Pitt won its Big East opener against perennial bottom dweller Virginia Tech 78-59. VT played well for the first 18 minutes or so. They were shooting lights out from the 3-point line and forced 10 turnovers with some solid defense the game was tied at 28 with a little more than 5 minutes left in the first half. Then Pitt went on a run and it was 39-33 in favor of Pitt. The second half was all Pitt. Pitt Guard, Jaron Brown had a career game with 21 points, 4 steals, 4 rebounds and 3 assists (though his free throw percentage dropped even lower with a 1-4 shooting) while getting to 1,000 points. Still, I implore Jaron to stop shooting 3-pointers. He is a terrifying 4-30 at that range.

Freshman sensation, Chris Taft, got his third start in place of Senior Torree Morris. Taft also had a great game and doesn’t look to be going out of the line-up anytime soon. Morris played only 6 minutes in the game committing 2 fouls and scoring 4 points.

Next up, at Miami on Saturday.