MORGANTOWN — West Virginia's men's basketball team showed no mercy to Mercyhurst on Sunday afternoon at Hope Coliseum and the 70-38 beating the Mountaineers laid upon the Lakers was just what the doctor ordered for the spiritual health of WVU fans throughout the state.

Attitudes had dropped into negative territory after the 49-0 beating Texas Tech administered Saturday to Rich Rodriguez's football team, a pounding of historic significance in that you had to go back 112 years to find a WVU team that had lost by 49 or more points. The team ended the season without a bowl game and with a 4-8 record that signifies another revamping of the football roster. kAmp55 E92E E@ 92G:?8 =@DE EH@ 32D<6E32== 82>6D 2E E96 r92C=6DE@? W$]r]X $9C:?6CD r9:=5C6?VD %@FC?2>6?E @G6C E96 9@=:52J H66<6?5 2?5 J@F H

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