12 pm.

Raycom affiliate syndication.

If you haven’t read the piece on Jared Wilson-Frame, by Craig Meyer, then skip this post and just read that. JWF’s story is a something and sets out some of why and how he to bounce around a bit before getting to Pitt.

Wilson-Frame had the unfortunate timing to be forced to be a focal point on a bad team. In an ideal world, he would be a major rotation player that stretches the floor with his shooting and takes some of the pressure off the primaries.

Instead, on teams that lacked depth, maturity and talent; Wilson-Frame had to shoulder a much larger role. He embraced the leadership aspects in his two years at Pitt; and has done as much as possible on the court.

Jared Wilson-Frame won’t be listed as one of the greats for Pitt basketball; but he should be considered one of the best representatives we could want to have of the University of Pittsburgh.

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8pm.

Slight Raycom syndication or ACC NE/WatchESPN.

Hey, at least Virginia didn’t do to Pitt what it did to Syracuse last night. Yeesh, that second half bordered on obscene.

I dunno, should I just talk about spring football practice instead?

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2pm.

Raycom syndication (almost over. Almost. Over.) or ACC NE/WatchESPN.

There’s always a chance. That’s part of the appeal of sports. And of course, this is UVa. The team that kind-of-sort-of is the object lesson in that with their achievement in being the first #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament to lose to a #16 seed. Something that will likely never die (because the rest of the ACC will never, ever let them forget it.).

Still…

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