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Sweet 16: ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Jarrod West couldn't come up with a miracle shot for West Virginia, and this time he even had three chances.
Michael Doleac made two free throws with 6.5 seconds remaining as Utah held off the Mountaineers 65-62 in the West Regional semifinals Thursday night.
Even the presence of Jerry West, the most famous West Virginia alumnus of them all, couldn't help the 10th-seeded Mountaineers record another upset.
Second round: BOISE, Idaho -- Of course the hero for West Virginia would be a guard named West.
Jarrod West banked in his fifth 3-pointer of the game with eight-tenths of a second to play Saturday as the Mountaineers, the No. 10 seed in the West, stunned No. 2 seed Cincinnati 75-74.
Not since Jerry West led the Mountaineers to the 1959 championship game had WVU won two NCAA Tournament games in succession.
First round: BOISE, Idaho -- West Virginia patiently tore apart Temple's matchup zone Thursday in a surprisingly one-sided 82-52 rout of the Owls in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The Mountaineers of the Big East Conference, the No. 10 seed in the West,
never trailed. They built an 18-point lead in the first half and stretched it to 33
in their first NCAA tournament victory since 1989.
Jarrod West scored 15 for West Virginia, nine in the first half. Brent Solheim added 13.
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