For the fist time since the 2012-13 season, West Virginia’s basketball team won’t begin Big 12 play with two consecutive road games while school is still out on winter break.
That forces WVU to travel nine times into the Central Time Zone instead of eight for conference play, something coach Bob Huggins has continually requested from Big 12 schedule makers.
“I think I’d have a much better chance of convincing my peers than the schedule makers,” Huggins said. Big 12 coaches, “talk about how hard it is to come one time to Morgantown. Here we are going nine time out there. It’s rough.
“What’s so hard about it? Not to mention the missed class time. We get back at 4 a.m. after some games and then you have an 8 a.m. class. That’s hard.”
Huggins believes TV dictates too much of how games are scheduled.
“I know what it is,” he said. “It’s TV telling [the Big 12] who they want to play and when. At some point in time, you have to stand up and say, ‘No, we’re not going to do that to our kids.’ ”
