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NEWS

CULTURE

SPORTS

League of Legends, Collegiate

Project Heal to host first ever

Ahmad’s status unknown as

Gaming club denied by

National Eating Disorder

men’s basketball prepares

Sports Club Federation

Association Walk

for TCU rematch

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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Club sports...

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SATURDAY The WVU Student Association of Public Administratoin is hosting a murder mystery dinner to raise funds for the Mon County Child Advocacy Center at 7 p.m. at the Lakeview Golf Resort and Spa.

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The 2017 WVU Dancing With Our Mountaineer Stars kicks off at 7:30 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. Admission is free.

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Men’s Basketball will face the Baylor Bears at Ferrel Center in Waco, TX. Tipoff is at 7 p.m. and the game can be watched on ESPNU.

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TUESDAY

The Statler College of Engineering will host a ribbon cutting ceremony for the dedication of the Katherine Johnson Conference Room. The ceremony will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Mineral Science Building Atrium.

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RHA selling True Blue t-shirts for final basketball game CORRESPONDENT For just $10 students can help grant the wish of a seriously ill child in Morgantown.

Inspired by the Gold Rush t-shirts sold during football season, the Residence Hall Association is selling t-shirts for the True Blue basketball game against Iowa State on March 3. Organizers are hoping to build off last year’s success and raise enough money to fund one local child’s wish, if not more.

“Last year we were able to

raise $4,100 which was more than enough for a wish and that was our goal,” said RHA President Morgan King.

Last year, King said, the money raised went to a wish for a local child who went on a trip to Disney World.

“We sometimes get caught up in meetings and day-to-day business with classes, but we definitely want to give back to the community of Morgantown, which has given so much to us,” King said.

The Greater Pennsylvania and West Virginia chapter of Make-a-Wish has granted more than 17,000 wishes and the RHA at WVU

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Joe Carbone, a physical activity and sport sciences student sells True Blue t-shirts in the Mountainlair. Carbone is a Resident Assistant at Brooke Tower. has partnered with it for the last two years to fund a local child’s wish. This year’s Make-A-Wish recipient has not been selected.

“This world needs each

and every one of us to help and it can be on the smallest level,” said Johnny Kocher, adviser to RHA. “This is something that is so easy for a student to get involved in.”

Collegiate Gaming Club denied from Sports Club Federation

BY AMY PRATT STAFF WRITER WVU Sports Club Federation removed the League of Legends Club and denied membership to the Collegiate Gaming Club during its meeting this week.

The loss of funding means the League of Legends club, an online gaming group, will have to raise its own funds.

“It presents more work overall and more time that we have to commit to fundraising, some of which most of our members don’t have,” said Michael Cox, president of League of Legends.“Having the backing of Club Sports… it’s a big disappointment to lose that reputation behind it.”

The loss of federation membership will also make it harder for the League of Legends to ar-

range lodging for tournaments and computer lab rentals for gaming.

Jeremiah Parsons, a member of the Sports Club Federation said the federation is moving away from e-sports.

“WVU Sports Club Federation is removing e-sports due to our perspective of what a sport is,” he said. “We have also considered the factors of little to no oversight of the club due to the type of activity they are, and we also have considered how many members compared to how many actually compete in the club.”

The gaming club was formed in August 2016 and is a community of gamers who represent WVU in online tournaments such as Hearthstone or Overwatch, according to club president Ryan Simms.

“We have around 150 members,” Simms said. “That doesn’t mean we have an active roster of 150 members. We have a community aspect and a competitive aspect. Not everybody is able to compete at the collegiate level.

Some people just have other priorities or they’re not really into the competitive side.”

Simms explained that they have competitive teams for the Hearthstone and Overwatch games.

One Hearthstone player, Joe Arrigo, a sophomore chemical engineering student, was selected to compete in AfreecaTV Collegiate Cup hosted by Washington University. Only eight universities were selected to compete in the tournament.

Doug Ernest, athletic counselor for Student Government Association, supported the Col-

legiate Gaming Club joining the federation. He wrote the SGA resolution in support of the motion.

“I think eSports are a pretty cool asset to the University.

Some people might not consider them a real sport, but I think that they add a lot of value to it. It’s a great demographic that the sports club federation can potentially tap into and it would paint a better light for WVU.” The Collegiate Gaming Club will not let the vote slow them down, Simms said. They will continue to hold gaming events and participate in online tournaments, while pursuing funding in other areas for events.

“We’re all incredibly driven and we’re going to be working our butts off to provide nothing but the best for our community,” Simms said.

Michael Amoto, RHA treasurer, said students are only here for part of the year.

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The navy blue t-shirts which show a basketball over mountains, will be sold from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, and Wednesday, Mar. 1, at the Mountainlair and from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, at Towers.

Students can also purchase the t-shirts by emailing Morgan King at moking@mix.wvu.edu.

“Grab an awesome, unique t-shirt and at the same time, your contribution is going to making a tangible, positive difference in a child’s life in this region around us,” Kocher said.

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Let’s go clubbing!

WVU is home to more than 50 club sports teams. Here are a few of the most interesting sports on campus.

The Disc Golf Club was founded in 2010 and since its second season, has made it to the National Collegiate Disc Golf Championship in Augusta, GA. To join and see practice times, join the group’s Facebook page: WVU Disc Golf Club.

The WVU Fencing Club hosts beginners’ practices from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Monday nights in the Stansbury Hall gym. No experience is necessary to attend the beginners’ practices. You can join by either showing up to a practice or by sending an email to wvufencing@gmail.com.

The Circus Arts Club is the first of its kind in the Mountain State, and meets on Fridays and Saturdays. Times are determined each week. For more information, contact Bethany McPherson through her email: bamcpherson@mix.wvu.edu.

The WVU Running Club hosts group runs —even for non-members—at 5 p.m. every Monday and Thursday. To join, contact the team through its social media platforms (WVU Running Club) or email the team at wvurunningclub@gmail.com.

The WVU Equestrian Club meets at 8 p.m. on Monday nights in Woodburn Hall G4.

The club is open to students of any skill level. Those interested in joining can contact team captain McKenna Coyne at mscoyne@mix.wvu.edu.

The Quidditch Club is a co-ed club that meets during the evening from Monday to Thursday. Locations and times can be found on the team’s Twitter page: @WVUQuidditch.

The WVU Cycling Club meets on Monday nights each week.

Times and locations can be found on the club’s Facebook page: WVU Cycling. All skill levels are welcome.

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Other club sports at WVU Airsoft Archery Baseball Basketball (Men’s and Women’s) Billiards Bowling Boxing Circus Arts Climbing Cricket Competitive Cheer Cycling Dance Team Disc Golf Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Figure Skating Fishing Golf Gymnastics Hip Hop Ice Hockey (D1, D2 and D3) International Soccer Lacrosse (Men’s and Women’s) Mixed Martial Arts Muay Thai Outdoor Adventure Paintball Quidditch Racquetball Roller Vixens Rowing Rugby (Men’s and Women’s) Running Skateboarding and Longboarding Ski Team Softball Soccer (Men’s and Women’s) Swimming Table Tennis Tennis Ultimate Frisbee (Men’s and Women’s) Volleyball (Men’s and Women’s) Weightlifting Watersports For other clubs and contact information, visit http://studentorgs.wvu.edu.

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2017

OPINION | 5

OPINION

Not participating in SGA hurts us all Next month we will probably watch another unopposed SGA election. It’s time for students to stand up and take responsibility.

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR least two students who were

CAITY COYNE EDITORINCHIEF Tuesday afternoon, Christian Gesler and Brandon Slabaugh pulled their bids for 2017-18 student body president and vice president, meaning that most likely, WVU students will be looking at another uncontested race for SGA office.

This is disappointing. It’s almost a slap in the face to the members of the WVU community—both faculty and students—who spend countless hours working to make the student experience at WVU as beneficial as possible.

While I believe SGA deserves a portion of the blame for this, we have seen concerted efforts within the organization to expand inclusivity and representation to all corners of WVU’s student body. An entire portion of Julie Merow and Mac McIntyre’s platform—as they ran last year (unopposed) for president and vice president—was to see more participation in the system from the students they are meant to be representing.

We saw Merow introduce an entirely new branch of SGA—the college representatives—for the sole purpose of offering direct representation for the needs of individual colleges. And yet, five of the nine colleges failed to have at

interested in the opportunity.

I’ve seen several comments by students (on Twitter and Facebook, in story comments and more) claiming SGA only works to serve a portion of WVU students— the “small, elite group of students favored by the administration,” as one twitter user wrote. “Average students have no say,” they continued.

But the students have to be willing to work to be represented.

It’s a double-sided coin; SGA represents the students that come and speak out at meetings, the ones that send emails to senators with concerns. It’s unreasonable to believe SGA can adequately represent “average” students if those students don’t make the effort to be heard outside of their echo chambers.

And again, some of this probably falls on SGA. We’ve written before about how disinterest and outreach, or lack thereof, could affect the elections—last year those involved with the election claimed social media was the main platform used to inform students about SGA elections, but on Feb. 2, a week before candidates’ signature packets were due, not a single tweet had been sent out about the election.

This isn’t a blame game though; there are dozens of members of SGA, but there are dozens of thousands of

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Members of the Forward Party listen for their names during the announcement of the 2016-17 Student Government Association officers last March in the Mountainlair. students at WVU—and they are all doing themselves a disservice by pretending SGA doesn’t matter.

SGA senators run on various platforms to improve the lives of these students—anything from parking and academic success, to sexual assault prevention and mental health.

These are things you see complaints about every day, and there are people at this school whose job it is to represent you on these issues.

There are people who have the platform, ability and connections to help you, as students, with your day to day life at WVU but you have to be willing to ask them.

Even more so, it is your responsibility to watch what these people are doing (or trying to do) to improve your

student experience. It is your responsibility to speak up if you don’t believe they are doing a fair or adequate job. It is your responsibility to hold them accountable.

Whether you agree with this or not, the fact stands that SGA represents you. Members represent you to other colleges in a national context.

The Student Body President is your voice in WVU Board of Governor meetings. They can

rally against tuition increases and take part in discussions about University policies that shape your life.

And whether you like SGA or not, if you pay tuition to WVU, you’re funding it. Your tuition dollars go toward helping these senators accomplish their platforms, putting on these elections and awarding grants to whatever student organizations senators approve of.

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And yet, less than 4 percent of students voted in last year’s election.

This isn’t anything new, though. Last year’s election mirrored the 2008 SGA election, and unless something surprises us by Friday afternoon, this year’s election will probably look very similar.

To quote a DA Staff Editorial from 2008: “Student and student government apathy have created a downward spiral that illserves everyone…Students can’t cheer on a government that doesn’t do anything. Student government can’t take on big issues without student support. As usual in politics, everyone and nobody are to blame.”

WVU students need to stop waiting for solutions to their problems to land in their laps. We all know this University has its flaws, yet we love it just the same. As students, you owe it to yourselves, whoever pays for your education and your classmates to participate in SGA. It is your responsibility.

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Meeting the Dancing With Our Mountaineer Stars contestants

BY ERIN DRUMMOND & EMILY ZEKONIS EDITORIAL STAFF Competition is on the horizon with the start of WVU’s Dancing With the Mountaineer Stars 2017 on Feb. 25.

Faculty and students have signed up to break out their dancing shoes for the sixth year of the competition and a chance to shake their way to first place. With no experienced required, contestants are paired off and given a choreographer to help them learn a variety of styles.

The competition is fierce, with contestants from a variety of backgrounds, but the competition has a large charitable background supporting the blood drive that occurred last week.

Contestants have attributed the charity as their reason for joining as well as the opportunity to cut loose and have some fun.

“I loved dancing growing up, and this seemed like a really fun event,” said contestant Julie Peng, a chemical engineering student. “I have not danced in a few years but I thought it would be fun to try.”

All are encouraged to attend the free event. Contestants will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 25 in the Mountainlair Ballroom.

Barbara Griffin & John Veney John Veney, a senior advertising and business student of Baltimore, grabbed the program manager for Regents Bachelor of Arts Program, Barbara Griffin, as his partner.

Griffin is a WVU alum and has been a Zumba instructor for 12 years.

“It’s been an amazing experience, Barbara is one of the

most coordinated and hardworking people I’ve ever met.

It’s been an honor to be by her side,” Veney said.

Veney is a part of Beta Theta Pi, Phi Sigma Theta Honors society, ATD Cuarto Mundo and International Man of Mystery.

“I’ve been two-stepping since I’ve came out the womb,” Veney said.

Rickie Huffman & Layne Veneri The House Director for the sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma, steps out of the house and onto the dance floor with partner Layne Veneri.

“I am obsessed with the show Dancing with the Stars and I’ve even gone to two live performances in Pittsburgh and Charleston,” said

Rickie Huffman, the House Director and Special Events Coordinator for the Office of Admissions. “So I am most excited to, hopefully, win a mirror ball!”

Her partner, Veneri, is of Princeton, WV and is a senior honors biology student.

Veneri last danced during show choir in high school.

Anthony Braxton & Kathryn Baker First year medical student and former Irish Dance Team founder Kathryn Baker will lead management student Anthony Braxton around the stage and hopefully to victory for the competition.

“She is amazing. When we win it’ll be thanks to her, our moves are on point we have

the pieces put together,” Braxton said, already attributing his future success to his experienced partner.

While their styles may be very different, Braxton preferring hip hop over an irish jig, the two have joined forces to create a routine that is entirely unique and reflective of their personalities.

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Project Heal hosts first ever National Eating Disorder Association Walk this Sunday

BY EMILY ZEKONIS ASSOCIATE CULTURE EDITOR Project Heal will be holding the first National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) walk to ever take place in West Virginia to raise awareness of the organization and the growing presence of eating disorders in society.

The walk will be held at 11 a.m. on Sunday in the WVU Recreation Center.

Participants are encouraged to sign up, as an individual or with a group, and raise funds that will go to supporting the non-profit organization, NEDA, and ensure that all suffering from eating disorders are able to afford treatment.

NEDA was founded in 2001 as an advocacy group for victims of eating disorders and their families. It actively campaigns for awareness, help connects patients with treatment, and generates funding for research to provide better understanding for prevention.

In the past year alone, NEDA has had around 20,000 people contact its help line and screened more than 180,000 people for eating disorders

online.

“For those who have recovered from an eating disorder it can be an emotional experience,” said Audrey Gunter, the current president of Project Heal. “For some people it might be one of the only times they’re around so many people who understand what they are going through, as eating disorders can be isolating, and that can be a little overwhelming.”

Project Heal’s team has been working hard to plan the event and make sure it is a positive experience, despite the hard topic.

“We’re going to have some activities, guest speakers, snacks and music to keep the energy up,” Gunter said. “This is going to be a special event that will hopefully be a turning point for some people, and will help raise awareness across the state.”

The fundraising goal for the event is set to $5,000. All are encouraged to attend and raise funds for an event that is the first of its kind in the state.

To join the event, and for more information, visit www.

NedaWalk.Org/Morgantown2017 to register and start fundraising today.

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2017

FASHION | 7

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Is the distressed clothing trend here to stay?

by Alainia Conrad,Fashion Columnist

The look of distressed clothing, originating in the fashion-indifferent spheres of punks and paint-covered art students, has consistently worked its way in and out of the fashion cycle throughout the years.

Ripped jeans, although cycling through being “trendy” or not, are often considered a staple in most closets. One may recall the middle school era looks of fabric-patched denim skirts with frayed edges and splattered with neon paint.

Within the past year and a half, distressed clothing has crept its way back up into high fashion, thanks to Kanye West’s Yeezy Season lines, many of which included sweaters, hoodies and dresses torn apart and filled with holes. Kanye, Kim and the rest of the Kardashians were obviously some of the first to hop onto the trend in support of Yeezy Season, with celebrities and countless hypebeasts following suit.

The trend continues to face criticism (after all, people spent thousands of dollars to achieve the status symbol of wearing a sweater with holes in it), and is the subject of memes featuring scenes from post-apocalyptic movies and television shows like The Walking Dead.

Trickling down from the overly expensive beginnings of this fashion cycle, the trend has appeared in cheaper form, selling in fast fashion stores like Forever 21.

As the trend becomes more accessible, it could become more widespread or die out while the high fashion crowd moves on to the next thing.

Yeezy Season 5 was free of holes, but the trend was seen in other spaces, such as Maison Margiela’s latest couture collection which featured deconstructed dresses with little more than seams holding them together and keeping a general dress shape.

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the trend when working at New York Fashion Week as part of the public relations, event coordination and media team for shows hosted by the production company Style Fashion Week.

“Many people on the street were wearing ripped and torn shirts and pants,” Pastors said.

Kanye West has moved away from Yeezy Season’s original apocalyptic aesthetic in his latest collection. However, the trend appears to be remaining in the repertoire of other designers, bloggers and street stylers until further notice.

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SPORTS | 9

SPORTS

With Ahmad’s status unknown, WVU gears up for TCU

BY DAVID STATMAN SPORTS WRITER

MEN’S BASKETBALL After a health scare during West Virginia’s win over Texas on Monday night, Mountaineer head coach Bob Huggins is A-OK for WVU’s matchup with the TCU Horned Frogs.

The same might not be said about sophomore forward Esa Ahmad, who missed his first game of the season on Monday due to back spasms.

As WVU prepares for its third-to-last conference game of the season, Huggins said that it’s still up in the air whether Ahmad, WVU’s second-leading scorer at 11.7 points per game, will see action tomorrow afternoon in Fort Worth.

“We’ve had two days

off and he’s been in to get treated and all of that,” Huggins said. “It depends on how he feels. If he’s not 100 percent ready to go it doesn’t do the team any justice. It really just depends on what the medical staff says and how he feels.”

But while the No. 12 Mountaineers (22-6, 10-5 Big 12) will be favored over TCU (17-11, 6-9 Big 12), they’ll be in for a game whether or not Ahmad takes the floor at 2 p.m. tomorrow.

Under the guidance of former Pitt head coach Jamie Dixon, TCU has climbed to a middle-of-thepack spot in the Big 12—a modest thing in its own, but a big jump from the last-place 2-16 conference finish last season in Trent Johnson’s final year as head coach.

TCU is currently on the NCAA Tournament bubble

KEYS TO THE GAME 1. Turnover battle: In the last meeting between the two, Press Virginia asserted its dominance, forcing 18 turnovers compared to just nine of its own. The Mountaineers finished with a 28-9 advantage in points off turnovers.

2. Finish Strong: Although the same problems didn’t emerge against Texas, they’ve appeared in many of WVU’s games during the last month—just look at Texas Tech last Saturday.

3. Contain Alex Robinson and JD Miller: Robinson scored a team-high 17 points in the last meeting against WVU, including a 9-of-11 mark at the free throw line. Also limiting JD Miller will be key, who has turned it up a notch lately, scoring in double-figures in three straight games.

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Esa Ahmad looks to go to the basket during WVU’s 89-87 overtime loss to Oklahoma on Jan. 18, 2017. and potentially in the running for its first NCAA Tournament berth since 1998, meaning that the Horned Frogs will have plenty to play for.

And with West Virginia’s NCAA spot already just about secured, Huggins doesn’t attach any more importance on this game than usual, despite the fact

that the Mountaineers are still jockeying for seeding in the upcoming Big 12 Tournament.

“It’s not any more important than the other 15 games that we played,” Huggins said. “You look back on it and you’d like to have some of those back, but you can’t get them back. Obviously they’re important, but

they’re not any more important than the other 15 conference games that we have played to this point.”

West Virginia comfortably topped TCU in Morgantown the last time these two teams played on January 7, behind 16 points from Ahmad and a game-high 22 points from Daxter Miles Jr. Texas A&M transfer Alex Robinson led the Horned Frogs with 17 points, while Slovak center Vladimir

Brodziansky contributed 14 points and 6 rebounds.

A junior college transfer, Brodziansky’s emergence as TCU’s top post player has been key to the Horned Frogs’ turnaround.

The 6-foot-11 Brodziansky will match up extensively with the Mountaineers’ redhot center Elijah Macon, who has put up 13.5 points and 7.0 rebounds a game in WVU’s back-to-back wins over Texas Tech and Texas.

Mountaineers set to face “model team,” search to correct mistakes

BY CHRIS JACKSON SPORTS EDITOR

BASEBALL Entering the season, the Mountaineers set a top goal: end the program’s 20-year NCAA Tournament drought.

They came up just short despite advancing to the Big 12 championship game and finishing as one of the country’s hottest teams. Those goals got off to a rocky start, dropping two of three last weekend

against a Charlotte team that went 23-32 last season.

That was one of the problems that cost WVU a shot in the postseason—falling to lesser-known teams throughout the course of the regular season.

“This group needs to play with an edge,” said head coach Randy Mazey. “There (was) a whole group of people who told them they weren’t good enough.”

Those issues will once again be put to the test this weekend

at the Caravelle Resort Tournament in Myrtle Beach, as two of those contests come against George Mason on Friday and Ball State on Sunday, who both finished below .500 in 2016.

Finding improvements from the bullpen will be critical against both, watching that unit surrender a combined 13 runs versus Charlotte.

“Our bullpen has always been our question,” Mazey said. “When our starters get their pitch counts up, that’ll be a big advantage. This time of

year, you have to figure out who can pitch out of the bullpen.”

West Virginia’s biggest challenges, however, come against Coastal Carolina for games on Saturday and Monday. The Chanticleers are coming off the heels of their first ever national title last season and are a team WVU looks to model.

D1baseball.com ranks Coastal Carolina as the No. 19 team in the country despite entering with a 2-3 record. Its roster possesses experience and versatility—two characteris-

tics that also define this WVU bunch.

“They won the national championship and that’s what they did,” Mazey said. “A bunch of guys hit a lot of homers, but they were in the top 10 in the nation in sacrifice bunts, too.”

WVU is riddled with power hitters—a striking similarity Mazey mentioned with Coastal Carolina—and individuals that can play “small ball.” Jackson Cramer and Kyle Davis each ranked among the top in the Big 12 in home runs, with Davis

knocking one out in last weekend’s season opener.

But the “small ball” Mazey alluded to remains an important feature for WVU, highlighted by sophomore Jimmy Galusky, who caught many eyes with his bunting abilities as a freshman.

“We’ve got a great mix,” Mazey said. “We have four or five guys who can hit double-digit home runs on this team, and of the guys who don’t, we have some guys who can still play small ball.”

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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2017

JENNIFER SKINNER / THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

Head Coach Bob Huggins reacts to a big play during WVU’s 77-62 victory over the Texas Longhorns on Monday night.

Huggins, heart prevail for West Virginia

BY CHRIS JACKSON SPORTS EDITOR

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Monday’s game provided a scare to everyone in attendance and to everyone remotely involved with West Virginia.

Head coach Bob Huggins fell down on the court late in the first half, providing a mystifying silence inside the Coliseum. His defibrillator went off, which he said was only the second time it has ever gone off in around 16 years.

But Huggins, 63, assured reporters that he’s fine in the postgame press conference and during Thursday’s Big 12 Teleconference.

“It’s a precautionary thing,” Huggins said. “It doesn’t necessarily mean there’s something wrong. It’s precautionary. That’s why they put it in.”

Huggins suffers from Atrial Fibrillation (AFib), a common occurrence among men his age. It’s defined as an irregular heartbeat, sometimes leading to clots, heart failure and strokes, among other things.

The condition affects more than 2.7 million Americans, according to the American Heart Association.

“I’m like 99.9 percent of other guys my age in America…” Huggins said. “(Former WVU great and NBA Hall of Famer) Jerry (West) has AFib for crying out loud. He does the commercial.”

While Huggins stated he’s okay, it was a frightening experience for his players. They spend countless hours with him in practice and during the long road trips to each Big 12 destination.

After Huggins got back up and went to his stool, his players came over to him—alongside Texas head coach Shaka Smart after halftime—with Morgantown native and senior forward Nathan Adrian hugging his head coach twice before returning to the court.

“That was hard,” said junior guard Jevon Carter. “I can’t really put it in words how I felt, but I’m just glad to see he’s okay.”

Huggins never let off the gas pedal. He immediately brought the fire and started coaching his team again de-

spite the heart condition, helping his team to a 77-62 victory.

It’s something he’s done his entire coaching career since his heart attack in 2002 outside of Pittsburgh International Airport; the doctor who saved him was, coincidentally, the cousin of Kentucky head coach John Calipari, who has both won and lost to the Mountaineers during his time leading the Wildcats.

His players have learned to bring it every day from Huggins despite whatever circumstances arise. He embodies West Virginia with his blue-collar mentality, making his players learn about the state, taking them to the coal mines that represent it.

Most importantly, he’s molded them into better individuals, not just better basketball talents.

“He’s prepared me so much to be a man and I can’t thank him enough,” said WVU senior guard James Long. “I’m a walk-on. A lot of people don’t get this opportunity, but he’s set me up for life. He really taught us how to be a man on and off the floor.”

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