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WVU's women play hostesses to another 8th ranked Irish team in the Coliseum tonight. This is another great opportunity to get a quality win that has been somewhat elusive so far. Plenty of features on the men as well, including tournament outlooks and a future scheduled opponent for next year.
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What You May Have Missed:
Scheduling Notes - BGN
Football, that is
WVU Women Host Notre Dame - MSNsportsNET.Com
Another No. 8 ND team comes to visit WVU - Charleston Gazette
The next test - Times West Virginian
Rejuvenated WVU women host No. 8 Irish
Mountaineers Host Irish - WVMETRONEWS.COM
WVU tries for quality win tonight vs. No. 8 Irish - Daily Athenaeum
Women's Basketball: Ali Recognized - MSNsportsNET.Com
Liz Repella: Continuing to Bounce Back - WVMetroNews.com
Repella talks about WVU's offensive outburst against Pitt and Sarah Miles' performance.
Asya Bussie: The Mighty Ali - WVMetroNews.com
Bussie talks about having Madina Ali back in the lineup and the impact she has on the game.
Women's Bracketology - ESPN
#7 in the Spokane Region
VSR: Trio Named Athletes of the Week - MSNsportsNET.Com
Varsity Sports Report
Major Harris to appear at local barber shop - Charleston Gazette
Local in Charleston, obviously
Alexander Solid In All-Star Game - WVMETRONEWS.COM
Joe Alexander in the D-League All-Star game
News of Note:
Bring On The Wildcats - WVMETRONEWS.COM
Huggs announced last night that WVU will take on Kansas State next season (Includes video)
WVU Men's Basketball Team Report: 2/21 - WVillustrated.com
Hardest job in college sports? - WVU Sports with Mike Casazza
He thinks Coach Harrison has that role
WVU's Second Half Woes Finally End Against Fighting Irish - WVillustrated.com
Huggins says Jones has worked hard to improve offense - Daily Athenaeum
WVU doesn’t need a leading scorer - Daily Athenaeum
Zen and the art of the technical - Charleston Gazette
WVU's Bryant is focused again - Charleston Daily Mail
This Week in College Basketball: Tournament Picture Gets Clearer - NCAABB FanHouse
The Backyard Brawl this week gets some attention
Senior John Flowers - Mountaineer TV
Mountaineer Jammin' feature on senior forward John Flowers.
NCAA Basketball Polls - ESPN
42 votes AP, 1 Coaches
Bracketology - ESPN
#6 SE
NCAA tournament Bracket Watch - Andy Glockner - SI.com
#6 SW here
Bubble Watch - Andy Glockner - SI.com
He has WVU as a lock now
Weekly Watch: Week 13 - ESPN
The Pete is a place to be this Thursday for our game vs. Pitt
Jim Boeheim, via John Beilein, delivers a little perspective - WVU Sports with Mike Casazza
Recruiting:
2012 OL Prospect Caleb Stacey Receives WVU Offer - WVillustrated.com
Men's Basketball: Blake Nash - WVMETRONEWS.COM
Possible recruit
Around the League (and Beyond):
Rating the conferences: From 1 to 32 - ESPN
Any doubt?
Big East Basketbal Power Rankings Week 15 - The UConn Blog
postGame: Syracuse 69 Villanova 64 - The Nova Blog
Syracuse gets big road win at Villanova - Post Standard
Orange hangs on for a 69-64 win and its 10th win in the Big East.
Cronin: Stress a factor with Gates - Cincinnati Enquirer
Jim Calhoun Unsure Why UConn Freshmen Are Looking Tentative - Hartford Courant
Scarlet Knights need to avoid turnovers against No. 16 Louisville - Star Ledger
Rick Pitino previews Rutgers - Card Chronicle
St. John's is ranked 23/25 - how should we act? - Rumble In The Garden
Marquette Bubble Watch February 21 Edition - Anonymous Eagle
Notre Dame men's basketball: Was loss just a blip, or worse? - South Bend Tribune
Panthers giving up too much in post - PPG
Eric LeGrand, Paralyzed Rutgers Player, Makes First Public Appearance - NCAAFB FanHouse
Inside look at NCAA tournament selection process - Andy Staples - SI.com
Selecting NCAA tournament field a lot harder than it looks - Seth Davis - SI.com
Tuberville raise rankles Tech faculty - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
What's On Tap:
(8) Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. (20) West Virginia Mountaineers - ESPN
7:00 tonight from the Coliseum on CBS College Sports
(16)Louisville Cardinals vs. Rutgers Scarlet Knights - Preview - ESPN
9:00 tonight from the LBAC on ESPNU
Videos of Interest:
Video of (Dis)Interest:
There's only one way to end the fever. We must kill it now. Remember: If it bleeds, we can kill it.
Miss Throwdown:
Today's Miss Throwdown is another British beauty. Today's gallery is of Rosie Roff (click on her picture).
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