RealClearSports: Mountains, Mines, Myths and Bob Huggins

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com


INDIANAPOLIS -- West Virginia is composed of equal portions mountains, mines and myths. It is a region of Appalachian accents and backwoods towns that are the punch line of too many jokes.

And the part of its history not concerned with men in raccoon hats shooting rifles mostly deals with men in jerseys shooting basketballs.

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