COMMENTARY
Jaysean Paige, the happiest guy in Waco this side of those Fixer Uppers, bounded through the Ferrell Center hallway chanting “One mission, man. One mission.”
He didn’t stop when he passed Daxter Miles being interviewed, Rather, he leaned in with an encouraging interruption for his teammate: “We can make a run if you keep hitting those shots.”
Miles made all four of his second-half shots Saturday when West Virginia seized the label “Next-Best to Kansas” in the Big 12, a league that by most presumptions (and RPI math) is the country’s pace-setter. Qualifying seven of your 10 teams for the NCAAs will attract raves.