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Bob Huggins lost his top two scorers from a year ago. He still has Press Virginia.West Virginia opens the 2016-17 season with plenty of questions about its offense. Yet that issue has often been a problem that Huggins seems to figure out with athletes he molds to play defense first at a furious pace.Forward Devin Williams left after his junior season to enter the NBA draft and guard Jaysean Paige, who led the Mountaineers with 13.7 points off the bench, graduated. They represented a third of West Virginias scoring. Williams and the departed Jonathan Holton combined for 17 rebounds a game.No returning player averaged double digits in scoring or more than three rebounds.Huggins said the points will come if his players can take better care of the basketball.West Virginia was second nationally in forced turnovers, steals and offensive rebounds last season but also was among the worst in turnovers at 14 per game.Our ball security was as bad as its been in probably the nine years Ive been here, Huggins said. We just cant throw it away the way we did. We would steal the ball and then turn it back over.Starting guards Jevon Carter and Daxter Miles return to help Huggins figure out a way to dethrone perennial Big 12 champion Kansas. The Mountaineers lost to the Jayhawks in the Big 12 title game and league coaches have picked West Virginia to finish second again.Weve come a long way in terms of respect in the league, Huggins said. But that doesnt mean anything unless you back it up. And now weve got to go back it up.West Virginia went 26-9 last season and fell to Stephen F. Austin in its opener at the NCAA Tournament.---Some other things to watch as the Mountaineers pursue their eighth NCAA appearance in Huggins 10 seasons:NEWBIES: Huggins has five freshmen on the roster, including James Beetle Bolden, who missed the entire 2015-16 season with torn knee ligaments. Theyll be sure to get some action in nonconference games as Huggins unleashes the latest version of his full-court defense. Were going to play a lot of people, Huggins said. I hope we can get into other peoples bench and make them play guys that they havent played a lot and just a cumulative effect of what we do wears on them.POST PROBLEMS: Elijah Macon, Brandon Watkins and others will have the tough task of trying to make up for the loss of Williams post presence. Macon and Watkins combined for five points per game. Watkins missed much of last season with a sprained knee.BYE-BYE CYST: Forward Nathan Adrian, who started 16 games, was having wrist problems last season and it hurt every time he shot the ball. Huggins said Adrian didnt tell him until the end of the regular season. Doctors found a cyst, which was removed and Adrian no longer feels pain. I think he shot the ball pretty well at the end of last year and I think hell shoot it really well this year, Huggins said.OTHER VETERANS: Forward Esa Ahmad started all 34 games a year ago and looks to improve on his five-point scoring average. Guard Tarik Phillip provided plenty of help off the bench. Phillip had four games with at least 18 points and one 10-assist game.HERES THE BEEF: West Virginia has three players weighing at least 240 pounds, two of them newcomers -- 6-10 Maciej Bender and 6-8 Sagaba Konate, along with Macon at 6-9. They could help bulk up West Virginias defense near the basket. 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Seen as possible relegation candidates at the start of the season, Leicester are just nine games from becoming the most improbable of Premier League winners.And Adams, who managed Leicester in the top flight himself during his stint in charge (2002-04), thinks Ranieris coolness under pressure could prove to be a trump card. Mahrez has scored 15 goals in the Premier League this season Asked by Sky Sports News HQ if Leicester would go on to win the title, Adams said: Why not?Two things. One, I think the players believe in what they are doing, which is important, and two, I think they have got a belief in Claudio Ranieri.They talk about pressure and it seems to me every other manager has talked about the pressure, but the one person who doesnt show it is Claudio Ranieri, and I think he is going to be key to this.He was not a popular choice among the fans, they werent really sure about him, but what a fantastic job he has done.Adams also thinks Leicester have the seasons best player on their side in the shape of Riyad Mahrez, who made his latest vital contribution when he scored the winner at Watford on Saturday.ddddddddddddAsked if Mahrez was the top candidate to be player of the season, Adams said: Hes got to be.There could be a case argued for (Leicester forward Jamie) Vardy also but Mahrez has been outstanding. Not only his contribution in terms of goals but his assists also.There will be a lot of owners looking at their chief scouts and asking how has Mahrez ended up at Leicester? The Foxes do not have another game until Newcastle visit next Monday (14 March), live on Sky Sports 1 HD, and their title rivals have much busier programmes in the coming weeks.I think it is an advantage, said Adams. From the physical side of things, it will help them. If people are carrying injuries, they will have longer to recover from them.Mahrez is key at this moment in time and, if he has got a little hamstring injury (he was taken off at Watford), he will have time to recover from that.I think Leicester will be really refreshed coming into the Newcastle game, which I think will be vital to them. Also See: Mahrez: No pressure on us Ranieri: Rivals must be nervous Leicester champs, Spurs fourth? The title race run-in ' ' '