Kind of teased this out during the week as I have been focused on tempo and pace. This past year, Pitt played at its slowest adjusted tempo since Jamie Dixon became the head coach.
Time to look at the numbers, history, memes and possibly a way too simple answer.
So let’s take a look at Pitt’s adjusted Tempo in the last 11 years (since that is as far as KenPom.com goes).
Year —– Pitt’s AdjT ——— Rank ——- Highest AdjT ———– Lowest AdjT
2002-03 66.8 ———– 259/324 —— 78.7 – App. St. ———- 55.2 – Air Force
2003-04 61.6 ———— 313/326 —— 75.8 – Campbell ——— 53.7 – Air Force
2004-05 65.1 ———— 250/330 —— 76.0 – Ga. Southern —— 54.2 – Princeton
2005-06 65.5 ———— 230/334 —— 76.3 – Campbell ———- 54.3 – Princeton
2006-07 63.4 ———— 292/336 —— 90.9 – VMI* ————- 52.9 – Princeton
2007-08 65.4 ———— 222/341 —— 80.1 – Texas St. ———- 56.4 – Samford
2008-09 66.0 ———— 186/344 —— 80.6 – VMI ————- 57.4 – Denver
2009-10 62.6 ————– 321/347 —— 84.1 – VMI ————- 57.7 – Samford
2010-11 63.1 ————– 313/345 —— 77.6 – Alcorn St. ———- 57.9 – Denver
2011-12 63.1 ————- 297/345 ——- 76.0 – Seattle ———– 58.0 – Wisconsin
2012-13 60.7 ————- 337/347 ——- 72.8 – Neb-Omaha ——- 57.9 – Western Illinois
* VMI was a real aberration. The #2 AdjT team in 2005-06 was Northwestern St. at 75.6. So, yeah.
