Bob Huggins ejected in first half of Big 12 Tournament game vs. Kansas

Things weren’t going well for West Virginia early in the first half against Kansas on Thursday. Then, it got worse.

Mountaineers coach Bob Huggins received back-to-back technical fouls for arguing a no-call and, therefore, got ejected with 9:59 to go before halftime. Longtime associate head coach Larry Harrison is taking over for the rest of the game.

At the time, Kansas led West Virginia 22-4 and stretched that lead to 24-4 after the ensuing free throws. The Mountaineers advanced to the quarterfinal round after defeating Kansas State 73-67 on Wednesday night in the first round.

West Virginia made just three of its first 25 shots to and trailed by 22 points with 3:46 to play. The Mountaineers are the No. 9 seed in this year’s Big 12 Tournament and Kansas came in as the No. 1 seed.

After West Virginia defeated Kansas State on Wednesday, questions swirled about Wildcats coach Bruce Weber’s future with the program. The answer came Thursday when K-State announced Weber’s resignation.

Kansas State basketball coach Bruce Weber resigns from position

Kansas State men’s basketball coach Bruce Weber resigned from his position on Thursday morning, according to a school press release. The decision comes one day after he provided a passionate six-minute response reflecting on his career following a Big 12 Tournament loss.

Over 10 seasons at Kansas State, Weber won 184 games, made five NCAA Tournaments and won two Big 12 championships. In 2018, he took his team to the Elite Eight.

Weber has spent 24 seasons as a head coach in total, with previous stops and Southern Illinois and Illinois before coming to Kansas State in 2012. Over his career, he has 15 NCAA Tournament wins and coached in the championship game in 2005. Weber is also one of 10 Division I coaches to take three different schools to the Sweet 16.

Following the announcement that Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber would resign from his role, athletic director Gene Taylor provided a statement on the coach’s decade-long tenure.

“Coach Weber has provided selfless leadership to our basketball program and university for the last decade,” Director of Athletics Gene Taylor said in his statement. “With two conference championships and an Elite Eight run in 2018, our program reached exceptional levels of success under his direction. His development of young men on and off the court, while representing K-State in a first-class manner with the highest level of integrity is unmatched in today’s game and something all K-Staters should take great pride in.”