Bob Huggins vividly recalls his reaction when he learned that one of his former University of Cincinnati basketball stars, Anthony Buford, had landed in serious legal trouble.
"Shock."
Former UC coach Huggins had Buford as one of his standouts on the Bearcats' 1991-92 NCAA Final Four team, when shooting guard Buford was the team's second-leading scorer at 15.3 points per game. Huggins previously coached Buford at the University of Akron, and Buford rejoined his old coach after Huggins left Akron for UC.
Huggins, now head coach at West Virginia, was in Cincinnati last month for a 25th anniversary reunion of the Final Four team.