West Virginia’s fans booed Virginia native Frank Mason every time the Kansas guard touched the basketball in Tuesday’s 85-69 victory over the Jayhawks at WVU Coliseum.
Perhaps it was just a coincidence that Mason, a 5-foot-11 Big 12 player of the year candidate, had a rare off night — 15 points on 6-of-16 shooting, 3 of 7 from three — on a night the locals singled him out for rough treatment.
The facts remain that the conference’s leading scorer did have his lowest scoring output in eight league games, tying his 15-point outing in a win over Kansas State on Jan.