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          West Virginia's new-look attack

          West Virginia guard Juwan Staten is averaging 16.1 points and 4.0 assists per game this season. AP Photo/Andrew Ferguson
          • John Gasaway, ESPN InsiderJan 9, 2015, 09:43 AM ET
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            • First began covering college hoops in 2004
            • Has written for Basketball Prospectus and the Wall Street Journal
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          West Virginia is way better than anyone predicted in the preseason, and in fact at 14-1 the Mountaineers are already the next-best thing to an NCAA tournament lock. (My colleague Joe Lunardi is currently projecting Bob Huggins' team as a No. 4 seed.) If this does indeed come to pass, it will mark the program's first tournament bid since 2012. What changed?