4:30 Eastern tomorrow, Coach Jamie Dixon will be the interview on “Jim Rome is Burning” on ESPN. It’s expected that he brings up UC-Santa Barbara in the final 30 seconds of the interview. Discussing Ben Howland should come about halfway through. The loss of his sister Maggie should be just after the Howland portion. That leaves maybe a minute to actually talk about the team.
I did notice that the PITT defense had good success at keeping the ball out at the perimeter, and thus kept UCONN shooting low percentage shots – but I gather PITT has prided themselves on low opponent’s field goal percentage historically. That helps if the offense slumps, which happens from time to time.