Irish and Mountaineers fight for right to play for Big East title

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03/12/2010 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The third-seeded and seventh-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers duke it out with the seventh-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the semifinal round of the Big East Tournament tonight at Madison Square Garden. The winner will move on to the finals against either Georgetown or Marquette on Saturday.

The quarterfinal round was full of upsets on Thursday and WVU adverted one with a last-second 54-51 victory over 11th-seeded Cincinnati. The Mountaineers were the only one of four teams that received a double-bye to move on to the semifinals tonight. Winners of four straight, WVU is making its third straight appearance in the semifinals and is looking to advance to the finals for the first time since 2005.

Notre Dame, meanwhile, continued its red-hot play with a 50-45 upset of second-seeded and 16th-ranked Pittsburgh in the quarterfinals last night. The Irish have now won a season-high six games in a row, knocking off three ranked opponents during that stretch. Notre Dame, which beat Seton Hall in the first round, has also won two straight Big East Tournament games for the first time since joining the league for the 1995-96 campaign.

The Irish own a 25-10 all-time record against the Mountaineers and ND took a 70-68 decision in the lone meeting during the regular season back on January 9th.

ND's new defensive-minded approach worked again last night, as it held Pitt to just 45 points and only 38.6 percent shooting from the floor. The Irish, who went from a run-and gun style to a more patient attack after star Luke Harangody got hurt, have allowed an average of just 54.6 ppg over their last six games. That is a remarkable improvement for club that was allowing over 70 ppg. Speaking of Harangody, he finished with 12 points off the bench last night and hit a few big free throws down the stretch. Following a 20-point effort in the second round, Harangody appears to be getting back into full form after missing five games and he is still averaging team highs of 22.8 ppg and 9.4 rpg for the season. Tim Abromaitis and Ben Hansbrough check in with 16.6 and 11.7 ppg, respectively, but both players have failed to reach double figures in either tourney game thus far.

Following a Cincinnati turnover with 3.1 seconds left, Da'Sean Butler took an inbounds pass and banked home a three-pointer at the buzzer to give WVU a dramatic 54-51 win over the Bearcats last night. Butler finished with 15 points on 3-of-6 three-pointers, while the rest of the team went just 1-of-14 from beyond the arc. Kevin Jones led the charge with 17 points and six rebounds and Devin Ebanks added 10 points and six boards. Heading into the tourney, Butler averaged a team-high 17.2 ppg, to go with 6.3 rpg. Jones ranked second with each 13.5 ppg and 7.4 rpg, while Ebanks produced 12.4 ppg and a team-best 8.3 rpg for WVU.

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