Honestly, I sat inside the U.S. Airways Center last night and said, “You know what? I’ll do the Feedback if B.J. Raymond misses this ju— well, so much for that.” I am instead off to the airport.

Wonderful game last night and an easy story to tell, which is perhaps unfortunate for a still-young WVU team that while valiant in defeat, just never got over some of its greatest failings this season. It’s truly a bad omen when a team executes a switch on defense and people on press row take note.

It was a bizarre game to watch. You knew WVU would rally because that team doesn’t get blown out. They play way too hard. So they claw back in and take over, but you could also see a collapse coming, even if you didn’t expect it to be as complete. The free throws, the defensive lapses, you’d seen them before.

I will say this: the 2003-04 NIT team had a similar problem, then turned into killers a year later. This team could be great next season. Alex Ruoff learned to use his dribble, Joe Mazzulla turned several corners,  Da’Sean Butler committed to rebounding and, in my opinion, No. 11 will come back.

I suspect he’ll enter the draft and explore — he has no reason not to — but that he’ll happily go though the weeks of camps and workouts and return to school. He’s obsessed with being the best and I don’t think what happened last night will rest well with him.

In fact, I guarantee he’s in the gym today.

Enjoy the weekend. Back Monday with a vengeance.