MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bob Huggins has always taken a simplistic approach to teaching defense.
That philosophy: Either you could stay between your guy and the basket or you couldn’t.
“I used to have a rule that if you got beat and you weren’t pissed off, you went and ran for the rest of practice. If it was a game, you didn’t play anymore,” he said. “I’m getting old, I guess.”
His comments followed West Virginia’s 75-53 loss against Texas on Saturday night. With the way the Mountaineers (10-14, 2-9 Big 12) are playing defense these days, Huggins would have a lot more guys sitting on the bench than playing if he stuck to the letter of that rule.