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More than eight months ago, No. 19 West Virginia and Temple experienced disappointing results on a bigger stage at Barclays Center.On Friday, the Mountaineers and Owls will meet for a championship when they face each other in the NIT Season Tip-Off in New York.Last season, the home of the Brooklyn Nets hosted the second and third round of the NCAA Tournament, and both schools experienced different kinds of frustration in elimination games played before sellout crowds.West Virginia, the No. 3 seed in the East Region, committed 22 turnovers in a 14-point loss to Stephen F. Austin. Temple, the No. 10 seed in the South Region, lost in overtime on a last-second shot to Iowa.On Thursday, both schools reversed course from their NCAA Tournament disappointments.West Virginia used a smothering full-court pressure defense and forced 24 turnovers in an 89-57 rout of Illinois. The Mountaineers scored 34 points off turnovers, and in their first four games, opponents are averaging a staggering 26.3 giveaways.We were flying around pretty good there for a good stretch of the game, and were pretty deep, so we keep bringing guys in, West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said. We wear on people, and when you get tired, you dont do things as fundamentally good.Nathan Adrian had 13 points and eight rebounds despite early foul trouble, and Jevon Carter made six steals to go along with 10 points and five assists for the Mountaineers, who held a 19-point lead at halftime.Thats the key for us all the time, Huggins said. When you extend the floor the way we extend the floor and take the chances we take, you better come up with some (steals) or else its going to be a long night for us instead of them.Similar to its disappointing loss to Iowa in March, Temple was involved in a dramatic contest, and this time it went in the Owls favor. Temple (3-2) trailed by 18 early in the second half and by 12 with about 9 1/2 minutes remaining before pulling out a dramatic 89-86 win over No. 25 Florida State.We were down 18 because of how good they were, but we found a way to win the game some way, Temple coach Fran Dunphy said.Freshman Quinton Ross scored 26 points and Shizz Alston Jr. added 22. Ross hit the game-clinching free throws in the waning seconds and also rebounded the miss of a potential go-ahead shot by Florida States Jonathan Isaac with 1.5 seconds left.Were on a big stage, were not going out like this, Alston said. We want to fight back.Both teams are appearing in the championship game of the tournament, which began in 1985, for the first time. The schools have not met since West Virginias 82-52 rout in the first round of the 1998 NCAA Tournament. The programs met every season from 1981 to 1995 as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. Paul ONeill Jersey . The No. 1-ranked Nadal tweaked his back warming up for the Australian Open final, which he lost almost four weeks ago in a major upset against Stanislas Wawrinka. His first stop after the layoff is the clay in Rio as he tests the back and tries to stay healthy for the French Open in three months. Bill Dickey Jersey .ca! Kerry, Two nights after the Scott-Eriksson incident in Buffalo, the Bruins returned home to play San Jose. In that game, Zdeno Chara put a check on Tommy Wingels that clearly targeted his head. https://www.cheapyankees.com/3281g-lou-gehrig-jersey-yankees.html . Fellow centre Pavel Datsyuk remains out because of a concussion. Zetterberg has 11 goals and 19 assists for a team-high 30 points, and Datsyuk has a team-high 12 goals and 11 assists. Joe Girardi Yankees Jersey .Y. -- Paul Byron and Matt Stajan scored as the Calgary Flames started a five-game road trip with a 2-1 overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday afternoon. Brett Gardner Yankees Jersey . Parker had 26 points and eight assists and San Antonio beat Toronto 112-99 Monday night. "We won that game because of Tony Parkers aggressiveness," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "His juice; his aggression all night long. SALT LAKE CITY -- Suspended Utah receiver Cory Butler-Byrd has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of criminal mischief after authorities say he damaged a university police patrol car and building last month.The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Butler-Byrds guilty plea is part of a deal with prosecutors that allows the senior to have his record cleared if he has no additional criminal charges in the next year, undergoes mental health counseling and pays about $1,700 in restiitution.ddddddddddddUniversity police said in court documents that they found a window to the campus police office shattered and a patrol car outside with a broken rear windshield and dented roof. Police said Butler-Byrd was outside and told officers he damaged the car and building.Utes coach Kyle Whittingham has suspended Butler-Byrd indefinitely. ' ' '