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The University of West Virginia men’s basketball team was left out of the NCAA Tournament and the state Governor is hopping mad. DP finds this pandering to his constituents to be amusing and, at the same time, patently ridiculous. While he understands there is a lot of money on the line for a tournament bid, there’s got to be more pressing concerns for the Governor than whether the Mountaineers are properly recognized as the 68th best team in the country.
Dan Patrick: “If you’re going to go after the NCAA, uh Governor, I’d go after a lot of other things more than West Virginia got snubbed. I’m going to guess Indiana’s Governor is probably going to be upset, get involved in this. Boise State’s Governor probably will get involved in (this). Get all the Governors in here of those who got jobbed, you know. ‘Damnit, we’re the 69th team and I’m not going to take it!’”