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Article: WVU, Herd tip off basketball seasons tonight: Beilein debuts vs. Delaware State
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- Charleston Gazette
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- November 22, 2002
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MORGANTOWN - John Beilein says Delaware State is no longer "the
kind of team everybody likes to schedule." He's just hoping his new
team hasn't now fallen into that same mold.
Beilein tips off his first season as West Virginia's first new
basketball coach in nearly a quarter century tonight when West
Virginia plays host to Delaware State at the Coliseum. Tipoff is
scheduled for 7 p.m.
Beilein's first opponent is not the cupcake it once was. Not that
Beilein is used to sliding into his new jobs easily, mind you. When
he was the coach at Canisius, his first game was at Duke.
"This used to be the kind of team everybody likes to schedule
because it was an easy win," Beilein ...