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The Shotgun/Throwdown: Irish Hangover (2/13/12) Edition
Welcome, By-Godders, to the Shotgun/Throwdown, WVU's nationally recognized best place for sports links, information, sophomoric humor and daily distractions. We're being brought to you today by Kilkenny Irish Beer, in honor of the big women's victory yesterday. Now this is a good Irish hangover. ...
Sunday Post-Game Hangover: Louisville (1/29/12) Edition
Coliseum Vision highlights from West Virginia's 77-74 loss to Louisville on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, W.Va. If the WVU basketball team played horseshoes, hand-grenades or thermonuclear weapons, they would be sitting pretty in the conference (and national,...
Rick Pitino Talks Blackshear, West Virginia And Big East Expansion
Rick Pitino --Wayne Blackshear is physially healthy, but he's still completely out of shape. Was hoping to have him ready to play by the DePaul game, but getting him back into shape has proven harder than he thought it would be. --The schedule in the Big East usually dictates where teams struggle...
The Shotgun/Throwdown: Notre Dame Gameday (2/8/12) Edition
Welcome, By-Godders, to the Shotgun/Throwdown, WVU's nationally recognized best place for sports links, information, sophomoric humor and daily distractions. We're being brought to you today by Boulevard Brewing's Irish Ale, in preparation of tonight's opponent. OK, so Memphis is joining the Big...
Rick Pitino Talks Rutgers And Russ Smith's Self-Complimenting Ways
Nothing particularly earth-shattering here (although the Russ story is a classic) but I think it is worth noting that at one point it seemed like Pitino was about to say that Wayne Blackshear will be ready to spell Kyle by the end of the season, but then he cut himself off. I still think we'll see...
The Shotgun/Throwdown: Providence Pre-Game (2/3/12) Edition
Welcome, By-Godders, to the Shotgun/Throwdown, WVU's nationally recognized best place for sports links, information, sophomoric humor and daily distractions. We're being brought to you today by Sherwood Forest Brewing's Friar's Belgian Style White Ale, in preparation for Sunday's opponent. Today...
Rick Pitino Doubts Louisville Will Leave The Big East
It's like re-watching a favorite television series. You catch a few small things that you didn't before, but all the major characters, themes and lines and are still exactly as you remember them. With national reports regarding the likelihood of Louisville being invited to the Big 12 surfacing in...
Rick Pitino Press Conference Notes
Probably the shortest and least eventful press conference of the season thus far. No complaints here. --Louisville and Villanova are very similar teams both in style and Big East record right now. --Chane Behanan's offensive game has improved tremendously, but his defensive game is a different...
Kentucky Basketball Recruiting: Derek Willis Becomes the Wildcats' First 2013 Commitment
As expected by the Internet, 2013 power forward Derek Willis committed to the University of Kentucky at a press conference from his high school, Bullitt East. Willis is an area product from Mt. Washington, Kentucky. He's a highly regarded prospect in the class of 2013, ranking as a high four star:...
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