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January 3, 2005

No, It Still Sucks

Filed under: Uncategorized — Chas @ 10:49 am

Upon further review, the Bucknell loss is still embarrassing and just should not have happened. Pitt gave Bucknell the “biggest upset in school history.” I don’t care if they win the Patriot League. It just should not have happened.

Really, this is the culmination of Pitt’s play in the whole non-con schedule. Pitt showed nothing. Pitt didn’t shoot free throws. No defensive intensity — letting the Bisons shoot better than 50% — and couldn’t take care of the ball.

“I can’t explain 15 turnovers against a team that didn’t press or trap,” Pitt coach Jamie Dixon said.

Worse than the ball-handling was the defense. The Panthers allowed a second consecutive opponent to shoot better than 50 percent from the field. The past three opponents have shot better than 45 percent.

Pitt’s man-to-man defense was so bad that Dixon was forced to go to a zone defense in the second half. Pitt hadn’t played zone but for one or two possessions in the previous 10 games.

“Our defense is not where it needs to be,” Dixon said. “I’ve felt even after some of our wins that our defense wasn’t where it needed to be.”

And to top it all off, the Panthers shot 45 percent (9 for 20) from the free-throw line.

“Wake-up calls” be damned. This was an inexcusable loss. It’s one thing for the fans to take the game and expected win for granted. Not the players.

Georgetown is the next game. Wednesday at 7pm. Pitt better be playing angry.





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