There was a certain irony I just could not let pass. NJCAA Player of the Year and incoming basketball recruit Casey Mitchell is taking a math class to finish his associate degree at Chipola College. Even he admitted that was kind of funny because of a, um, mathematical oversight he and his coach were fortunate to catch a while back.

“I found out you needed 55 credits to get into West Virginia and 62 to graduate Chipola,” Mitchell said Sunday. “That was a surprise. Usually it’s the other way around.”

He needs to hammer out only a few requirements in his remaining two classes in the next few days — and some days these are.

An ordinary weekday for Mitchell begins when he rolls out of bed around 10 a.m.

“I’ve got to wake up late, man,” he said. “I’m usually exhausted.”