March 23, 2008

West Virginia University finally made the front page of the Washington Post Sports section. The WVU basketball team beat Duke 73-67 in the NCAA tournament to make it to the "Sweet 16" for the second time in three years. During that time Duke only made it to the "Sweet 16" once, yet Post columnist Mike Wise devoted almost his entire column to the loosing squad. WVU was mentioned, but the article was about the losers. This is typical of Post coverage, or I should say, non-coverage of Mountaineer athletics. The Post treats Virgina Tech like a local team, but seldom mentions WVU even though Morgantown is closer to DC than Blacksberg (161 miles to 215 miles). Virtually every VT basketball and football game is covered but WVU has to do something out of the ordinary to even get a mention.