No official word from Pitt (yet), but yesterday was the start of the college basketball early signing period.
24/7 Sports is reporting (though the story is behind a paywall), that both Mike Young and Josh Newkirk have signed with Pitt.
Josh Newkirk also tweeted out a photo of his signing day late last night.
With John Johnson’s departure, Pitt will definitely have one extra scholarship available. Pitt is still pursuing center BeeJay Anya. Regardless of whether Pitt gets Anya or not, Coach Jamie Dixon has shown he won’t just sit on a scholarship for a year. So, expect it to be used for 2013.
there may be outhers we dont know abought there are not any highley rated big men to sign except BJ.
I believe he has crossed Pitt off his list though.
I would love to see Beejay Anya come to Pitt…
Pitt needs to replace J.Johnson with a “big”.. PF type preferably as I see 2 PF types playing in the ACC style of offense. And my definition of a PF is 6’8″, 240#, athletic and can run the floor.
Plus PITT is a much better, highly rated University than NC State, again not even close.
And we have his HS bud Robinson to feed him for easy hoops. And PITT has been head & shoulders over NCSU in hoops for a decade. They are always 2nd fiddle to UNC & Duke, even in their own city.
And we have Primanti Brothers, case closed.
I think Pitt gets back in the conversation, but if having Robinson on this Pitt squad was that big of a deal Beejay wouldn’t have chopped Pitt once before.
I agree, but there aren’t many of these type of guys around.
Best Case: Adams stays through his soph year and turns pro. Meaning you had better get a C or big PF to sign this year. With Taylor graduating we would have 2 centers, and a guy we can play or redshirt.
Worst Case: Adams leaves after this year, and the only center we have is soph redshirt Gilbert, who’s played very little. We are then put into a bad situation with depth and we won’t be able to match up with any teams with size.
My guess is that Dixon will find a way to add a PF or C who’s 6’9+ to this class. That could mean a Juco or a transfer if need be. One way or another we can’t go into the ACC with Gilbert as our only Center.
I truly respect your opinions, however, in the case of NC State vs. Pitt it is not as easy as you make it out to be—
Yes, Pitt is better in the classroom, however, Anya might be going for an NBA degree, not a BA.
Yes, Pittsburgh is better than Raleigh, however, in Beejay’s eyes he might be looking at the beauty of the women in Carolina.
and…last but not least NC State is on the rise
in roundball and is surrounded with fans who would sell their kids for a winning season…they are NUTSO for basketball!!
good ones dont grow on trees you cant just say go sign a big man.
yes there are NR big men out there but they would not see the floor at pitt ever.
plus any player you sign will be one you have had contact with thru out the year.
there are SG that we have had been recruting all year.
and one who plays on a team with are top target for next year a 6 foot 11 center.
last year… Chris Jones out of NJ was out of no where… he didn’t have an offer until Jan or something like that..
I’d rather seem them try to get another PF type… not a center…
there are a few rated PF’s out there that have not committed.
For instance… Jordan Washington has an offer from Pitt and has not committed.
PF, 6’8″, 225…. from NYC… but playing at West Oaks Academy in Florida… 3star by Rivals
involved with a top 100 SG AT THIS TIME
but when i look at the landscape and go over the lists i see that they have been involved more with SG this year .
detrick mostella
rysheed jordan
they seam to be hot for detrick mostella at this time.
but have recrutied all 3 this year.
link to youtube.com
Comment by isnore 11.15.12 @ 3:54 pm
lmao, no way the women in Carolina are better looking than in Pittsburgh. There are very few nationalities represented down here as opposed to Pittsburgh and the Northeast as a whole. So it makes for very bland, all kinda look alike people all of basically 3 nationalities. Think Davis Love III. (for women with longer hair) So while the girls may be a little more tanner, there isn’t much variety. The girl I brought down here with me from Pittsburgh was by far the best looking girl ever seen in these parts. She would turn EVERY head in whatever restaurant I would take her in. And after being here for 20 years in the Carolinas I have yet to see any woman down here come close to her.
NC State might be on the rise a little, but with them it never lasts. So they’ll have a good season once in while then, have 4-5 mediocre or worse seasons.
PITT basketball has been one of the marquee programs in the BIg East for a decade. NC State is not a marque program in the ACC. Having a high preseason ranking for one year, (this year) doesn’t make them a marquee program. lol They’ve haven’t been marquee since David Thompson & Tom Burleson played way back in the mid 70’s and that team needed home cooking in the Elite 8 to beat Pitt in their championship year.
And don’t say Valvano’s team in ’83, as that team came out of nowhere to win it that year and were not thought of as a marquee program.
Can’t believe I’m arguing with other PITT fans (?) over whether PITT has a better basketball program than NC St. The record over the last 10 years speaks for itself. Not even close !
If Adams stays for 2013, you would have him and Gilbert, so you can Redshirt the new recruit. If Adams leaves after one season, then you have Gilbert and the new recruit to play Center. Optimally if you could find a talented enough player that could play both Center & PF, that would be the way to go. 2 Guard would then become a priority for next season’s class as Ziegler would be a Senior next year and unless Newkirk or Robinson develop an outside shot, they both are PG’s.
Texas women on the other hand are hot. Yes, variety is lacking but quality is outstanding. NYC has the best however. That’s why a trip to the Garden is so much fun. Its Michigans first trip to the City. For Pitt, its like home. Watch Pitt to come out fast and furious. The Wolverines will be in awe for a while. I expect a close game with Pitt pulling it out in the end.
Was Pitt even heavily recruiting Beejay? Pitt had no open spots until a couple days ago.
before the players that they did sign.
but they found out he was looking a 2 outher schools.
so we signed who we did.
they have signed 3 player who are 5 star and two who are 4 star that is some recruting may be he wants to be part of that.
Oh I thought he at least avg’d 20 ppg. They can have him. Cause those rebounding and block numbers will not be close to that against players his own size. Comparing him to Blair is a stretch, do not think he’ll come into the league as a freshmen with the ferocity of DeJuan. Haven’t seen many in decades that have !
Easy come easy go. Anya didn,t want Pitt. Why?
Who knows. NC State sucks as a program compared with Pitt over the last decade, however, he probably believes that he has a better chance for more playing time in his 1st year. Remember what I said Mr. Emel…BA degree NO!! Anya is thinking NBA.
Against our neighborhood namesake to boot.
The Oakland Grizzlies. (last we played them in the Big Dance of 2010 I believe)
Took a look at their roster. Leading scorer transferred from Providence. Duke Mondy is a 6-4 guard averaging about 20 ppg. They have 4 players avg. in double figures. The 2nd leader scorer is a 6-5 Guard. So they have a very tall backcourt. Will be interesting to see how Jimmy R & Woody defend these guys.
They are 1-2, having lost to Boise State in their last game and LA-LaFayette in high scoring affairs. The Griz average 85 ppg, so this could be a track meet.
Let’s Go Pitt !
On SNY in NYC area.
May those schools burn in the hottest hell.
Welcome uconn or louisville to the acc.
1 while the decent in football by ACC standards, they add little TV wise
2 They are removed from the ACC’s footprint
3 They don’t fit academically
UCONN would be a better fit of the two.
Anyone that thinks the Butler loss was a fluke, please let this be your wake up call. We need a change, certainly someone that can compete in the
ACC. Dixon needs to go back to being Ben Howland’s lackey. He is terrible. The Dave Wannstedt of college basketball
Oakland has lost to Boise State and La Lafayette,
not exactly basketball powers.
Don’t tell me, this is going to start to slide downhill……….
Of course that would make sense why Buttgers is in 1rst place in the BIgLeast and ranked. Crap ass program that they ARE.
