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Big East Champion Mountaineers Return to Crowds in Bridgeport and Morgantown
Posted Sunday, March 14, 2010 ; 01:37 PM | View Comments | Post Comment
Updated Wednesday, March 17, 2010; 02:45 PM


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The men's basketball team won the Big East Championship Saturday night.

By Dani Brake


BRIDGEPORT -- Fans from all over North Central West Virginia turned out Sunday afternoon to welcome home the Big East Champion Mountaineer basketball team.

More than 100 people packed into the North Central West Virginia Airport terminal, in Bridgeport to greet the team's arrival, with even more fans outside the building.

The team's plane touched down just before 3:30 p.m.

In Morgantown, hundreds more fans converged on the WVU Coliseum to congratulate the team. Officials set up a podium so the players and Coach Bob Huggins could speak to the Mountaineer faithful.

WVU Forward John Flowers even performed a rendition of the Irish jig he made famous after the Notre Dame win.

The team's flight was scheduled to leave New York at noon, Sunday. That flight was delayed, but fans waited for hours in both Bridgeport and Morgantown for the team to return.

You can watch the team's full return to the Coliseum by clicking the video links or the return to the airport at the link below.

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   - Video from the Airport

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Fans at the NCWV Airport
Fans at the NCWV Airport

Fans waiting at the Coliseum
Fans waiting at the Coliseum

Joe Mazzulla
Joe Mazzulla

Wellington Smith
Wellington Smith

Kevin Jones
Kevin Jones

Kevin Jones
Kevin Jones

Devin Ebanks
Devin Ebanks

Da'Sean Butler
Da'Sean Butler

Fans at the NCWV Airport
Fans at the NCWV Airport

More fans at the NCWV Airport
More fans at the NCWV Airport

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motown
3/15/10 at 8:49 AM
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It's a good thing the team did not make their noon flight on SATURDAY as the article states - they would have missed their championship game! Too bad all those people waited "for hours" -- or was it "for days".....
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John Barrett
3/14/10 at 10:19 PM
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Can someone tell me where I can buy the Nike track suit that Huggy wears?
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Tom
3/14/10 at 4:40 PM
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Just saw your life feed of the team's arrival here in Taipei, Taiwan. Great job!

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