Jim Phelan coached Mountaineers at Mount St. Mary’s and famously wore a bow tie. Bob Huggins coaches Mountaineers and famously wore a bow tie one time. Apart from that, the two really don’t have much in common, and Huggins doesn’t really know the man for whom one of the handful of national coach of the year awards is named. Huggins won the Phelan last week in Indianapolis, a nice chaser for the Big 12 coach of the year prize he won in March.

That came with a $30,00 contract incentive, which joined payouts for beating Kansas ($25,000), tying for fourth in the Big 12 standings ($10,000), reaching the NCAA tournament ($20,000), winning a first-round game ($30,000) and winning a second-round game ($40,000) for a whopping $155,000 in bonuses earned for on-the-floor achievements during the season. Boosters for season ticket sales and academic success, an unheralded Huggins triumph while at WVU, will make that even bigger.

But coaching honors don’t mean much to Huggins, and you know how he feels about reflecting on what’s passed under his bridge, so Tuesday was a time to look ahead and what the Mountaineers plan to do and have to do in the 2015-16 season. What does he make of the press, the motion offense, Shaka Smart and his incoming recruits?