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Bob Huggins Speaks: Quotes Following the Morehead St. Game

  This is the second installment of Bob Huggins speaks. This is a new feature that I'm going to do after every basketball game where I choose selected quotes from Bob Huggins. Huggins is not afraid to speak his mind with the media, and sometimes his comments are so honest that the make you laugh.
  Last night, WVU defeated Morehead St. 48-83 at the Civic Center in Charleston, WV where the game was essentially over 8 minutes into the 1st half. The Mountaineers game out hot, starting the game with a 20-4 run. Kevin Jones had 23 points, Truck Bryant had 14, and Deniz Kilicli and Gary Browne both pitched in with 10 points apiece. The Mountaineers led by as many as 37 in the 2nd half.

"This is a good game for us," Truck Bryant said after the game. "We've been getting better every day. It's just a great feeling to see that we're starting to gel as a team, and everybody is starting to know what their roles are."

  The defense is improving, forcing 23 Morehead St. turnovers. Huggins used the game to figure out where and when to play some of his new 8 freshmen. He talked about that and here is what else he had to say about the game:

“Our rotations were better. They recognized what we were trying to do and we were much better against pressure,” Huggins said. "We have practiced it. We probably went with just doing the dummy stuff to get them to understand where to go to where it is becoming second nature to them. We break it all down and then we put it all back together when we go five on five. I think we spent 25-30 minutes on it today."

Pat McAfee Establishes Scholarship Fund for Military Families

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  Pat McAfee Establishes Scholarship Fund for Military Families

NFL Week 11 Recap- Adam Jones Has a Surprise Start

  Before Week 10's slate of Sunday games, 5 different former Mountaineers were left inactive by their NFL teams. Before Week 11 games, that number fell to four inactive. The tne inactive from last week to this week was the Bengals' Adam Pacman Jones. In fact, not only was Jones active for only the second time this season, the Bengals named him the starting corner before the game. How would he perform? I'll tell you below.
  There was some speculation that Brandon Hogan would make his first appearance for the Panthers against the Lions on Sunday. However, he suffered a setback in practice last week with some soreness and swelling in his surgically repaired knee and was left out of the lineup. Hogan has practiced with the Panthers' first-team defense, and returns to game shape and the knee is fine, then he could see significant action for the Panthers sooner rather than later.
  Chris Neild did something against the Cowboys that he had not done since Week 1. Pat McAfee continues to prove that he is one of the best players on the Colts' roster. I'll explain all of this, and more, in the Week 11 rundown below.

Da'Sean Butler Signs Overseas

  Facing the increasing likelihood that there will be no NBA this season, more players are starting to sign Pro contracts overseas.
  West Virginia Illustrated's Chip Fontanzza reports that Da'Sean Butler signed a two-week tryout contract with VEF Riga in Latvia and will join the team on Wednesday. He could play in his first game as early as Friday. If Butler does play, it will be his first game minutes as a Pro.
  "I have no words for it," Butler said Monday. "It's so new to me now, so I'm just looking forward to going over there and having the opportunity to just see where I'm at and go from there."
  Butler signed with the San Antonio Spurs shortly after doctors cleared him to play after blowing out his knee WR the 2010 Final Four in Indianapolis against Duke. They immediately sent him to play with their NBDL affiliate, the Austin Toros. Butler never got into a game for the Toros, but did receive valuable practice time with the team to learn the Spurs offensive and defensive sets.
  Butler's contract is initially at tryout contact so the team can gauge how healthy his knee is. His agent, Chet Ervin, says that the knee is fully healed. If the team does determine that Butler is healthy enough to contribute, then he will be signed for the remainder of the season.
  If the NBA players and owners work out their differences, and the Lockout ends, then Butler will be allowed to rejoin the Spurs.
  Another former Mountaineer, Joe Alexander also plays in the same league. If the two sides in the NBA dispute do not reconcile their differences, Alexander and Butler's teams would face each other on Feb.11. It wouldn't be the first time that a game away from WVU had the potential of Butler and Alexander facing each other. When Joe Alexander starred for the Texas Legends last season, his team faced Da'Sean Butler's Toros squad at the end of the regular season. Bob Huggins flew to Texas to attend that game.
  Devin Ebanks is the other prominent, former Mountaineer that is faced with the prospect of not playing organized basketball this season. The Lakers wanted for Ebanks to work on his shooting and ballhandling in the offseason because they want to use him at shooting guard. The team thinks they can uses Ebanks' size and speed to create matchup problems. He has chosen to not go overseas and remain in the U.S. to continue working on his game.

Source: Former WVU Star Da'Sean Butler Signs Deal Overseas - WVU Mountaineer Sports: Basketball | Football | News |