So this one is a patsy’s patsy. Kennesaw State — which is not named for MLB Commissioner Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis — is a former JUCO college that only moved up to D-1 sports in 2009. The Owls are 1-10. Their only win has come against South Carolina State.
Dante Taylor is expected to miss his second straight game with a heel injury. Durand Johnson is unknown with some hamstring issues.
Since there aren’t many games today, there’s more TV distribution for this than simply The Pittsburgh Panthers TV. It’s been picked up by SNY.
If you want a radio stream, go to WPTS.
Who cares anyway?
Yip yip yip.
Blather indeed.
Now the season starts. Merry Christmas to all…
Hail to Pitt!
Perimeter defense sucked as K. State went 9 of 15 from 3. While PITT only hit one 3. Only 1 player in double figures, Zanna with 12 or so.
The rotation today seemed a little ‘out of whack’. imo Any other thoughts on that ?
UC however has a really good tuneup game before that on the 27th. They play, currently #16 New Mexico. Hope our layoff doesn’t work against us.
On the other hand Taylor & Johnson probably could use some more healing time. Although those two don’t play real significant roles atm.
Either Oregon or us will be in the Top 25 come Monday, unless they pull a fast one and plug Temple in there, which even though they beat Syracuse, Temple lost by 10 at home the game before that to…..Canisius. So how does that work !
Pitt has to beat Cincy to have credibility. That’s the bottom line.
Can’t wait until next Monday. Merry Christmas…
Need anymore reasons ?
I can list plenty if you wish. lol
So you don’t care if PITT was ranked in the Top 10 come Monday. Really ?
I know a lot of them are NOT !
That’s what it looked like to me. The substitution pattern was quite random and very chaotic as to not let any one unit get much of a flow going.
Maybe he was trying to confuse Cincy.
Answer…..cause they are RANKED.
What don’t ppl understand here, if we’re already ranked BEFORE we play them and then beat them, we will MOVE UP HIGHER IN THE POLLS, say #15 or #17. As opposed to not being ranked and when we beat them, they will just put us in at around #22 or #23.
This concept is not hard to understand, especially for ppl with college degrees. 🙂
Merry Christmas to all the Blatherites!!!
Generally speakimg Most BE teams have played similar
opponents plus natural rivals from
other conferences.
Let the real games begin. The Pete should
be rocking next week.
Dixon has had every team he has coached in top ten at some point in the season…I believe that streak will continue this year. And hopefully, for the first time for a Dixon lead team, their highest ranking will be the last poll of the year.
With hockey on strike, no playoffs for the Steelers, I think Pitt hoops gets a lot of focus in the Burgh this winter, which is awesome, and even better if they do well. H2P!
HTP
Happy Holidays to everyone on the blog. This is great place to talk Pitt sports. Thanks Chas!
Merry Christmas to all Blatherers.
PITT is #24 in both polls !!!
As predicted both New Mexico & North Carolina fell OUT of the polls. Appreciate it Lobos & Tarheels. Cincy is up to #8, very nice.
IMO, In our only test, Michigan elevated their play and we couldn’t hang with them. This is the test they will have to learn how to pass. They certainly have the talent and the schedule gives them the opportunity. Glad the first big one is at the Pete.
Happy Holidays everyone, I am hoping to have something extra to celebrate New Year’s Eve.
Aaaaaaa yes we definitely want Cincy to win that
game vs the Lobos.
Btw, Kentucky is ranked #23 in the USA/ESPN poll.
RPI isn’t that bad at #55 considering.
Others of note: Cincy #26, Mich St. #30, Mizzou #33, Ohio State #37, G-Town #41, UNC #50, Kentucky #51, PITT #55, Oregon #56, Notre Dame # 71, UCLA #79, K State #83, Marquette #95, Ga Tech #99, Villanova #100, Wvcc #111, FSU #129, Ped State #133, Va TEch #141, Wisconsin #143, Clemson #193, Wake Forest #200.
So actually Pitt’s isn’t that bad.
The ESPN poll is a joke BTW 🙂