I like the way Bob Huggins thinks.

The schedule this season doesn’t give his team a chance to scrimmage a Division-I team as it has in years past. That’s no small concern for a team that’s earned a spot as a top-10 team in the preseason poll — and may find some other good news to accompany that here shortly.

The Mountaineers scrimmage Mountain State Nov. 8 and then play two tune-up regular-season games before heading to the 76 Classic, which could at the end of the year have five conference champions in the field.

So those opportunities to practice and improve early in the season are important, especially if they’re not available for a team likely to rely on as many newcomers as WVU.  

Yesterday afternoon, though, the Mountaineers revealed they’ve found another top-10 team to scrimmage Saturday.

The West Virginia University men’s basketball team will hold a Gold-Blue intrasquad scrimmage at the WVU Coliseum on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 1 p.m. Admission is free and fans are encouraged to attend.

I won’t be there, but if you’d like to report for me, I’ll welcome the contributions.

Additionally, that’s it for me today. I’m off to Tampa via Air Tran, which I’m told has WiFi and could make possible a Friday Feedback authored from a mile high above terra firma. If not, I’m afraid we’ll pause for a week. It’s supposed to be 85 and sunny Friday. Please do not hold that against me.