GAME THREAD WVU vs. Kansas State

[Keenan Cummings]

Game tips at 6 p.m.

 

[spartanEER]

Let's Goooooooo Mountaineers! :basketball:

 

[spreadoption]

Awful first 4+ minutes. No FGs.

 

[spartanEER]

K-State is off to a fast 9-2 start. [WVU] has missed their first 7 shots from the field.

 

[spreadoption]

The turnovers we've committed in this game are just laughable. Look like a grade school team.

 

[wvpaper]

Ha. Worst played game I've seen in CBB this year but up 10

 

[spreadoption]

Just awful first 5 minutes and a pitiful final 2 minutes.

 

[spreadoption]

Again give up a layup in the final seconds of a half or OT because we refuse to stop the ball after it gets across the timeline and we allow the ballhandler to drive all the way to the rim.

 

[wvpaper]

Worst half of the year. Huggins will have a tough time picking 5 to start the 2nd half

 

[spreadoption]

Calling Dr. Heimlich, Calling Dr. Heimlich. You have a patient at the WVU bench. ... Calling Dr. Heimlich. It's an emergency.

 

[Kinzua Kid]

Uh ..... how many points are we going to up off of lob passes tonight?

 

[wvpaper]

Nate seems to have caught what esa has. Bring in west. Need a miracle tonight,

 

[wvpaper]

I'd play this 5 for a stretch

Carter
Phillip
West
Sags
Miles

 

[wvpaper]

Nate is playing like it's 2014. Weird game.

 

[spreadoption]

I'd play Manhattan and Western Carolina again.

 

[dangerousdaneerfan]

It's not fixed Huggy

 

[spreadoption]

We're the most over-rated team in America.

 

[wvpaper]

Not playing well. Some poor scouts haven't helped. It's just a funk.

 

[wvpaper]

West should be in the game

 

[wvpaper]

Yep if we're going to take bad 3s I'd rather west take them.

 

[spreadoption]

This sums it up perfectly ... https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/d6551c62-ff0f-4d42-9468-77780a7c374f

 

[spreadoption]

The famous and almost-annual second-half-of-the-season fade by a Huggins-coached team has started. And we all know that once it starts, Huggins has never been able to fix it.

 

[wvpaper]

We're at the point where we might just say "Esa can't play"

 

[Kinzua Kid]

D

Calling Dr. Heimlich, Calling Dr. Heimlich. You have a patient at the WVU bench. ... Calling Dr. Heimlich. It's an emergency.

Dr. Heimlich better bring a few other doctors.

 

[wvpaper]

The famous and almost-annual second-half-of-the-season fade by a Huggins-coached team has started. And we all know that once it starts, Huggins has never been able to fix it.

Lol

 

[xWVU2010x]

Prob gonna be #20 this week

 

[spreadoption]

Dr. Heimlich, Dr. Heimlich. You're presence is now requested at the Kansas State bench.

 

[wvpaper]

I missed this last comeback. What happened?

 

[spreadoption]

You didn't miss anything. We're working on Way No. 412 To Give a Game Away.

 

[Tenn.EER]

You didn't miss anything. We're working on Way No. 412 To Give a Game Away.

Get West in there instead Esa!

 

[spreadoption]

Can we stop a drive to the basket?

Just one time this season.

 

[spreadoption]

Can't stop the drive, again.

 

[wvpaper]

Get West in there instead Esa!

Yep.

 

[wvpaper]

Omg did Huggins screw up leaving esa in the game! That's a wrap,

 

[spreadoption]

The patient has died.

We're the most over-rated team in America.

 

[wvpaper]

The patient has died.

We're the most over-rated team in America.

Ha. I get it. You're not a Huggins fan. That's fine.

FYI This year was always gravy. Huggins has been pointing to 2017 for three years.

 

[dangerousdaneerfan]

Ha. I get it. You're not a Huggins fan. That's fine.

FYI This year was always gravy. Huggins has been pointing to 2017 for three years.

It IS 2017. Then on top of this flustercuck, our big recruit quits his HS team.

 

[wvpaper]

It IS 2017. Then on top of this flustercuck, our big recruit quits his HS team.

Yeh, I meant the 2017/2018 season.

 

[JGogo]

I can't believe how bad our Center's are. We just can't stop anyone in the paint. I have been a fan since 1955 and graduated in 71 with a MS in 74. I will always root for WVU but our two and three star athletes just can't compete against these other Big XII teams. I will watch the Kansas game and cheer for the Eer's knowing that our chances to winare slim. I can say that I know how a Cub or Red Sox fan felt for years because the Mountaineer's continue to break my heart.

 

[spreadoption]

I've seen this act with Huggins teams too many times in too many years.

Here is we finished the last half dozen years:

2015-16: 7-5 in last 12 games
2014-15: 7-7 last 14
2013-14: 3-7 last 10
2012-13: 1-8 last 9
2011-12: 4-9 last 13
2010-11: 6-6 last 12

It seems the annual Huggins Fade, which always includes anemic half-court offense and no on-ball and help defense and dates back to his days at Cincinnati, is starting a little early this year. History tells us that while there might be a big upset or two the rest of the way what we've seen in the Oklahoma and Kansas State games is how we'll play for the majority of the games. Again this year, there is no go-to guy on offense, we can't pass, we force too many bad shots, we commit a multitude of stupid fouls, multiple players play like they have lost their confidence and we can't stop opponents from driving to the rim. We've seen this all before. Can somebody give me a good reason why we should expect this trend to reverse course?