You surely don’t need more than one guess to determine the predominant postgame talking point last night. Another over-officiated affair in the Big East preempted what was, I think, a pretty good game.

But I’m not sure. It had promise, but it was difficult to tell. When WVU and UConn were allowed to play like WVU and UConn and go at one another like a top 10 team and a team that needed to beat a top 10 team, it was entertaining.

Then things got weird and at one point I counted 18 possessions — nine for each side — and 12 featured free throws. And as I rubbed my temples, there was a similar series to follow. I wish I could share some of the things I know the coaches and staffs said among themselves and to one another.

What’s worse for the Mountaineers was is it took them off the tracks and the players weren’t able to get over it. Combine that with another poor first half and an empty comeback and the frustrations mounted. In the end, Bob Huggins was walking off the floor with a pair of Ts in his pocket.

“They shot the ball really well,” Huggins said. “They weren’t shooting the ball before. Every good team goes through that and right now we’re not making shots. It’s that simple.”

It’s not quite that simple, and privately Huggins and the Mountaineers were miffed by the free-throw disparity, the way the game was officiated and how the fouls went against WVU, which was called for 26 of the 46 in the game.

“I don’t want to get into that,” Huggins said.

At the end, Huggins earned two technical fouls and was ejected for the first time in 99 games with the Mountaineers (21-6, 10-5 Big East).

“You’re allowed to report on it,” he said. “I’m not. You have a tremendous advantage.”