Posts Tagged ‘Final Four’
Butler Suffers ACL Tear
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.
And Then There Were Four
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 vs Kentucky Preview
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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Elite 8 Here We Come
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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