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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Time once felt stalled as Darryl Bryant made the
trying transition from the blacktop of his native New York to the
rolling hills and valleys of West Virginia.
Having seen and experienced just about everything in his college
basketball career -- big games, long nights, the occasional room in the
head coach's doghouse, a Big East Championship victory and the Final
Four -- the West Virginia senior guard wishes those same hands on his
career clock that moved so snail-like for so long would slow down.
Bryant used to needle former Irish point guard Tory Jackson about
being around so long that it felt like he was on the six-year plan.
Now Bryant feels like the old man, one who could be down to the final
full month of his career.
"I feel like I've been here forever," Bryant said by phone earlier
this week, less than 24 hours after one of the biggest moments of his
career. "It's only been four years, but it's been a long four years.
"It's very exciting (now). You want to go out with a bang."
What already had been a long month just in February's first week
seemed certain to be extended Sunday in Rhode Island. Losers of three
consecutive Big East games -- the wrong type of streak at the wrong
trying transition from the blacktop of his native New York to the
rolling hills and valleys of West Virginia.
Having seen and experienced just about everything in his college
basketball career -- big games, long nights, the occasional room in the
head coach's doghouse, a Big East Championship victory and the Final
Four -- the West Virginia senior guard wishes those same hands on his
career clock that moved so snail-like for so long would slow down.
Bryant used to needle former Irish point guard Tory Jackson about
being around so long that it felt like he was on the six-year plan.
Now Bryant feels like the old man, one who could be down to the final
full month of his career.
"I feel like I've been here forever," Bryant said by phone earlier
this week, less than 24 hours after one of the biggest moments of his
career. "It's only been four years, but it's been a long four years.
"It's very exciting (now). You want to go out with a bang."
What already had been a long month just in February's first week
seemed certain to be extended Sunday in Rhode Island. Losers of three
consecutive Big East games -- the wrong type of streak at the wrong
