West Virginia remains right around a two-touchdown favorite in today’s first-round game against Bucknell. The numberFire.com prediction gives the Mountaineers a 76-percent chance of winning. (Hmm. Notre Dame has a 65-percent chance of beating Princeton, and WVU has a 73-percent chance of getting to the Sweet Sixteen.)

Don’t tell that to the Mountaineers, who find themselves without nearly the amount of buzz they generated before the start of the tournament last year.

“I like being an underdog,” said Mountaineer guard Teyvon Myers. “I mean, I love being an overdog too because I like being on TV all the time and having people talking about us. But I really love being the underdog.”

(No, by the way, I didn’t correct Myers on “overdog.” In my mind I kept hearing Boon whispering to Otter in “Animal House” to “forget it; he’s rolling.”)

“People look at that loss we took last year [against SFA],” Myers continued. “They see we just lost in the [Big 12] championship and then they beat us down. But I feel like the guys are ready. We took the opportunity to get better every day in practice. I feel everyone is locked in. I feel that’s going to carry us to where we need to go — into the second round.”