Musketeers-Mountaineers: Xavier and West Virginia Set to Battle in Sweet Sixteen

For the second time in 2008, West Virginia fans will be making the cross-country journey to Phoenix to cheer on their Mountaineers in a high-profile sporting event.  In January, the WVU football team trounced a heavily favored Oklahoma squad 48-28.  This time, the Mountaineer cagers look to do the same to Xavier.  Well, not the score.  That would have to set some kind of record in the shot clock era.  But another upset on the national stage would all but erase the memory of some guy named Beilein who led WVU to its last Elite Eight appearance.   After upending the second-seeded Duke Blue Devils to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, Bob Huggins and company look to parlay that momentum into WVU's second Elite Eight appearance in four years.  Against Duke, and for seemingly the first time all season, the Mountaineers displayed the kind of sheer determination and grit that became the staple of Huggins' teams in Cincinnati.  If ... [link]