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These Monday/Saturday game weeks make for a somewhat slow period in between. You know it's slow when the biggest news in WVU sports today is about Mickey Furfari getting elected to the Basketball Writer's Hall of Fame. Many congratulations to Mickey, by the way. It's a well deserved honor for his life's work (despite his recent rants). There are several bits from WVU's sports campus though, including a couple features on two of the new football staff. With the lack of news, I tried to make it up to you with the recurrance of an old feature that always seemed to please (the timing couldn't have been much better).
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What You May Have Missed:
Gillespie: Playmakers Play - MSNsportsNET.Com
WVU Defensive Line Expected to Maintain Excellence - WVillustrated.com
Decision to leave Arizona for WVU wasn’t simple for Bedenbaugh - Daily Athenaeum
Men's Basketball: Furfari Picked for Writers Hall - MSNsportsNET.Com
Sportsline: Mickey Furfari On Hall Of Fame - WVMETRONEWS.COM
News of Note:
College Basketball Bubble Watch - ESPN
WVU fine if form holds - Charleston Gazette
Inside game taking lumps - Charleston Gazette
Inconsistent WVU running out of time - Charleston Daily Mail
Who are these guys? - WVU Sports with Mike Casazza
Shooting woes keep haunting Mountaineers - Times West Virginian
Hertzel Column
Recruiting:
2012 Prospect Cyrus Jones Ready for Trip to WVU - WVillustrated.com
Around the League (and Beyond):
Names of regional sites again changed for NCAA basketball tournament - USA Today
postGame: Villanova 60 Seton Hall 57 - The Nova Blog
Final - Villanova 60, Seton Hall 57 - Death By (lack of) Execution - South Orange Juice
High in the sky: St. John's beats the Marquette Golden Eagles, 80-68 - Rumble In The Garden
Good Night, and Good Luck: St. John's 80, Marquette 68 - Anonymous Eagle
UC gets new shot at signature win - Cincinnati Enquirer
Louisville basketball ready for beefy Cincinnati - Courier-Journal
South Florida-Pittsburgh men's basketball preview - Tampa Tribune
Pitt starting to look like a No. 1 seed - PPG
...not that these guys are biased or anything
What Mike Rice has Done Right, Part 2: Establishing an Identity - On the Banks
Rutgers basketball, turning the corner since 2010
On Jim Boeheim's Press Conference - Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician
What's On Tap:
(9) Georgetown Hoyas vs. (12) Connecticut Huskies - ESPN
7:00 tonight from the XL Center on MASN and ESPN3
(16) Louisville Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Bearcats - Preview - ESPN
7:00 tonight from 7/8ths Arena on ESPN
South Florida Bulls vs. (4) Pittsburgh Panthers - ESPN
7:00 tonight from the Pete on ESPN3
Video of Interest:
Video of (Dis)Interest:
I don't watch anymore but, here's the best to ever work the microphone (Part II is HERE):
This Week in Bodypainting:
Choose your fate:
Option I - Click on the picture to go to Brobible for just the pictures
OR...
Option II - Click HERE for the official/main SI site which includes video
Miss Throwdown:
Today's Miss Throwdown is Scottish babe Britta Benedetto. Click on her pic for the gallery.
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