Morgantown, West Virginia – Bob Huggins appeared on ‘The Pat McAfee Show’ today and they covered a wide array of topics.
McAfee asked Huggins about the loss to Oklahoma State on Saturday, and Huggins was clearly still very upset about it. “We were awful on Saturday and there’s no other way to put it . So I gave them 2 days off, we’re going to look at some film and practice tomorrow. Hopefully we’ll go out and play with all the energy we saved up from not playing on Saturday.”
"We were awful on Saturday there's no other way to put it. So I gave them 2 days off we're going to look at some film & practice tomorrow..
& hopefully we'll go out & play with all the energy we saved up from not playing on Saturday"@CoachHuggs on his team #PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/VYcJEfffOt
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 8, 2021
McAfee also discussed the challenges of recruiting during the pandemic. Huggins replied, “They can’t come and see the campus, which I think is terrible. Who wants to go to a school that they’ve never been to?”
"They can't come & see campus which I think is terrible.. Who wants to go to a school that you've never been to?"@CoachHuggs on the challenges both the kids & he face while recruiting & says he is NOT on Tik Tok #PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/TPrwjAppIl
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 8, 2021
McAfee, a former punter for the West Virginia football team, is an avid supporter of Huggins and the basketball program, and he believes that the Mountaineers can win the national championship this season.
Huggins told McAfee what he would do if the Mountaineers were to win it all, saying, “I want to take a bus and drive all over the state, and let every touch it and feel it and experience it up close.”
What would @CoachHuggs do if @WVUhoops wins the National Championship?
He wants to take a bus, drive all over the state of West Virginia, & let everybody see it up close & experience it #PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/6A1RV4eWGg
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 8, 2021
In addition, Huggins said he takes losing games really hard because he feels like he lets the entire state of West Virginia down when the Mountaineers don’t play well. “When we lose, I feel really, really bad. I feel like we let the people of the state down.”
"When we lose I feel really really bad.. But I feel really bad because I feel like we let the people of the state down" @CoachHuggs on the people of West Virginia, the students of @WestVirginiaU, & shares his story of connection after the coal mine tragedy #PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/tw6SEK8pzA
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 8, 2021
Great interview! Listen to the full interview on Pat’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci2CbfTfUSk
