So Saturday went well for West Virginia with a sound offensive performance and diligent work on the boards to beat Oklahoma State and end the regular season on the right foot. The Mountaineers finished 23-8 overall and 11-7 in the Big 12. Not since 2010 had WVU won as much in the regular season, and it’s probably safe to say that was also the last time the school looked primed for the postseason — I’ll leave the debate over the 2011 team up to you.

The Mountaineers, ties for sixth place in the preseason poll, finished tied for third in the conference standings and are the fifth seed for this week’s Big 12 tournament. They’ll play the 12:30 p.m. ESPN2 game against Baylor, the No. 5 seed that’s 2-0 against WVU this season.

After that, WVU could play an upstart No. 8  or No. 9 seed … or top-seeded Kansas.

Uh, thought you said Saturday went well…

I did, and I happen to think that’s exactly what the Mountaineers wanted. WVU as in a rut, its one rut of the long season, while Baylor was hot for the first matchup. You can’t read much into the second one because the Mountaineers were shaken up after losing Gary Browne so early in a game they knew they’d play without Juwan Staten. I think they want a do-over there, and I’m positive they want another crack at Kansas after what happened Tuesday.

And as well as Saturday went, Sunday was better: Staten was voted first-team all-conference. Not since Greg Jones in 1981-83 has a WVU player been first-team all-league in successive seasons. Devin Williams, who needed a big Saturday as much as anyone else, was honorable mention. Jevon Carter made the all defense team.

And for the 11th time in his career and the first time at his alma mater, Bob Huggins was named the conference coach of the year, an award that comes with a $30,000 bonus.

Huggins essentially built this season from the ground up, save for key cogs like Staten and Browne. If the aforementioned fearsome fivesome doesn’t move the needle with you on how Huggins has reconstructed the program after the 13-19 season in 2012-13, consider all who logged minutes against Oklahoma State.

There were 10 players, seven of whom are in their first season playing for the Mountaineers. The three back from last year — Williams, Adrian and Connor — were fourth, seventh and 10th, respectively, in minutes played last season.

None of the 10 players who faced the Cowboys played a minute for the 2012-13 team.

“Obviously he’s done a great job,” Adrian said Saturday. “We got like seven new guys … and losing our two most experienced people after already losing (Kevin Noreen). We’ve barely had a year of experience. For him to be able to get us to come out and compete like this, it’s pretty amazing.”