I’ll come back with a real post later. There should be no shame in losing this game, if Pitt actually played well in the second half. 14-29 on free throws was a killer. Even if Pitt only shoots it’s average of 65-66%, that’s 5 more points. Then there is the second half shot selection. To go from 50% in the first half (despite 1-7 on 3s) to finishing at 39% overall (4-22 on the 3s is a pretty good hint of the problem). Plenty of blame, including the coaching — which I have avoided real criticisms to this point.
I actually had no major complaints about the defense. UConn made some very tough shots, as should be expected with their talent, but Pitt began physically tightening up in the second half.
