MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia was riding high when it visited Oklahoma on Feb. 8, sporting an 18-4 record and potentially bound for a Top-2 seed in the NCAA tournament.
Times have changed.
The 20th-ranked Mountaineers (19-9, 7-8 Big 12) have only won one game since, and almost certainly need a win over the Sooners (17-11, 7-8) to stay in the Top 25.
Back-to-back losses at TCU and Texas have West Virginia fans up in arms, but Bob Huggins is not freaking out.
“I was almost tempted to come out of the casket again,” Huggins said, hearkening to a TV gag he pulled when he was at Cincinnati.