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<title>Huntington Prep hotbed for top-shelf hoops talent</title>
<description><![CDATA[SOME BEMOAN the shortage of athletic talent within the West Virginia high school ranks.When it comes to basketball, however, the Mountain State has what most consider the nations No. 1 sophomore basketball talent.We have the next LeBron James.See, Andrew W...]]></description>
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<title>Kilicli holds key to WVU's stretch run</title>
<description><![CDATA[            MORGANTOWN - If West Virginia could get consistently the production out of one of its players that it got in Sundays overtime win at Providence, the Mountaineers probably wouldnt have to worry about their place in the Big East standings or in t...]]></description>
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<title>Bidding adieu to the Field House</title>
<description><![CDATA[TO GIVE you the proper time perspective, consider this: Cam Henderson Center is in its 31st season of Marshall University basketball.The Thundering Herd entered its new on-campus arena in November 1981, after 31 seasons at the (Veterans) Memorial Field Hou...]]></description>
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<title>Even Einstein came up short once in a while</title>
<description><![CDATA[IM HAPPY FOR the Giants Tom Coughlin who, in any given season, goes from coaching for his job to coaching in the Super Bowl. Im happy for America, which, for one day, shows the world it still is the No. 1 superpower for spectacle and sport. And, of course,...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[ (Norman Chad)]]>
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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:36:12 -0500
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<title>A meeting that wasnt, the Big 12, Dr. Seuss and a Hose tribute</title>
<description><![CDATA[YE OLDE NOTEBOOK:<li>You might have heard that after West Virginias latest basketball loss, guard Truck Bryant said he was going to call a players-only meeting.</li>
Raised some eyebrows. Kind of like if Brooke Hogan held a seminar on the evils of reality ...]]></description>
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<title>Austin's influence helped WVU land top recruit</title>
<description><![CDATA[NEW WEST VIRGINIA football signee Deontay McManus was playing Pop Warner football when he first caught wind of Tavon Austin.McManus had heard Austin ran like the wind at his soon-to-be new school, Dunbar High in Baltimore.&quot;He was one of the greatest r...]]></description>
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<title>Big 12 delay raises questions</title>
<description><![CDATA[WHILE THE annual angst was swirling around college football coaches and fans, a more important issue continued to play out in regard to West Virginia Universitys athletic program.Specifically, the issue of the programs conference affiliation.You might reca...]]></description>
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<title>WVU takes necessary breather</title>
<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - Have you ever had one of those days when you just wanted to give up, crawl back in bed and start fresh tomorrow. Well, West Virginias basketball team has had about a week of those days one right after another.And so thats pretty much what the ...]]></description>
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Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:41:20 -0500
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<title>Body blow staggers WVU in Coliseum</title>
<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - There was a time in Mondays hoops version of the Backyard Brawl in which the Coliseum literally shook.Afterward, however, the Mountaineer players, not their building, were shaken.Pittsburgh won its third straight, this one 72-66, while West Vi...]]></description>
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<title>C-USA, MWC still working on merger</title>
<description><![CDATA[ONE CONCLUSION reached when Conference USA schools released their football schedules Thursday was affirmation that Marshall would indeed visit West Virginia on Sept. 1, with the intrastate rivals playing football for the final time in our lives. The second...]]></description>
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Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:29:20 -0500
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<title>New York, the lesser of two football evils</title>
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<![CDATA[ (Norman Chad)]]>
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Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:14:33 -0500
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<title>Frazzle time for WVU recruiting</title>
<description><![CDATA[WHEN DANA Holgorsen names his final defensive assistant, the tag of recruiting coordinator might be attached. The West Virginia head coach might assign the task to one of those already on board.As it stands, though, graduate assistant Ryan Dorchester has b...]]></description>
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<title>Garden debacle needs to be quickly forgotten</title>
<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - It would be easy to make too much out of West Virginias abysmal performance Wednesday night against St. Johns at Madison Square Garden.It was one lousy night in a 31-game season. There havent been that many.By the same token, though, it would be...]]></description>
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<title>Magic numbers, WVUs Jones and proof positive</title>
<description><![CDATA[THE VIEWS from here:<li>Counting tonights game at St. Johns, West Virginias basketball team has 11 games left, plus the Big East tournament.</li>
The road is getting bumpier. Six of the 11 are away from the Coliseum. Syracuse is Saturdays opponent.Talk, ho...]]></description>
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<title>Best in the Big East.</title>
<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - Coaches often tend toward hyperbole when discussing players they are about to face or have just encountered. Its just the nature of the beast.Think of it as the antithesis of bulletin board material.In this day and age of instant communication...]]></description>
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Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:47:12 -0500
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<title>There will never be another Joe Paterno</title>
<description><![CDATA[I HAVE been asked many times, &quot;What was it like to work with Joe Paterno.&quot; I had the opportunity to work with the legendary former Penn State coach for over 17 years.  During that time, I sat to his right every Tuesday around noon during football...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[ (Frank Giardina)]]>
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Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:56:43 -0500
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