Lost in the March madness — and this is entirely my fault — was the fact the first WVU basketball commit for the Class of 2012, Elijah Macon, became the first to de-commit. He could still end up at WVU, but after a nice junior season attention came from Xavier, Ohio State and UCLA, among others, and Macon decided he’d look around a bit.  Not sure how WVU feels about that, but we’ll see. 

Two other 2011 commits won’t play for WVU after opting out and heading elsewhere.

Remember Storm Stanley? Well, the Mountaineers ended up with another center — David Nyarsuk — and Stanley ended up at another school.

And what of Byron Allen? WVU really liked him at the start and then things cooled off. The Mountaineers ended up with Noah Cottrill in the backcourt — his commitment actually preceded Allen’s — and Allen got his scholarship elsewhere.