The West Virginia Mountaineers basketball team has known for awhile that they would be in the NCAA Tournament. Still the big questions on the minds of Mountaineer Nation would be who would they face? When will we play them and where? The answer to those questions are as perfect a scenario as you can dream of.

The Mountaineers will play the overrated Arizona Wildcats in the first round on Thursday at the nation’s capitol. That’s only 4.5 hours away from Motown. If we get by the Wildcats then the Eers will play another overrated opponent in the Duke Blue Devils, a team that this year as been known to live by the three and die by the three. If we can get by them, then we’ll face either Xavier or Purdue or even Baylor in Phoenix, Arizona (where most alumni have made their way there to call home and the site where the WVU football team accomplished their greatest victory in school history). Finally, if we get by that then we’ll likely face UCLA for the right to head out to San Antonio for the Final Four to probably face Memphis. For all you Spring Breakers Tijauna and Cabo San Lucas are not far away so instead of Cancun just go there.

If Joe Alexander can step up the same way he did in the Big East Tournament there is no limit to where they can go. First things first, all you Maniacs head out to DC on your way home for Spring Break. We need a LARGE Mountaineer contingent over at the V. This would make a huge difference compared to the Cameron Crazies. Home court advantage will make all the difference just ask North Carolina. UPDATE: The tipoff has been set for the WVU-Arizona game. It will be approximately 9:40pm just after the completion of Duke-Belmont (Gotta put these Dookies on primetime ugh).

I will breakdown the first-round battle in the days ahead but for now let’s celebrate the accomplishments the Mountaineers have made this season yet not be satisfied since there’s a lot of unfinished business to be done. Good luck WVU in the Big Dance and GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MOUNTAINEERS!