Check out our new gold uniforms!! pic.twitter.com/NcAxWDJMgo

— WVU Men's Basketball (@WVUhoops) October 1, 2015

Bob Huggins explains the motivation behind the new look:

“When I went to Kansas State, Brad Underwood was there. Brad was my assistant, and it was always K-State. When Brad played there, it was K-State, and he said when you’d take the head-and-shoulders photos, every one says ‘Kansas.’ You can’t see ‘State.’

“It occurred to all of us — and actually, Matt Borman brought it up, which is shocking that he had an original idea — all you see in ours is ‘West.’ You don’t see ‘West Virginia.’ I think the Flying WV has become so synonymous with West Virginia athletics, that it seems like a natural.”

Other highlights from the first basketball news conference of the season, what with practice starting tomorrow?

• WVU will scrimmage Temple
• Casey Mitchell was the most talented player Huggins has had here
• Esa Ahmad can play shooting guard
• Teyvon MYers is struggling, and that was expected
• Jon Holton and Nate Adrian are making 3-pointers