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WVU basketball: Shoe Variety Sparks Memories Of Simpler Equipment Times For …

Shoe Variety Sparks Memories Of Simpler Equipment Times For WVU’s HugginsWVU head coach Bob Huggins sat in the baseline seats the other day holding court as his West Virginia basketball team came out and began practice.

Those guys come out every day with a new pair of shoes that has absolutely nothing to do with anything.

“I hated them.”Someone suggested that Huggins might have hated them because he might not have had the best looking legs.

“Every black player that came through the door, from Michael Jordan to LeBron James, it’s because of Earl Lloyd, Chuck Cooper and ‘Sweetwater’ Clifton.

“My father was the first black man to lace up a pair of Converse and walk on the court.