Kriisa to stay at WVU, play for interim coach Eilert

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Personnel WriterJun 25, 2023, 05:52 PM ET

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interim men’s basketball coach Josh Eilert, transfer guard Kerr Kriisa revealed Sunday he prepares to stay at West Virginia after initially reentering the portal following Bob Huggins’resignation.Kriisa, who spent 3 seasons at Arizona prior to moving, devoted to

West Virginia in April. However, he announced on Friday he planned to put his name back in the website as the look for Huggins’replacement dragged out without a resolution.With the Mountaineers calling assistant coach and long time staffer Eilert the interim boss for the 2023-24 season on Saturday, Kriisa is now back in the fold.”The assistance and love that the Mountaineer fanbase has revealed me and this group in 2 months is unequaled,”Kriisa composed on Twitter.”I feel so lucky to call Morgantown house. 2 years ago I put my faith in an assistant coach and we won 61 games together. Now, I am putting my faith back in a coach that put his faith in me. This staff and team will do something extremely unique and I’m so glad to be a part of it. “Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Kriisa, a 6-foot-3 local of Estonia, was one of the very best point player in the transfer website this spring. He started 65 games the

past 2 seasons

for Arizona, helping lead the Wildcats to a 61-11 record in those two projects. He balanced 9.9 points and a league-leading 5.1 assists last season, shooting almost 37 %from 3-point range.He was among the essential players amongst a huge transfer class that Huggins hired for next season, signing up with Jesse Edwards(Syracuse), RaeQuan Fight( Montana State ), Jose

Perez( Manhattan) and Omar Silverio( Manhattan). The West Virginia program was tossed into disarray earlier this month when Huggins was apprehended for allegedly driving under the impact. He resigned one day later on, and the Mountaineers began a

nationwide search for a long-term replacement. The timing of the search made things challenging, leading athletic director Wren Baker to tab Eilert on Saturday.Kriisa was one of 3 West Virginia players to go into the portal following Huggins’resignation. Beginning big guy Tre Mitchell( 11.7 points per game )went to Kentucky this weekend, while reserve guard Joe Toussaint( 9.4 PPG )is thinking about Kansas State,

Texas Tech and others. Both players are said to be available to returning to Morgantown, too.