Bob Huggins Loses $30,000.00 Dollars

And there was much rejoicing. I thought I heard that Huggins has a clause in his contract where he gets 30K every time he beats Kansas.

WVU out rebounded the Hawks 41 to 27. I think that is a big spread

Huggy gets $25,000 every time he beats us and he donates it to cancer research in his mother's name.

I like Huggins. And if I'm reading body language correctly, I think Self does too. Is Huggy brash, loud and occasionally over-the-top? You betcha. But he seems to be an authentic guy and looks like 10 minutes after the loss, he'd be more than happy to meet up with Self, crack open a cold beer and have a good-natured hang out.

He certainly is a WVU guy and will support his guys to the end, but I also think he's self-aware enough that if you called him on some of his stuff after the game in private, he'd admit that there's some Barnum Bailey in his schtick.

Glad we beat him, but I can't work up the anger/hatred that I could with guys like Billy Tubbs, Norm Stewart or even Scot Drew. You can almost see Huggy's tongue firmly inserted in his cheek while he patrols the sideline. Looks to me like he'd be a really fun guy to have at the party.

I am going to disagree with the Bob Huggins take. I do not disregard your observations as I think they are valid and he would no doubt be enjoyable company if he chose to hang out. When he was at Cincy and had a0% graduation rate I lost respect for the man. Those that justify the NCAA model by suggesting the education is worth the time and effort of the players a 0% graduation rate looks like that is taking advantage of the players. You could argue that he does not see it as fair compensation and was encouraging his players to seek gainful employment when they were ready. That maybe the case and maybe I am misreading it and he did have the players best interest in mind. But as a college coach a 0% graduation rate is unacceptable IMO. He currently has a 90% graduation rate at WVU so I may be wrong about him.

Valid point, Hairy. He also had the DWI charge leading up to his getting the boot. Nevertheless, as you say, he's not demonstrating poor academic standing at WVU, so one wonders how much falls on his shoulders vs. how much gets spread around through the athletic department and administration. Note that he got the boot shortly after a new President was hired at Cincinnati, so it's entirely possible that the "winning before grades" concept was encouraged or even pushed by his bosses. I'm not so naive to think that shenanigans run rampant in college hoops, and that includes KU. While I think Self runs a tight ship and clean program, I would also be completely unsurprising to wake up one morning an find out that KU is as dirty as anyone else but has just done a better job of hiding it.

Honestly I didn't really follow Huggins until his last couple of years at Cincinnati, but seeing him 2-3x per year vs. KU since he landed at K-State makes me feel like I have a decent feel for him (as much as I do for any coach I see on TV a handful of times every year). I also think it's totally possible that his ugly departure from Cincinnati might also have given him some time to reflect and change his ways.

Or who knows, maybe he and Self run an illegal dog-fighting business that they took over from Michael Vick and steal candy from little kids for fun on the side. I've been burned enough NOT to put any celebrity on too high of a pedestal if I don't have personal experience with them.