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Bob Huggins changes tone before WVU home finale with Baylor

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — When West Virginia visited then-No. 1 Baylor, Mountaineers coach Bob Huggins spoke of the big, bad Bears in reverent fashion, calling them the best man-to-man defense he’s seen all season.

But Huggins is presenting a different message with West Virginia hosting the now-No. 4 Bears (26-3, 15-2 Big 12) on senior day.

“We didn’t make a shot. It’s not like we didn’t have shots,” Huggins said on Friday. “We turned it over 22 times. Gave it to them. That’s our fault. Way more to do with us than it had to do with them.