Perhaps you remember the bizarre case of Keith DeWitt, a 6-10 prep school star who came out of nowhere when he committed to WVU in April, then pulled his pledge two weeks later. It was, we slowly discovered, a weird tale about a kid with a troubled past and a tenuous family situation who saw something he’d always wanted and quickly took it, then realized there was much more out there.  

Well, he’s now headed to Missouri, so long as he clears a few academic hurdles, and had something interesting to say about his mingling with the Mountaineers.

“West Virginia, I wasn’t really communicating with those guys,” DeWitt said. “They came in and persuaded me. That’s what college coaches are supposed to do, do whatever they can to get you, but I was not comfortable. When I made that decision, I was not happy.”

That seems a little unfair, particularly since DeWitt’s coach says in the next sentence that the interest from Huggins  “put him on the map,” but it would seem now that the mystery is solved. Huggins was prepared to offer a scholarship to a kid who was not prepared to handle one.