The saying goes: What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. That is unless you're Bob Huggins' ribs.
West Virginia men's basketball coach was admitted to a Las Vegas hospital Friday after falling and injuring himself.
Reports say Huggins returned from watching AAU basketball games Friday afternoon and was getting ready to pack up and leave for another tournament.
He tripped while packing, hit his ribs off a coffee table and his head off the floor.
Huggins was sent to the hospital, and despite expectations that he would leave Saturday, he stayed in for precautionary reasons.
WVU athletic director Oliver Luck said he is expected to make a complete recovery in a statement released Saturday.
Because of his past and the impression Las Vegas has as the "Sin City," many across the country saw it as a chance to turn this story upside down.
"He was probably drunk," a comment on an ESPN.com article read.
"If Bob Huggins doesn't get help now for his alcoholism, we can all right an early epitaph for him," wrote one person on a CBSsports.com article about the accident.
"I believe coach Bill Huggins was drunk he fell in his hotel in vegas and broke four ribs wth!!!!" someone wrote on Twitter wrote (who obviously had no idea what Huggins' first name was).
Can't we all just leave him alone for once?
Sometimes a tumble is just a tumble.
Yes, Huggins has made mistakes in the past involving alcohol. In 2004, he was convicted of a DUI.
That was one of the reasons he was forced out of his job at Cincinnati.
But that had nothing to do with what happened last weekend.
Huggins, along with associate head coach Larry Harrison, was in Las Vegas for one of the biggest AAU showcases in the nation.
College coaches spend their summers traveling around the country to attend these events. On Friday, Huggins had an accident and broke seven ribs.
The truth is, people's minds are tailored to taking facts and making it into something it isn't.
I'm sure many did the same when he tripped over a cone checking his phone at the Charlotte, N.C., airport.
They probably also said the same thing when a photo arose of Huggins with two black eyes last summer.
Huggins reportedly ran into the corner of his bathroom door.
Have no fear Mountaineer nation, because Huggins is and will be the face of the WVU basketball program for many years to come.
Recruits are beginning to realize that Huggins is committed to staying loyal to his home state unlike so many coaches in the NCAA who promise recruits one thing and disappoint at the end of the year.
Huggins is smart – he did graduate magna cum laude. He's also one of the most influential people in West Virginia.
It would be stupid for a man of his stature to drink on the job.
WVU is an up-and-coming basketball powerhouse in a dominant basketball conference with a future Hall-of-Famer at the helm.
He may be bumped and bruised, but Huggins is no joke.
Despite what your beliefs are or what many will say from outside of the WVU men's basketball program, he is the man who you want at the helm.
Here's hoping he has a quick and easy recovery and will be back prepping for another Final Four run soon.