The biggest news of the day yesterday was the biggest news of the summer for Bob Huggins. After some delay, and maybe a touch of concern, Esa Ahmad is eligible and will be in town this weekend. A three-week session of summer classes starts Monday. Huggins also told me yesterday Ahmad will be with the team on its playing trip to the Bahamas, which ought to help him catch up on the court.

Ahmad is Huggins’ best signing since Devin Ebanks, and the two-time Ohio player of the year is a better offensive player. Defensively? Ahmad isn’t there, but he’s certainly got the size and mobility to be a useful part of what Huggins does, whether in the press or in the half court. (This comparison isn’t entirely fair, size and skill similarities aside. Ebanks was on a different level defensively. It was actually fun to watch.)

As you can see, Ahmad can play (and dunk!) and he’ll give Huggins what he’s not had in the Big 12. This is a 6-foot-8, 215-pounder who is lanky, can dribble, can post, can actually finish at the basket and can extend a bit to shoot it. What you don’t see much of, and what people stand by, is Ahmad is a really good passer. The defense will improve, and we’ll see what he can do for rebounding (he’s got good hands and wherewithal around the hoop), but offensively it’s all there for him and now for WVU. Just imagine how he changes the spacing and creates lanes for Jevon Carter and Dax Miles and room for Devin Williams.

So that’s settled, which leaves us with just one query: Is Huggins done for this class? The answer is no, even though he’s technically at his scholarship limit.

Maverick Rowan is a touted 6-foot-6 wing player who shoots it very well and was considered one of the top 25 or so juniors in the country — and then in the spring he reclassified to be a part of the 2015 class.

Not long ago, Rowan, who had been playing for the Ohio Basketball Club that’s tight with Huggins, wasn’t considering WVU. He’s recently updated that — and changed AAU teams and sneaker affiliations, and there’s maybe something about a sneaker war in there, but I get dizzy — and included WVU in this top four.

Top-30 prospect Maverick Rowan has a new top four: West Virginia, St. John's, NC State, Louisville. Working toward reclassifying to 2015.

— Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello) July 9, 2015

This seems genuine, and we’re not putting words in his mouth. Here are his words.

St. John’s, where his dad Ron played college ball, appeals to Rowan because head coach Chris Mullin played the same position as him.

“He can help me develop for my future in basketball,” Rowan said.

But there’s a caveat. St. John’s, which just hired Mullin after this past season, is rebuilding its roster this summer, and the Red Storm has only made three NCAA tournament appearances in the past 15 seasons, including a first-round loss in this year’s tournament.

“A little nervous about it, but I just have to think about things,” Rowan said. “If it’s the right fit, then I’ll go there. If not, then somewhere else.”

As for the other options on his list?

“You’ve got (Rick) Pitino, one of the best coaches in the United States,” Rowan said of Louisville.

“NC State, they had (guys) like T.J. Warren or Trevor Lacey, where I can go and do the same things like them. (WVU coach Bob Huggins) has a motion offense. I could go and fit in pretty well with them.”

Louisville had been considered a favorite — and the Cardinals have been excluded from and included in top whatevers, so, yeah, whatever — and St. John’s is a sudden sleeper, but this is happening, and look who’s watching:

Rick Pitino now taking seat under basket to watch Maverick Rowan. Huggins, Gottfried courtside. St. John's with an assistant.

— Mike Hughes (@ITVHughes) July 10, 2015

Mike, this was a week ago. Ahmad wasn’t eligible. Off course he’s giving it a shot, but he doesn’t need it now. 

I dig it, but I still don’t think WVU was ever truly worried about Ahmad. My sense was it was more “when” than “if,” and the Mountaineers wanted the green light in time to get him here for this last summer session and the Bahamas. Worst case: He enrolls Aug. 17, but he’s still on the roster.

So if that’s true — that’s tea leaves stuff, but it’s so far followed that path — and if James Bolden and Lamont West are enrolled, that leaves us with Teyvon Myers, who isn’t here, who won’t be on the Bahamas trip and who’s told me two different arrival dates (first in time for the second six-week summer session, now in time for the fall semester). He says he’s good, though, and he’s just knocking out some online classes in California, so in the absence of proof of the contrary, let’s believe him.

Then you’re looking at one of the nine veteran players on the roster with a scholarship, and I’m not playing that game.