The Shotgun/Throwdown: Tuesday (3/22/11) Edition

by WVUIE97 on Mar 22, 2011 9:24 AM EDT in Shotgun/Throwdown

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The WVU women have a chance to advance to their Sweet 16 tonight, but to do it they will have to beat #1 seed Baylor...on their home court. Elsewhere, Charley's post yesterday looks to have sparked a slew of articles in response to the Big East's tournament woes/national standing. There's also some updates on Da`Sean Butler and an interesting article on Jerry West that Caridi dug up.

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What You May Have Missed:

West Virginia's Kevin Jones Leaving NBA Option Open - WVillustrated.com

Let’s have a talk about Kevin Jones - WVU Sports with Mike Casazza

Future bright for Mountaineers - PPG

WVU basketball: Mountaineers may look at recruits to fix offense - Charleston Daily Mail

Looking back and moving forward - Times West Virginian
Hertzel Column

Here lies WVU, a team that did what you didn’t think it would do - WVU Sports with Mike Casazza

VSR: Bieski, Repella Athletes of the Week - MSNsportsNET.Com
Varsity Sports Report

Former WVU Star Da'Sean Butler Cleared by Doctors - WVillustrated.com

Update: Butler Good To Go - WVMETRONEWS.COM
Includes audio

Video: Lakers Owner Tried To Blackball The Logo! - SPORTSbyBROOKS
Article and video - Thanks to Tony Caridi's Twitter feed

Photo of WVU students used in contrasting polls - Charleston Daily Mai

America’s Best College Sports Town: The Final Four - Clutch Blog
Vote for WVU here

News of Note:

West Virginia to Face Baylor - MSNsportsNET.Com

WVU-Baylor Preview - WVMETRONEWS.COM

WVU Women's Basketball Game Preview: WVU vs. Baylor - WVillustrated.com

Tall order for WVU women - Charleston Gazette (AP)
Mountaineers won't change for Baylor's star

Head Coach Mike Carey - Mountaineer TV
Head coach Mike Carey's comments during the West Virginia-Baylor press conference on Monday afternoon.

West Virginia Press Conference - Mountaineer TV
Liz Repella, Asya Bussie and Madina Ali during the West Virginia-Baylor press conference on Monday afternoon.

Big East No. 1 Hoop Conference - MSNsportsNET.Com
For years the Southeastern Conference was the gold standard in women’s college basketball. Fifteen years ago when Tennessee was frequently winning national titles, SEC women’s basketball was the measuring stick for all other women’s programs around the country.

Recruiting:

Future 'Eer Keaton Miles Preparing Body and Mind for Big East - WVillustrated.com

Around the League (and Beyond):

Departing Big East Impact Players - The Nova Blog

Pitt Basketball's 2011 Disappointment May Be Biggest Of All - SB Nation Pittsburgh

Sympathy for Pitt? - BGN
See my response in the Videos of (Dis) Interest section

I've got a bad feeling about this: UConn's dismal history in NCAA road games - The UConn Blog

Requiem For An Unfrozen Caveman Basketball Coach - Anonymous Eagle
Just three years later, Marquette closes the door on the Tom Crean era.

Razorbacks still courting Anderson - Baxter Bulletin
It could change in an instant, of course, but as each day passes whatever is or isn't happening between Mike Anderson and Arkansas, indicates a decreasing likelihood that the Missouri Tigers basketball coach will become the Razorbacks basketball coach and that Arkansas attention could soon turn to Marquette coach Buzz Williams or Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall.

Daniel Ochefu Commits To Villanova! - The Nova Blog

Cronin: ‘We’re on solid footing’ - Cincinnati Enquirer

Finishing The Unfinished Business: Kris Joseph Will Return For Senior Year - Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician

Early Look at a Program in Transition - Casual Hoya

Notre Dame men's basketball analysis: Christmas in March only a cruel nightmare - South Bend Tribune

Bulls notes: Sloppy workout after spring break - Tampa Tribune

Defending the Big East (or not)

The Big East = overrated? - Rumble In The Garden
Charley started a trend

Maybe not the best teams, but Big East is the best league - Charleston Gazette

Big East's Performance Is Upsetting, But It's No Failure - NY Times

Big East struggles to show its power - PPG

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the Big East - The UConn Blog

Results show 'Big Least' tag isn't deserved - Courier-Journal

Big East Conference: 'F*** It, We're Starting Our Own Post-Season Tournament' - Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician

2011 NCAA Tournament: The Big East's LOL Weekend - BC Interruption
It's funny coming from a BC blog

What's On Tap:

(9) West Virginia Mountaineers vs. (1) Baylor Lady Bears - ESPN
9:45 tonight from Waco on ESPN2

Video of Interest:

Videos of (Dis)Interest:

Miss Throwdown:

Today's Miss Throwdown is an American actress that I have been looking and waiting for a decent full gallery to appear of so, I could feature it here. Finally, here's Aly (Alyson) Michalka (click on her picture).