Post by SRT4driver on Jan 27, 2006 2:14:24 GMT -6
Before the game:
Marshall (7-9) vs. (9) West Virginia (14-3)
Preview - Box Score - Recap
Game Info: 8:00 pm EST Wed Jan 25, 2006
A matchup with an unheralded, sub-.500 team might not seem like much of a challenge for a red-hot ranked team that plays in possibly the toughest conference in college basketball.
West Virginia won't look at this game that way.
Looking to protect their best ranking in 24 years and extend the nation's longest winning streak, the Mountaineers (14-3) try to avenge last season's loss to Marshall (7-9) when the in-state rivals meet on Wednesday at the Charleston Civic Center.
"Everybody in the state knows that this is an exciting day when these two teams get together and play," West Virginia coach John Beilein said. "It's such an emotional crowd in Charleston. We look forward to this game every year and it's always a tough one for both teams. The last three games were decided in the last possession and this one may be no different."
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And after the game:
"They came out with more intensity," West Virginia's Mike Gansey said. "This is kind of like their Super Bowl. It's just another game for us."
Center Kevin Pittsnogle had guaranteed a win for West Virginia (14-4), but the Mountaineers were held to a season low for points and fell to their cross-state rival for the second straight year, the first time that's happened since 1981-82.
Aww, Mike Gansey.
I take it Kevin Pittsnogle issues "guarantees" like that before every game then? And of course the money-loving BcS-biased AP writer is happy to help them out in the excuses dept....
Marshall (8-9) usually finds more motivation for this game because the Thundering Herd is considered second fiddle in a state with only two Division I teams. The meeting also occurs in the middle of West Virginia's rough Big East schedule.
Now I loved watching a WVU full of heart in Cleveland last March, but damn Mike Gansey sure sounds like a sore loser today.
I'm sure the Golden Chickens would sound worse though...even when we're above them in the RPI.
Poor babies
;D
Marshall (7-9) vs. (9) West Virginia (14-3)
Preview - Box Score - Recap
Game Info: 8:00 pm EST Wed Jan 25, 2006
A matchup with an unheralded, sub-.500 team might not seem like much of a challenge for a red-hot ranked team that plays in possibly the toughest conference in college basketball.
West Virginia won't look at this game that way.
Looking to protect their best ranking in 24 years and extend the nation's longest winning streak, the Mountaineers (14-3) try to avenge last season's loss to Marshall (7-9) when the in-state rivals meet on Wednesday at the Charleston Civic Center.
"Everybody in the state knows that this is an exciting day when these two teams get together and play," West Virginia coach John Beilein said. "It's such an emotional crowd in Charleston. We look forward to this game every year and it's always a tough one for both teams. The last three games were decided in the last possession and this one may be no different."
sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/preview?gid=200601250636
And after the game:
"They came out with more intensity," West Virginia's Mike Gansey said. "This is kind of like their Super Bowl. It's just another game for us."
Center Kevin Pittsnogle had guaranteed a win for West Virginia (14-4), but the Mountaineers were held to a season low for points and fell to their cross-state rival for the second straight year, the first time that's happened since 1981-82.
Aww, Mike Gansey.
I take it Kevin Pittsnogle issues "guarantees" like that before every game then? And of course the money-loving BcS-biased AP writer is happy to help them out in the excuses dept....Marshall (8-9) usually finds more motivation for this game because the Thundering Herd is considered second fiddle in a state with only two Division I teams. The meeting also occurs in the middle of West Virginia's rough Big East schedule.
Now I loved watching a WVU full of heart in Cleveland last March, but damn Mike Gansey sure sounds like a sore loser today.
I'm sure the Golden Chickens would sound worse though...even when we're above them in the RPI.
Poor babies
;D