UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Sagaba Konate walked quietly out of the Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday armed with two doggy bag containers of food and a bottle of ketchup.
He said nothing, except to ask a local sports TV reporter a question about pictures, before walking out to the team bus with teammate Jermaine Haley. In the days leading up to West Virginia’s 83-70 loss to Rhode Island, Mountaineers’ coach Bob Huggins was expecting Konate to be his man in the middle.
That did not materialize, as West Virginia announced before the game that Konate was sitting it out with a recurring right knee injury.