Huggins bolts from Manhattan after one season

Former K-State coach will take over at West Virginia

After just one season, Manhattan is no longer Huggieville.

Kansas State men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins is leaving the Wildcats to return to West Virginia, his alma mater, according to media reports in West Virginia and Kansas.

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In his only season coaching the Wildcats, Huggins led K-State to the postseason for the first time since 1999. K-State advanced to the second round of the NIT and finished the season with a 23-12 recording, including a 10-6 mark in Big 12 Conference play.

Huggins leaves behind the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation, according to numerous recruiting services. Those players, including highly touted prospect Michael Beasley, could be released from their national letters of entent by K-State.

A little more than a year ago, Huggins signed a five-year contract at K-State, which paid him at least $800,000 each season.

Huggins will replace John Beilein, who left West Virigina earlier this week to take over at Michigan.

— Kansan Staff Report

 

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