We’re all at least curious what Huggins will wear Thursday night, right?

Known to ride a look for as far as it will take him — see last year’s black jacket-blue shirt combo through the Big East and NCAA tournaments for proof — the blue sports coat has been good to him lately. WVU has won four of five with the coat on his back and I really don’t think he’s blaming it for the loss at Pitt.

On one hand, you’d expect it to come back for a game that is pretty important when you strip away all the extracurriculars. A win gives WVU 20 overall and nine in the Big East and virtually assures a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Cincinnati has even more to play for and a win could be what pushes it into March Madness.

That said, this obviously is unlike any game you’ve see in a while. The emotional element is impossible to describe, qualify, anticipate, so on and so forth. And Cincinnati has seen fit to make it an occasion, too, and will honor Huggins at the game. So perhaps he dusts off something special. Mustard suit? Sweater vest? Full Nike warmup? Monocle? Cane?  OR perhaps WVU has something up its sleeve, like black jerseys?

If ever there was a time to spring a surprise, this is it.