--West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins felt that his team had their best defensive effort of the year and Ron Everhart had the scout. He said that they had a long talk and the players were ready because they gave one away prior. They have three more to go and they need to see what they can do with those three.
--Huggins said they didn't practice much leading into this game. But it would have been hard not to hear him coming into this game.
--The biggest thing they need to do is get their legs back. They may do a little more on Thursday and then Friday.
--Huggins likes the versatility that Tre Mitchell brings to the table. He scored inside on smaller guys and hit shots. He did a good job of guarding and did a good job moving his feet. That was the best that he's seen him play.
--West Virginia has struggled to have an inside presence of late so Mitchell scoring collapses the defense.
--The Mountaineers played really hard and they had the three-headed monster. James Okonkwo, Mohamed Wague and Jimmy Bell played well at times.
--Huggins said him and Erik Stevenson talked about the type of relationship they could have when he picked to go to school here. He needed to concentrate on basketball. He needs to understand that the stuff like what happened against Oklahoma State hurts him. He put him on the phone with Mike Gansey and he has learned and grown a lot. He is an emotional guy that has become a better teammate. He was very quick to point out other people's mistakes but not his own, but a lot of that has changed.
--Tre Mitchell has come a long way on defense. He is a guy that can and should have a career in basketball and he is moving in the direction that he needs to do to do that.
--Huggins said they didn't practice much leading into this game. But it would have been hard not to hear him coming into this game.
--The biggest thing they need to do is get their legs back. They may do a little more on Thursday and then Friday.
--Huggins likes the versatility that Tre Mitchell brings to the table. He scored inside on smaller guys and hit shots. He did a good job of guarding and did a good job moving his feet. That was the best that he's seen him play.
--West Virginia has struggled to have an inside presence of late so Mitchell scoring collapses the defense.
--The Mountaineers played really hard and they had the three-headed monster. James Okonkwo, Mohamed Wague and Jimmy Bell played well at times.
--Huggins said him and Erik Stevenson talked about the type of relationship they could have when he picked to go to school here. He needed to concentrate on basketball. He needs to understand that the stuff like what happened against Oklahoma State hurts him. He put him on the phone with Mike Gansey and he has learned and grown a lot. He is an emotional guy that has become a better teammate. He was very quick to point out other people's mistakes but not his own, but a lot of that has changed.
--Tre Mitchell has come a long way on defense. He is a guy that can and should have a career in basketball and he is moving in the direction that he needs to do to do that.
