After 10 pm. That’s when I was finally able to sit down and watch this. So many things to get done even after the kid’s holiday concert. Needless to say, I was screwed. By 9:20, I stole a glance at a sports website to check something else before I could get to the TV. I caught that the game was in OT. I was just hoping it would end by 9:30 — I extended the taping a half-hour.
Three phone calls came starting at 9:35. I had to ignore each of them. Each time, though, apparently my face betrayed my emotions. The wife thought I might be heading for a nervous breakdown. I just don’t know as I type this whether I have the final minutes on the DVR.
…Hideous call by one official. Denying the charge call on Nelson taken by Cook. Instead, they call something against Young — but count the basket. Then they give a call back to Pitt. At best, it might fire the team up a little more with the “everyone is out to get us” type mentality kicking in.
It did seem to embarrass the officials with that bad of a call — that they looked at to determine who it was on. Pitt is getting some more calls. Less than 5 minutes into the half, Pitt’s in the bonus.
Wow. A 12-0 Pitt run with under 6 minutes. Pitt with a 50-48 lead. Complete defensive battle. Both teams just contesting everything. Making it a battle up and down the court. Brutal. Beautiful.
OT.
Oh, crap. Cook had his left knee buckle. Hate to think it, but all you can think is ACL.
Duke fans chanting for Duke as Mike Cook lies on the floor. Hell, even Domer fans have more class.
DeJuan Blair fouls out. Huge for Duke that Lance Thomas was able to play. If not, they would have lost at least Henderson if not Nelson by now.
Time runs out on the DVR with 56.3 seconds left. Duke with the ball and up 63-62.
OMG!!!!
Pitt won?!?!?!?
Levance Fields. Wow.
Here’s the link to the ESPN video highlights.
Nothing like being the team that comes back in the second half after a horrible 1st half. It beats beating up your own team for choking and blowing it.
Losing Cook, though, is brutal. There is love and hate for Cook from fans. I understand it, but I am a fan. Gilbert Brown is going to have to be huge. It also means more size deficiency issues. Benjamin and Wanamaker will get more action in a 3-guard line-up. That or Cassin Diggs and McGhee will have to make a huge jump.
What a game, one that will live up there in my weak basketball memory. Pitt sucks me in every year because they are a local team for me, but i confess i am more a UNC basketball fan.
Big win for Pitt, bad lost for your DVR!
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At least that’s when I thought this one was over, flicked off the TV and headed to sleep…
Only to wake this morning and HOLY SH*T!!!!!!
I AM NOT WORTHY; IAM NOT WORTHY; I AM NOT WORTHY
Maybe this year we have true reason to believe that Pitt bball can advance from the Sweet Sixteen to the Elite 8. And, dare I consider the Final Four?
HAIL PITT!
I confess that I put my daughter to bed, and missed most of Pitt’s comeback in the second half (ignoring the game when Pitt’s down always seems to work for me.) I tuned back in when Pitt went ahead by Sam Cook’s FT. What a second half! What poor officiating! And what a terribly bad thing to happen to Mike Cook.
Am very curious to see what respect Pitt receives in the polls after this. There’s some worthy teams still above them, but this win has to put Pitt on their doorstep. C’mon Lunardi…c’mon Parrish, c’mon all you Pitt haters out there. Give us a little love!
but i also was at the game…….
this was more satisfying then being at the garden for the BET championship win……amazing amazing game…..and a signature win for this program…..
hope cook gets better….that looked real bad…and f duke fans for doing stupid chants while he’s writhing in pain…..we went crazy when that happened…..i thought major fights were going to break out the whole OT……
PITT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Losing Cook is huge but I was really impressed with Brown. He is freak and his blocks were huge. He has all the skills and if he gains the confidence he will be huge
As we’re leaving the Garden, we turn around and see Jay Williams, the former Duke stud, behind us. We told him that it would have helped if he was out there to which he replied “I’ve got my championships man, it’s your team’s turn. You guys are F’n good.” Awesome awesome awesome win!
Refs were absolutely horrible. the pitt fans were great though. Slapped hands with everyone after the game. Had no voice left. What a fun game. Constantly loud.
During one of the breaks, (halftime maybe?) Dick Groat was inducted into the college basketball HOF. Great ceremony for a great player. The video focused on his time at Duke and his time with the Pirates. Perfect setting really with everyone cheering….except for a strong number of Dukie babies sitting on their asses, silent. Really disrespectful to a guy who is still the 15th leading scorer of your precious program.
Needless to say we were pretty irritated, especially the one member of our group who nearly started a fight over the ordeal. But anyways- this little display of classlessness made us just a little louder and more obnoxious, and the victory much sweeter.
Averin Collier selects SU over Pitt:
link to democratandchronicle.com