BOSTON — Daxter Miles emerged from the locker room with reddened eyes and a Sweet 16 towel around his neck. He exhaled deeply, and walked along the TD Garden corridor in his socks toward the postgame podium.
He thanked coach Bob Huggins for extending an opportunity to play at West Virginia, thanked fans who supported him through four NCAA appearances, thanked his teammates “for staying down and working hard.”
After a career-ending 90-78 loss to top-seeded Villanova, after 124 starts that rank as the second-most in WVU history, his closing credits were rolling too soon.