
WVU snub ‘break-in’ at highest level, gov
Mar 17, 2025, 03:04 PM ET West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey blasted the males’s NCAA tournament choice committee after the Mountaineers were amongst the groups snubbed, and he asked his attorney general to investigate and work carefully with the NCAA to ensure that the procedure is transparent and reasonable.
“West Virginia deserved to be in the NCAA tournament,” Morrisey, standing at a lectern with a sign reading “National Corrupt Athletic Association,” said Monday in Charleston, West Virginia. “This was a miscarriage of justice and robbery at the highest levels.”
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West Virginia (19-13) had 6 Quad 1 wins this season, however it lost its opening game in the Huge 12 tournament to last-place Colorado. The Mountaineers played much of the season without the coach’s child, 6-foot-7 Tucker DeVries, who averaged 14.9 points and 4.9 rebounds in his 8 starts before an upper-body injury that required surgery.First-year Mountaineers
coach Darian DeVries stated the group was”exceptionally shocked, saddened and dissatisfied”with not making the tournament.Bubba Cunningham, the North Carolina athletic director who is chairman of the NCAA competition choice committee, referenced DeVries’injury when discussing the very first four teams excluded.”The last 4 teams that were out … it was a hard call, “Cunningham stated during the choice program Sunday.”The next team out was West Virginia, and they had an outstanding year and, unfortunately, understanding Tucker DeVries was injured, player schedule is something that we speak about a fair bit.”Indiana was close, Ohio State was close, Boise [State]
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