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Bob Huggins Leaves Kansas State for West Virginia

Bob Huggins has resigned after one year as head coach at Kansas State to take over at his alma mater, West Virginia, according to a local newspaper. Huggins replaces John Beilein, who left West Virginia this week to become the head coach at Michigan.

Huggins leaves behind an extremely talented roster -- he is perhaps college basketball's best recruiter -- and there will be immediate speculation about whether his recruits will stay at Kansas State. The incoming freshman class was supposed to be among the best in the country, but it's highly unlikely those players will enroll at Kansas State now.

Kansas State now faces two questions. One, of course, is who will be the next head coach. We'll hear plenty of names tossed around, mostly names of coaches currently employed by mid-major programs.

The other question is whether hiring Huggins was worth it for Kansas State. Yes, he brought a lot of talented players to a school that hadn't had much basketball talent. But just as everyone suspected, he bolted as soon as a better offer came along.

Don't cry for Kansas State or for Huggins' K-State players, though: They knew what they were getting when they got into bed with Huggins.

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