Bob Huggins shares key to West Virginia's recent turnaround

West Virginia has won four of its last five games and is positioning itself well for an NCAA Tournament bid in the process. But what has led to West Virginia’s recent turnaround?

For coach Bob Huggins it’s pretty straightforward.

“We didn’t make shots. We had one- and two-footers and we didn’t make them,” Huggins said, highlighting some missed opportunities earlier in the season. “We had two or three chances where all we had to do was make a free throw and we win, and we didn’t. We not just missed one but missed several that would have won the game for us. We shot ourselves in the foot.”

In the most recent five-game stretch there’s been an obvious pattern from beyond the 3-point line, at least.

The Mountaineers hit at least eight 3-pointers in each of the last four wins, while the lone loss in that stretch saw West Virginia make only six 3-pointers.

Sometimes it is just that simple. West Virginia’s turnaround is, anyway.

Will Erik Stevenson deal with any swelling?

One real negative from Wednesday night’s win over Iowa State was that star guard Erik Stevenson was injured late in the first half.

It was unclear what Stevenson injured, but he was helped off the floor and into the locker room. He did, however, return for the second half and didn’t appear to be all that bothered by whatever it was that knocked him out of the game just before halftime.

At this point, all that presumably remains is to monitor for any swelling after the fact.

Stevenson finished with just eight points in the win over Iowa State, well below his season average of 14.6 per game.

West Virginia will be back in action on Saturday with a trip to No. 5 Texas on tap. The game will tip off at noon ET on ESPN2.