If you thought No. 11 West Virginia was unaffected by the environment Friday, you’d be correct. You’d also be delighted to know the Mountaineers were tiptoeing on amused that interrogators expected them to be swayed by people who couldn’t make a basket or pass out of a trap.

“Our guys don’t pay attention to it, really,” WVU coach Bob Huggins said. “I know people think that’s important, but they’ve played in enough places, played enough really good people and played for enough really big crowds that it isn’t.

“It’s kind of a unique group in that regard. They think they’re pretty good. And they are.”

This is WVU’s personality — do everything you can to bother the other team and do it even harder when you realize it’s making a difference — and the team gets its gait from its leader. Gallagher-Iba Arena could not stand Nathan Adrian, and that’s going to happen eight more times this season.

“Maybe,” said guard Jevon Carter, who had 15 points, six assists, four steals and one turnover, “it’s because he’s the face of the team, and they think if they get in his head, they can disrupt everybody.”

That did not happen to Adrian against the Cowboys, and the Mountaineers wouldn’t let it happen to them. The challenge now is to do that in eight more hostile Big 12 venues, which seems to be a little easier under Adrian’s watch.

“He’s got his own swag,” said guard Dax Miles, who led all scorers with a season-high 22 points. “Nate is Nate. He’s West Virginia.”