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By Joel Welser
jwelser@collegehoops.net
2006 NCAA Tournament Capsule: West
Virginia
West Virginia Mountaineers (20-10)
Big East:
3rd,11-5
RPI: 34
AP: 21
Big Wins:
at Oklahoma (92-68), at Villanova (91-87), Pittsburgh (67-62)
Bad Losses:
Marshall (52-58), at Seton Hall (64-71), at Syracuse (58-69)
Last NCAA
Appearance: 2005, Elite Eight
Top Players:
Kevin
Pittsnogle, Sr, C, 20 ppg, 6 rpg
Mike Gansey, Sr,
G, 17 ppg, 6 rpg
Johannes Herber,
Sr, G, 10 ppg, 5 apg
J.D. Collins,
Sr, G, 5 ppg, 4 apg
Live by the
three and die by the three. Nobody embodies that cliché more than WVU.
During last years NCAA Tournament it was obviously a positive, but it can
just as easily be a negative. The Mountaineers drain ten long balls per
contest, yet rank 10th in the conference in three-point shooting
percentage. Normally it is a concern for a team that goes just seven deep,
but West Virginia rarely gets in foul trouble and the bench does not need to
be called upon. Of those seven players, five are seniors who have been
there before; and, along with John Beilein’s stellar coaching, nothing is
better in March than experience.
Seed: 6
First Round:
Southern Illinois
Joel's Likely
Finish: Sweet Sixteen
CHN's
Official Prediction: Sweet Sixteen
NBA Draft Profiles:
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Mike
Gansey
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Kevin Pittsnogle
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