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Friday / March 29.
  • West Virginia Features New York Flavor

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    NEW YORK – If you walked in to Madison Square Garden during the player introductions for the West Virginia basketball team, you might think the announcer was giving out the starting lineup for St. John’s, Rutgers or Seton Hall.

    All five starters come from New York and New Jersey.

    Asked how he lured so much metropolitan-area talent to Morgantown, West Va., Mountaineers coach Bob Huggins cracked, “My effervescent personality.”

    Read the full story here.

    **And check out Brendon DesRochers’ Georgetown-Marquette story here.

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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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