MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Jaysean Paige has made one start this season. Considering the nitrous bench-boost he provides West Virginia almost nightly, he might not make another.
While it’s unconventional for a team’s best offensive player to spend the first 3 minutes in warmups, the starting five has become essentially a ceremonial issue for West Virginia. Don’t get hung up on it. Whereas most times the starters give an indication of the best five players and who’ll see the most minutes, that’s not the case with Bob Huggins’ 33rd team. (Just like it wasn’t true of some of his earlier squads at Cincinnati.