Frank Young, he of school records for 3-pointers made and attempted — and missed! — during the 2007 season returned to campus over the weekend for the third annual Bob Huggins fantasy camp. Young had only been back to WVU for Darris Nichols’s graduation in 2008, but was invited to be a guest coach/counselor at this year’s fantasy camp.

Young was delighted. You forget he was teammates with Joe Alexander and Ales Alex Ruoff, with Da’Sean Butler and Wellington Smith, with Joe Mazzulla and Cam Thoroughman. They were all in town over the weekend. Nichols is back as a garduate assistant. Mike Gansey camped again and he watched the 2007 season from John Beilein’s seats.  All were happy to see Young, and vice versa.

Yet it always seemed to me Young never really got his just due.

His senior season was pretty special, but pretty unique. He led a young team and had them on the cusp of the NCAA Tournament, only to lose a bummer in the Big East Tournament against Louisville and get bounced to the NIT.

The Mountaineers went 5-0 — and Young was 24-for-35 from 3-point range — and edged Clemson to take home the title.

Then Beilein left and Young was out of sight and more or less out of mind. He was in Portsmouth, Va., trying to show off for NBA teams when Beilein left. The hiring of Bob Huggins then became very big news. Young went overseas for two seasons and was back home in Tallahassee, Fla., this past season while working out and staying fit to get back in a league somewhere this coming season.

This past weekend, though, he was able to live out a bit of a fantasy. Sure, the 32 campers had their fill sharing space with WVU legends of the past and present, but Young, who never really got to reflect on the good old days with indifferent audiences in Holland and Germany, had a captive group for three days in Morgantown.

You know the 24-points and six 3-pointers in the NIT final came up. Early. And often. It’s forgotten it nearly unfolded differently. Young had two fouls early and Beilein wasn’t sure how to procede.

“He knew I hated the track, so he told me if I picked up my third foul I was running the track after the game,” he said. “But it was a lot of fun knocking down those shots. We did a good job handling their press. I remember they pressed a lot and our players did a good job with that and getting me the ball in good spots to knock down open shots.”

The Mountaineers actually led by 12 points at the half and won 78-73. Young was 24-for-35 from 3-point range in the five-game NIT. During the celebration on the floor at Madison Square Garden, the Mountaineers were given championship T-shirts with that glaring spelling error.

“I still have it,” he said. “It’s still in my bottom drawer. I’m going to keep that one. It’s always going to stay with me. It’s that lack of respect West Virginia used to get.”