I don’t know if it’s a good sign or a bad sign, or if it’s a sign at all, but West Virginia, in need of a win, didn’t much like Wednesday night’s win.

The Mountaineers took a 67-57 lead on a Jaysean Paige 3-pointer with 5:27 left to play, but saw the Wildcats make three straight shots and 5 of 6 free throws, including a three-point play from Nino Williams for a 69-67 lead, in just 3:02.

“We should have won probably by 20,” guard Gary Browne said. “A win is a win, but we should have won by 20. We’re getting ready to play teams we can’t do stuff like that against.”

Paige created the double-digit lead with his second 3 of the game, but contributed to the letdown by missing three free throws after he was fouled shooting a 3 moments later. WVU would then miss four shots and commit two turnovers and Juwan Staten went 0 for 2 at the free-throw line as the Wildcats surged in front.

“There might have been a thing or two more we could have done to try to lose it,” WVU coach Bob Huggins said, “but I don’t know what they are.”

So are those the sounds of a team frustrated by the way things are going and the realizing this just may be the way things are? Or is that a team frustrated by the way things are going and knowing it better get better in a hurry, or else?

(Update: Brandon Watkins has a sprained MCL in his left knee and is considered day to day. Figure it’s unlikely he plays Saturday, perhaps mostly because it’d be hard to practice today and tomorrow.)