So, give WVU coach Bob Huggins credit. When the NCAA changed the rules a few years ago and took away hand-checking on the perimeter, it threw a wrench into Huggins' style of coaching.
His success was built on tough, hard-nosed, in-your-grill defense. But, suddenly, it was against the rules. Huggins struggled to adjust and it showed in WVU's records.
What's a coach who always recruited defenders instead of shooters to do?
That's when the light bulb came on.
If Huggins extended his defense to full-court and trapped everything, even including missed shots, he could return to his physical, defensive-oriented style.
Thirty-four games later, WVU's in the Sweet 16.
That's because no matter how many fouls are called on WVU, the Mountaineers still are getting away with fouling about 50 percent of the time.
The premise is simple.
If a team fouls relentlessly enough, there's no way officials can catch or call every foul.
That's the diabolical genius of Huggins.
And there's nothing dirty about it.
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