Another reason to love West Virginia hoopers

For the past two seasons, I've had a bit of a fan crush on the West Virginia basketball team.

It started with this incredible series of videos -- including a lip-synching session to Brian McKnight -- from a road trop. Then there was John Flowers teaching the Mountaineer faithful how to dougie. And, of course, it was humanly impossible to hate Da'Sean Butler, unless, of course, you were on the wrong end of one of these.

And now?

John Flowers goes front and center celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden:


Shirtless.

Backwards hat.

And I'll put everything on the fact that he is currently mid-dougie.

UPDATE: We got video!!!

Well, not of Flowers doing the dougie. He still has his shirt on at this point, but you do get to see Flowers and Mazzulla do a flying chest bump. The best part? The guy at the end that yells "Let's get some more beer!"


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John Flowers is a better dancer than you

The more I learn about this West Virginia team, the more I like them.

First of all, their head coach is Bobby Huggins, a lovable country bumpkin through and through -- unless, of course, you missed a box out or blow a help-side rotation. Then there was this series of videos that the team put out where they lip sync to Brian McKnight and dance to Haddaway. And, of course, there was John Flowers doing the John Wall Dance after WVU knocked off Kentucky for the right to go to last year's Final Four.

And now?

John Flowers is teaching fans how to do the Dougie:



The video was debuted during West Virginia's 93-63 win over Providence on Thursday. According to Kevin Jones, this kind of behavior is standard for Flowers. "That's John," Jones said after the Providence win. "You can always count on him for some comic relief. That's the good thing about having him around."

It was fitting the video was debuted in that game, because it also happened to be the best game of Flower's career. He had 24 points, six boards, five assists, five steals, and three blocks.

"I was looking at my hand at one point and said, 'What's going on?'" Flowers said. "I hadn't missed a shot yet. Then I missed a 3 and I said, 'All right, there it is. That's the John Flowers I know.'"

I'd say Jones is right. Flowers does seem pretty funny. And he's obviously a good dancer. Better than me, at least.

Hey John, can you teach me how to Berney?
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