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…was he even there? I didn’t see anything……OH!!! You meant the constant turnovers and stupid fouls.

(and yet I like the kid, and he IS only a college kid, but last night….WOW)

Ironic how the rap all year is that he doesn’t play well in big games, and then he comes out with 0 points, 6 TO’s, and 4 fouls in the biggest game of the year. It has to be one of the worst senior day performances – all things considered (Gameday, #6 Louiville, the fact that he averages 16 points a game) in the history of College Basketball. I mean even freaking Duriel Price scored on his senior night.

WVU was winning 54-52 when he checked back in the game wih 4 minutes left, and with no one other than Ruoff touching the ball, and without getting the ball past halfcourt, UL was up 58-54 within 30 seconds.

Butler was the only press break all night, yet when Ruoff comes in, he decides to not give it to Butler. And immediately turns it over twice more. (And Butler is in a TERRIBLE shooting slump, and him making a few shots could have been the difference in the game.)

Huggins should have called a timeout when we had a possession down 3 with 2 minutes left and 3 timeouts left. We have proven over and that we cannot execute in pressure situations without timeouts. This led to another Ruoff airball on a 3.

Also, I did not want Huggs to put Ruoff back in the game with 4 min left cause the kid hadn’t played in like an hour. However, if I had been coach, I would have done the same thing. You have to play your senior and one of your “best players” with the game on the line no matter what and trust they won’t play like morons.

What am I missing about Ruoff’s personality that makes him so likeable to everyone?

Frankly we have no shooters. Period. Not since Pittsnogle and Gansey …We need muscle under the boards and speed on the outside…our passing was less crisp than the opposition and our overall decision making was a D+ , at least in the final 4 minutes.

Huggs will get it done with his own team and next season we will see a more polished and physical group take the court.

Underperformer in last night’s big game, end of story. Nevertheless, if we are to get anywhere in the tourney, Ruoff and Butler have to come up big. That’s the deal now, but next year opens up a whole new situation, and i cannot wait to see what this team can do in the next year or two.

What is there to say? He was awful. Terrible decision making both offensively and defensively. At one point I started to feel bad for the kid. But then I remembered all the times he preened around after making a meaninglessly three and that quickly faded away.

The more important thing to me is Saturday night closed out the Beilein era for me at the WVU Coliseum. Sure Butler and Smith will be back, but they are now Huggins type players. And I believe John Flowers transfers after this year. Goodbye, Johnny.

On the bright side, I was very, very impressed with Ebanks and Jones. They both showed great basketball IQ in getting to spots on the court that were open. Bryant on the other hand did nothing for me.

And a quick applause to 25314 for the Juice Price reference. I had thought of that on Saturday night too.

Everyone is missing the real problem… Real men don’t cry at basketball games.

Look at the Cinci game.. Huggs weaps crocodile tears before the game and we lose in the ugliest fashion of the season.

On Saturday, Ruoff boo-hoos before the game and that was the last time he was seen in the Coliseum that night until he blew the game in the last 3 minutes.

It’s basketball karma…