West Virginia Gov Patrick Morrisey calls for investigation into NCAA after Mountaineers' tournament snub

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One state representative isn’t happy with the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee leaving their team out. 

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey stood at a lectern during a press conference on Monday with a sign that read "National Corrupt Athletic Association" after the West Virginia Mountaineers didn’t make it into the March Madness bracket. 

The Mountaineers were one of the teams on the bubble, and while some believed that they had a strong case to be among the 68 teams selected, the committee thought otherwise in the end. 

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"West Virginia deserved to be in the NCAA Tournament," Morrisey said. "This is a miscarriage of justice, and robbery at the highest level."

Morrisey also announced that he has asked West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey to open an investigation into the NCAA selection committee to see if "backdoor deals" were made. 

The Mountaineers were a fringe tournament team after going 19-13 overall while finishing 10-10 in Big 12 conference play. 

Many believed West Virginia was going to get into the tournament when the Big 12 Tournament began, as they had the team to make a possible run at the title. However, a surprising loss to Colorado, who owned last place in the conference during the regular season, changed all of that. 

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Whether that was the deciding factor in the Mountaineers being left off the bracket wasn’t disclosed by the selection committee, but the word "snub" was quickly thrown around when