I guess I don’t get too caught up in these things, but I thought the black uniforms were OK. As I got a closer look after the game, I liked the blue flashes you otherwise can’t see. I just thought it was a bit out of place, what with the debut coming against Rutgers on Big East Local television with the students on break and fewer than 10,000 in attendance for the final home game that isn’t already sold out.

As is the case with seemingly everything with these Mountaineers, there was a method to the madness.

Why now, Huggins was asked.

“Because if we lost we never would have worn them again,” he said.