http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/ We Must Ignite This Couch en Jude http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=286 2010-07-20T13:50:00-05:00 Jude I guess the real title of this article could be, "Why do we care so much about the Mountaineers?" Speaking personally and as a native West Virginian (with a slight detour to the Carolinas at one point), I can tell you that I'm a certified, life-long sports nut. I've always had vested rooting interests in just about every sport, with favorite teams in every league. But recently I find that my interest in professional athletics dwindles with each passi... http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=3281 2010-04-13T11:41:16-05:00 Jude **You have entered the Mountaineer Basketball Chat** its_in_ebanks: Well guys, I decided that I'm going to enter the nba draft. It's time to take my game to the next level. mazzulla_oblongata: dag, man. thats too bad. I thought we could make another run at it next year. with you and dasean leaving now we dont have ANY good small forwards flowers_for_algernon: Ahem. mazzulla_oblongata: what? flowers_for_algernon: I'm standing right here, ... http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=3280 2010-03-30T11:55:54-05:00 Jude One of the great things about a sustained March Madness run is the sudden national interest in the 2009-2010 WVU basketball program that so many of us have followed from the very first exhibition game against Mountain State. You can't swing a dead cat without hitting feature articles about WVU basketball from sources like Fox Sports, Yahoo, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, and ESPN. Hell, WVU football coach Bill Stewart is even making news singing "Country Roads&... http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=3279 2010-03-24T10:18:54-05:00 Jude The Truck is off the road for the remainder of the NCAA Tournament. Early Tuesday evening, Mountaineer fans began receiving texts and notification on message boards (like the one on this site) that Truck Bryant had suffered a serious injury to his foot in practice leading up to Thursday's Sweet 16 matchup against the #11-seed Washington Huskies. Eventually, those rumors were verified by various news outlets, including this espn.com article. That report indicated th... http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=3278 2010-03-22T20:39:20-05:00 Jude The first frenetic weekend of the NCAA Tournament is over, and the West Virginia Mountaineers are still standing after games against #15-seed Morgan State and a very frisky #10-seed Missouri Tigers squad. The Mountaineers advance despite facing a Missouri team that was seemingly tailor-made to beat them with intense full-court pressure (and staggeringly ugly uniforms). Mountaineer fans certainly recalled previous games this season such as the game against Cleveland State... http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=3277 2010-03-17T20:20:18-05:00 Jude (Click here for Part I.) West Region 1) Syracuse The Orange outperformed all expectations this year, ascending to the #1 spot in late February before falling to Louisville for the second time this year, then going one-and-done in the Big East Tournament as Georgetown ate Syracuse's patented 2-3 zone for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Despite closing the season on a 2 game losing streak, the Orange still earned their #1 seed as the outright regular season champs of... http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=3276 2010-03-17T01:24:44-05:00 Jude Following the elation of the Mountaineers winning the Big East Tournament and the let-down once everyone around the nation was reminded of the stranglehold the Duke Blue Devils have on the Selection Committee's collective balls (Jason Whitlock already said exactly what I wanted to say on the subject, so read it here if you're interested), the nation now anxiously awaits the start of the Most Exciting Event In Sports- the NCAA Tournament. Talk of expanding the To... http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=3275 2010-03-14T11:59:55-05:00 PB It's March, my favorite time of year. It's like Christmas and my birthday wrapped up into one, but with less presents and much more awesome college basketball goodness. Join this years Official WMITC Bracket Challenge and show the world how smart you are or, more likely, how little you pay attention to schools outside of the Big East. Go here. Select Join a Private Group Group ID: 61900 Password: mountaineers Make your bracket name your WMITC handle. http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=3274 2010-03-11T16:40:44-05:00 Jude As WVU's annual Big East Tournament run begins tonight against the Cincinnati Bearcats (9pm-ESPN) and the post-season is upon us, now seems like a good opportunity to look back at the 2009-2010 regular season of the West Virginia Mountaineer men's basketball team to recognize the achievements and contributions of individual players on the team. And of course, since this is The Couch, those achievements will be both serious and nonsensical, sometimes at the same ... http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=3273 2010-02-22T15:25:31-05:00 Jude Holy crap, it's been too long since I broke down some Mountaineer basketball. My last article of substance relating to the basketball team was this article of questions about the basketball team almost a month ago. Back in my prime I was hurling meaningful statistics at you faster than you can say "oh my God that Pitt guy's foot was on the line". So what have we learned in the time since then? Glad you asked. (You didn't, really, but cut me so...