Box Score 3/24: Waiting on West Virginia

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Happy Friday and welcome to the YB Box Score, what we're reading while wait for the Mountaineers to shoot the ball.

Happy birthday today to Chris Bosh, Corey Hart, Ron Hainsey, Peyton Manning, Mike Vanderjagt and Penny Toler. On this date in 1979 Magic Johnson scored a triple-double for Michigan State as the Spartans won 101-67 over Penn in the Final Four on their way to the championship game. 

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Around the league

• "Nothing gets you ready to play basketball like playing basketball." - Coach Geno Auriemma on how he has trained the UConn team during their 109-game winning streak. [NYT]
• Also in the Times, there is a glut of college hockey talent and limited room for growth. [NYT]
• The NFL seems pretty pleased with the results they had streaming games on Twitter last season. [Sports Techie]
• Pirates pitcher Tyler Webb has never been to a professional sporting event – really. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
  

If only WVU had been this graceful