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REPORTING FROM … MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

By Sean Quinn

Friday, March 14, 2008

West Virginia's Darris Nichols came to the Big East Tournament knowing most everyone had the 22-9 team in the NCAA Tournament. A couple wins would only solidify a spot and silence any remaining doubters. Nichols wasn't motivated by the doubters, however, but by the spellers—or, rather, the misspellers. After winning the NIT Championship at The Garden last year, the championship T-shirts the Mountaineers donned during the celebration at mid-court read, "West Virgina" [sic] across the f ...

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