It’s WVU and its Mountaineers take on Presbyterian and its Blue Hose today in the second round game of the Cancun Classic. WVU plays today and leaves tomorrow for Cancun. A practice day Monday precedes the start of tournament play Tuesday. The game against Old Dominion will be televised by Telemundo the CBS Sports Network. The winner and the loser move on to play the winner and the loser of Wisconsin v. Saint Louis. The consolation and championship games are at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, again on CBS Sports Network.

Jay Jacobs, who seriously went through the media buffet line with a plate and sat down with us with an empty plate, told us a story that apparently happened over the radio. Jay and Bob Huggins were asked if they new the name of today’s opponent and they were eventually enlightened. Are they bringing their dance team? Jay quipped.

Oh! But not quite.

Coincidentally enough, former college PR guy Ben Hay Hammet’s 1982 centennial history of PC noted that blue-stocking Presbyterians also referred to “Presbyterians with strong puritan leanings.”

“At any rate,” Hammet wrote, “the sports nickname was shortened to ‘Blue Hose’ in 1954- presumably under the assumption that it sounded somewhat fiercer to carry onto the field of athletic battle.”

And we’re off …

Since Juwan Staten’s streak is over, we’re looking for more meaning today. WVU is going to crush Presbyterian today. The final score, in scientific terms, will be A Lot-A Little. The Mountaineers have increased their point total in their four games, including 101 points last game, which was the first 100-point game since 2004.

Well, if the trend continues, WVU will again score 100 and some points. The last time WVU had back-to-back 100 point games was the 1997-98 season. The Mountaineers beat L. Van Pettaway’s Alabama A&M 114085 on Nov. 22 and then something called Puerto Rico-Mayaguez 111-63 six days later in the first round of the San Juan Shootout.

The Mountaineers won that thing, so … CIRCLE IT!

Probably want to circle this, too. Here’s the crowd seven minutes before the tip.