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Blogging from Ames: Mountaineers aim to pull upset amid deep freeze

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AMES, Iowa — Good morning from the campus of Iowa State, where frigid temperatures welcome West Virginia and No. 20 Iowa State tonight.

How cold is it? So cold that the flashers here are only describing themselves. (Thank you, Johnny Carson. The great ones always live on).

The high temperature today is expected to reach minus-9 degrees. The low will be minus-22. The wind chill will make it feel much worse, although West Virginia coach Bob Huggins has bigger things to worry about than the weather.

“We told them to bring a heavy coat.