West Virginia opened the season on Sunday with a sluggish first half that turned into a 23-point victory.  

Tied 31-31 at the half, the Mountaineers, fueled by Da'Sean Butler's 26 points, stormed back to do what a top 10 team does to Loyola (MD)—blow them out.

The biggest story of the game wasn't Butler's points. That was expected. 

It wasn't Casey Mitchell making his Mountaineer debut and struggling. That is also to be expected. 

It wasn't about man-to-man defense either, because if Bob Huggins is on the sideline, that is to be expected.

The biggest story of the day was Kevin Jones starting for Devin Ebanks, who wasn't even in the building.

The official reason for his absence? Personal reas...

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