Purdue, West Virginia Ring in the New Year as Top Game of the Weekend

Posted by Jameson Fleming on December-31-2009 Add Comments

Game You Need to Watch

(No. 6) West Virginia at (No. 4) Purdue, 2:30PM Friday on ESPN

This New Year's Day matchup has the potential to be the best college basketball game of the season so far. Only six teams remain unbeaten headed into the New Year, and two will play each other Friday.

The Mountaineers already have one quality road win after knocking off Seton Hall in New Jersey last weekend. A win Friday could mean that WVU, not Syracuse is still the team to beat in the Big East.

The Mountaineers should prove to be a great tune-up for the Boilermakers, as West Virginia functions more like a Big Ten team rather than a Big East squad.

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