As soon as upon a time, WVU males’s head basketball coach Bob Huggins believed that the switch portal would wreck school athletics.
“I don’t suppose the switch portal is sweet on your followers,” Huggins stated final 12 months. “I don’t suppose years from now our followers are going to be speaking a few man who performed right here for a 12 months. I form of favor having the blokes right here [for multiple years].”
Now, that body of pondering has modified barely as Huggins admitted earlier this week that he likes the portal. Effectively, a minimum of some facets of it.
“I believed I would hate it. I believed I would hate it and I prefer it. The dangerous factor is the final time I checked there have been 460 children nonetheless within the portal and haven’t got a spot to go. That is unsuitable. However so long as you are ready to select who you need like we did, it is fairly good. I favored it.”
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West Virginia took quite a lot of hits to the portal this offseason with the departures of Jalen Bridges, Isaiah Cottrell, and Sean McNeil – all of whom had been within the beginning lineup to start the season. These losses, nevertheless, created openings for some main additions, most notably G Erik Stevenson (South Carolina) and F Tre Mitchell (Texas).
“The ball goes in,” Huggins answered when requested what he likes about his prime two transfers. “They each shoot it. They’re each aggressive. They’ve each performed on the highest degree. They have been round, they’ve performed for good coaches and have performed in very aggressive leagues. If anyone must be able to go, it must be these guys.”
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