Well, the monkey’s off the back, right?

Not exactly.

Q: So, Daxter Miles, how’s it feel to beat Texas? A: The frog’s off the back.

— Mike Casazza (@mikecasazza) February 25, 2015

Play like he did Tuesday — forget 12 points, four rebounds, three assists and five steals; his heads-up press break and the long inbound pass from Jevon Carter for a dunk late, a role reversal from that happened late against TCU, something Miles calls “Love at First Sight,” that was enormous — and you can use whatever language you want.

Bob Huggins doesn’t believe his team needed that win for more than better odds of winning the conference title and better seeding in the NCAA Tournament, and he didn’t believe his team had a mental hurdle it could only overcome by beating Texas.

Respect due to the presumptive Big 12 coach of the year, but his players players spoke quite differently after the win. Here’s what struck me: The postgame interviews included Miles, Devin Williams, Jevon Carter and Jon Holton. Only Williams played in last season’s three losses to the Longhorns. Holton was on the team and was pained to watch while unable to help. Miles and Carter were months away from their first dose of Texas.

Each of them said something to “The frog’s off the back,” and that would mean one way or another the first-year players were clear on what it would mean to beat Texas.

Realistically, what’s it mean? WVU is one good Saturday away from … yikes … the biggest regular-season game in Huggins’ time with the Mountaineers, but for the time being, it means there aren’t a lot of questions left about this team.

The Mountaineers had lost the past four games to Texas (17-11, 6-9) by 11, 17, 17 and 27 points and trailed by at least 21 points in each. They trailed just once this time, and that 2-0 lead lasted 31 seconds.

“We were down just two weeks ago, and there were a lot of ‘buts’ and questions marks in the air,” forward Devin Williams said. “I don’t know who’s been on the road with us as far as traveling and interviewing us, but I said we were going to be all right.

“There’s a whole different feel this year, a whole different team. All I can say from this game is, let’s just say this is a new West Virginia team, and we’ve proven that we are a different team from last year.”