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WVSPORTS.COM West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins press conference summary

Keenan Cummings

Fact Based and Wonderful
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Sep 16, 2007
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—Huggins thought they played well in spurts. He wanted to make sure they played well enough to get the fans excited about the team because they deserve that.

—55 rebounds tells him that they don’t shoot the ball well. They are capable of being so much more consistent shooting the ball. They have to continue to work on it and they got a little tired. They’re just trying to prepare for a different situation because they don’t have a lot of veteran guys that have been here. It’s going to take some time to do that.

—It’s going to be a competitive position with the big men. James Okonkwo was really good and if he continues to get better he will find more playing time.

—The defense was good at times and bad at times. It is not nearly where it needs to be or isn’t where they want it to be but a lot of it is you’re trying to break old habits and start new. It’s going to take some time but that’s why it’s important to have those type of games.

—Josiah Harris lives in the gym and he made 20 in a row in warmups. He thought he could have a big impact in the game. There were 9,800 fans in there which is tough to adjust. Huggins says they will get better and they are good guys that want to get better. They have some guys they are going to have to sit on a little bit but he’s done that before.

—Huggins thinks they can do more things and they put a little bit of full court pressure on just to do it. He thinks they have a lot of things they can do personnel wise that are tough to adapt to but you can’t do everything at once.

—Huggins doesn’t know when Mitchell will come back. He is shooting the ball a lot. He is shooting the ball from the perimeter but that is up to the doctors. He hopes it’s soon but that is entirely up to the doctor and Pat Suemnick is the same way. He plays hard. It would give them a lot of people to throw in there with the bigs.

—James Okonkwo is talented and can really do some things and is more physical than you think he is.

—West Virginia turned it over 20 times so they aren’t good handling the ball. They have to continue to work at it. It’s repetition.
 
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