COMMENTARY
BUFFALO, N.Y. — West Virginia’s center-by-committee received simple instructions for defending Patriot League player of the year Nana Foulland.
“Do not let him catch it on the block,” warned WVU assistant Erik Martin. “If he does catch it on the block, you’re out.”
Martin’s serious, and anyone familiar with the Mountaineers has seen players yanked off the floor for ignoring scouting reports. The hook will come sooner in a one-and-done situation, especially after guys were unresponsive against Stephen F. Austin in last season’s first-round disaster,
“Yeah, there’s an urgency to this game because of how last year shook out,” Martin told me Wednesday.