COMMENTARY
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia’s 61-50 win at Oklahoma on Feb. 8 percolated fresh as the team boarded a late-night charter flight back to campus.
Inside a Norman, Okla., hotel room, however, the father of Nathan Adrian sensed something wrong in his chest. His wife Lisa phoned for an ambulance.
Word of Kevin Adrian’s cardiac issue only reached his son several hours later, after the Mountaineers’ rerouted flight landed in Pittsburgh. The player was 1,100 miles away and feeling helpless.
“At that point there’s not a whole lot you can do,” Nathan said.