Bob Huggins leaves Kansas St after 1 year & takes over West Virginia

Is West Virginia a better job? I wouldn't mind staying with a 23-12 squad that has a Top-10 recruiting class coming in.

I don't think it is but it's his alma mater, so that had a lot to do with it. Bigger story is that K St. WILL NOT release any of their recruits from their letters of intent, meaning if they want to join Huggins in Morgantown they will have to sit out a year.

With regard to the academic performance of Huggins' programs you are way off base. Unfortunately, the truth is often not as interesting as juicy rumors and inuendo. But if you got off your butt and did some research instead of parroting the same crap as all the other lazy bums that call themselves journalists, you might find something interesting. During his tenure at the University of Cincinnati, Huggins' had roughly 100 players involved in his program and 36 (or 38) of those players earned their diploma.

That is a better record than many other high profile coaches and programs. In fact, it is a better record than some schools have for the general student population as measured by matriculating freshman.

In his last year at the University, all 4 of his senior players graduated. One of them qualified to graduate early but had to register for a class to be able to be on the team. He apparently blew off the class - he didn't need it to graduate and was a clear NBA draftee anyway - he registered a 0 grade point for that quarter - it didn't matter.

The NCAA many years ago calculated graduation rates in a very perverse way. If a player transfered into a program (such as a Junior College player) they would not count as a graduate. However, they would be included in the total count and would therefore lower the overall graduation percentage. In addition, players that left the program early (just quitting or transfering to another school) were also counted in the total. And lastly, there was no credit granted for students who earned their degree after they exhausted their eligibility. So, a guy finnishes his playing career and gets an offer for $1 million to go play in Europe -he takes the gig and returns during the off season to complete his degree - he doesn't count either. These methods have now changed.

Huggins was a pioneer in using JuCo transfers and his graduation rate suffered for it.

Once the University of Cincinnati made academics a higher priority, so did the coach. In his last few years, his student athletes achieved the best performance in the classroom as well as on the court within their conference.

With regard to the character of players he recruited, you need to put this into perspective. Huggins got the best players that he could find that were willing to come to an urban University with a second tier academic profile and play in a mid range quality conference. Cincinnati had a decent program. Given the opportunity to go there or to go to Duke, Stanford, Kentucky, Notre Dame, North Carolina, etc....where are you gonna pick?

Huggins' took some chances on some kids he probably should have passed on. But for a lot of these kids he was a father that they never had. Many of those kids are now respected and responsible citizens in the Cincinnati community. I don't believe the number of problem kids were disproportionatley high when compared to many other high profile programs.

I'm disappointed that Huggin's left after one year at Kansas State. However, he turned them down once before to remain in Cincinnati. I guess he figured if he passed on them again he might never get the chance for his dream job again.

alright well if all that stuff you said was true, then I guess he is doing a better job then everybody else in the country gives him credit for.