And yes, Graham has noticed that the now 18-1 Mountaineers have slowly crept up in the polls.

There were plenty of questions about the state of West Virginia's basketball team when this season began. More questions than potential answers, judging by the fact that the coaches in the Big East picked the Mountaineers to finish ninth this season, exactly where they finished 2008-09.

Coaches can't vote for their own teams in the preseason poll, but even Mountaineers boss Mike Carey, although comfortable with some answers, had questions.