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Big East Once Again Full of Beasts

It's an annual tale, but it never gets old. And Bob Huggins -- some 20 minutes after his unranked West Virginia team had knocked off 13th-ranked Georgetown in Washington D.C. -- didn't have to tell an old story to illustrate it. Still, this was his example of what a monster Big East conference play is every year,...

Kevin Jones, West Virginia Ready for Climb Back to Top, Despite Rocky Start

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – It's agreed that this will not be the West Virginia team of past years under coach Bob Huggins. The Mountaineers simply don't have the same type of athletes they have featured those past three seasons, punctuated by last year's bunch that made a memorable run to the NCAA Final Four and won...

Jersey Chore: Rutgers, Seton Hall Can't Get Top Recruits to Stay Home

The start of the official signing period for the college basketball recruiting class for 2011 boded well for the promise of the latest Rutgers coach to mine the deep pool of talent in his home state, as well as the nearby region. "It's a big deal -- keeping guys within a five-hour drive is a big deal, not letting guys get...

Summer Session: Big East's Biggest Makeover on Sidelines

Stop us if you've heard this before: the Big East has been decimated by player departures. It can't possibly be as strong as it was last year. The league's supporters would surely laugh at that projection, because it's a carbon copy of the national consensus about the Big East going into the 2009-10 season. With another...

Bob Huggins Broke 7 Ribs, Not 4, in Hotel Room Fall

Bob Huggins' fall in his Las Vegas hotel room Friday night did more damage than originally thought. The coach broke seven ribs when he fell onto a coffee table late last week, not four as initially stated, West Virginia assistant Billy Hahn told ESPN's Andy Katz. Hahn said Huggins broke ribs "three through nine" when he...

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02/23/12 West Virginia (SID): Notre Dame 71, West Virginia 44 Source: The Mid-Majority Jerian Grant scored 20 points and Notre Dame shot a sizzling 61.9 percent from the floor to run away with a 71-44 victory over West Virginia Wednesday night at Purcell Pavilion in Notre Dame, Ind. Tonight's 27-point defeat was the Mountaineers' worst since losing by 38, 84-46, at Villanova on Jan. 5, 2005, and it was Coach Bob Huggins' worst loss since falling 97-70 at Kansas on Feb. 7 , 2007 when he was coaching at Kansas State.
02/18/12 Thundering Herd to visit Southern Methodist today Source: The Register-Herald - Beckley WV Marshall will look to remain undefeated all-time against Southern Methodist University when it visits the Mustangs at 3 p.m. today.
02/17/12 West Virginia beats Panthers on the road Source: The Register-Herald - Beckley WV Kevin Jones scored 16 points to go with 13 rebounds and Deniz Kilicli added 14 points as West Virginia beat Pittsburgh 66-48 on Thursday night in perhaps the final basketball edition of the "Backyard Brawl."
02/16/12 Where Did the D Go?: West Virginia`s Collapse by John... Source: Basketball Prospectus As recently as late January things were going just fine for West Virginia.
02/16/12 Document confirms WVU, Big East deal totals $20M Source: The Register-Herald - Beckley WV West Virginia University must cut an $8.5 million check by Friday to end officially end its legal dispute over leaving the Big East Conference.

Background on Bob Huggins

Bob Huggins, nicknamed "Huggy Bear", (born September 21, 1953 in Morgantown, West Virginia) is the head coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team.

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