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Hey! A selection show and a WVU snub

Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A WVU team has a pretty historic season and makes a big-time run in the Big East Tournament. It’s pretty confident where it’ll be seeded in the NCAA Tournament, yet it gathers to watch the selection show.

And it leaves upset.

Mike Carey’s women’s team was ready to be a No. 3 seed — the Mountaineers will play No. 14 seed Lamar Sunday — but wasn’t ready to be made to play on an opponent’s home court. Again. The second-round game could be against No. 6 seed Texas on the Longhorns’ floor.

In 2004 the Mountaineers were a No. 11 seed and lost at No. 6 seed Ohio State in the first round. Two years ago WVU was a No. 5 seed and played at No. 12 seed New Mexico, but ended up winning.

“I’m a little disappointed in the Big East, too,” Carey said. “I thought they’d fight for us a little bit more and not let this happen. We asked them to really help us and not let this happen again and it did. But it is what it is and we have to be ready to go play again.”