So, I did. We got outplayed. In the stretch that they pulled away in the 2nd half, I saw bad decisions by Burton (TO and missed layup), Bowie (terrible drive that they bailed him out by fouling; he missed the FTs), and Jackson (TO for a run-out). I also saw missed open shots by ISU and some bad defensive positioning (2 cases by MT that stood out and not blocking out by NML). I looked for all this holding and most of it looked like legal D. There were a couple of ticky-tack fouls on ISU but, guess what - they called a couple on WVU that could have gone either way. I also saw us giving up a bunch of easy layups. We got a buch of calls down the stretch.
Sometimes you have to put away that inevitable narrative of "WVU holds and gets away with fouls while Huggy bullies the refs" and acknowledge that the you have to be better to win.
Great stretch by the Clones to win 8 out of 10 including wins vs. OSU, KU and Baylor. I tip my hat to this undersized group. I'll miss watching them.
