Kurt you are the definition of a hater. Why root for Pitt if you are going to be negative about everything the program has accomplished? Negativity isn’t fun for you or for the rest of the fans. There are jerks like you who sit in my section. It takes every ounce of my being to not tell them to “shut the eff up” everytime they yell at a player or at Dixon. I don’t because they pay and have the right to do as they please, but I don’t understand why they even continue to attend the games. They don’t get excited when the team does something great or beats down an opponent. They’ll say something like, “…wait till Louisville or Georgetown.” It’s the same old crap with most Pitt fans and it is irritating as hell.

And the year before they won the first NC they lost to a 16-11 (7-9) Miami team at home. And they lost by 13+ twice.

Fields recovery will determine how far we go this year. We’ll be fine for next year. Now we get an upperclass 2 guard to fill in for ours that is leaving, and rounds out the rotation. I don’t see the big deal here.

And people need to stop baggin on Diggs, the kid got injured early. He’d be getting all of McGhees minutes if not for that. Way to toss an injured kid under the bus. This is like saying Mike Cook didn’t work out cause he got injured. Enough already.

#5 SF 5*
#12 PF 4*
#18 PF 4*
#25 PG 3*
#35 SG 3*

#4 C 5*
#13 PG 4*
#14 SF 4*
#22 SG 4*
#25 PF 4*

The top one is a two time national champion, the bottom one is our team next year. We get the talent other teams get. Its just a matter of time before it all works out in our favor.

And the argument that the Big East isn’t as good now as it was in the 80s and 90s is ludicrous. Since 1999 the Big East has won the national championship 3 times. Two for UConn and 1 for Syracuse. Both Syracuse and UConn have produced elite NBA talents, which are why they have had some down time, because their talent has left early for the NBA. The BE has put marquee talent in the NBA the last several years, and will continue to do so. Have you ever heard of a guy named Carmelo Anthony?

And D-Wade wasn’t an elite talent until he got to Miami. He was solid at Marquette, but he wasn’t highly recruited, and exceeded all expectations on him.

The Big East is, by far, the deepest conference in the country. It has a team, Pitt, that beat the conference leader in the ACC on a neutral court. It has a team, Pitt, that ended the non-conference home win streak of a team (Washington) that beat its conference leader (UCLA) at home recently. It has a team, Louisville, that dominated a top-5 SEC team (Kentucky). UCONN just whipped Indiana at home a few weeks ago. Shall I go on. Don’t believe the hype. UCONN, Louisville, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Marquette and even lowly Pitt have a chance to advance deep into March depending on the bracket and match-ups. We have just as many contenders as the SEC, ACC, Big 12 or Big 10.