… but West Virginia and heretofore alleged occupant of the hot seat Greg Van Zant are tied for second place in the Big East and just two games out of first. The Mountaineers just won two of three at Notre Dame — this never happens … for any WVU team.

“This was a huge weekend for us to win two out of three. We were fortunate,” coach Greg Van Zant said. “Their pitching is really good and to get to play a game on national television, our guys were really excited. Any time you can win one on the road you’ve done pretty well, and to win two out of three, I’m really proud of our guys.”

WVU (22-15, 8-4) has the third-best winning percentage in the league. The Mountaineers rank highly in significant areas and are doing this with offense, as usual, as well as defense. Even better, perhaps, is the schedule. Not only have they already played USF and Louisville, but they don’t play first-place UConn or fellow tied-for-secodn St. John’s.