Welcome to the Friday Feedback, which is talking about what everyone else is talking about today. Hadn’t seen him do something quite like it before, didn’t think he could pull it off and was left speechless after seeing it — Bob Huggins wore a gold tie under his blue pullover.
After resisting the urge to ask him where my seat was, I found I rather liked the look. It’s formal and casual, which works perfect for Huggins, who’s gone from fantastic suits to pullovers to sports jackets and unbuttoned collars and other looks in his first year-plus. Seeing as if WVU won, and rather convincingly at that, we might see this more often. Huggins likes to ride a look for as long as it will take him.
Oh, and Alex Ruoff dunked.
Then, with Georgetown still hanging around, waiting for that one run that home teams always seem to make, Ruoff showed his true constitution and he took the ball at the top of the key, saw an opening, broke through toward the basket and while challenged, went up with a one-handed slam dunk that rattled the rafters.
Considering that Ruoff dunks about as often as Obama takes the oath of office, it changed the whole complexion of the game.
“I’d just missed a layup and I didn’t want to take a chance on another finger roll,†Ruoff said of his decision to go strong to the hoop.
It was another example of just what Ruoff means to this West Virginia team. Even on a bad shooting night, when he goes 3 for 10 and makes just one of seven 3-point tries, Ruoff finds some way to provide a positive spark to the team.
In the end, he finished with 10 points and nine assists. Count ‘em – nine.
Bad shooting numbers, but he did not play a bad game. Oh, and those nine assists? They kind of made up for his shooting.
Six of his assists, including all four in the first half, led to 3-point baskets. The other three went to Smith for easy dunks.
“Even if I’m not shooting well, I think (the opponents) know they can’t leave me,” said Ruoff, who had made 216 3s and 37.6-percent of his attempts in his career. “I do get a lot of attention, but this was almost like being a decoy.”
You can’t underestimate the importance of starting this ridiculous stretch by getting the Georgetown win before practicing for two days for Sunday’s game against Pitt, which hasn’t played since Monday.
Onto the Feedback. As always comments appear as posted. In honor of Chief Justice John Roberts, there will be no joke this week.
thacker said:
::uncorking the scotch::
Anxiety attacks always sneak up when watching this year’s ballclub. Â
But it hurts so good!
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