West Virginia's Bob Huggins continued to coach in Monday's game against the Texas after falling to his knees just before halftime following a timeout in the Morgantown.

The players alerted the West Virginia medical staff after Huggins, aged 63, was kneeling on the court holding a clipboard between the Mountaineers sideline and halfcourt with just under 30 seconds remaining in the half game. Huggins, who has the history of poor health, including a heart attack in the year 2002, was seen rubbing his chest after the Mountaineers headed to the locker room for the halftime.

Huggins told to ESPN's Holly Rowe that his internal defibrillator went off just before the half and gave him a shock.

In his postgame news conference, Huggins said that he received an approval to continue to coach after communicating with the West Virginia athletic director and also to his personal doctor, who gave him the OK to return.

Huggins also said that, "I talked to a couple people, but I did not get hooked up to any machines or anything," adding that when the defibrillator goes off, "it comes out of nowhere." It is only the second time that has happened, he said.

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The West Virginia announced at the start of the second half that Huggins was simply "lightheaded."

Huggins said, "that is what happened when I fell down before; you stand up, you get lightheaded, it goes off, and what it does is it shocks your heart back into the rhythm. I'm like 99.9 percent of other guys my age in America — I got AFib [irregular heartbeat]. Jerry [West] has AFib for crying out loud; he does the commercial."

By Mrudula Duddempudi.