2008-09-10T07:14:51-04:00 Mandel: Team effort lifts Mountaineers 2008-03-22T16:42:01-04:00 3 2008-09-10T06:40:06-04:00 1 1 10 2008-03-23T10:12:34-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/227/179/thumb/_Joe_Alexander_III.jpg 4 WV kapowa.com Charleston 227479 Bob Huggins has this Belein style team doing things even they couldn't have imagined. Who would've thought Joe Mazzulla grabbing 11 boards against guys 6 inches his senior?? Coach K compared his style of play against his team as &quot;Jason Kidd like.&quot; WVU has been conditioned the right way by battling in the Big East since January week in and week out. Check out some photos I have taken of Mountaineer play since December. I hope you enjoy! www.kapowa.com and also here www.flickr.com/photos/kapowa 1390727 2008-03-22T18:59:43-04:00 1 PA fjjunior Warminster 192989 Now that Duke is gone, who will Bill Rafferty root for? I am not a Duke-hater, but his biased announcing was pitiful. Best example- first half, Alexander scores and is fouled. As they cut to commercial, all Bill R. is talking about is the great Duke D. Huh? Alexander just made a great move, for a three point play and all we hear about is Duke? The Blue Devils have a great deal to be proud of over the last several decades, they don't need more help from ACC worshipers like Rafferty. 1387642 2008-03-22T17:22:29-04:00 1 WV brazos_wv Charleston 401944 It was a great win for the WVU program. These young men have bought into a completely different style of play from the previous season and have adapted admirably. Congrats Mountaineers! Now lets keep the run going! 1387403 3 <p><strong>Writer:&nbsp; Stewart Mandel<br />Game:&nbsp; Duke-West Virginia<br />Post time: 4:41 p.m., Saturday</strong>&nbsp;</p><p>As the West&nbsp;Virginia Mountaineers returned to their bench for a timeout with 3:10 remaining, assistant coach <strong>Billy Hahn</strong> could hardly contain his excitement. He raced around the circle of players huddling around head coach <strong>Bob Huggins</strong> and, upon reaching reserve forward <strong>Cam Throughman</strong>, delivered the redshirt freshman a resounding slap on the butt.</p><p>Throughman averages just 0.3 points, but his second basket of the game capped a monstrous second-half run that put the Mountaineers -- once down as much as 10 points -- up 62-51 and well on their way to a second-round upset of second-seeded Duke. It was that kind of day for West Virginia: Seemingly everyone on the roster chipped in during the surge, from star <strong>Joe Alexander</strong> (22 points) right down to Throughman (four).</p><p>Though there were three-plus minutes remaining, the celebration was already beginning both on West Virginia&#39;s bench and throughout the yellow-clad half of the Verizon Center. They quieted down for a bit, but as the clock wound down on the final seconds of an eventual 73-67 victory, the Mountaineers received a well-deserved standing ovation while the players themselves ran around the floor in jubilation.</p><p>Another day -- another tourney upset. And this was only the first game of the day.</p> 2449 0 CT NCAATournament Torrington 395546