COMMENTARY
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Considering it wrote a $40,000 check just to secure an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational, West Virginia wanted to get its money’s worth Wednesday night.
Ultimately the outcome proved worth the price of admission, thanks to a late 22-2 run that dispatched Grand Canyon and set up a quarterfinal showdown against (peaks at the bracket) Coastal Carolina. More than survive-and-advance, the CBI is about survive-and-Google with so many unfamiliar schools in the field.
Utah Valley was a junior college a quarter-century ago.
California Baptist? I thought there was literally one California Baptist, an accountant living near Loma Linda.