Its been 7 years, now they're No.7
For the first time since 1998, WVU is dancing
By npoc
Staff Writer
-Morgantown, WV
The Mountaineers are trading in their coonskin boots for some dancing shoes, as they learned during selection sunday that they earned a No.7 seed in the Albuquerque region. For their first round game they will head to Cleveland to take on No.10 Creighton. Creighton (23-10) is making its sixth NCAA Tournament appearance in the last seven years, and 15th all-time. The Bluejays qualified for the Big Dance by winning the automatic bid at the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.
The winner will face the winner of the No. 2-seeded Wake Forest and No.15-seeded Tennessee Chattanooga game on Saturday.
West Virginia (21-10) is making its first NCAA appearance since its “Sweet 16” berth in 1998. The Mountaineers made a strong run in the Big East tournament, defeating Providence in the first round before upsetting No. 7 Boston College and No. 19 Villanova on successive days to face No. 16 Syracuse in the finals on Saturday.
Before West Virginia’s 68-59 loss to Orange yesterday, the Mountaineers had won seven of their last eight and nine of their last 11.
The Mountaineers have been waiting 73 years for this game, as they look for revenge on Creighton. West Virginia has played Creighton once in 1932 losing 27-26 in Morgantown.

Session II on Thursday
Chattanooga vs. Wake Forest 7:10 pm EST
Creighton vs. West Virginia 30 minutes after

Opening betting lines
WVU -3.5 vs Creighton
It marks the first time, WVU will be favored since the first round of the Big East tourney
National Championship Odds
Arizona 15-1
Boston College 35-1
UCONN 15-1
Creighton 500-1
Duke 10-1
Florida 35-1
Gonzaga 35-1
Illinois 7-2
Iowa and Iowa St. 300-1
Kansas 20-1
Kentucky 20-1
LSU 100-1
NC State 200-1
Nevada 300-1
UNC 7-2
Oklahoma St. 15-1
Old Dominion 500-1
Pitt 75-1
Syracuse 18-1
UCLA 400-1
Villanova 50-1
Wake Forest 15-1
Wisc-Milwaukee 1000-1

WVU
Entering the Big East Tourney
14,000-1
After the Boston College Win
600-1
After the Villanova Wn
60-1
Entering the Tournament
75-1

The game will be played in the Wolstein Center that seats 13,000 and is already sold out.
npoc is planning on roadtripping it out there and working with the Cleveland scalpers.

-n