Though we are all wrapped up in WVU's football campaign in the Big East, many of us have been eagerly awaiting the preseason basketball polls to see where Huggins' squad ends up. (starts out) Today the expectations have officially risen. The preseason coaches poll for the Big East has been released. You can find it and revel in the glory at the Big East website. WVU received 5 first place votes and finished a very close 2nd overall to Villanova. I haven't done any checking, but I speculate that this may be the first time WVU has ever received first place votes in the preseason poll. And these high expectations will certainly end a streak for WVU. Following is the preseason rankings and final finishing spot for the 'Eers in the Big East the last 5 years.
2005: WVU predicted 9th - Finished 7th
2006: WVU predicted 5th - finished 3rd
2007: WVU predicted 12th - finished 7th
2008: WVU predicted 10th - finished 5th
2009: WVU predicted 9th - finished 5th
WVU has finished at least 2 spots ahead at the end of the season than the coaches predicted in the preseason. Obviously that can't happen this year, but I'd settle for just the one spot that's available.
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Good article on Casey Mitchell here:
http://www.msnsportsnet.com/page.cfm?story=15367&cat=exclusives
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