Great Day to be a Mountaineer

Tony Caridi has never said any truer words. Yesterday was definitely a great day to be a Mountaineer no matter where you may be. Me and Michelle watched the game together yesterday at BW3 here in Morgantown as the Mountaineers won one of their biggest games in years with a 73-67 beating of 23 seed Duke. I have to say it was a game that I was a little worried about at the start, I said before the game we would win, but after the first five minutes or so I had my doubts. Duke was starting to blow us out early and took a 10 point lead 6:00 into the game and again at 8:00 into the game. However WVU played a great game and just took it to the Blue Devils and advanced to the Sweet 16 for the third time in four years. the men moved their record to 26-10 on the year.

Next up for the Mountaineers is the Xavier Mountaineers (same name) who are a #3 seed. They have a little bit better record than us, but we have played a much tougher schedule this year than they have. If they can get past Xavier and into the Elite 8, there is a good chance we will play UCLA, who we have beaten the last two years. This season may be very memorable before it's over with.

The WVU Women's team opened it's NCAA tournament up last night against New Mexico on their home floor. This was a tough draw for the #5 seed Mountaineers, even though New Mexico was a #12 seed, they were at home and were 40-0 over the last two years when they scored 60 or more points. Well, that 40 game streak came to an end last night on their home court as the WVU Women won 61-60 last night. the women ran their record to 25-7 on the year and I think they play Vanderbilt tomorrow in the second round to try to advance to the Women's sweet 16.

It is a true testament to this University's Athletic Department when you consider the current combined record of the WVU Football, Men's and Women's Basketball and Baseball teams are currently a combined 78-23 on the school year. Not to mention both the Men's and Women's soccer teams both advanced to the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 this year also.

It is a great year to be a Mountaineer.