The story remained the same for the Mountaineers. They dressed 11 players and used nine. (Sagaba Konate was in uniform but didn't play, if you're wondering). Eight scored. Seven played at least nine minutes. Jermaine Haley had the big night Wednesday and 3-for-6 against Texas Tech, but that didn't matter as Matthews stepped forward to take the spotlight. Derek Culver was in foul trouble against Oklahoma. He had six points and 13 rebounds against Texas Tech. Neither team has a great bench, but WVU's was better, 11-9, and Chase Harler had seven of the 11 for the Mountaineers.

"The hardest part is we had so many injuries and we basically lost four starters, and these guys have been great," Huggins said. "They believe in what we're doing. They're incredibly coachable. They believe we can win. It seems like every game somebody different steps up. Like Emmitt stepped up today. Jermaine stepped up. Derek stepped up. Seems like every game a different guy steps up, and we're guarding better. We're guarding better and rebounding better, and that's been a staple of what we've done over the years."