MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia coach Bob Huggins has a team unlike any of his first four with the Mountaineers.
The roster has nine scholarship newcomers and eight of them were on hand Friday night for Mountaineer Madness, the season-opening scrimmage and slam-dunk contest.
The newcomers include two transfers, who will sit out the season according to NCAA requirements and one junior-college transfer Dominique Rutledge, who was suspended indefinitely.
Four of the freshmen and Rutledge made the trip to Italy in August when the Mountaineers played against four teams, including Illinois for a brief scrimmage. While the trip helped to a degree, Huggins knows his players have a major learning curve ahead before taking on Oral Roberts on Nov. 11, in the first game of the season.
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