You know what makes this incarnation of Georgetown frustrating. They can be classy and give credit.
Q. At the end of the first half, they were outrebounding you. Those are hustle plays. How did you address that at the beginning of the second half, because I really saw your team get out‑hustled particularly on the boards.
COACH THOMPSON III: It just happens. It’s one of those days. I agree, it did happen. And you’ve got to give them all the credit in the world. That’s a team that’s gone through a lot of adversity this year with the injuries that they’ve had.
Obviously, Jamie is a terrific coach. They’ve done a terrific job of sticking together and staying focused as a unit. So you’ve got to give just all the credit to them for what they accomplished today.
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Q. Jessie, did that team play like a team that had played four games in four days?
JESSIE SAPP: They just played like they wanted to win. They did a lot of hustle plays. And you wouldn’t have known that they played in four days. They just played hard, and congratulations to those guys.
No backhanded slaps. No we were the better team junk. Just giving Pitt credit.
I believe, and hope, that Dixon & Wanny have the appropriate couth to show respect in both winning and losing.
Blair owns that ass. “And i got a watch!”
Great to see so many Blather and Rivals contributors at the game and to see their smiling faces.
A special hi to Tony.
HAIL TO PITT!
Great win! now, if we can beat 3 top 25 programs in 3 days… can we finally slip into the elite 8???
I think that people outside of the PITT fan circle, and maybe many inside of it, fail to realize what a masterful job Dixon did over the course of the season. With the injuries to Fields and Cook Dixon was counselled on many occasions to “play it safe and get ready for next season”. He obviously didn’t do that, and IMO the reason was that he felt he owed it to the seniors on the team to give it his best shot.
A very telling quote from Dixon post-game last night was “I could watch these kids celebrate all night, and I can’t wait for our next practice”. No mention of his hard work, or of the tough things he had to deal with, no tooting his own horn (and he would have been justified to do so) just all about the kids and the team.
*Thought Dixon’s TO late second half after a GT breakaway and slam that cut the lead to 4 was huge. There is no way to learn game coaching but doing it. JD much improved in that area.
Brown and Biggs both unsung heroes..
* Getty pics are awesome…thank you Chas.
