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An unbelievable senior season has came to an unfortunate end for West Virginia’s All-American Da’Sean Butler. Not only did Butler and the Mountaineers fall short of a National Championship, but injured his knee more severely than anticipated. Butler was diagnosed with with a torn ACL, a sprained MCL, and two bone bruises, all in his left knee. This was confirmed at St. Vincent Sports Performance in Indianapolis on Sunday.

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Almost Heaven, West Virginia. That’s what ole John Denver would say right now but what would he say about the Mountaineers heading to their first Final Four since 1959?

West Virginia, however, does have someone who has been to a Final Four in the closer era. Bob Huggins took his Cincinnati team to the Final Four in 1992.

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West Virginia is awaiting their biggest game of the season thus far, facing the Kentucky Wildcats. The Wildcats come into the game with a record of 35-2 on an eight-game winning streak. They are trying to bring back the old Kentucky Basketball program to be once again the “King” of College Basketball. There is just one problem. The West Virginia Mountaineers stand in there way.

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West Virginia was able to make it to their first Elite 8 appearance since 2005 after holding off 11th-seeded Washington Huskies. If I were to say that the Mountaineers were to have a season-high of turnovers, would you think we even would of had a chance to win? The Huskies defense managed the Mountaineers to give up the ball a total of 23 times, 13 of them being in the first half. This was the first time all season that they exceeded the 20 point mark.

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In a tournament full of upsets, games decided by 3 points or fewer, and late game heroics, this was the perfect ending to what has been a Big East tournament to remember. It started off with the third-seeded Mountaineers being the one out of the top four-seeded teams to surpass the quarterfinals. West Virginia was able to win its first Big East Tournament Championship in school history and their first Conference Tournament Championship since the Mountaineers played in the A-10 in 1984. West Virginia was able to achieve this goal that was set prior to the season.

The Mountaineers captured their first ever Title by defeating the Georgetown Hoyas with a score of 60-58, their highest point total in the tournament. West Virginia was fortunate enough for Georgetown Guard Chris Wright to foul Joe Mazzulla after the offensive rebound from Butler’s missed 3-point attempt with a mere 27 seconds left on the game clock. The game was tied when the surprising foul occurred and to what was later said by Wright a “mistake” as he stated that he did not look up at the scoreboard. Mazzulla knocked both free throws down to break the tie but did not stay that way for long. Chris Wright was able to create a little daylight between Mazzulla and himself on a spin move, leading to a game-tying layup with 17 seconds left. After a little chaos, West Virginia called a timeout at midcourt with 9 seconds left, which is when the magic started to happen once again.
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WVU played Cincinnati in the Big East Conference Tournament at Madison Square Garden Thursday night. The 54-51 win for the Mountaineers was achieved by a banked three by Da’Sean Butler as the clock expired. Leading the Mountaineers were: Kevin Jones (17 Pts, 6 Reb), Da’Sean Butler (15 Pts, 5 Assists, 6 Reb), and Devin Ebanks (10 Pts, 5 Assists, 6 Reb). Read the rest of this entry »