MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Derek Culver will make his much anticipated West Virginia debut on Saturday, when the Mountaineers host Jacksonville State at noon And the 6-foot-10 freshman may not necessarily be the man in the middle of the paint.
“He actually passes the ball pretty well. We may start him at point guard,” West Virginia coach Bob Huggins joked.
What isn’t a joke is the process Culver went through to get reinstated to the team this week after being indefinitely suspended in November for a violation of team rules.
“We gave him a contract to sign and he signed it,” Huggins said.