COMMENTARY
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Anyone expecting a two-outta-three-ain’t-bad vibe from the West Virginia locker room misunderstood the mission.
The Mountaineers craved a Big 12 championship. Not because their NCAA lives depended on it, but because their pride did.
Back-to-back second-place finishers in the regular season and now two-time runners-up at Sprint Center. These guys can’t quite crack the conference winners’ circle, and it irks them more than a Doug Sirmons technical.
“We fell short again,” Tarik Phillip said. “End of story.”
Two outta three against Iowa State this season didn’t satisfy when Monte Morris came trotting through the hall wearing a net as a turtle neck.