Enough was never said about what Bob Huggins did for Kansas State — a school with very little basketball tradition — in just one year. A place that had never really had success was suddenly successful and luring elite recruits to not-so-elite Manhattan, Kan. Huggins is long gone now, but the Wildcats are still positioning themselves for future success.

It came out last week that it certainly appears Huggins’ biggest contribution is something that never happened.

Mayo, originally from Huntington, W.Va., was among the top recruits in the nation at the time. Huggins, also originally from West Virginia, had been recruiting him for years and appeared to have a good shot at bringing him to K-State. Publicly, Mayo said he chose USC over K-State.

But Underwood today indicated that Mayo was saying up to the last minute that he wanted to come to K-State to be with Huggins because of their long ties. Huggins, though, said, “We’re not going to take you. You’ll never pass,” in reference to NCAA amateur clearinghouse rules.

“So it’s no surprise that this is coming out now,” Underwood said of the scandal. “We knew it.”