For a long time earlier in his coaching career, Bob Huggins was assailed for the graduation rates at the University of Cincinnati. He would and he still will deflect, defend and even define the numbers — he’s long skewered the way the NCAA calculates such things — but they stick to him.

It is along those lined we need to find the Scotch tape for this: West Virginia men’s basketball scored 100 in the APR for the second straight year Wednesday and for the fourth time in eight years. (Three other WVU teams were applauded, as well.) Think about that. Sustained perfection for nurturing, retaining and graduating academically eligible student-athletes. It wasn’t too long ago the long line of players leaving made that seem highly unlikely.

Sooner or later, Bob Huggins will be nominated for the hall of fame. He might not make it, but he’ll be nominated, and if it seems weird to you that he isn’t in with his achievements, it must be really weird to learn he’s never been nominated. And then it would be really weird to learn why.

Pretty much anyone can nominate a candidate: a fan, an agent, a fellow coach, the administration of his university. In 2015, the Hall was approached by someone involved with basketball in the state of Ohio wishing to nominate Huggins. That was when Huggins initially expressed his belief that induction made more sense post-retirement. The Hall respected his wishes and the process ended there.

Consider some of the recent groundswell. Another Sweet Sixteen. Another 20-win season with a top-10 team. The headlines for fundraising for cancer research. The shine from the Dick Vitale gala. And now the academic turnaround. It’s adding up, and though he doesn’t care because it’s not his goal, one day the phone will ring.