West Virginia's men's basketball team will play at the University of Arkansas for the first time when the teams meet at 1 p.m. today in the Big 12/SEC Challenge, but Mountaineers Coach Bob Huggins was on the visiting bench at Walton Arena 26 seasons ago.
Final: West Virginia 65, Kansas State 43
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Until halftime against No. 10 West Virginia it appeared Kansas State might have a chance of continuing the good vibes of the last week. But turnovers and the inability to make open shots derailed their chances of securing back-to-back upsets against top-10 teams, as the Wildcats (7-19, 3-14 Big 12) fell to the Mountaineers (17-6, 10-4) by a 65-43 final score.
K-State did what it needed to do in the first half, treating West Virginia to the same sort of shirt-to-shirt defense that Mountaineers Coach Bob Huggins has made a staple of his program. Though the Cats were down by as many as 9 early, a three-point bucket by Rudi Williams and two from Mike McGuirl pulled them within one, at 19-18, with 5:12 to play in the first half. West Virginia gave K-State plenty of chances to take the lead over the next two-plus minutes, but the Wildcats missed four shots and committed three turnovers before the Mount