BHS03 99 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 4:00 p.m. tipoff in Morgantown. I'm excited for this game. Both teams meet again on the court for the first time since 2004? Should be a great game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHS03 99 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 And since it's WVU and Va Tech there has to be some controversy. Quote from Va Tech head coach James Johnson: "It's going to be a great crowd with people coming to see a good team play," he said. "We're undefeated. If we were 3-4 it wouldn't be sold-out." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhs7695 185 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 And since it's WVU and Va Tech there has to be some controversy. Quote from Va Tech head coach James Johnson: "It's going to be a great crowd with people coming to see a good team play," he said. "We're undefeated. If we were 3-4 it wouldn't be sold-out." It was sold out because it's Virginia Tech and the WVU fan base despises anything related to VT not because VT is a 7-0 basketball team coming to play today, JJ. This VT team hasn't seen as hostile place as what Mo-town will hold for them today. I wonder how they'll react. My fear is VT is due for a bad game. It could very well be today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHS03 99 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 It was sold out because it's Virginia Tech and the WVU fan base despises anything related to VT not because VT is a 7-0 basketball team coming to play today, JJ. This VT team hasn't seen as hostile place as what Mo-town will hold for them today. I wonder how they'll react. My fear is VT is due for a bad game. It could very well be today. Right, I agree with you. His comments came across as arrogant but I don't think he intended it to be that way. This game was close to a sell out before the season even started. I'm sure it will be sold out when they play in Blacksburg next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueTornadoFan 17 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 The line is WVU +8... Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhs7695 185 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 The line is WVU +8... Wow. That's not surprising to me. Like I said before, VT is due for a bad game and they could lose by 25 today to a fired up WVU bunch in an extremely hostile environment. The fans will be plenty ready. I bet the VT group will be treated worse than Pitt and Louisville have been treated the last few years in that building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhs7695 185 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Right, I agree with you. His comments came across as arrogant but I don't think he intended it to be that way. This game was close to a sell out before the season even started. I'm sure it will be sold out when they play in Blacksburg next season. I agree he most likely didn't intend those comments that way and he probably doesn't understand the full effect of the fan bases of both schools when they play each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan4VT 4,557 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Only 30 minutes away. I've been waiting for this one since the schedule was released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 The line is WVU +8... Wow. That means VT is favored to win by 8...the final line was actually VT +8.5, which means WVU is favored to win by that much. Like bhs7695 said, I don't think VT will win, they've played to well so far and are due a hiccup... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 I've been waiting for this one since the schedule was released. Not me. I'd be happy if we never played WVU in anything, ever again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 There sure are a lot of empty seats to be a "sell out"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 WVU is 339 out of 347 in 3 pt percentage...hit their first one of the day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend11 32 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Lots of empty seats and no excitement in the arena. Not exactly the "hostile environment" we were expecting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend11 32 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Yuck. Uninspired first half there for the Hokies. In other words, they look like the Hokies of the past couple of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend11 32 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Shew. Bad loss #1 of the season. My guess is it won't be the last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHS03 99 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Great game. Let's Goooo Mountaineers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend11 32 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Great game. Let's Goooo Mountaineers! Yeah, good win for y'all. Do what it takes to win, get some momentum going forward. Also good to hit some 3's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHS03 99 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Yeah, good win for y'all. Do what it takes to win, get some momentum going forward. Also good to hit some 3's! I know. Finally, they hit some 3's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 WVU had 20 offensive rebounds. Anytime you give a team 20 2nd chances to score, you will lose... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHS03 99 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 WVU had 20 offensive rebounds. Anytime you give a team 20 2nd chances to score, you will lose... That's Huggins game...defense and rebounding. We aren't nearly as good of a shooting team as we were when Beilein was here but we are able to defend and rebound much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHS03 99 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Did Va Tech coach James Johnson really say this: "I don't even know if they know where West Virginia is, unless they were in history class looking at a map or something." If he really did say this then he one big dumb ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Did Va Tech coach James Johnson really say this: "I don't even know if they know where West Virginia is, unless they were in history class looking at a map or something." If he really did say this then he one big dumb ass. I seriously doubt he said that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 That's Huggins game...defense and rebounding. We aren't nearly as good of a shooting team as we were when Beilein was here but we are able to defend and rebound much better. No, the problem was VT was way out of position most of the day when going for rebounds...especially on the defensive end. Plus, it didn't help them too much that WVU was throwing up bricks that clanged off the backboard and rim. I guess the WVU players are used to seeing that and knew where to be to pick up the junk rebounds... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHS03 99 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 No, the problem was VT was way out of position most of the day when going for rebounds...especially on the defensive end. Plus, it didn't help them too much that WVU was throwing up bricks that clanged off the backboard and rim. I guess the WVU players are used to seeing that and knew where to be to pick up the junk rebounds... A lot of rebounds are from missed 3's, that is true. It doesn't change the fact that Huggins and his staff does a great job of teaching his players to rebound. It's just not yesterdays game or this season. They have consistently been a good rebounding team since Huggins came in. Kevin Jones made his NBA debut the other night. The reason he is in the NBA is because of his knack for getting rebounds. Also take a look at Kevin Noreen yesterday. Not an athletic guy at all, but busts his ass and gets in position to rebound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhs7695 185 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Not me. I'd be happy if we never played WVU in anything, ever again... I agree 1,000%. Perfect example for me right now as I work with five WVU die hards that are all over age 50. One is a gentleman that goes to church at least three times a week. Not one word has been said since the basketball season started about this game. I heard what little talk around here being doom and gloom and how bad WVU's basketball team had looked so far. I wasn't even thinking about the game when I got into the office this morning, but how quickly I was reminding that VT basketball got their "ass kicked" (Words of WVU fans, not mine). Just complete unprofessionalism at it's finest. I'd like to strangle Seth right now for even scheduling this series with Hugs. I say nothing to anyone around here about anything college related but I get shamelessly chastised all because I'm a quite fan of a school someone else despises and that team just lost a basketball game by one point. It's not like WVU beat a top ten team where both were playing a hell of a game. It was ugly as hell right down to the officiating crew from what I read. Hell, I didn't even watch the game! Instead I opted to spend the time with my family going out to an early dinner to beat the crowd. If this bunch was in a room with preschool kids, the preschool kids would have ten times better class!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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