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The Shotgun/Throwdown: National Signing/Groundhog/Seton Hall Gameday (2/2/11) Edition

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National Signing Day is finally here (if you haven't noticed by all of the activity this morning). As I type this, WVU has 12 of the expected 17 LOI's in hand so far, plus one surprise. Any more surprises? Keep checking back for updated coverage and be sure to follow @SmokingMusket on Twitter (or at least check the Twitter time-line page that I linked) for tidbits between postings.

It is still basketball season and the men have an important game tonight against a dangerous Seton Hall team that has been playing quite well of late. Also, the women picked up a much needed win last night against Providence.

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What You May Have Missed:

Football: Gillespie to Remain at WVU - MSNsportsNET.Com
Whew!!!

Head Coach Bob Huggins - Mountaineer TV
West Virginia coach Bob Huggins talks about Wednesday night's game against Seton Hall.

Bob Huggins: Pre-Seton Hall Presser - WVMetroNews.com
Huggins talks about what to expect from Jeremy Hazell and Herb Pope and if Dan Jennings is back on the basketball team.

Written and visual proof of how balanced the Big East this season - WVU Sports with Mike Casazza
Neat visual

Mike's Mailbox: How does the Big East schedule its officials? - Post Standard

WVU Football Team Looking Forward to Spring Practice - WVillustrated.com

Champs Sports Bowl bust - Martinsburg Journal
MIckey's Column

News of Note:

Women's

Women's Basketball: WVU Women Earn 20th Win - MSNsportsNET.Com

Mountaineers extend school record of consecutive home wins to 31 - ESPN
Recap, final statistics, etc

WVU Women's Basketball Game Recap: WVU 59 Providence 45 - WVillustrated.com

Repella’s game-high 16 points ends Mountaineers’ two-game skid - Daily Athenaeum

Providence victory will help WVU get back to winning ways - Daily Athenaeum

WVU women top Providence - Times West Virginian

Providence Recap - Mountaineer TV
WVPBS recap of West Virginia's 59-45 victory over Providence Tuesday night at the WVU Coliseum.

VIDEO: WVU Women's Basketball Postgame Interviews - WVillustrated.com
Coach C, Repella, Ali and Bussie

FanHouse Terrific 12: Here's to Offense - NCAABB FanHouse
Clinging to the last slot after the 2 straight losses

WVU isn’t elite, yet - Daily Athenaeum

Men's

Seton Hall Scouting Report - MSNsportsNET.Com
from Jay Jacobs

WVU Men's Basketball Game Preview: #25 WVU vs. Seton Hall - WVillustrated.com

Seton Hall Preview - MSNsportsNET.Com

WVU Hosts Red Hot Seton Hall - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Pirates are no patsy - Charleston Gazette
Sharp-shooting Hazell big scorer for Seton Hall

WVU basketball: Seton Hall's Hazell, Pope quite a duo - Charleston Daily Mail

Preview: Seton Hall - BGN

No. 25 WVU hosts Seton Hall - Times West Virginian

Hazell’s return from gunshot wound, injury sparks Pirates - Daily Athenaeum

Jones enjoys being under the radar - Times West Virginian
Hertzel Column

Bob Huggins: Salesman - MSNsportsNET.Com
Tony's Take - and a good take it is

VIDEO: WVU Men's Basketball Interviews - WVillustrated.com
Huggs, KJ and Mazz

Cam Thoroughman: Together As A Team - WVMetroNews.com
Thoroughman talks about the way the team has worked together on the court in the past two games and defending Herb Pope.

Kevin Jones: Facing The Pope - WVMetroNews.com
Jones talks about defending Seton Hall forward Herb Pope and playing in his first home game in over a week.

Joe Mazzulla: Finding Our Identity - WVMetroNews.com
Mazzulla talks about the way the team has bonded in the past two games and talks about the competition in the Big East conference.

JP's Scouting Report: West Virginia Mountaineers - South Orange Juice
The enemy's perspective

Recruiting:

Recruiting Insider - Osbourn's Dominique Terrell Ponders Miami, U.Va., WVU - Washington Post

Looking Towards Next Year - WVMETRONEWS.COM
2012 recruit Zeke Pike is profiled

WVU signees include two receivers and LBs - Charleston Gazette

Mountaineers hope for good surprises on signing day - Charleston Gazette

GW's Clay (WVU) and Workman (Army) ready to sign - Charleston Gazette

Tight end spot at risk, but Clay a WVU man - Charleston Daily Mail

WVU football: Katrina changed Garrison - Charleston Daily Mail

WVU expected to have 17 recruits today - Times West Virginian

Signing day has arrived - Parkersburg News and Sentinel

Coaching uncertainty affects recruiting for Pitt, Penn State, West Virginia - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Signing Day Q. and A. With Tom Lemming - Quad Blog/NY Times

Singees

Paul Millard - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Brian Athey - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Vernard Roberts - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Vance Roberts - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Josh Francis - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Avery Williams - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Kenneth Myers - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Russell Haughton-James - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Dante Campbell - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Nick Kwiatkoski - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Isaiah Bruce - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Dustin Garrison - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Jared Barber - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Ben Bradley - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Kyle Rose - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Brandon Jackson - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Marquis Lucas - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Shawntel Rowell - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Terrell Chestnut - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Cody Clay - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Shaquille Petteway - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Justin Johnson - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Andrew Buie - WVMETRONEWS.COM

Around the League (and Beyond):

Big East Midseason Awards - Card Chronicle

Reviewing the Big East '07 classes, Part II - Big East Blog - ESPN

ESPN Is Launching 9 New University Channels, Here Are The Official Logos - COED Magazine
The ones involved are kinda mind boggling.

USF men's basketball needs to win on the road - Tampa Tribune

USF's Holtz is looking for right guys for system - Tampa Tribune

Bulls Recon: Friar Basketball Talks Providence Basketball - Voodoo Five

A glance at UC's verbal commitments - Cincinnati Enquirer

It's Just Louisville Basketball, Charlie Brown. - Card Chronicle

Syracuse vs. UConn: The Essentials - Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician
I wonder if we can get these guys (Campus Socialite) to do this for us. The next mission is in the queue.

Orange Scouting Report: Syracuse at Connecticut - Post Standard

UConn Faces Syracuse At XL Center On Wednesday Night - Hartford Courant

An in-depth look into Rutgers' 2011 recruiting class - Star Ledger

Previewing St. John's: Rutgers Basketball Game 22 - On the Banks

Preview, Game 21: vs Rutgers Scarlet Knights - Rumble In The Garden

Point Shaving Scandal At Syracuse? Say It Ain't So! - Casual Hoya
I trust this rumor about as much as the people of Egypt trust Mubarak at the moment

The Inquisition: On 'Nova With The Nova Blog - Anonymous Eagle

Problems Abound For Villanova Basketball - The Nova Blog

Irish set up for Big East run - South Bend Tribune

Pitt expected to land 18 recruits - PPG

College Football Recruiting: About Those Rankings - Cardiac Hill
Let the spin begin

What's On Tap:

LIVE STREAM: West Virginia Football Signing Day News Conference Wednesday, Feb. 2 @ 3:00 - WVillustrated.com

Seton Hall Pirates vs. West Virginia Mountaineers - Preview - ESPN
7:00 tonight from the Coliseum on the MASN and ESPN3

Marquette Golden Eagles vs. (12) Villanova Wildcats - Preview - ESPN
7:00 tonight from the Pavilion on ESPNU

(17) Syracuse Orange vs. (7) Connecticut Huskies - ESPN
7:00 tonight from the XL Center on ESPN

Video of Interest:

Video of (Dis)Interest:

Miss Throwdown:

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