When last we met and talked basketball scheduling it was March and we highlighted how WVU had four openings left on the 2013-14 schedule and needed at least one home game.

Those numbers changed slightly Tuesday as the Big 12 and the SEC announced matchups for their inaugural challenge that, correct me if I’m wrong, doesn’t have a formal title — which is fine, believe me.

Thursday, November 14
Texas Tech at Alabama

Monday, December 2
Vanderbilt at Texas
Auburn at Iowa State

Thursday, December 5
Mississippi at Kansas State
West Virginia at Missouri
TCU at Mississippi State

Friday, December 6
Baylor vs. Kentucky [Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas]
South Carolina at Oklahoma State

Tuesday, December 10
Kansas at Florida

Saturday, December 21
Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M [Toyota Center, Houston, Texas]

Bob Bowlsby: Pleased!

Stunning they didn’t find a way to put Huggins and Calipari together and Huggins has to be continually miffed that Frank Martin still owes him a game.

But about that …

… eh, never mind. Ain’t happening this season. Huggins has loaded up on this schedule. In addition to the Big 12 schedule — and the Big 12 is going to end up being really good next season — the Mountaineers play host to Gonzaga, Purdue and Duquesne, play at Missouri and Virginia Tech and play two games in Cancun against either Old Dominion, Wisconsin and Saint Louis.

That’s not easy. Might it get harder? Probably, because, uh, Bob Huggins, but I wonder.

WVU needs 15 home games for financial purposes, and the nine Big 12 games, plus two preliminary Cancun games (even if one is in Charleston) and Gonzaga, Purdue and Duquesne leaves room for one. Given the travel concerns, you’ll probably see more. But who?

Clearly, Huggins can scale back a little — and he’s indicated before that he will — but he’s also not a guy to put four cupcakes together and call it tiramisu. So color me curious because it’s an interesting internal battle we’ll see waged.

Remember, he missed the NCAA Tournament last season and the schedule was, I’m sorry, above average, though Texas, Texas Tech and TCU didn’t help. So does he schedule up to get that SOS number higher? Or does he realize now the Big 12 offers tests outside of the schedule and cools it off a little bit? More likely, how does he weigh one against the other to reach he finished product?