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Cain goes west

Not too long after visiting WVU, Kyle Cain got an eyeful of Arizona State and all it had to offer. The 6-foot-7 forward, late of the signed NLI to Rhode Island, decided he’d be one of the Sun Devils.

“I didn’t have a favorite coming out to ASU,” Cain said. “But once I got there I liked everything about it. The campus, the facilities. Coach Sendek told me ASU wanted me and needed me, and that was big for me because I wanted to go somewhere that needed me. Once I got home and thought about it, and compared the schools, I knew I wanted to be a Sun Devil.”

It’s pretty much just what he was looking for: He’ll be part of a five-freshman, one JUCO first-year class on a team that has just one returning post presence. That is to say, he’ll have the chance to play and to be a part of a group that will presumably be together for many years.

As for WVU?

Well, it still has that one available scholarship and it’s going to be really hard to find someone worth the spot this late in the process. Not to say it can’t be done, though.

The “elite” prospect camp was in town over the weekend and the attendance was strong, but none of those players, who are on campus for a reason, are for the 2010 class. This notion of immediate help will have to come from elsewhere.

And that presumes WVU is sincerely trying to add someone now, and one wonders if that’s really the case. Cain was something of a rarity.

Also, Huggins gave a speech to the elite campers and spoke of how difficult the Big East is from day to day. Apparently — and stop me if you’ve heard this — he realized such a thing after a win at Georgetown in 2009. Huggins got on the team bus and Larry Harrison drop some DVDs of the next opponent, No. 3- ranked Pitt, in his lap before he could enjoy a sandwich. Not sure where that sandwich was from, though.