An uneventful night in the stands and on the floor for WVU. One is good news — maybe? — while the other is not. WVU’s path toward a two-round Big East Tournament bye became a tad trickier and the conference championship hopes took a major hit with Monday’s loss to Villanova.

An off game for Da’Sean Butler, miserable free-throw shooting, surprisingly ineffective rebounding, an exploited 1-3-1 zone and matadorish man-to-man defense accumulated. Things might have been worse if not for Casey Mitchell’s second-half cameo — and you wonder what, if anything, that means the rest of the way.

And still, it followed that familiar script — seriously, trailing at the half in seven of 12, down by at least 10 in eight of 13 — before going wrong at the end.

“We’re used to being down 11 andgaining the momentum in the second half and keeping it,” said point guard Joe Mazzulla. “We had the momentum and we lost it, and I think at that point in the game we needed to pull it out and execute something and get a good shot and we didn’t do it. We lost the momentum andthe game there in the second half.”

Watch out. I’ma pick these texts up and drop them on their Bilas-hating heeeaaad…heeaaad.

(5:53 PM): My rule card says “whatever Huggs says goes” … Um …. Have you ever read his lips or heard him during a game? We can say anything we want!

(6:13 PM): Drunk unruly student w/ vomit soaked pants in club area being escorted out

(6:16 PM): Amazing. Students still dont know where the “new” student section is. I have seen several asked to leave the old area now belonging to ticket hol

(6:24 PM): They can win as long as they don’t fall behind by 12 …which they will

(6:31 PM): Huggs’ house rules allows eat [it] pitt just no f bombs

(6:32 PM): My sources tell me they’ve already seen the cops escort some enthusiastic (read: drunk) students out

(6:56 PM): Jay wright walked out to the lyrics: “when I arrive I bring the fire, Make you come. Alive …” I’m dying.

(7:03 PM): A fan in a convict outfit with a sequined bra underneath it was asked to go to his seat by staties

(7:07 PM): Crowd sounds restrained…there they are…still….very conservative.

(7:07 PM): Truck looks like he’s wearing clouds.

(7:10 PM): We’re not going to outscore these guys–quit jacking threes!

(7:10 PM): I have already broken about 3 of Huggs’s rules.

(7:11 PM): Truck’s shoes!?!?

(7:11 PM): Real coaches wear pullovers not pocket squares

(7:15 PM): Whats up with truck’s shoes?

(7:24 PM): So when do we start playing again? Down by 10? Down by 15? I always forget

(7:26 PM): Hey wvu…shoot more 3s b/c that’s working

(7:29 PM): Klikckclckikilii! How much of a great addition is he?

(7:40 PM): They have a priest on the bench? Where’s a classy f the pope chant?

(7:42 PM): Looks like nova figured out how to guard wvu.

(7:43 PM): Bilas is openly questioning any call that goes West Virginia’s way. I guess Gottleib wasn’t available to slander us?

(7:44 PM): I’m done with this [stuff]. These guys get more slack than fb. Stew wouldn’t get off so easy. 

(7:48 PM): I don’t mind Bilas as an analyst but when he does color commentary it’s hard to hear anything over his smugness

(7:49 PM): I’m texting AID. Hope Devin doesn’t mind getting yanked.

(7:50 PM): We have noone who can stop fisher..noone

(7:53 PM): I realize that this is a 2nd half team but you can’t expect to do that against top 5 teams – why is our D so bad!?

(7:54 PM): Another nba performance from ebanks…what does he even bring to the table anymore

(8:16 PM): The big east: where you can run a guy over but you can’t reach in.

(8:20 PM): Rjb sickens andy kettler.

(8:21 PM): Can I text “AID” if Huggs is behaving inappropriately?

(8:21 PM): After the charge against Mazzulla, they showed the absolutely frothing crowd. Impressive. Of course, we have to cash sin on this.

(8:22 PM): Nothing against RJB, but that was NOT the place for ymca. The crowd was begging to be detonated

(8:27 PM): Do we want to win? How aren’t we accomplishing anything?

(8:28 PM): You could say we are choking on applesauce.

(8:30 PM): We’re going to wish we had cut this lead a lot more considering Nova’s cold streak and some favorable calls

(8:37 PM): Villanova is certainly taking their Georgetown frustrations out on the defensive end of the court–swarming, Huggins-like D

(8:39 PM): Woah! Casey Mitchell???!!!???

(8:41 PM): Casey Mitchell needs a new barber. That [hair] is just frightening in HD. Yikes!

(8:45 PM): However, if that haircut is what helps his jumper fall (like it is tonight) then I’m fine with it

(8:47 PM): Crowd is frothing!

(8:48 PM): Thats right. Kill the crowd with a lame assed shopping caet shootout.

(8:57 PM): Will we make it thru this without cotton eyed joe?

(8:58 PM): Does Reynolds ever NOT get the foul call when taking it to the hoop?

(9:05 PM): Casey friggin Mitchell!

(9:05 PM): Please, before the game’s over. Walk down the stairs and slap Bilas across the face right now.

(9:05 PM): 2 to go and we had flowers and mazulla on the floor.

(9:07 PM): And they are the only two that touched the ball.

(9:07 PM): Outrebounded by eleven….and that’s the ballgame. Pathetic display by everybody but Casey Mitchell…

(9:10 PM): Only appropriate that we miss FTs to the bitter end

(9:29 PM): That [freaking] game pisses me off – at what point do they stop this 1st half [stuff] – that’s coaching right?!

(9:36 PM): Thanks for the loss jim

(9:55 PM): Scottie Reynolds spent more time in the paint tonight than the Big East logo. Terrible, terrible defensive effort by the Mountaineers tonight.