MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Derek Culver’s introduction to college basketball literally came by the seat of his shorts.
“Everybody was yelling at me to shoot and I was falling back,” Culver said Saturday after scoring four points in his season debut in West Virginia’s 74-72 victory against Jacksonville State. “I was like, “This isn’t starting the way I wanted it to.’ ”
The start to Culver’s career isn’t what he wanted, either.
That all changed with a simple piece of paper handed to him by West Virginia coach Bob Huggins.
On it were a list of expectations and a choice to either act responsibly or not.