8:54: Not sure who was the one who said, “Know what? I like eggs, I like sausage and I like pancakes, but not on their own and not in large quantity. What you — no .. we! — should do is put the eggs and the sausage between two pancakes and then eat it like a sandwich. You’re welcome.” Whatever they call this, it’s disgusting.

9:07: Sean McDonough is here with Raft, too. ,I hope Oliver Luck pops in the press room for breakfast. It would be their first meeting since this incident.

9:14: Memorable moment: Jack rumbled back to the press room and takes a seat: “Did you put in your blog that this is the first time Sean McDonough has bee to WVU since he called Oliver Luck an idiot? I mean, come on.” Sean McDonough was taking a sip of his coffee four feet away. Yes!

9:20: Really strange choice of uniforms today. WVU is wearing its whites. Kent State is wearing its grays (Read: off-whites.)

9:36: Kevin Jones will score 36 points, grab 24 rebounds and hand out 14 assists. I know this because I have the game day program, “Mountaineer Illustrated,” and saw that Mr. Jones has an awesomely appropriate motto for the day.

9:40: JackBo says he “dunked on” McDonough …

9:51: I love this picture. Ten minutes before the tip and the late-arriving crowd is probably just wiping sleep from its eyes. Bob Huggins is about to present Truck Bryant with a basketball to commemorate 1,000 career points. Bryant is still wearing Usain Bolt’s shoes.

9:53: Text from Colin Dunlap: “Bill Cowher’s sweater collection just texted me explaining how questionable Jack’s sweater is.” By the way, you might want to say your good byes to Colin, just in case. He leaves for a Las Vegas vacation Thursday.

9:54: Jack: “Who is Colin Dunlap?”

10:02: I’ll be honest: I wasn’t sure if Deniz was messing with me or being serious when we were talking about his hair and beard and he said he was going to let both go. He’s funny like that. He knew I was going for a goofy angle. He could have just been playing along and giving me good quotes. He might have cut clean that night. But, no. He’s really doing it. Outstanding.

10:04: Yikes, this white v. gray is very weird.

10:06: WVU really struggled with the press against Oral Roberts and Kent State presses right away. WVU handles it and could have had a close shot with Deniz, but Miles held on a little. No matter, KJ makes a jumper. KSU turns it over and Deniz scores on his own miss for a 4-0 lead.

10:08: Truck played 21 minutes against ORU because of foul trouble. He has one foul already and KSU went at him on the next possession.

10:15: Kent State has a lot of talent and a lot of experience so Kent State can press, which WVU anticipated, among other things: “I’m sure we’re going to see a lot of 2-2-1 press after the wonderful job we did attacking the Oral Roberts press. We’re going to see a lot of different things and a lot of different lineups,” Bob Huggins said.

10:16: And we have a nation with seven armies already.

10:27: Aaron Brown is not shy. He’s squeezed off six shots already. The Golden Flashes are not shy either. They seem to talk and bounce a bit.

10:29: And Bob Huggins is not shy about pulling Aaron Brown.

10:31: Chris Evans just ran a play to get open on the perimeter and shoved Mark Henniger out of the way to get open. Chris Evans and Mark Henniger are teammates. Also, the Coliseum just asked people in the upper levels to move down to the lower levels. Nice touch.

10:34: Out of a timeout and the play worked perfectly for someone. WVU ran something and had two people trap Truck up top and he got the ball to Gray Browne, who looked inside and had Jones and Kilicli alone. The ball never went inside and perhaps because Browne thought it was a teammate and an opponent. KSU recovered and then forced a turnover.

10:36: Kent State leads 16-15. No panic. The shot clock went down and the ball came out to Carlton Guyton, who drove and scored just before the buzzer.

10:41: WVU has responded and leads 24-17. Could be better — the Mountaineers are 5-for-9 at the free-throw line.

10:43: “… make some noise for a United Bank T-shirt.” Pretty sure I’ll catch one since I’m sitting next to Jack and his noisy ensemble.

10:46: Make that 5-for-11.

10:47: The Tim Higgins shuffle is impressed and intimidated by the Wally Rutecki tripping call.

10:49: KSU’s errors and WVU’s errors are just about a push here, so all things equal, this is a pretty even game and WVU is slightly better with 1:09 to go. Huggins calls a timeout. Very interested to see what he planned.

10:51: Ah, yes. The reliable “Let them foul you” play. It’s worked all half, with the exception of making the free throws. Truck gets trapped on the sideline again and WVU had people open again. Truck goes 1-for-2. WVU is now 8-for-15 and leads 31-24.

10:53: Two free throws for Guyton, WVU needs about 9.6 seconds to get across mid-court before committing a turnover when Jones passes out of the post. He leads Truck into his second foul and Guyton into two more free throws. It’s 31-28 with 33.3 seconds left.

10:54: Truck drives into the elbow of Chris Evans. That’s a foul and just awful defense on the last possession. Truck goes 2-for-2. Huggins subs to prevent defensive transition trouble at the end of the half. Guyton gets past Aaron Brown, but misses a floater in the lane. Tight one, 33-28, at the half.

11:13: And there’s the first surreal Jim Burr call of the season. Now we’re official. Guyton (I think) pushed Miles out of bounds (I know) and Burr was right there. Justin Manns jumps three feet above the rim to tip in a missed shot and it’s 35-32.

11:15: KSU keeps trapping Truck and Truck turns  it over for a run-out layup. He then scores when someone passes to him on the perimeter. He’s been better off the ball today. We’re answering scores back and forth now and Randal Holt follows a point-blank miss by Kilicli with a 3 to tie the score 41-41 as we enter the under-16 timeout. This is good.

11:21: That’s what a possession with a young team looks like. Forsythe, in because Huggins yanked Deniz, nearly turns it over and then Truck gives it away when he’s pressured atop the key. No one hurries back and KSU misses a layup, but puts it back in for a 43-41 lead. Huggins with a timeout at a tipping point and with 14:50 remaining.

11:25: WVU being very passive to and with the ball.

11:26: Carl Lewis on Line One. Hinds thought he was fouled and threw his arms up. His guy took the ball and went the other way. A teammate picked up Hinds’ guy and Hinds’ guy lobbed it to Evans for an alley oop, a dunk, a foul, a big punch and a 47-41 lead — he missed the free throw.

11:27: Truck gets a three-point play when WVU needed it.

11:28: Lazy inbound pass by Truck to Gary Browne, who didn’t come to the ball. Stolen by MAC defensive player of the year Michael Porrini, who styles his dunk for a 51-44 lead. Kent State also nearly came off the bench on that scrum. That’s one animated team.

11:34: Huggins throwing some 2-3 zone on top of KSU to cool off the Golden Flashes. Eh.

11:37: Not working and Huggins will not be buying that Keaton Miles jersey in the team shop. Kent State is pretty good, by the way. Never flustered, never wavered, never backed off a very acerbic approach.

11:41: Come on. Seven Nation Army. Stop it. Kilicli dunks — he’s taking over in the post — and then Rob Senderoff texts in a timeout. KSU also a little riddled by the WVU defenses with 8:42 to go.

11:42: And they get an open 3. Just like that, it’s 58-49.

11:44: Kilicli scores on a good cut, but WVU gets crossed up on defense and then turns it over. KSU up 60-51 with 7:10 remaining.

11:45: Dance team saved a little on the outfits this season, yes?