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By Peter Thamel
COLUMBUS, Ohio-West Virginia plays with all the harmony of an orchestra of jackhammers, as it guards full court for 40 minutes, traps as if its per diem depends on it and shoots like it's blindfolded. In other words, this West Virginia team comes straight from the Bob Huggins playbook, a blur of scrappiness and swagger that leaves a trail of turnovers in its wake.
West Virginia outslugged Maryland on Sunday night, 69-59, to advance to the Round of 16 of the NCAA tournament. Maryland turned the ball over a season-high 23 times, senior Dez Wells coughed it up eight and the defining play of the night came when WVU reserve Nathan Adrian crushed Maryland star Melo Trimble with a screen that left him face down on the floor.
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By Peter Thamel
COLUMBUS, Ohio-West Virginia plays with all the harmony of an orchestra of jackhammers, as it guards full court for 40 minutes, traps as if its per diem depends on it and shoots like it's blindfolded. In other words, this West Virginia team comes straight from the Bob Huggins playbook, a blur of scrappiness and swagger that leaves a trail of turnovers in its wake.
West Virginia outslugged Maryland on Sunday night, 69-59, to advance to the Round of 16 of the NCAA tournament. Maryland turned the ball over a season-high 23 times, senior Dez Wells coughed it up eight and the defining play of the night came when WVU reserve Nathan Adrian crushed Maryland star Melo Trimble with a screen that left him face down on the floor.
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This post was edited on 3/23 8:28 AM by WVBlue
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