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Tuesday / April 23.
  • West Virginia Has Local Flavor; Big East Coaches Pick ‘Gody, ‘Nova

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    NEW YORK — It is nearly 400 miles from New York City to Morgantown, West Va., but you wouldn’t know that by looking at the Mountaineers men’s basketball roster.
    West Virginia features half a dozen players with connections to the New York metropolitan area, including 6-foot-7 senior forward Da’Sean Butler of Newark, N.J., and 6-9 sophomore forward Devin Ebanks of Long Island City, N.Y.
    Butler was named to the preseason All-Big East first team and Ebanks made the second team when the preseason awards were announced during Wednesday’s media day.
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    Coaches pick Harangody, Villanova at top of polls.

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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