titans,” “Glory Road,” or “Air Bud.” Granted those were all Disney movies and one may or may not have involved a dog who was allowed to play basketball, but that’s beside the point. The point (if I can find it) is that (yup, here it comes) with the Conference Championships, your teams have a fightin’ chance. If you can muster enough courage and an unbelievab

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WVU and Why March is Sheer Madness

March 17, 2008

The clock was rolling down to zero Saturday in The Mountaineer’s game against St. John’s. The ‘Eers were struggling to get open for the in bounds pass. They needed to win this game to put a subtle but distinct exclamation point on t

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Bracket, Drinking Strategies to Go the Distance

March 17, 2008

Poologic is one of the more random guessing games in all of sports. It’s challenging bracketology, random guessing flights of fancy, and to be good at it you have to have a combination of luck and skill. Still, every year office pools are fille

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Mountaineer Madness Guide

March 17, 2008

The Mountaineers will return to their beloved Coliseum, soon. Here is a quick tour for now. The yellow looking thing in the center of the photo (with the flyng WV logo on it) is the court. That is where you can expect to see the team destroying some

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WVU Basketball Poll

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