WVU goes on 20-2 run v. Nova

[hoyarooter]

Wtf? WVU is leading 38-31, and is shooting 60%, including 8-13 from 3. Did this team make a deal with the devil? How could they be so unconscious for three straight games?

[AllyI]

they are going to be good next year. losing only 2 of their top 8 contributers. there's going to be a glut of about 6 teams following uconn, nova, and l'ville, any one of which could finish as high as 4th or as low as 9th in the BE. And all 9 could very well make the tourney next year. Those 6 being GU, WV, Cinn., Cuse, Pitt, ND. Go Wake.

[EasyEd]

West Virginia wins.

[RBHoya]

I thought the game was really good. I've really taken to the WVU team these past couple days, and I hope they succeed in the tourney.

I thought the call was fair at the end. It was a very, very blatant push and it HAD to be called. When I first saw it I thought maybe it happened after Gansy had released, but when you see it from the sideline angle rather than the under the basket angle, it doesnt look like thats so. People say you should swallow the whistle, but thats only if its a tickytack reach foul or something like that. If you get a blatant foul that causes you to miss a potential game winning layup, its gotta be called. The swallow the whistle rule only applies if the penalty does not directly alter the final play. You wouldnt call a reach in, but you have to call a shooting foul; just like you wouldnt call holding on the last play of a football game, but youd have to call pass interference if it were plainly obvious. The ref HAD to make that call, I dont care what the Nova fans say.

Anyway, I thought it was fair, but a lot of the Nova people dont seem to agree. I went over to their board to see what they were saying, and they're resorting to stereotypes about incest in West Virginia and suggesting that WVU didnt earn the win at all. Some indignant WVU fans came over too and it turned into a mess of insults, which is a shame after such an exciting game.

[EasyEd]

Imagine, we may have Pittsnoggle as MVP and Poster Boy for the Big East. Ugh!

[SFHoya99]

So, someone on here was saying Beilien wasn't a good coach a few weeks ago...

Anyway, I can only hope that once we get some time in III's system, the players play as well relative to their skill level as West Virginia's, who talent-wise, have no business getting this far in the BE tourney.