MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bob Huggins was already in midseason form at his opening press conference for West Virginia’s 2019-20 basketball season.
“After 43 years, it all runs together,” Huggins said when asked about his anticipation for Friday’s season-opening practice. “Am I going to be all excited and giddy? No. But I don’t know that I ever was.”
At another juncture of his 40-minute session, he expressed disappointment that he couldn’t put the college version of himself in this year’s lineup.
“Start? I’d be the captain,” Huggins proclaimed. “I told our guards – the good thing when I watch them is that I realize what a helluva player I was.