COMMENTARY
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Kansas countdown started before the sweat dried on Jonathan Holton’s jersey.
“This is what we prepare for, the big ones,” Holton said.
The bigness surrounding No. 17 West Virginia’s opportunity Tuesday night may be expanding. Mighty Kansas already sucked some of Oklahoma’s wind, and Iowa State—thought to be a primary challenger to KU’s reign—was saddled by a second league loss Saturday. In Hilton Coliseum, no less.
So here sit the Mountaineers, still unbeaten in the Big 12 and feeling a little slighted that hardly anyone outside Appalachia considers them legitimate threats.