On parallels and getting punked
February 26, 2016 by Mike Casazza(For the record, we’d all be OK if this didn’t follow the alleged Scottie Reynolds-Corey Fisher track to completion. Google that one on your own.)
Bob Huggins always had a thing for Northeast ballers back in the Big East days. I suppose he still does, given the roots of Tarik Phillip, Jaysean Paige and Teyvon Myers, but it was a strong lean not long ago. They had an edge to them, a confidence and a competitiveness that made for some good WVU teams. He relied on Larry Harrison and Billy Hahn and their expertise, the latter for Philadelphia guards because Hahn was once the head coach at LaSalle and the Mountaineers would one day sign Aaron Brown and Dalton Pepper, .
So that arched the brow when Huggins made an interesting parallel a few weeks back. Jevon Carter and Dax Miles are West Virginia what Reynolds and Fisher were to Villanova. “I really, honestly thought, with the way they played a year ago, I thought in time they would be like the old Villanova guards, and to this point they haven’t. But I think they’re certainly capable of it.”
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