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How a 60’s song gives insight into dealing with President Trump’s actions

Meet more of the competitors in Dancing with Our Mountaineer Stars

Men’s basketball looks to mess with Texas, complete season sweep of the Longhorns

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MONDAY Men’s basketball takes on the Texas Longhorns at 9 p.m. in the Coliseum. The game will be televised on ESPN.

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TUESDAY testWell is offering free tutoring to students from 8-10 p.m. in the Media Room of Honors Hall. No appointment is necessary, and a variety of subjects will be covered.

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The David C. Hardesty Festival of Ideas is hosting a panel on the “Fake News” phenomenon. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.

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Photo by Joel Whetzel. A Trump supporter (left) confronts an activist (right) at an anti-Trump protest right after the President’s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington D.C.

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Women’s basketball takes on the TCU Horned Frogs at 7 p.m. in the Coliseum. Students get in free with a student ID.

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Caritas House oﬀers support, housing to people with HIV or AIDS BY RACHEL ROGERS

said. “That’s just something that’s not offered in this capacity in other parts of the state.” Seeing a smile on someone’s face because of the program they offer is priceless, McCutcheon said. Caritas House’s annual fundraiser, Sweets for the

CORRESPONDENT Caritas House offers more than just housing for people with HIV or AIDS in Morgantown. The house opened in Morgantown in 1994 as a home for those with HIV and AIDS, but has grown into a multi-faceted program focused on helping those with HIV or AIDS, combating homelessness and educating the public about both of these issues. Caritas House is a Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS provider for 10 counties in West Virginia. It has two housing facilities on its property, located on Scott Avenue. Colligo House is a permanent supportive facility that can hold up to six people who are chronically homeless and have a disabling condition, whether it be substance abuse, a mental illness or another condition. Novus House, an eightunit apartment complex, is income-based, independent living. Since its opening in July 2015, Novus House has been continuously occupied. While Caritas House is primarily devoted to providing services and housing to those with HIV or AIDS, it has broadened its focus in recent years to include finding a solution to chronic homelessness in the Morgantown area. Justin Sikos, the assistant

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Attendees of the Caritas House Benifit enjoy food and talk with each other at Jameson’s Bar on Friday night. executive director of Caritas House, acknowledges that living in Morgantown is expensive. “Affordable housing is a huge challenge in this area,” Sikos said. “Because we have a limited number of beds available in this area for homeless individuals, I’m always advocating to make housing more affordable.” One of the ways Caritas House is fighting homelessness is through a rehousing program, which is designed to first house a homeless individual and then address the issues they are facing, whether that be addiction, HIV or a mental illness. In addition to housing service, the facility offers a food pantry that carries a variety of items ranging from cleaning supplies to hygiene products. “The idea behind that is that cleanliness is paramount to people with weakened immune systems,” Sikos said. The third mission of Caritas House is to educate the public about HIV/AIDS and

homelessness. In regards to HIV and AIDS, Sikos feels informing the public—college students especially—is one of the best ways to prevent the disease. “Educating people is the best weapon against the spread of the disease,” Sikos said. “I do believe that this is a disease that can be eradicated.” Sikos said the disease has rarely been spoken about in the last decade and this generation is unaware that they could be affected by it. Additionally, he believes Morgantown residents should be educated on how to deal with homelessness and realize that anyone can become homeless. John McCutcheon, Caritas House client service navigator, said the service offered at Caritas House are not offered in other parts of West Virginia. “This is a very unique place and we’re offering not just education service or services for people with HIV and AIDS, but people who are homeless,” MCutcheon

Sweet, is coming up on March 25 at the Erikson Alumni center. Sweets is a dessert tasting contest that allows attendants to sample treats from 14 different Morgantown restaurants. The event also has wine and beer tastings, raffles and live music.

Tickets can be purchased in advance for $25 at Caritas House or online at http:// caritashouse.com. Anyone who is interested in volunteering or interning at Caritas House can contact Justin Sikos at jsiko@ caritashouse.net or call 304-985-0021.

Black History Month

Booker T. Washington Born in Virginia in the mid-to-late 1850s, Booker T. Washington put himself through school and became a teacher. In 1881, he founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama (now known as Tuskegee University), which grew immensely and focused on training African Americans in agricultural pursuits. A political adviser and writer, Washington clashed with intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois over the best avenues for racial uplift. Excerpt courtesy of Biography.com

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PRESIDENTS’ DAY 2017 “I am very happy with the past month. Obviously there were things that could have been better... but all-in-all I think he’s keeping a lot of campaign promises, and making his supporters very happy… I think he’s done a great job. “I started Students for Trump because there’s not an organization for people who are more of a conservative mindset. I think it’s important for people to have an outlet because on campus there’s a large liberal presence. I know that there are people who don’t feel like they can discuss their political views openly without being called a racist, or all of these names you hear that aren’t true. They’re afraid to speak their mind. That’s our mission statement: we are there for people to be able to come to a comfortable place and talk with likeminded people and bounce ideas off of each other.”

- Daniel Tickle, President of Students for Trump

WVU students share their thoughts on President Trump’s first month in the Oval Office

A month of Trump, by the numbers VIA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A by-the-numbers look at some of Donald Trump’s early activity as president:

24: Executive orders and memoranda signed. That in-

cludes orders to withdraw the United States from Trans-Pacific trade deal, impose a federal hiring freeze and reduce regulations related to the health care law enacted under former President Barack Obama.

1: Executive order blocked. An order to ban travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations was blocked by federal judges. Trump is expected to issue a new order next week.

4: Bills signed into law. They include a bill to halt regulation blocking coal mining debris from being dumped in nearby streams.

6: The average number of tweets per day from personal account @realDonaldTrump.

DANIEL TORTI, FRESHMAN “Frankly, I’m disappointed in his stance in foreign policy. His take seems to have a large realist perspective, and (Trump) seems to substitute commerical liberalism for realism. He’d rather put nations we do commerce with such as China and Russia on lower ground to substitute for American security at home.”

“The presidency in general—I think it’s scaring a lot of people right now, which is terrible. You know, you don’t want people in this country to feel scared that they don’t belong or something. With regard to reproductive rights, I think you see a lot of women organizing right now, and that’s awesome. It sucks the reason that it’s happening, but I think you’re seeing a huge surge of women that want to get involved in politics. “Our overall mission is working on issues related to reproductive healthcare, reproductive choice, human rights, anything like that—with Donald Trump being President, we’re waiting to see what he might do when it comes to reproductive rights.”

- Chrissy Packtor, President of WVU Students for Reproductive Rights

EMILY MCKNEEL, FRESHMAN

NADA ABORAYA, FRESHMAN

“He is uneducated, and not fit to be “Coming from a minority family, and bePresident. He is making uneducated ing raised Muslim, it impacts me and family. I’m not happy with the way things are decisions.” right now... I have mixed feelings about the (travel) ban. I believe we should let refugees in, but they need to be screened. If I PHOTOS BY RYAN ALEXwanted to go to Europe, they would screen ANDER, KERMIT SAH AND ANDREW SPELLMAN me, so it should be the same here.”

25.1 million: Twitter followers for the account @ realDonaldTrump.

15.5 million:

Twitter followers for the official White House account @POTUS.

4: Visits from foreign leaders. (Britain, Japan, Canada, Israel.)

1: Cancelled visit from a foreign leader. (Mexico.) 1: Supreme Court nomination: Judge Neil Gorsuch. 2: Failed personnel choices. Andrew Puzder withdrew as the nominee for labor secretary; Michael Flynn was ousted as national security adviser.

14: Cabinet-level nominations approved, out of 24 total. 39: Percent of respondents who approve of Trump’s job performance in Pew Research Center poll conducted Feb. 7-12.

3: Weekend trips to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. LAYOUT BY JOEL WHETZEL

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OPINION Stop, hey, what’s that sound? A 1966 Buffalo Springfield song gives some advice on how to respond to President Trump BY ALEX WEIDMAN STAFF WRITER

There’s a 1966 song by Buffalo Springfield called “For What It’s Worth” that President Donald Trump’s election and first month in office has got me thinking a lot about. The chorus goes: “It’s time we stop, children, what’s that sound? Everybody look what’s going down.” It quickly became somewhat of a protest anthem during one of the most rebellious periods in our history. So, perhaps it’s natural for a song like that to come to mind now when things are so chaotic. Multiple members of Trump’s cabinet have withdrawn. He has ramped up his “the media is the en-

emy” rhetoric. And, instead of working on the country, he held a campaign event this past weekend for his potential 2020 run. At a time like this it seems like good advice from Stephen Stills (the Buffalo Springfield member who wrote the song). He’s asking us to really buckle down and make sure we see “what’s going down,” because there’s a good chance it’s not something we support. But are we really listening to Stills’ advice? No. And it’s hard to because of the frequency of Trump’s controversies. Sure he’s making news when he tweets things like the media is “the enemy of the American people,” but is that what is truly “going on?” People, regardless of po-

litical affiliation, can’t focus on what is happening when everything streaming from the White House is treated as code-red. We can’t keep getting caught up on the noise; dissent has to stay focused on actions. There’s a couple reasons this is important: First, one of the left’s most promising developments coming from the Trump election was its ability to mobilize. High-profile and largescale protests have headlined much of the Trump era already. People can get burned out. It’s no stretch to believe that each new presidential sound bite is grounds for renewed outrage that can, and will, leave valuable thinkers and protesters gasp-

ing for air. Second, this constant outrage alienates the people most needed on the left: centrists or right-leaning voters. A recent New York Times opinion piece argued that liberals may be helping Trump by their us-againstthem rhetoric. It referred to one Trump supporter who admitted to being “uncomfortable” with “parts of Mr. Trump’s travel ban… and the reoccurring theme of his apparent affinity for Russia,” but ultimately felt pressured to support him faced with the flood of rhetoric from the left. Finally, focusing so heavily on White House or Trump statements feels like it could be smoke and mirrors. The media, of course, is going to cover any and all contro-

AP PHOTO / EVAN VUCCI

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a town hall campaign event, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. versial statements. But is this simply a distraction? Perhaps the White House wants news organizations to focus on his tweets while a real agenda is being implemented behind the scenes. These inflammatory tweets may serve as either smoke screens or to rile

up the nation. What is harder to understand is when and where that rhetoric may translate into action by the White House. Hopefully there will be enough people actually seeing what’s going down with enough energy to react.

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Meet Dancing With the Mountaineer Stars contestants BY EMILY ZEKONIS, AVERY LYONS STAFF WRITERS

Competition is on the horizon with the start of WVU’s Dancing With the Mountaineer Stars 2017 on Feb. 25. Faculty and students have signed up to break out their dancing shoes for the sixth year of the competition and a chance to shake their way to first place. With no experienced required, contestants are paired off and given a choreographer to help them learn a variety of styles. The competition is fierce, with contestants from a variety of backgrounds, but the competition has a large charitable background supporting the blood drive that occurred last week. Contestants have attributed the charity as their reason for joining as well as the opportunity to cut loose and have some fun. “I loved dancing growing up, and this seemed like a really fun event,” said contestant Julie Peng, a chemical engineering student. “I have not danced in a few years but I thought it would be fun to try.” All are encouraged to attend the free event. Contestants will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 25 in the Mountainlair Ballroom.

Amy Prunty & Ricky Rogers A former theater veteran and football player/dance student join forces to create a quadruple threat, skilled in singing, dancing, acting and athletics. Rogers is a current WVU student, studying dance on a football scholarship, and Prunty is a current PA Announcer for men

and women’s soccer and gymnastics and former actor and director. Together they will perform “A Mix Made in Heaven” for their first performance. “Dancing is like riding a bike,” Prunty said. “It does come back to you, even if you really haven’t done it in 30 years.”

Raven Lamp & Jack Prommel-Saenz For senior public relations student Raven Lamp, dancing is familiar territory. The Martinsburg native has been dancing since she was four years old and is a member of the Student Dance Association. Outside of class, Lamp works at Tropics, a restaurant in Cheat Lake and is a member of the Public Relations Student Society of America. “I’ve found it very easy to work with Jack. He’s very easy going and is committed to learning new moves. I think it’s

very important to give students an alternative to going out on the weekends and I think WVU Up All Night (does that),” Lamp said. Jack Prommel Saenz is a senior from La Paz, Bolivia and currently pursuing a degree in Mining Engineering. “Dancing is a big part of my culture, my family and my person. Working with Raven has been a blast because we have very different dance styles, merging them has given us a pretty fun routine for us and

Ann Richards and Oche Oche-Obe Electrical engineering student Oche Oche-Obe is paired with director of Accessibility Services Ann Richards, a beginner dancer looking to try something new and have fun in the competition. Richards has no dance background, but has been learning as she begins the

competition and is learning about her favorite styles and techniques. “I like faster music I can just move to instead of a strict routine,” Richards said, who was encouraged by a colleague to give the competition a try. “She said I would have fun, and she was right.”

Doug Earnest and Mikalaa Martin The pair is used to working with each other in student government, a relationship that transferred easily to the dance floor. “She’s been dancing her whole life and she’s really good at it,” Earnest said of his partner. “I have no idea what I’m doing so I’d be pretty lost without Mikalaa.” Earnest is a sophomore marketing student from Vienna, WV and a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, a Mountaineer Maniac and an SGA senator.

Martin is a freshman forensic biology and investigative sciences student from North Carolina and interns for the vice president of the SGA. “Doug has caught on so fast for never having any past experience in dance; he is truly doing a wonderful job,” Martin said. Martin said the community service aspect of the competition makes the whole event especially meaningful for her, because it combines her passions for dance and charity.

Julie Peng and Isaac Obioma Chemical Engineer, and former dancer, Julie Peng attempts to draw back on her years of dance growing up to win first prize with international studies partner and SGA member Isaac Obioma. Peng grew up dancing, focused on jazz and tap, but has not danced in a few

years. She joined the competition to get back into her art, and see where her skills were at. “I definitely do not remember and pick up on choreography as quickly as I used to,” Peng admitted. “But the experience has been a lot of fun so far.”

MONDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2017

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LISTICLE First Lady ties to the Mountain State 1.

Eleanor Roosevelt’s work at Arthurdale, W.V. is well-known and documented (and the well-kept and restored village is worth a visit). On this President’s Day we thought we would take a look at ties other ﬁrst ladies have with our state.

Dolley Madison married here. In 1792 after her father died, Dolley Madison’s mother, Mary Payne, opened a boarding house for congressmen and other politicians in Philadelphia. New York. Congressman, and later Vice President, Aaron Burr stayed there and later introduced Dolley to Virginian James Madison. On Sept. 15, 1794, after several months of courtship, James and Dolley were married at the “Harewood” Estate in Charles Town, Virginia (now in West Virginia). Dolley’s sister married into the family of George Washington which owned the estate.

Harriet Lane went to school here Since he was unmarried, President James Buchanan chose his niece Harriet Lane to serve as ﬁrst lady. The daughter of Elliot Lane, a merchant, and Jane Buchanan, the president’s sister, Lane was orphaned at the age of 11. Buchanan, who was immensely fond of his niece, placed her in a boarding school in Charleston, Virginia (later, West Virginia), where she excelled at history, astronomy and mythology but exhibited a ﬁercely strong will that made her something of a disciplinary problem.

Jackie Kennedy shopped here Jackie Kennedy came to West Virginia seven times in support of her husband’s campaign. In 1961, when it was time to select the oﬃcial crystal service for the White House, she chose a simple pattern created by the Morgantown Glass Company. The same handmade, elegant crystal is still available for purchase today, as the First Lady said, for “other people …to buy the same ﬁne things we used in The President’s House.” By: Cassandra McPhail, Listicle Editor

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For answers, visit thedaonline.com! Across 1 Soothsayer 5 Quick fix for an elbow hole 10 Underwater vessel 13 Cuba libre fruit 14 Lorena of LPGA fame 15 Phony 16 Votes in favor 17 “My mistake” 18 Rice field draft animals 19 Panama Canal nickname 22 Robotic maid on “The Jetsons” 23 Inherently 27 Where to find Lima and llamas 30 Like farm country 31 Thanksgiving tuber 34 When baseball closers usually shine 38 They’re often big in showbiz 40 Sparkle 41 “I’m hungry enough to __ horse!” 42 NYC thoroughfare that becomes Amsterdam at 59th Street 45 Vert. counterpart 46 Gandhi’s land 47 Garbage email 49 “Get moving!” 53 Wash or spin 57 When time is running out 60 Computer image 63 TV signal part 64 “Giant” author Ferber 65 Four-sided campus area 66 Extended families 67 Cincinnati ballplayers 68 Tennis match segment 69 Saintly rings 70 “Garfield” pooch

DOWN 1 Not as forthright 2 “Old MacDonald” letters 3 Webzines 4 Mail again, as a package 5 Fancy-schmancy 6 Have __: freak out 7 Pulsate 8 Like grandpa’s jokes, probably 9 Contemporary of Mozart 10 Jazz combo horn 11 Don Ho’s instrument

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TODAY IN WV HISTORY 12 “Gone Girl” co-star Affleck 15 Mint of money 20 High school junior, usually 21 Merit 24 Dickens villain Heep 25 Totaled, as a bill 26 “Pomp and Circumstance” composer 28 Capital of Latvia 29 Sch. near the Strip 31 “Abominable” critters 32 Insurance rep 33 Paris newspaper Le __ 35 Golfer’s starting point 36 __ Christian Andersen 37 “Still sleeping?” response 39 Regular payment 43 Precipitation stones 44 A pop

48 Rescued damsel’s cry 50 Enlighten 51 Throat dangler 52 Bicycle feature 54 Encrypted 55 Monday, in Le Mans 56 Use the delete key, e.g. 58 El __: weather phenomenon 59 Throw away 60 Mensa nos. 61 Billiards stick 62 Breakfast grain

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SPORTS WVU continues focus on Texas, Big 12 seeding BY ALEC GEARTY SPORTS WRITER

MEN’S BASKETBALL With its regular season quickly winding down, No. 9 West Virginia’s focus remains on earning a first-round bye at the Big 12 Tournament. The Mountaineers (21-6,9-5) have a miniscule chance at the first-seed, which is occupied by the Kansas Jayhawks. WVU finds itself tied with Baylor and Iowa State for second place in the conference. Last month, West Virginia beat both teams, giving the Mountaineers a slight advantage. If the Mountaineers were able to defeat them again in the coming weeks, the No. 2 seed would be automatically locked up. However, Baylor and Iowa State are breathing down West Virginia’s back. WVU needs room and a solid performance against Texas (1017, 4-10) on Monday to help ensure that cushion.

On Jan. 12, two days before the first matchup with the Mountaineers, Texas coach Shaka Smart suspended leading-scorer Tevin Mack. The Longhorns have struggled to recover, garnering a 3-8 record since the suspension. The Longhorns have spiraled out of control, currently sitting near the bottom of the conference. Their misfortune has come at a constant rate with the unexpected suspension on top of dropping close matchups. Of the 11 losses, seven were separated by one possession. On Jan. 14, WVU guard Tarik Phillip’s jumper with 2:24 left in regulation was what determined the matchup’s outcome. It put the Mountaineers ahead by three, which they rode for the rest of regulation. Jevon Carter totaled 15 points and logged 35 minutes. Carter was mentioned by Smart specifically as someone that could easily impact the game. “He was the guy that im-

KEYS TO THE GAME 1. Contain Jarrett Allen: The five-star freshman does it all for the Longhorns, leading the team in rebounds and blocks while also being second in scoring. WVU knows all about his talents, scoring 19 points on 6-of7 shooting and adding seven rebounds in the last matchup. 2. Strength in Numbers: In the last meeting between the two—a 74-72 WVU win—the Mountaineers deployed their depth as an advantage, finishing with a 38-17 lead in bench scoring.

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WVU guard Jevon Carter scans the defense during the Mountaineers 89-87 overtime loss to Oklahoma on Jan. 18, 2017. posed his will,” Smart said. “More than anybody else the entire game.” Carter is coming off his most-impressive performance of the season. On Saturday, he recorded 24 points while he was also assigned to have a presence on defense. It was his defensive assignment that saw Texas Tech’s possible game-winning shot fall short.

Jarrett Allen has emerged as the primary scoring threat for the Longhorns. Since he recorded a then-career-high 19 points against the Mountaineers, Allen averages 15.8 points per game. Allen stands at 15 in the Big 12 scoring race, but he is the only player amidst the top-20 without recording a single point from three-point range. His

3. Finish Strong: Once again, “it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.” WVU nearly surrendered another late lead against Texas Tech before pulling away in double overtime. jump shot is what makes him the most efficient player in the Longhorns’ rotation. Much like WVU head coach Bob Huggins, Smart likes to establish the press defense. “They’re still pressing,” Huggins told WVUSports.com. “Maybe not as much but they’re still pressing. They do a lot of different things.” Texas sits at near the bottom

of every major offensive category, but in terms of its defense, it’s different as it is in the middle of the pack. The Longhorns still pose a threat to WVU, and Huggins knows it. “Texas bothers us because they have such great size—their size and athleticism is what bothered us,” Huggins said.

WVU suﬀers close loss to Virginia Tech BY MATT GOLD SPORTSWRITER

TENNIS The West Virginia tennis team fell 4-3 to Virginia Tech as the Hokies rode a strong showing in singles to the victory. After West Virginia took the first point in the match in doubles play, VT rallied in singles to get the victory. The duo of Habiba Shaker

and Sofia Duran got the Mountaineers started with a 6-1 win. Virginia Tech came back to tie it up in the second doubles match with a 6-3 win over Kaja Mrgole and Christiana Jordan. To take the doubles point, the Mountaineers’ Paula Goetz and Lyn Yuen Choo beat VT’s Sansitha Nandakumar and Natalie Novotna in the tiebreaker 7-6 (13-11). After WVU took the doubles

point, Virginia Tech took back the momentum in the singles victory, ultimately wining them the match. The Hokies winning the first four singles matches, gaining all four possible points. No. 66 ranked Francesca Fusinato bested Habiba Shaker in two sets, by 6-2. And on the fourth court, No. 52 Caroline Daxhelet beat Christiana Jordan 7-5, 6-3, in two sets. West Virginia fought

back, picking up wins in the last two singles matches. Sofia Duran picked up her first ever singles win in a 6-2, 7-3 victory over Katherine Butler. “I’m glad that we are giving ourselves opportunities to win the match… We have to learn how to turn those opportunities in our favor”, said head coach Miha Lisac. “There are positive things happening with the team right now.”

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Sofia Duran prepares to send the ball back during a match against Virginia Tech on Sunday.

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2017 team (sort of) reminiscent of 2010 Final Four bunch by Chris Jackson, Sports Editor

Write this team off if you want. I’ve wanted to on numerous occasions over the past month. I’ve witnessed too many leads get thrown away. I recently watched the game at Kansas last Monday, and we all know what happened there. The Mountaineers squandered a 14-point lead with 3:00 remaining. Then, on Saturday, they let a late lead slip away before pulling away in double overtime. It was the usual sights this top 10 team has provided everyone with all season. But it’s also not the first team we’ve seen it with, and the last one to make many of the same errors ended up just fine (they also coincidentally —or not—incurred the same 21-6

record through the first 27 games). It was the 2010 team, one led by Da’Sean Butler’s game-winners and a bunch that catapulted itself to the program’s first Final Four berth since 1959, back when Jerry West—also known as “The Logo” of the NBA—was tearing up college basketball at the old WVU Field House in Stansbury Hall. They were written off. They were criticized for not finishing games. They blew a 7-point lead against Pittsburgh with 44 seconds remaining on Feb. 12 that year, falling in triple overtime. It would be the squad’s second straight loss before falling to Connecticut by double-digits two games later. WVU couldn’t finish out games and struggled to play an entire 40 minutes, something Huggins eluded to during that campaign and this one. “West Virginia choked,” wrote then Daily Athenaeum Managing Editor Tony Dobies. The headline of Dobies’ column on Feb. 15, 2010 was “WVU needs to find ways to close out games.” Sound familiar? This WVU team struggles to close out games. Although some contests have still resulted in wins—namely Texas A&M and Texas Tech—there’s been one too many leads that ended in defeats. Now, they need to look to the 2010 team. That season, the Mountaineers would rile up 10 straight wins following the

loss to UConn, earning their first ever Big East title at Madison Square Garden. Then they found their way past a Kentucky team in the Elite Eight filled with NBA All-Stars—DeMarcus Cousins and John Wall—and would later face Duke in the national semifinals. Duke would win the game as Butler—the team’s unquestioned senior leader—went down with an injury and Huggins was above him, consoling and emotionally talking to his player. Of course, Butler isn’t on the Mountaineers roster this year. That’s the one glaring discrepancy between the two teams under Huggins. WVU lacks a true go-to player down the stretch. There have been different players emerge in key situations, but not the one consistent name in the waning minutes that is beneficial to deploy. But, for the most part, both the 2017 and 2010 teams are eerily similar to each other. They have the same record through 27 games and experience many of the same late game collapses. Only time will tell if the end result becomes the same, however, or if the same problems will hinder them during the upcoming postseason. What’s your take? Email Chris at cgjackson@mix.wvu.edu, or send a tweet to @cjacksonwvu

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MEN’S BASKETBALL The Big 12 continues to run through Kansas while a number of teams are vying for NCAA Tournament berths during the final stretch before the postseason. Here’s how the conference stacks up this week: 1. Kansas (24-3, 12-2 Big 12) Last week: No. 1 The Jayhawks came back from 14 down to beat West Virginia, and then defeated No. 4 Baylor by two points on Saturday. They are now one the verge of securing their 13th straight Big 12 regular season title, holding a three game lead with four remaining. 2. West Virginia (21-6, 9-5 Big 12) Last week: No. 3 After watching its hopes of a conference crown come crashing down by squandering a 14-point lead at Kansas, WVU regrouped and survived with an 83-74 vic-

tory over Texas Tech. The Mountaineers are now tied for second place with Baylor in the standings, but own the tiebreaker due to the head-to-head result in January. 3. Baylor (22-5, 9-5 Big 12) Last week: No. 2 Baylor has now lost two straight and is likely out of the Big 12 title race after failing by two points against Kansas. But a No. 2 seed is still on the line, fighting with WVU for the spot as the two face each other on Feb. 27. 4. Iowa State (17-9, 9-5 Big 12) Last week: No. 4 The Cyclones are winners of three straight, topped off with an 84-71 victory over TCU behind a 25-point performance from Naz Mitrou-Long. They are nearly a lock for an NCAA Tournament appearance for the sixth straight season. 5. Oklahoma State (18-9, 7-7 Big 12) Last week: No. 5 There is arguably no hotter team in

the country than Oklahoma State, who has won eight of its last nine games following Saturday’s 96-92 victory over Oklahoma in the Bedlam Rivalry—three different players scored 20-plus points. In the latest Bracketology by ESPN’s Joe Lunardi, the Cowboys are listed as a No. 8 seed. 6. Texas Tech (17-10, 5-9 Big 12) Last week: No. 8 Don’t let the record indicate the strength of this team, coming just short in double overtime of completing the season sweep of West Virginia. Alongside the close loss at WVU, the Red Raiders have two losses by one point while defeating No. 4 Baylor in the past two week stretch. They are currently a bubble team by Joe Lunardi. 7. Kansas State (17-10, 6-8 Big 12) Last week: No. 7 The Wildcats are trending downward as a bubble team despite defeating Texas on Saturday, winning just two of the past eight games.

8. TCU (17-10, 6-8 Big 12) Last week: No. 6 TCU has lost three straight games and is in dire need of a couple more wins to end an NCAA Tournament drought dating back to 1998. The remaining schedule poses many challenges with matchups against No. 3 Kansas, No. 9 West Virginia, Kansas State and Oklahoma. 9. Texas (10-17, 4-10 Big 12) Last week: No. 9 Shaka Smart’s bunch has lost three straight—with the past two coming by a combined seven points. The schedule doesn’t get any easier as this week pits the Longhorns against West Virginia and Kansas.

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