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NIT!

WVU v. Georgetown. In McDonough Gymnasium, where, like, 11 of Naismith’s original 13 rules of basketball apply. It’s a matchbox and not only has WVU never played there, but the Hoyas haven’t played there all season.

I honestly don’t know why they’re not playing this one in Morgantown with a crowd that could be four or five times as large. We’re not talking about a 2-7 or 3-6 matchup. What’s the difference between a 4 and a 5 here?

Then again, WVU was one of the last five teams to get into the NIT and Georgetown is 19 spots better in the RPI and played a much more difficult schedule.

 

So about 2,500 people will be crammed into McDonough Tuesday night for the 7 p.m. game. You can catch it on ESPN, too. The winner gets the Florida State-Dunk City winner. The team with the best seed is the host in the second round.

As for the matchup, Bob Huggins is 5-2 against Georgetown with one, um, questionable outcome. Da’Sean eventually won that debate.

To the point, when they were going at one another one time or a few times a year, WVU was as good as anyone at taking the Hoyas out of their offense. The Mountaineers have won five in a row in the series and allowed 62, 59, 58, 68 and 58 points.

That was then, of course, and we’re going to have to keep an eye on Georgetown’s Princeton style offense. against WVU’s defense.