MORGANTOWN, W.Va.
They call the smothering defense “Press Virginia”, and even if you are one to scoff at the cheap pun, it is hard to trifle with the effectiveness.
The West Virginia Mountaineers don’t so much play basketball as turn each night into a tough-man contest, 40 minutes of scrapping, clawing, charging, pulverizing basketball. If you don’t stand up to the musket-wielding bullies, you don’t stand a chance. No. 1 Kansas learned this once again on Tuesday night inside WVU Coliseum.
The final score was No. 11 West Virginia 74, No. 1 Kansas 63, and the night had plenty of long-lasting repercussions for Bill Self and his program.