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Title: tHuggins talks big 12 crowds
Post by: fatty fat fat on February 20, 2012, 05:38:09 AM
The West Virginia basketball team is in the middle of finishing up its final season in the Big East and with an NCAA Tournament bid on the line, the team has more important things to concentrate on than next season in the Big 12.

Regardless, on Monday night’s Bob Huggins Statewide Sportsline Huggins talked about the Big 12 Conference and what the fans have to look forward to when they travel to all of these new venues. Huggins spent one year at Kansas State and is familiar with the Big 12 and how things are in that conference.

Huggins says there are a lot of exciting venues for Mountaineer fans to experience.

“There’s a few,” said Huggins. “Catching a game in Manhattan, Kansas is special, it really is. Bramlage Coliseum really is jumpin’. It’s like we are a couple times of year, all of the time.”

“Ames, Iowa, the Marriott Center is big time,” continued Huggins. “For a long long time Iowa State was that way. They don’t lose in Phog Allen very often, but they’re pretty good too.”

Bramlage Coliseum is where Kansas State plays and Huggins says the student section there is one of the top student sections, if not the top, in the entire conference. He is also very high on the University of Kansas’s student section. Huggins says the Jayhawks fans always turnout for the games.

“Allen Field House in Lawrence is unbelievable,” said Huggins. “19,000 [fans] if they play the little sisters of the poor and an unbelievable student section. The thing that I think separates the Big 12 from the Big East is they have an incredible student involvement, absolutely incredible student involvement.”

Mountaineer fans have been know to be very loud and passionate, but Huggins has been disappointed at the student’s attendance recently when WVU plays some of the smaller schools. During his radio show he sent a challenge out the student body to show up for all of the Big 12 games.
According to Huggins, when WVU joins the Big 12 next season they will have one of the smallest student sections, attendance wise, in the conference. Also, when WVU joins the Big 12 Conference they will be the only school to let their students attend basketball games by showing their student ID, all of the other schools have to pay for their tickets. Huggins is hoping this will give the students a reason to step up and fill in the seats for all of the games.

“I hope something helps,” said Huggins. “We will be, other than Texas, if it continues the way it’s going, and I don’t mean this discouragingly because it’s a fact, probably other than Texas we will have the worst student crowd in the Big 12 numbers wise.”
Title: Re: tHuggins talks big 12 crowds
Post by: ednksu on February 20, 2012, 05:54:49 AM
he really didn't put floodaggie on blast like that did he?  You edited it right?
Title: Re: tHuggins talks big 12 crowds
Post by: Scary Smart on February 20, 2012, 06:34:58 AM
Pffft, Huggs just clownsuited Iowa State. I bet he did it on purpose, too.
Title: Re: tHuggins talks big 12 crowds
Post by: WillieWatanabe on February 20, 2012, 06:55:30 AM
WVU students get in for free? nice
Title: Re: tHuggins talks big 12 crowds
Post by: pissclams on February 20, 2012, 07:29:43 AM
WVU students get in for free? nice

free? you really think it's free? 
Title: Re: tHuggins talks big 12 crowds
Post by: WillieWatanabe on February 20, 2012, 07:35:08 AM
WVU students get in for free? nice

free? you really think it's free? 

:dubious:
Title: Re: tHuggins talks big 12 crowds
Post by: JavaCat on February 20, 2012, 08:26:49 AM
he really didn't put floodaggie on blast like that did he?  You edited it right?

http://www.wvmetronews.com/wvu.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=50996
Title: Re: tHuggins talks big 12 crowds
Post by: yoga-like_abana on February 20, 2012, 09:03:45 AM
he really didn't put floodaggie on blast like that did he?  You edited it right?
love the term put you on blast. almost as good as merked.
Title: Re: tHuggins talks big 12 crowds
Post by: CNS on February 20, 2012, 10:16:34 AM
Pffft, Huggs just clownsuited Iowa State. I bet he did it on purpose, too.

Trying to deflect his natural obligation as our rival.  Trying to make it so that ISU becomes his rival.  Too rough ridin' late, bro.  It's on.

Also, cannot wait to hate WVU face in bb next year.
Title: Re: tHuggins talks big 12 crowds
Post by: DQ12 on February 20, 2012, 11:15:06 AM
Texas got torched too.
Title: Re: tHuggins talks big 12 crowds
Post by: michigancat on February 20, 2012, 11:16:28 AM
Texas got torched too.

Almost moreso. Confusing national hotel chains is one thing...
Title: Re: tHuggins talks big 12 crowds
Post by: Sandstone Outcropping on February 20, 2012, 12:02:15 PM
he really didn't put floodaggie on blast like that did he?  You edited it right?

Wow. That was really priceless. wtg hugz.
Title: Re: tHuggins talks big 12 crowds
Post by: purplenutz on February 20, 2012, 10:40:15 PM
What kind of an aggie would WVU be? Mountainaggie? Moonshineaggie? kissincousinaggie? huggaggie? missinteethaggie?
Title: Re: tHuggins talks big 12 crowds
Post by: puniraptor on February 20, 2012, 10:41:32 PM
Couchaggie
Title: Re: tHuggins talks big 12 crowds
Post by: ednksu on February 20, 2012, 10:49:00 PM
Texas got torched too.

Almost moreso. Confusing national hotel chains is one thing...
Texas gives no fucks about basketball.  They let Barns do his thing as long as it doesn't distract from football.  Barns=waters calm coach
ISU's claim to fame is hotel hospitality. 
Title: Re: tHuggins talks big 12 crowds
Post by: kitten_mittons on February 21, 2012, 08:10:07 AM
What kind of an aggie would WVU be? Mountainaggie? Moonshineaggie? kissincousinaggie? huggaggie? missinteethaggie?
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CoalAggie is the correct answer.