MORGANTOWN — If you travel much you’ve certainly been where West Virginia women’s basketball team was on Sunday, and we’re not talking about just being in Manhattan, Kansas, for the second of a two-game road trip to where the sunflowers grow.
We’re talking about arriving at the airport and finding your luggage has been lost, then arriving at the hotel only to find that your room isn’t ready, have to make the beds and clean the bathroom, and get you a few of teeny-weeny bottles of shampoo before you are allowed in.
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