Laptop was infiltrated by some bizarre virus I’ve finally chased away. As for this big day, that was one sidestep and something I thought might happen has not and probably won’t. Not right away, at least.

Something that did happen, though, was Huggins once again making a case for the basketball practice facility.

“If you look around, we’re about the only team that doesn’t have a practice facility,” Huggins said, pointing to the new wrestling building, the gymnastics building, the football facility, the indoor and outdoor tracks.

But $26 million?

“If you are going to do it, why not do it right the first time?” he asked.

Hmmmmm …

“Obviously, you could build it cheaper, but do that and two years from now you will be wishing you did it right,” he argued. “The Coliseum – they did that right. Buildings that were built 10 or 15 years after the Coliseum now look antiquated but it is still a good arena.”

I don’t think this is a divisive issue in the athletic department in that it will create a split, drive a wedge in the middle and slame it with a sledgehammer like what preceded the Product’s exit. I do, however, think this is a defining moment for someone over there.

Clearly, there’s a basic difference of philosophy as to when and how the already planned construction will begin. Perhaps a common ground is reached, but doesn’t it seem like there will be a winner and a loser here? Someone’s idea is going to trump someone else’s — even if a yet-to-be-identified third party enters — and that someone is going to have a lot of sway from that point forward.