COMMENTARY
SAN DIEGO — It could have been entirely the selection committee’s doing, this West Virginia vs. Marshall tussle. Shuffle the seeds only a smidgen and the Mountain State’s two Division I teams could’ve gotten their scrap on during a 4-13 first-round game.
Therein lies the margin between Almost Heaven and the two hours of actual hoops heaven we’ll experience Sunday night.
The Herd isn’t getting a crack at WVU because some NCAA back-room bracket-builders manufactured it. The Herd is getting a shot because they earned it.
Having never won an NCAA tournament game until Friday, Marshall remedied their 0-for-Forever by taking down fourth-seeded Wichita State 81-75.