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WVU: Huggins broke 7 ribs, not 4

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A spokesman for the West Virginia University basketball team says further testing has revealed that coach Bob Huggins broke seven ribs — not four — in a hotel room fall.

Bryan Messerly said Tuesday Huggins remains in a Las Vegas hospital and should be released soon.

Messerly says Huggins told him Sunday he was doing well.

Huggins injured himself in a fall in his Las Vegas hotel room Friday.

He was in Nevada on a recruiting trip.

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