Many years ago, there lived a woodcutter. Woodcutter and Priest - Japanese Folktale.The Mountaineers open Big 12 play on the road at No. 9 at home against Oakland and has featured nonconference matchups in Morgantown against Pittsburgh on Nov. Cottrell tore an Achilles' tendon 10 games into his freshman season, is fully healed and has been pushing his shooting range farther from the basket. Isaiah Cottrell brings an inside-outside presence that the Mountaineers could use to further offset Culver's departure. "As we go day by day, I'm starting to get more comfortable with having a more assertive role." “I've really never played in a system to where I just had to be that guy and take a lot of shots,” Bridges said. Curry led Old Dominion with 15.7 points per game last season.įorward Jalen Bridges is poised to have a breakout season after being thrust into the starting lineup a year ago when Oscar Tshiebwe left in late December. Graduate transfer Malik Curry will step in at point guard after Miles McBride left for the NBA. McNeil is a streaky shooter who sank five or more 3-pointers five times but had 13 games where he made one or none. Sherman was West Virginia's best player off the bench a year ago and averaged 13.4 points. Carrigan averaged 2.5 blocks at Florida International and Paulicap had 1.3 per game at DePaul. Graduate transfers Dimon Carrigan and Pauly Paulicap both averaged about seven points per game last season and bring an ability for altering shots on the defensive end. "What we’re lacking right now is somebody we can throw it close to and score,” Huggins said. Culver was the second-leading scorer at 14.3 points per game and grabbed one-fourth of the team’s rebounds last season. The departure of forward Derek Culver for the NBA draft left the biggest hole on the roster. While the possibility of a smaller basketball school ousting a more prominent opponent is part of the NCAA Tournament’s allure, “those Cinderella schools are putting 200 people, at best, in their gym,” Huggins said. Huggins said that on many campuses, revenues from college basketball are earmarked toward supporting the football program. I think it’s more ‘Why wouldn’t they?’ than ‘Why would they?’ And then, the other people, they can have their own tournament.” “Why wouldn’t they do it? The presidents and athletic directors that have all the juice, why wouldn’t they do it? Makes no sense why they wouldn’t do it. “They’re doing it in football,” Huggins told ESPN at the recent Big 12 media day. Just as university presidents and chancellors control the College Football Playoff, Huggins suggested that Power Five schools ditch the NCAA basketball tournament and have their own national championship event to give them more control over the flow of money and remain financially relevant. The Mountaineers lost to Syracuse in the second round to finish 19-10.
West Virginia tied with Texas for third place in the Big 12 last season and reached the NCAA Tournament for the 10th time under Huggins. It’s going to be a learning experience for all of them.” “And the intensity we play with and how hard we play is different. “The way we play is a whole lot different than what most people play,” Huggins said. Part of the scoring load will fall on guards Taz Sherman and Sean McNeil, who return after going through the NBA draft process.ĭespite the addition of three graduate transfers, Huggins said there is a big learning curve. “I think it’s probably fair to say that they could possibly make up for bad defense because they can shoot the ball.” “There’s a lot of unknowns," Huggins said.
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