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<title>WVU placing NCAA tickets on sale today</title>
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<title>Consistent Jones makes big contributions for WVU</title>
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<title>Butler beats the buzzer</title>
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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:40:19 -0500
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<title>Big East: Hoyas shock Orange</title>
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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:27:49 -0500
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<title>Stakes raised for WVU-Cincinnati</title>
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<title>WVU football recruit switches to Miami</title>
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<title>Notre Dames hand might be forced</title>
<description><![CDATA[    NEW YORK - Notre Dame wants to remain independent in football, but that might not matter if the Big Ten and Pac-10 decide to expand and create sweeping changes to major college sports.&quot;Our preference is clear, Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swa...]]></description>
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<title>DaSean wants to keep hunter mentality</title>
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<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. - Sarah Miles scored 18 points to lead No. 9 West Virginia over Rutgers in the Big East semifinals Monday night. Asya Bussie added 10 points for the Mountaineers (28-4), setting up a matchup with top-ranked and undefeated Connecticut in tod...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia Universitys mens basketball team received a bounce in both major polls on Monday after two impressive victories last week.  The Mountaineers moved from 10th to 7th in the Associated Press writers poll after wins last ...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA - All things considered, West Virginias final regular-season game wasnt that much different than most of the ones that came before it. There are simply scripts this team insists upon following, and this one has become pretty standard:Fall behi...]]></description>
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Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:08:33 -0500
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<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA - &quot;Why not us. Why not now.Its one of those quotes that seem to pop up now and again, but no one is really sure where it originated. Orlando Magic owner Rich DeVos said it in 1995, but in a non-sports context perhaps it dates to Robert F....]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[West Virginia coach Mike Carey shared Big East womens basketball coach of the year honors with Connecticuts Geno Auriemma, the conference announced Friday.Carey has guided the No. 7 Mountaineers to a 26-4 record and 13 conference wins, the most in team his...]]></description>
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:57:39 -0500
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<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - West Virginia football coach Bill Stewart extolled the virtues of his program, pointed to 2010 season goals, announced changes in staff assignments and released a spring depth chart Wednesday at the Milan Puskar Center.There were no major surp...]]></description>
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:03:32 -0500
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Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:31:33 -0500
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<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - For some of us, senior night means a cheap buffet at the local diner.For West Virginias basketball seniors, however, Monday turned into something special.Granted, visiting Georgetown played without one of its stars, Austin Freeman, who was out...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[WITH ALL thats swirling - including snow - around Gov. Joe Manchin, the last issue with which he needs to deal is football scheduling.The governor has been knee-deep in snow and the problems of the Mountain State.Still, Manchin wont make a molehill out of ...]]></description>
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Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:40:22 -0500
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<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - Given what else is at stake, the personal aspect of West Virginias game with Cincinnati this afternoon seems rather trivial.The what else, of course, is West Virginias seeding in both the Big East and NCAA tournaments. With just three games re...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[IF THE NCAA decides to go to a 96-team mens basketball tournament, Id miss the madness associated with March.A team would have to be in a figurative coma in order to miss the field, and end-of-the-regular-season games would be reduced to little more than e...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - Give Bob Huggins an opening to talk about DaSean Butler and what he means to West Virginias eighth-ranked basketball team and hell pounce on it.The direction Huggins will take, though, is always a mystery.He might go the versatility route and ...]]></description>
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Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:38:25 -0500
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<title>Harangodys knee, Pastilongs takes and coach of the year examination</title>
<description><![CDATA[    YE OLDE notebook: <li>In order for West Virginias basketball team to earn a double bye in the upcoming Big East mens tournament, it probably boils down to holding serve at home. If the team defeats Cincinnati and Georgetown at the Coliseum, it seems, t...]]></description>
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Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:41:16 -0500
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<title>Jerry West elected to college Hall of Fame</title>
<description><![CDATA[West Virginia basketball legend Jerry West was one of four players named Wednesday to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.West joins Dukes Christian Laettner, UCLAs Sidney Wicks and North Carolina States David Thompson in the Halls Class of 201...]]></description>
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Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:42:54 -0500
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<title>Excuses, excuses</title>
<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - Were they to choose to do so, West Virginias coaches and players wouldnt have to look far to come up with excuses for another Big Monday letdown.Poor shooting would be included on the list, as would a failure to match the intensity of a desper...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[RARELY DOES a writer find so many angles before a game begins.Such, though, was the case Tuesday at Charlestons Civic Center.There were the participating teams themselves. No. 2 Logan was in town to face No. 7 South Charleston.There were the players. Poten...]]></description>
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Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:40:06 -0500
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<description><![CDATA[CINCINNATI  - Vanessa House made consecutive 3-pointers during a second-half surge that rallied No. 8 West Virginia to a 64-43 victory over Cincinnati on Tuesday night.Liz Repella scored 20 points and steadied West Virginia through a game of very different...]]></description>
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Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:12:32 -0500
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<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. - West Virginias case for a high seed in both the Big East and NCAA tournaments took a hit Monday night and it was no ones fault but the Mountaineers.Thats what happens when a team plays some of its worst basketball right from the start in ...]]></description>
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Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:36:55 -0500
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<title>Huggins gets early dismissal from loss</title>
<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. - By the merciful end of West Virginias 73-62 loss to Connecticut Monday night, Bob Huggins had seen enough of his basketball team.Hed seen enough of the officials who worked the game, too, but thats a different matter.Or then again, maybe ...]]></description>
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Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:47:05 -0500
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<title>UConn 73, WVU 62</title>
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