Denis Kilicli just came back to Mountaineers. Are they on Syracuse and Villanova's level again?

• But Cousins’ explanation is for the hack-a-Cuz approach a lot of teams are taking against him. In the video that’s linked, he said he got a scratch across his back that was “burning” after the game. {Courier-Journal}

• Denix Kilicli could make me go back on my vow that West Virginia would lose six games before The Tournament. He’s definitely an ace up Bob Huggins’ sleeve. Despite being Turkish, the guy looks like he grew up in the woods of West Virginia. {SI}

• Thanks for the NFL breakdown, Mr. Thomas. {Twitter}

• Always been a fan of Gottlieb because he’s honest, knows strategy and is more self-deprecating than most give him credit for. He wrote about his memory of the Oklahoma State plane crash yesterday. It’s been nine years already. Gripping. {ESPN.com}

• No, the irony about the NCAA wanting to expand basketball while still refusing to budge on football is not lost on me. {Orlando Sentinel}

• Hiestand with some more perspective on how bad expansion would be: First- and second-round games are already low in the ratings, so how do we think a 9 vs. 24 matchup is going to draw? Ad prices aren’t going to go up. {USA Today}

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On the tube tonight …

»DePaul @ Marquette; 7 ET (ESPN2).

»North Carolina State @ Virginia; 7 ET (ESPNU).

»No. 1 Kansas @ Colorado; 9 ET (ESPN2).

»Texas A&M @ Missouri; 9 ET (ESPNU).

»Idaho @ Utah State; 11 ET (ESPN2).

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