Type freely before, during and after.

HALFTIME UPDATE: Pitt traling 31-19.

So ugly. So many things they are doing wrong. No patience. No boxing out. No awareness of the defensive pressure. You can see the kids pressing — especially the NYC ones like Krauser, Fields and Ramon. They all look like they have one eye on the stands.

St. John’s is playing inspired. Great defense, really crashing the boards and running to the ball. A couple times it looked like a lucky bounce going right to them, but more often it was really that they were just moving faster than Pitt.

Still a lot of time.

FINAL UPDATE: St. John’s 55-50.

Dig that deep of a hole and it will cost you. Pitt definitely wore down the Red Storm, but it was too late in the game when they finally had them sucking wind. Pitt turned the ball over too much in the first half, missed some easy opportunities. This was the first game where I saw the team break down — playing for their own shot rather than trying to get the ball to someone for a better look.

Lamont Hamilton was huge. You have to give props to the guy who did it from everywhere and at both ends. Scoring, rebounding, defense and even sinking the clutch free throws. He was the difference.

The good news is Bucky Waters won’t be doing color for the Marquette game next weekend. The bad news, Don Criqui will be doing the play-by-play. Stick to football Don. You’re only mediocre there. I hate when the announcers don’t actually tell you what is happening on the floor (like who fouled and for what) because they are still in the middle of their stories.

I do think that too many Pitt players let themselves get too caught up in playing before friends and family. Too many mental mistakes and too many times they were trying to do it all on their own.