Mounties celebrate Fat Tuesday with Friars

The Mountaineers take on Providence tonight away from Morgantown, and will hopefully give us a good reason to observe Fat Tuesday afterward. Or should I have spelled that "phat" Tuesday? Woot.

Anyway, the Friars are no slouch. They played the Irish tough, and hung with number 7 Pittsburgh- Curry and Hill put up twenty points each against the Panthers. Providence also edged out the Bearcats by one on February 6- in Cincy.

They have four guys averaging double digits, two averaging more than eight boards, and Hill coming in at 2.6 blocks a night. With West Virginia as their final ranked opponent going into the tourney, look for the Friars to be ready to play.

Lets all hope the new statue stays lucky. Undefeated since its unveiling, the Jerry West statue may well have a neck full of luck. Or maybe candy. Everyone likes candy. The Mounties also have four averaging double figures, but just barely. The Friars play a little deeper too. Lets hope tonight is a good warm up, as our beloved Mounties take on Pitt, at Pitt, one week from tonight

Also, I thought about adding a link or even posting the George Takei PSA from the Jimmy Kimmel Show that I saw on Deadspin this morning, as it is pretty good. But I didn't know how many trekkies read this site, and figure most of you saw it already anyway. Woot.