Seton Hall?

The Mountaineers had enough Gansey; Seton Hall got Pittsnogled-- but no hugs from the Herber (pronounced Hair-Bear). Seton Hall beats West Virginia to advance to 7-4 in the conference, losing to what WVU coach John Beilein called the rugged "New Jersey defense."

Huh.

NCAA, we have a problem. Not with West Virginia-- they are haing their mid-season crisis, they will get spanked by U Conn this Saturday, and then re-commit to attempts at defense. No. It's the recurring Seton Hall problem. No one wants to see Seton Hall in the tournament. Their fans don't want to see them in the tournament. Putting them in means a team that is actually interesting-- Northern Iowa, perhaps, or St. Joseph's, maybe, or even Michigan-- will be bounced.

And then, we all know what's going to happen. For some reason CBS will think that ass-part of Jersey is in the New York "region" and instead of watching a good game we'll be subjected to a Seton Hall-Wisconsin paint-drying session, for the rights to play the molasses-paced Pittsburgh Panthers. We'll take naps in our buffalo wings and wake up to a final of 47-44, because each team made 10 free throws apiece in the last 2 minutes. I like defense as much as the next guy. I'd just prefer it in the NIT.

I have seen one thrilling Seton Hall game. It was an accident. Shaheen Holloway wrecked his ankle playing against the Temple Owls in 2000 and Ty Shine took control of the point guard duties.

He had no idea what he was doing, and it was evident from the start of the second half. He was tentative, he was a little out of sorts. And then he said, forget it. Started jacking shots. And they kept going in. Oh, Temple has the lead? Three. Oh, it's overtime and we can't get into Temple's zone? Three.

They lost in the next round, Tommny Amaker got a new job at a real school (Michigan), and Seton Hall has been boring viewers, players, and fans ever since.