--West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins said that they've seen officials from all over.
--Huggins said that playing in Legacy Arena last year doesn't help them much. Both teams will be able to practice and participate there.
--Huggins hasn't watched much on Maryland. He will have a much, much better idea in a day or two. From what he remembers playing against Kevin Willard they had one guard that shot it a lot and their bigs were good.
--Huggins said his team is excited to play. They weren't jumping up and down but they were excited to play. He never had any doubts that they wouldn't play in the tournament. His team was getting better and better. West Virginia had a chance to win games earlier in the schedule and couldn't do it on things like missed free throws. They were close enough every game to feel like they could have or should have won.
--Huggins is good with the seed but obviously they wanted to win some more games. Huggins said that his team was capable for winning another five or six games and if they took care of that business look where they'd be.
--At this time of the year, your team understands it's one and done so they are more attentive and play harder. They have a lot of guys that have played a lot of ball that have never played in an NCAA Tournament. Erik Stevenson is one of those. That has been a motivation for these guys at the end of the year.
--This team has gotten better and better defensively.
--Huggins said his team will be fine on Thursday. They played the night before they played Kansas and they didn't have any energy.
--Huggins said his first NCAA Tournament was when he was at Akron and they played Michigan and it was the Fab 5. They took them to the wire and they played and competed. He thinks this team will compete as well. A lot of people wrote this team off a long time ago but they didn't see the transformation of these guys and their want to.
--Huggins said there are good teams in every league but not every league has the star power and the multitude of good teams that others have.
--Huggins said that playing in Legacy Arena last year doesn't help them much. Both teams will be able to practice and participate there.
--Huggins hasn't watched much on Maryland. He will have a much, much better idea in a day or two. From what he remembers playing against Kevin Willard they had one guard that shot it a lot and their bigs were good.
--Huggins said his team is excited to play. They weren't jumping up and down but they were excited to play. He never had any doubts that they wouldn't play in the tournament. His team was getting better and better. West Virginia had a chance to win games earlier in the schedule and couldn't do it on things like missed free throws. They were close enough every game to feel like they could have or should have won.
--Huggins is good with the seed but obviously they wanted to win some more games. Huggins said that his team was capable for winning another five or six games and if they took care of that business look where they'd be.
--At this time of the year, your team understands it's one and done so they are more attentive and play harder. They have a lot of guys that have played a lot of ball that have never played in an NCAA Tournament. Erik Stevenson is one of those. That has been a motivation for these guys at the end of the year.
--This team has gotten better and better defensively.
--Huggins said his team will be fine on Thursday. They played the night before they played Kansas and they didn't have any energy.
--Huggins said his first NCAA Tournament was when he was at Akron and they played Michigan and it was the Fab 5. They took them to the wire and they played and competed. He thinks this team will compete as well. A lot of people wrote this team off a long time ago but they didn't see the transformation of these guys and their want to.
--Huggins said there are good teams in every league but not every league has the star power and the multitude of good teams that others have.
