WVU - Kansas Preview: Phoggy Country

Game Day Vitals

• West Virginia Mountaineers (13-15, 6-9 Big XII) vs. #6 Kansas Jayhawks (24-4, 12-3 Big XII)
• Series Record - 0-1 all time, First time ever played in the Phog
• Location - The Phog Allen Fieldhouse (Capacity: 16,300) Lawrence, Kansas
• Vegas Lines - Spread: -15.5 OU: 133.5
  
• Date - February 2nd, 2013, at 2:00pm EST
• Television - CBS
• Radio Affiliates

Opponent Information

• #6 Kansas Jayhawks (24-4, 12-3 Big XII)
• Conference - Big XII
• Head Coach - Bill Self, Tenth year as KU head coach, 292-57 with Jayhawks (.849)
• O/U on how quickly I'll truly stop paying attention: Huggs second TO
  
• Last Result - W @ Iowa State 108-96 2OT
• Official Jayhawks athletics website
• SBN KU blog - Rock Chalk Talk

This is easily in my Top Five favorite videos on the internet.

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And... I almost forgot....

Game Preview

The Kansas Jayhawks are good. WVU probably had a shot to knock them off in Morgantown while KU was playing really poorly (the kinds of performances that caused a three game losing streak), but with poor decisions, the Mountaineers let them off the hook. That won't be the case today. Bill Self's Jayhawks, due to that three-game skid, are now tied with K-State for the Big XII pole position and are battling to extend their regular season conference title streak to nine. Along with that, KU is playing to keep that crucial #1 seed alive that Lunardi currently gives them for the South region.

The West Virginia Mountaineers, however, have a little less to play for. The Mountaineers are not going to win a regular season or conference tournament title. The Mountaineers are not making the Big Dance. The only thing that WVU really has to fight for is 1) a .500 record and 2) an outside chance at the NIT. Not exactly what we're used to as fans, but that's what we have. We're not really keen to being spoilers for anyone just because we aren't rivals yet.... although I am starting to dislike K-State a good bit. Regardless, this probably isn't going to be fun, so here is a list of other things on TV at 2pm:

NBC - Gymnastics: American Cup

ION - Dirty Harry

Comedy Central - Bad Santa

Disney XD - Toy Story 3

DIY - The Vanilla Ice Project

FUSE - Wild Wild West

TNT - Catch Me If You Can (2:30, if you can hold on that long)

Prediction: KU 82, WVU 65