Far be it from me to give you this update, but WVU absolutely can win the national title. I think more interesting is the fact there’s no reason it absolutely cannot.

WVU, in essence, will have to win a national title game before it can play in the national title game. But right now, why not?

Look at the last top 25 poll of the regular season. The Mountaineers have already played eight games against the top 15 and gone 5-3. The wins? No. 2 Kentucky, No. 5 Ohio State, No. 9 Villanova and No. 14 Georgetown twice. Now they have to play No. 3 Duke and either No. 11 Butler or No. 13 Michigan State.

Nothing can be new. No one left will have more talent than Kentucky, a better player than Ohio State’s Evan Turner, better guards than Villanova’s and greater offensive effectiveness and efficiency than Georgetown. Comparable? Maybe. And you know what? It’s March so maybe someone still standing has or does something better than the aforementioned, but not so much better that the Mountaineers would he hopeless.