Can’t get enough of Joe Alexander? We don’t get to see him in action again until Thursday when West Virginia, the team that sent Duke packing, will face Sweet 16 draw Xavier. In the meantime, the NY Times has profiled the intriguing, basketball-obsessed star who has caused many to take a second look.
Last season, he started sleeping three nights a week on a blue leather couch in the Mountaineers’ locker room. No sheets or blankets, just team-issued sweats. He figured out a way to unscrew the safety lights that hang over the pool table in order to make it dark. Although he lives only a few minutes away in an off-campus apartment, Alexander likes to shoot by himself late at night. When asked why he sleeps in the locker room, he offered his favorite kind of answer – a simple deadpan one: “It’s close to the court.”
–Ryan Quinn
on Mar 26th, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Ha…I thought I was the only one who noticed him after last weekend’s matches!
on Mar 27th, 2008 at 1:52 AM
WVU fans have been feasting their eyes since last season on this one!
on Mar 27th, 2008 at 8:50 PM
He is hot. Any shirtless pics anywhere?
on Mar 27th, 2008 at 9:22 PM
Emm, I don’t know too much about’im, but, anyhow ,I think he’s not bad
on Mar 27th, 2008 at 11:03 PM
Sadly, Joe and Mountaineers have just been picked off in OT by Xavier.
And more sadly still, I’ve found no shirtless pics. Anyone?
on Mar 27th, 2008 at 11:23 PM
I finally saw him tonight and he is adorable (but he clanked a free throw that would have won it.)
on Mar 28th, 2008 at 2:57 PM
WVU did a lot of clanking last night. They did not have their A game.