Both Andy Katz at ESPN.com and Seth Davis for SI.com had little bullet point love notes to a different Pitt guard this week.
Is there a better 3-point threat off the bench then Pitt’s Ronald Ramon? His 3-point shooting has been key, with a trey to help beat Georgetown and then burying four more in the win over Connecticut.
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The more Levance Fields tries to take over games the way Carl Krauser did, the closer Pitt will come to winning a national championship.
Add in Dick Weiss for the NY Daily News throwing the hometown love to both Fields and Ramon.
“We weren’t thinking about getting a point guard in that class because we had Carl (Krauser) and Ronald,” Dixon said. “As things went on, we went and saw him play, we realized you can never have too many point guards and we said, ‘This kid is too good.’ We felt Ronald could play (shooting guard) and Levance could play the (point), just like we’re doing right now.”
That really worked out well for Pitt, as Ramon is so much better along the perimeter looking for a shot, rather than trying to always bring the ball up court and distribute.
1. Aaron Gray is a good college center. Yes, he misses lay ups and is not agressive at times but he still is good. With that said, I cant see him in the NBA matching up against the likes of Tim Duncan. Hopefully I am wrong. He is great for Pitt though.
2. Sam Young is not what people thought at the beginning of the year. I think people get so caught up with a player because he can throw down some amazing dunks. He is not a very good shooter, and can not play defense. thats why he is not getting minutes, he just is not as good as people want to believe he is.
3. Fields will be fine. He struggles against some quick guards and got frusturated. Look for him to bounce back against Marqutte and their guards.
4. Ramon does need to get more shots. He still is the only person on the team I trust shooting the ball in crucial situations.
5. Graves has had a great year thus far. ever since the Big East tournament last year he has found confidence and has been playing great. Great Defender, and has been solid both shooting, and driving to the hoop. Still makes the occasional bone head mistake, but I can look over that.
6. Kendall is slowly getting better. Knocking down more jumpers, and playing with a little more confidence.
7. Need to get better minutes defensively from Biggs. Has a good shot for a big guy, but struggles on the defensive end.
thats all i really wanted to say at this time….
