Posted by Doug Gottlieb
West Virginia is legit. Bob Huggins walked into a loaded team that came off a 27-win season and returned seven of its top nine players. But most analysts, myself included, wondered aloud if this team would fit his persona and offense. I guess that's why the Mountaineers were picked to finish 10th in the Big East by the league's coaches.
But with their only loss a two-point neutral court defeat to Tennessee, and thumpings of Auburn and Duquesne last week, I will admit that I missed on this team. While Huggins is a polarizing guy, it is hard to not admire the lack of ego involved in allowing his team to run John Beilein's offense while demanding his own solid man-to-man principles on defense.
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