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Duke loses; world rejoices
sports.yahoo.com 3/23/2008 — You've surely heard by now: Duke lost to West Virginia earlier today, a product of both the Mountaineers' strength -- Joe Alexander went for +20 and +10 yet again, and Bob Huggins got a near triple-double from reserve point guard Joe Mazzulla -- and the Dookies' inability to turn themselves from unathletic, three-point shooting team into a tourney-ready squad. A less humble blogger would here ...
Dancin’ At The Sweet 16: Xavier - West Virginia
intentionalfoul.com 3/27/2008 —
Were taking a look at all four games this evening and with some things you might want to watch for, starting with the Xavier/West Virginia game.
Outlook
This is an intriguing match-up because on one side you have the balance and tenacity of Xavier going against Joe Alexander, Alex Ruoff and the rest of the Bob Huggins crew.
While the Mountaineers are probably more dependent on their ...
West Virginia Leaves the Shooter Open for 3... Again
sports.aol.com 3/28/2008 — It's not fair to tag Joe Alexander with goat horns because he missed that free throw on the "and 1" with 15 seconds left. Yes,it would have given WVU a 1 point lead, but there is no guarantee that the refs would have still swallowed their whistles on the contact when Lavender drove to the basket. Alexander also had 14 points in the second half and had 10 rebounds in the game. Without .
Duke Leads West Virigina at Half 34-29
sportingnews.com 3/22/2008 — By Will Brinson
Greg Paulus and Jon Scheyer lead the Devils with eight points a piece, while Joe Alexander is pacing the Mountaineers with 11. Wellington Smith is only on the stat sheet because he has two fouls, one of which sent Huggy Bear into a technical foul ensuing outrage. Oh yes, and it also left Greg Paulus lying on the ground. You may have heard that he once played high school ...
Can Joe Alexander Be a Good Pro? —
Steady Burn
If you think that West Virginia is going to beat Xavier tonight, then we can be friends. I actually picked Xavier (beating Duke) when I filled out my bracket. The two main reasons I think I left WVU out of this equation: 1.) Bob Huggins is just one of those people I look at and hate for no apparent reason. I don't think we'd be friends in real life. 2.) I was still bitter about Joe ...
Second Round Wrap —
Rush The Court
Saturday 3/22 - Round 2
Day three of the Tourney continued on the same track as the second day, with two upsets by the numbers as well as two classics involving Pac-10 teams. Our new favorite player is West Virginia’s Joe Alexander, in part for these comments :
When Joe Alexander, the Mountaineers’ star forward, was informed that Duke had eight McDonald’s ...
Weekly Pwnage: Joe Alexander Rejects Kyle Singler —
Intentional Foul
And tells him about it afterward. Alexander’s block was one of three he had during West Virginia’s win over Duke. I think he talked head on all of them as well.
If you can’t tell, I’m having fun playing with RedLasso . It’s pretty damn keen.
Post from: Intentional Foul
Weekly Pwnage: Joe Alexander Rejects Kyle Singler
Day In Review: March 22, 2008 —
Rush The Court
The story of the day was UCLA surviving an upset bid by Texas A&M. We (like a lot of other analysts) thought that UCLA had a clear path to San Antonio. With the 2 (Duke) & 4 (UConn) seeds in the West going down in the past 24 hours, things looked pretty easy for the Bruins. Instead, Texas A&M opened up a 10 pt lead in the 2nd half. After falling behind 36-26, Ben Howland rode ...
West Virginia Topples Duke; National Morale Soars —
The Big Lead
Well, that was a tale of 2 halves, to be certain. After starting the game by hitting 2/3 3-pointers, Duke finished a Saturday loss to the Mountaineers making 4/20. A solid 2 for 17 effort helped erase a 5 point first half lead.
For West Virginia, Joe Alexander finished with 22 points and 11 rebounds and Alex Rouff had 14 in WVU’s 9 point victory. Alexander also finished the game ...
The Downfall of Duke —
Some People's Kids
Last year Duke fell to VCU . I still remember Eric Maynor willing his tam to a win. This year Duke fell to a more formidable team in West Virginia. Joe Alexander is the man on that team, but the person who was really responsible for this victory was back-up point guard Joe Mazzula. Mazzula had 13 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists. Alexander added 22 points and 11 rebounds in the victory. Its ...
It’s Halftime Baaaaby! —
The Big Lead
Finally, we can pay the proper respect to Day 3 of the tournament as we are at halftime of the Dukies/West Virginia game. Interesting dichotemy with the villainous Bob Huggins opposing holier than thou Michael Krzyzewski. Joe Alexander leads all with 11 points on 5/12 shooting. Greg Paulus and Joe Scheyer each have 8 points for the Blue Devils and Duke has a 34-29 lead at halftime .
So ...
Predictions for today’s games —
Rush The Court
We’ll be updating this throughout the day so we can get the predictions out before the games start.
2:10 PM tip:
- West Virginia vs. Duke - If the Blue Devils want to get to the second week, they will have to play much better than they did in their opening round game versus Belmont. The key for Duke (as it has been for every game this year) is whether they will hit they 3. If they ...
The Basketball Diaries - Sweet 16 Edition —
Foul Balls
West Region
#3 Xavier Musketeers 79 #7 West Virginia Mountaineers 75 OT
The way this game started, it looked like the Musketeers were going to have an easy time getting to the Elite 8. West Virginia couldn't buy a bucket early, and Xavier jumped out to an 28-10 lead midway through the first half. Then the Mountaineers battled back thanks to Joe Alexander, who led WVU with 18 points and
Farewell, West Virginia -- we will miss your onions —
The Dagger
Bill Raftery likes to say "onions," but such exclamations do not go
unwarranted. You have to earn the "onions!" Raftery screamed it
about, oh, 25 times in the last ten minutes of Xavier's 79-75 win over West Virginia, and, without hyperbole, I can safely say every single of those "onions" was
earned by both teams. Gladiators, we salute you.
Joe Alexander was ...
West Virginia Following a Familiar Script in Trailing Xavier at the Half —
FanHouse
At halftime Xavier has a 32-25 lead over West Virginia. Surprisingly, West Virginia should feel pretty good considering they fell behind by 18 with 9 minutes to go. They clamped on defense, holding Xavier to only 4 points the rest of the way. West Virginia has done this, despite 0-6 on 3s, Joe Alexander saddled with foul troubles and only 3 points. To say nothing of Xavier shooting 6-12 on ...
Sweet 16 Preview: West Region —
Rush The Court
- #1 UCLA vs. #12 Western Kentucky (9:40 PM): Already more than one analyst has declared that WKU is going to pull off the monumental upset in this game. And one UCLA blog is seriously tempting the Weauxfgods with its rather brazen mocking of the Hilltoppers’ chances in tonight’s game. So we ask ourselves - is this possible? Could UCLA lose to a double-digit seed in the Sweet 16? ...
Sweet 16: Ideal scenarios vs. reality —
The Dagger
West Virginia (-1) vs. Xavier (-1)
7:10 pm ET. Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery.
Ideal Scenario : A close, spirited, hard-fought game, and in a perfect world, I've
got West Virginia moving on. For entertainment value, I think that's a better
bet, for two reasons. 1) They've been the most quotable team of the tournament.
The latest from Joe Alexander, in
today's USA Today : ...
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN COLLEGE HOOPS —
College Basketball Blog Report
March 27, 2008
Obviously, it is Sweet 16 time with four games on the schedule tonight as the NCAA Tournament resumes.
- West Virginia and Xavier looks to be a very good game. Not sure if anyone on Sean Miller's team can really match-up with Joe Alexander and that could be the different. Bob Huggins faces one of his biggest rivals from his UC days in Xavier.
- Louisville is a pretty
Mega Madness? —
The Commission
Gangsta D:
Lingering questions from the first weekend of the NCAA's:
-I wonder if Stephen Curry has reconciled with the fact that his mom was probably a NBA groupie.
-At this very minute Roy Hibbert is still open in the low post. Why won't anyone pass him the ball?
-Why were so many non-black players talking so much trash? Yeah I'm looking at you Joe Alexander, Lopez Twins, and Western
Monday 03/24 A.M. Quickie:16, Curry, Nova, WKU, WVU, Duke, More! —
Dan Shanoff
Today's Names to Know in today's Sporting News column : Stephen Curry, Coach K, Kevin Love, Courtney Lee, Scottie Reynolds, Joe Alexander, Drew Lavender, DJ Augustine, Brook Lopez, Drew Neitzel, Joey Dorsey, Bruce Pearl, Rick Pitino, Wazzu and More! Including: Why my bracket is busted... Why Stephen Curry is the Sweet 16 MOP... Why Western Kentucky was kinda screwed... Why Villanova is my ...
And, Now We Only Have To See Him In Commercials —
What Would Oakley Do?
What a way to start the day! West Viriginia comes tearing back in the second half and eases itself into the dominant role in the game, holding a flailing Duke off down the stretch. Oh, I love the fact that I don't have to come home and know that the Duke game will be on no matter much better the other matchups are. What a great way to start the day! After a slow start, Joe Alexander was ...
Arizona team not happy with NCAA tournament invitation —
Serious Sports News Network
TUCSON, AZ — The University of Arizona basketball team experienced great disappointment on Selection Sunday, when they learned that they earned a tenth seed in the prestigious NCAA tournament and would be forced to face a red hot West Virginia team.
The Arizona players, who extended the school’s streak of consecutive NCAA tournament appearances to 24, did not seem to care about ...
WEST VIRGINIA'S BIG D SENDS DUKE PACKING —
NY Post: Sports
West Virginia's Big D Sends Duke Packing AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- For Duke, there was no escaping this: Coach Bob Huggins has West Virginia playing tough man-to-man defense and hustling after every rebound. Joe Alexander had 22 points...
