When Bob Huggins needed two players to close the window on the 2015 recruiting class, he signed a junior college guard from North Dakota and a wing player from Georgia.

Or not.

Teyvon Myers is the well-traveled high-scorer from the juco ranks, but he hails from Brooklyn and has known Tarik Phillip since they were kids. Lamont West is the rangy big man with guard skills from the Peach State, but he’s from Cincinnati and he’s known and idolized Devin Williams for a long time. They’re the continuation of the path from Ohio to WVU and the clearing off of the roadway from New York City to Morgantown.

The sixth New York City player to sign with Huggins, West finally feels he has it right. He has been friends for years with WVU guard Tarik Phillip, another Brooklyn product who was rerouted through two junior colleges, and he knew former WVU stars Truck Bryant and Devin Ebanks from the courts in New York.

“None of them had an effect on my decision,” Myers said. “What had an effect on my decision was knowing how Coach Huggins took care of those players. They talked about it, so with that and watching it on TV, I swear I was a fan of his. It was like, ‘This dude really cares about his players.’

“So for me to have an opportunity to take a visit to West Virginia and see how he cares for his players in person, how he treats his players like his own son, that clicked for me, like, ‘I want to play for this guy. He can take me to the promise land.’ ”