NCAA March Madness: Is Big East Champion West Virginia a Legit Contender?

Posted by adam biggers on March-14-2010 Add Comments

In one of the most exciting games of the conference tournament season, the West Virginia Mountaineers (27-6, 14-5) used their speed and athleticism to edge the Georgetown Hoyas 60-58 on Saturday.

The Big East is widely revered as the nation's cream of the crop in regards to college basketball. It wouldn't be a surprise to see this year's national champion emerge from the mega-conference—will it be the Mountaineers from Morgantown, W.Va.?

Bob Huggins' boys chased the Syracuse Orange for league supremacy in the regular season, and with the early exit in the Big East tourney of Jim Boeheim's club, questions about the legitimacy of Huggins' crew have been raised.

So just how good are these kids from West Virginia?<...

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