Post game comments by Devin and Huggs.

[Kinzua Kid]

“I just got to give my hats off to Stephen F. Austin,” said Williams. “They did what they were supposed to do. Their play showed how focused and prepared they were, and we just didn't take it serious. That's what happens in this tournament when you don't take people serious. They just scouted well and soaked in what the coaching staff was giving.”

“We didn't have the greatest of practices, but all you can kind of do is tell them,” added Huggins.

Are you kidding me? "We just didn't take it serious" says Devin and "We didn't have the greatest of practices" according to Huggs?

I would be embarrassed to make those statements.

 

[MountaineerWV]

You'd prefer them to lie?

 

[HurdyGurdyEer]

And that is why this is so disgusting.
They were clueless about Kentucky last year. And they were clueless about tonight's game too.

 

[dave]

“I just got to give my hats off to Stephen F. Austin,” said Williams. “They did what they were supposed to do. Their play showed how focused and prepared they were, and we just didn't take it serious. That's what happens in this tournament when you don't take people serious. They just scouted well and soaked in what the coaching staff was giving.”

“We didn't have the greatest of practices, but all you can kind of do is tell them,” added Huggins.

Are you kidding me? "We just didn't take it serious" says Devin and "We didn't have the greatest of practices" according to Huggs?

I would be embarrassed to make those statements.

I dont think they should be embarrased for saying it. They are embarrassed because it is true.

 

[LowFatMilk]

They say it.. ..and don't seem embarrassed. That's the problem Imo.

 

[xWVU2010x]

They clearly didn't take it serious. We looked like Baylor but just multiple times worse, at least we didn't get a line of BS.

I'd like to know why we:

1. Didn't stick Holton on the inbounder like every other game we have played

2. Didn't push the pace and opted to play a half court game

3. Insisted on keeping Adrian on Walkup with consistency.

We may have still lost because the shooting just wasn't there and the bounces were all going the other way, but those 3 things were all huge contributors to allowing SFA back into the game in half 1, and then allowing it to snowball in half 2.

 

[hancockeer]

huggs sucks

 

[HurdyGurdyEer]

Two years in a row this team ends the season with an epic fail in the NCAA's.

 

[xWVU2010x]

67 teams end their seasons with epic fails in the NCAA

 

[HurdyGurdyEer]

67 teams end their seasons with epic fails in the NCAA

That's complete BS.

 

[LowFatMilk]

67 teams end their seasons with epic fails in the NCAA

That's just not true.

 

[HurdyGurdyEer]

They clearly didn't take it serious. We looked like Baylor but just multiple times worse, at least we didn't get a line of BS.

I'd like to know why we:

1. Didn't stick Holton on the inbounder like every other game we have played

HOLTON HAS NOT BEEN ANYWHERE AS NEAR EFFECTIVE IN THE PRESS AS HE WAS BEFORE HIS SUSPENSION SINCE HIS SUSPENSION

 

[xWVU2010x]

That's complete BS.

So is acting like last year's tournament was an epic fail even though we outplayed our seed

 

[Kinzua Kid]

I dont think they should be embarrased for saying it. They are embarrassed because it is true.

That is what I meant. I would be embarrassed and ashamed that if deep down inside I knew that I didn't give it my all in practice and I thus tonights pathetic showing was the result of that.

How can you not be focused and not take this seriously and not be prepared? This is the NCAA Tournament, not a pick up game at Stansbury Hall or the Rec Center for crying out loud.

I'm glad Devin was honest and did not lie but to me this is all very troubling to hear.

 

[LSUTigersRoar]

Stephen F Autin I admit did a great job, WVU seemed to be confused and lost at times in the game. Stephen F Austin took it to WVU and played lights out. For a lost stinks in the NCAA hurts and when WVU is a 3 seed. I tell you guys you have nothing to be ashamed of here. It happens in basketball where the shots do not go down and the other team gets on a roll. MSU had the worse time losing to 15 seed today. WVU fans come pull together and support this team they need the fans more than ever. Okay, so WVU lost there are bigger things to be mad or sad in this world. Trust me

 

[BobbyBoucheer]

Tonights loss is on them all but especially the coaching staff. Whomever had the scout was not the person that should have had it and Huggs should be smart enough to know whom to have dont the game plan to get to Sunday. This is one of the worst all around performances by the caoches and the players that i have seen in a long time.

I shouldnt post drinking.

 

[HurdyGurdyEer]

So is acting like last year's tournament was an epic fail even though we outplayed our seed

Getting destroyed by Kentucky was an epic failure to compete.
Being beaten by SFA was an epic loss.

Losing is not the issue .... it's the way they lost in both of those games that makes them epic failures and both of those epic failures ended the season.

 

[xWVU2010x]

Getting destroyed by Kentucky was an epic failure to compete.
Being beaten by SFA was an epic loss.

Losing is not the issue .... it's the way they lost in both of those games that makes them epic failures and both of those epic failures ended the season.

You win or lose. Margin of defeat is irrelevant. Nobody other than WV or KY fans remember that game

 

[HurdyGurdyEer]

Sugar coat all you want. But since Huggs has fixed things his teams have ended the season with epic losses.

 

[BobbyBoucheer]

You win or lose. Margin of defeat is irrelevant. Nobody other than WV or KY fans remember that game

The Kentucky loss didnt bother me. i knkew we were severely out matched with the players they had.

Tonights loss was atrocious. SFA shot 30% from the field and beat us down with inferior players. That has everything to do with being out coached and outplayed. Sad but true.

 

[HurdyGurdyEer]

You win or lose. Margin of defeat is irrelevant. Nobody other than WV or KY fans remember that game

That changes nothing. They were epic failures no matter how many people remember them.

See how you deflected away from the quality of play and tried to make the issue about who remembers what? I said nothing about who remembers what. My point is that the last two years this team has ended the season with epic failures. It's not debatable.

 

[HurdyGurdyEer]

The Kentucky loss didnt bother me. i knkew we were severely out matched with the players they had.

Tonights loss was atrocious. SFA shot 30% from the field and beat us down with inferior players. That has everything to do with being out coached and outplayed. Sad but true.

The KY loss didn't bother me much except for the fact that the players didn't seem to understand what they were getting into until it was over .... and that kind of repeated itself tonight.

But no matter how much KY loss did, or did not, bother any one of us .... it was still an epic failure.
See a pattern here?

 

[BobbyBoucheer]

The KY loss didn't bother me much except for the fact that the players didn't seem to understand what they were getting into until it was over .... and that kind of repeated itself tonight.

But no matter how much KY loss did, or did not, bother any one of is .... it was still an epic failure.
See a pattern here?

No, while I will concede that any loss in the tourney is a failure of what they are trying to accomplish, I see no correlation between the two losses other than they were losses.

Against Kentucky, we were vastly outmatched with superior basketball talent and superior athletism.

There was nothing we could have done to counter those two undeniable facts.

Tonight, we had vastly superior BB talent save one player ( Walkup ) and we had superior athletism.
We were out coached and we were out prepared and we we out played by a team that looks like a Rec league team.

 

[hbeacheer]

So these guys eat sleep and breath basketball for 7 months and reach their goal of making the ncaa tournament. They bust their stones during practice and the grind of the season and don't take their first opponent serious. Really? They play the entire season for this moment. Something doesn't add up here. I know upsets happen all the time but to be so blatant about over looking sf Austin is crazy.

 

[BobbyBoucheer]

So these guys eat sleep and breath basketball for 7 months and reach their goal of making the ncaa tournament. They bust their stones during practice and the grind of the season and don't take their first opponent serious. Really? They play the entire season for this moment. Something doesn't add up here. I know upsets happen all the time but to be so blatant about over looking sf Austin is crazy.[/QUOTE

This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[WVGUIDOII]

just got thru watching the interview thread and am totally amazed at some of the remarks. especially paige. sez at one point "just wasn't into it!" WTF?

 

[GoWVU]

MSU had the worse time losing to 15 seed today.

No, they didn't. You know why? Because if you're a Michigan St fan, today sucked but your next great team is right around the corner. Under Izzo, you have 7 Final Fours and 2 title-game appearances, and a national championship to keep you warm. The Spartans or Jayhawks or Tar Heels or Blue Devils will be good again the next season, it's just a question of to what degree.

However, when you're a fan of a school like West Virginia you don't have great teams very often. Maybe once every decade or two if you're lucky.

Spartan fans will be back to the big money games at the Final Four in no time. Conversely, half or most of the Mountaineer fans might not be ALIVE the next time we do.

 

[pressvirginia]

agree with GoWVU. this was a year to make a 2010-like run. second highest seed in school history, I believe. I love 'em to death, but it's not to be expected to duplicate a 26-win campaign with that type of resume and respect.

The biggest disappointment to me was the team admittedly was not ready to play and overlooked SFA. We got punked and this group has never been punked like that. We lost our edge and chip on the shoulder. Peaked with winning 6 straight prior to BXII finals. Something changed within the team after KU and leading into this one. Phillip touched on the chemistry issue afterward. Lost team concept & mental edge.

Paige said they had 3 bad practices in a row. What we hang our hats on tanked us tonight. Every phase we thrive in was used against us. No enthusiasm except for Devin. We got the 9-point lead and mailed it in from there. Shocking to see them do that & hear the announcers who haven't seen us all year say our bench is dead.

 

[MikeRafone]

SFA is very similar to Texas who WVU had fits with this year. Excellent all around guards that not only could handle the press, but practice against it every day.

WVU's guards are average ball handlers and streaky shooters. The key is to make them work getting the ball up the floor, extend the defense to get in their grills in the half court to disrupt the offense, and play for a rushed shot as the clock runs down. SFA and Texas both did just that this year with great success.

 

[SKYHAWKBALL]

Maybe the common opponent for both teams (Baylor) and having WVU knowing they beat Baylor both times and that SFA lost by 40 to them caused them to overlook SFA.

Either way, we got outcoached and outplayed in all aspects of the game. Michigan St went down trying to fight today, we took one right to the face and folded and didn't even try to get back up. This team lacked heart today when they usually have enough guts and grit about them that they can win some games by being scrappy and not backing down.

I don't know what happened or what caused the 3 bad practices, but it is inexcusable and Huggins better "fix things" cause his seat is getting very warm each passing year.

 

[Tenn.EER]

Huggs has got to recruit shooters instead of street ballers who can only drive to the basket and draw fouls. That's all we did all night was drive to the basket. This was an embarrassing loss for the program.

 

[skygusty_rivals]

Unforced turnovers, couldn't make layups, couldn't make jump shots, and Adrian guarding (if you call it that) Walkup all night. We looked like the 14 seed.

 

[MountaineerWV]

Sugar coat all you want. But since Huggs has fixed things his teams have ended the season with epic losses.

Yeah, a Sweet 16 appearance and a 3 seed the following year.......but your opinion is all that matters on the subject......

 

[HurdyGurdyEer]

Yeah, a Sweet 16 appearance and a 3 seed the following year.......but your opinion is all that matters on the subject......

It's not my opinion.
It's a fact.
Each of the last two basketball seasons ended with epic losses in the NCAA tournament.

Here are Three Facts:

1) It's true .... we were a 3 seed this year.
2) It's true ... we went to the Sweet 16 last year.
3) And it's true .... this season and last season both ended with an epic loss in the NCAA tournament.

Apparently it's difficult for you to hold all three of these facts in your mind at the same time.
But the three facts are not mutually exclusive.
We ended this season AND last season with epic losses in the NCAA tourney.

 

[Nova Mountaineer]

When examining the mess that was last night I have only two words of advice to remember - Michigan State. I think the same thing happened to both teams - thinking about who they were going to play and overlooking the team that they were playing. Huggs has a job which depends on the emotional stability of 18-23 year old young men. That alone might be worth the $3+ million. Think about it and hope that the employer has great mental health coverage.

We finished the regular season at #8 in the US of A - not too shabby. It's not easy but we had an entire season of mostly excellence on the court. I'll just did out the clippings from those
games and wait until next November.

 

[HurdyGurdyEer]

The difference between us and Michigan State yesterday is huge.

It's not like MSU came out and stunk up the joint. They were beaten in a competitive game.
We, on the other hand, just flat out stunk.

There is a difference and I find no consolation in the fact that MTSU defeated MSU in a very competitive game.
But you are right about Huggs .... he gets his next pay check no matter how much his team stunk up the NCAA ... again.

 

[BobbyBoucheer]

The difference between us and Michigan State yesterday is huge.

It's not like MSU came out and stunk up the joint. They were beaten in a competitive game.
We, on the other hand, just flat out stunk.

There is a difference and I find no consolation in the fact that MTSU defeated MSU in a very competitive game.
But you are right about Huggs .... he gets his next pay check no matter how much his team stunk up the NCAA ... again.

Unfortunately this is true. Michigan ST got beat by a team that played out of their minds and shot some kind of unreal % from 3.

We got pounded by a 6-4 center that looks like he should be wearing a kilt and trying out for an extra on the next Braveheart movie.

 

[xWVU2010x]

It's not my opinion.
It's a fact.
Each of the last two basketball seasons ended with epic losses in the NCAA tournament.

Here are Three Facts:

1) It's true .... we were a 3 seed this year.
2) It's true ... we went to the Sweet 16 last year.
3) And it's true .... this season and last season both ended with an epic loss in the NCAA tournament.

Apparently it's difficult for you to hold all three of these facts in your mind at the same time.
But the three facts are not mutually exclusive.
We ended this season AND last season with epic losses in the NCAA tourney.

Heres a fact. In Huggins time at WVU we have made the NCAA tournament 7 times. We have only been "upset" in 2 of those tournaments. That is a good track record and in his time here it is fair to say he is a good "tournament coach", period.

We lost yesterday. It really really sucks and I get it you're pissed, but stop trying to make it something its not. You should probably do what Im about to do and take a little vacation from this board for the next few months

 

[Buckaineer]

#4 California 66 #13 Hawaii 77
#6 Arizona 55 #11 Wichita State 65
#5 Purdue 83 #11 Arkansas Little Rock 85
#2 Michigan State 81 #15 Middle Tennessee State 90
#7 Oregon State 67 #10 VCU 75

These things happen

 

[HurdyGurdyEer]

I am not trying to make this into something that it is not. On the other hand some of you are simply ignoring what is in front of you. Your Huggs love doesn't allow you see what is staring at you.

For two years in a row we have exited the NCAA tourney with epic losses.

You can pull out all of the other stats you want to pull out .... you can offer all the opinions you want to offer on Huggs and his success or whatever .... and none of it changes the fact that for two years in a row this team has exited the NCAA with an epic loss.

Last year this team grossly underestimated a superior Kentucky and got their asses handed to them.
This year they grossly underestimated a worthy opponent and were embarrassed beyond comprehension.

Some of you need to stop trying to turn this into something that it is not.
There is nothing, NOT ONE THING, good about exiting the NCAA for two years in a row with an epic failure.