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Looks like DVR delay tonight due to work. So just a brief window to toss this up for the game.
The game is on ESPNU at 7:30.
BTW, NC court upholds ACC $52M lawsuit vs MD.
Hope we shoot like this away from the Pete
H2P
Belmont defeating N. Carolina
BC is 1-3
Twerps are 1-2
Tonite:
Dayton 82 @ Georgia Tech 72
N. Carolina Central 82 @ NC State 72
After living down here for 20 years, this isn’t the ACC of the 90’s. Far from it.
PITT should be one of the 4 top teams.
Syracuse, PITT. Dukies, Tarholes.
The Wannamaker, Brown, McGhee was a #1 seed.
Got to work on the D though, opposing Center had 20 pts. Career high for Z, cudos are in order !
Lamar another nice outing, 17 & 5 & 4
Good effort off the bench by Durand Durand 15 & 5
(Five 3 pointers, bombs away)
Negatives:
* only a combined 5 points from the starting backcourt although ~~
* JR did have 11 assts, no turnovers.
* PITT didn’t cover.
* outscored in 2nd half 35-30
Not saying this team doesn’t have potential, but way too early to judge. Looking forward to TT and Cinn games and we had better not screw up the PSU game. That happening on Dec. 3rd would ruin my Christmas.
This team plays much more quickly on both ends of the floor. The ball is rarely stuck on offense. There is rarely the sense of dread as the shot clock churns. Lots of help on defense and active hands. Occasional traps.
The only serious concern that I have about this team remains interior size. As Emel noted, Kempton had a lot of success against Zanna and others inside tonight. Randall has more bulk, but not as much jumping ability. Don’t know whether Uchebo will play this year. Nwanko plays hard, but don’t expect to see a whole lot of him during conference play.
Hopefully this all endures into the conference schedule. I too am wondering whether the ACC is quite as powerful and the media day hype led everyone to believe. I am looking forward to watching it unfold.
That said, I really like Young so far and our backcourt size is nice. Oh, to think what we could be with a 7 footer named Adams.
I feel good about this year but I’m not feeling like top 4 in the ACC. If they continue to improve and get some senior leadership ON THE COURT in conference play, then it will be a fun year. H2P!!!
Didn’t see the game very well tonite, as the cocktail lounge I was out, had some other forms of entertainment. 😉
Question for you, did you see any Dribble Penetration from JR tonite ?
Agree with you about Z, we’ve seen this before, we can only hope he see’s the conf. games as non-con games as well. Since they will be sort of.
You know, new opponents, etc.
ACC isn’t that good, they haven’t had more than 4 NCAA bids for several years. They wouldn’t again this year without the 3 BigEast teams.
Watched most of first half and the answer is not enough to make me believe. It was pass first and dribble drive a distant second. I don’t mind if that is what is available, yet if this team continues to shoot outside well, it needs to be a closer balance of those from JR.
All teams will need that guy with the rules changes this year on defensive touching. And of course there will be nights with cold shooting from the outside.
He said after the game that he took what the defense gave him. If the defense plays off him and gives him the open shot, he’ll take it and make a fair share. If they give him the dribble drive he’ll take that.
His role on this team is orchestrate the offense and play good defense. Pitt doesn’t need him to score 20 points a game.
The question remains: When defenses tighten up in March and don’t give you anything, does Pitt have anyone who can win a one on one battle? TBD.
Great basketball teams win the close games, we won’t know how good they really are till they play some.
There does seem to be a different look about this team. They are faster and more confident, we will see how well it holds up.
Randall and Young adding rebounds and Artis is shooting well. With Newkirk, a very strong freshman class. If Uchebo and Mostrella, work out, next year could be OK.
Not having a legit center isn’t as big as a deal as it used to be. I’d take good PG and wing play over good center play all the time. That being said, if Adams was on the team Pitt would be a National Title contender.
Boubabcar Aw, are defenses even going to be able to tighten up that much in March with the way games are being called now? I think that is why Dixon has worked more on the zone than ever before.
Boubacar, I agree. We have seen both Robinson and Zanna have great pre-seasons only to fall off come conference time. I have no doubt they will be more consistent this year but …
Young and Artis show much promise, but they are freshman so they are likely to be inconsistent. We do look to have a little more depth than we usually do … they are definitely positives but again, we just don’t know for sure at this point.
He’s a good kid and has climbed faster than Sean. Wish him the best.
Like the up tempo offense but defense will always be a casaulty with it.
Having said all that….let’s wait until we play a legit opponant before dubbing this team a top
ACC contender.
I’m guessing you mean Sean’s little brother, Archie.
He like big bro has a coaching stop in Ohio before……
