We’re one day shy of a week since the last time Bob Huggins pelted his team in a postgame press conference — although to be fair, we ought to add that it’s one day shy of a week since WVU completely perplexed Huggins with its performance. The Mountaineers came from ahead to come from behind to beat Eastern Kentucky and Huggins was, as he has been twice already this season, flummoxed.

“It’s incredibly frustrating to have to say the same thing day after day after day after day,” Huggins said. “It’s incredibly frustrating. They just keep doing the same things.

“Do you have kids?” Huggins asked one reporter. “When you do have kids, you’ll find out that when you tell him ‘stop’ for the 74th time, he’ll start getting under your skin.”

Yes!

I’m not sure who these soliloquies are better for — Huggins, the Mountaineers or the media. I do wonder how much mileage they have. And let’s face it this very morning: If WVU, with gaps of 10, eight, eight and now six days between games, doesn’t have it, it might not get it. Not in conference play, when pace settles, defense rises and points become hard to come by, which is a scary little reality for WVU.

The Mountaineers (7-5) are nevertheless trying and have tinkered with a few parts before today’s 4 p.m. home game at the sold-out Coliseum against Oklahoma (9-3). At ease with the close game and 5-2 in contests decided by a touchdown or less, the Sooners beat WVU 77-70 in the Old Spice Classic in November.

What they see today might look a little different. Huggins has tried to incorporate some dribble-drive elements into his motion offense, which means spreading the floor and letting Juwan Staten and Gary Browne and, who knows, Jabarie Hinds drive into the lane to create for themselves and for others. It’s not solely intended for the guards, though, because the space, ideally, gives Deniz Kilicli more room and less of a crowd and also allows Aaric Murray more isolation opportunities — and he might be the team’s best shooter. You think about that.

The trouble for WVU is that the debut didn’t go quite as well as planned.

Huggins said the first time the offense went to the dribble-drive, the players failed to move the ball with passes or dribble handoffs. The plan’s key is to get the defenders out of position, and especially out of the paint, to create spaces for drives. Defenses consistently have crowded the paint against WVU and dared the Mountaineers to take jump shots.

“We run right over a guy, even though we’re yelling to move them first,” Huggins said. “Honest to God, I learned that in fifth grade playing bitty basketball. You’ve got to move him before you drive it in there. They’re all standing in there.

“We come down a second time and a different guy does the exact same thing, almost in the exact same spot. Charge.”

Again, if they don’t have it by now, there’s valid concern about acquiring it during the season, when the time between the game is much more brief and compacted by travel. That said, Huggins told us yesterday that colorful commentator Jay Jacobs watched the team practice Thursday after not seeing the Mountaineers since the EKU game and told Huggins the Mountaineers were noticeably better. “And,” Huggins said, “who are we to argue with him?”