Losing streaks lead to unfamiliar territory, where people will do unusual things. You’ve seen it building for two weeks now and you saw it fully formed Saturday.

The truth about WVU right now is the inexperience is overshadowing the experience and the two groups are now united by something. No one knows what’s happening right now, how to get out of it or what comes next. Basically, everyone is beginning a freshman season in February.

“I don’t know,” said junior Deniz Kilicli, who turned back the clock to his most inexperienced days with a game-changing error in the first half of Saturday’s 77-74 loss to No. 24 Louisville. “I don’t have a clue. I don’t have a clue what we’re going to do. I don’t know if we’re going to lose our next game or if we’re going to lose all of them.”

The Mountaineers were 15-5 overall and 5-2 in the Big East 23 days ago and tracking toward a fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. They’ve lost five of the past six and have their 10th loss earlier than any season since going 8-20 in 2001-02.

Five games remain, beginning with Thursday’s 9 p.m. ESPN game against Pitt. WVU (16-10, 6-7 Big East) has lost six in a row at the Petersen Events Center.

“I’d be lying if I said we don’t feel a little bit of pressure, maybe even a lot of pressure, but I still have faith,” senior Kevin Jones said. “All we can do is keep fighting and find a way to win some games. Coach told us we’ve got to get to 10 (Big East wins) in order to have a chance. Hopefully we can get 10 wins, but we’ve got to find a way to get them and fast. The games are winding down.”