The Selection Show came and went without much surprise regarding Pitt. They fell in the 4/5 range that was expected and the biggest gripe right now is the location — our first (and second) round games are all the way out in Denver. The full bracket can be found here.
The top four seeds in our region, the South:
- Memphis
- Texas
- Stanford
- Pitt
Compared to the other regions, ours is not the hardest (East) nor the easiest (West).
The first game will be on Thursday, and game time is expected to be released tomorrow. Oral Roberts is the opponent — one of the most obscure and least-known teams in the field this year. Potential match ups down the road (should we win, of course) are interesting to look at:
1. The the second round we would face the (5)Michigan State vs (12)Temple winner. The quick thought is a Pitt-MSU meeting, but don’t put it past the Spartans to lose to Temple. If they can lose to Penn State, why not to a team that actually wins a few games?
2. Top seeded Memphis will likely await the winner of the Denver pod. So much has been made of “Calapari is a better coach than Dixon, we should have hired him” so how about settling it on the court. Memphis runs up and down the floor as fast as anyone, opposite of Pitt’s methodical and slower paced style.
Don’t get me wrong though, I haven’t forgot about Bradley and Pacific. Let’s get past Oral Roberts first.
Lets make this happen
Hail to PITT!
The one thing that kind of irks me is Louisville getting a 3 seed. We beat them in the last game and won FOUR games in a row (three over ranked teams) to win our conference tournament. We have two more wins and one more loss than them. To me, we should have gotten a higher seed than them, but I’m not going to complain. For once, I think we got a fairly decent shake…especially compared to other teams that got hosed like Indiana (who is ranked in the top 25 and got an 8/9 seed).
Thats 1pm-ish their time in Denver.
Pitt plays at 2:50
Yeah, we should still beat them, but it doesn’t make it any less absurd.
Let’s get there first. C’mon boys….this is our year!
Not everything is a vast consipracy against Pitt!
Do you watch the x-files and stargate?
Sat games are at 4.40 or 7.10 pm Denver time.
If you don’t understand what i’m saying, i have no hope to explain it any more clearly.
Wait, maybe there’s hope. Let me get out a mileage calculator:
Pitt to Denver: 1,450 miles
ORU to Denver: 695 miles
Siena to Denver: 1,804 miles
Do you understand the concept of being “protected” as a higher seed? Do you know what its “protection” from?
(BTW, that would leave Vandy 705 miles from tampa, and ORU 1,243 miles from tampa – vandy would be protected)
(and if you think that they can’t switch a 13 seeds location, or even that their location is decided after the four seeds location, i have no other way to put this, other than this: you are a moron.)
…and here comes the Detroit story in 3, 2, 1……..
On to the “analysis”….
“He founded Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1963, stating he was obeying a command from God. The university was chartered in 1963 and received its first students in 1965. Students were required to sign an honor code pledging not to drink, smoke, dance, party, or engage in premarital sex.”
Uhhh…shit. Close your eyes and imagine life at that school. I thought that our players played with an edge, gritttttt, and toughness; but shit! Those are gonna be some angry dudes! No drinking, no smoking, no partying, no dancing, no sex…other than “kill me now” my first thought there is “Damn, I would have a lot of aggression that needed to come out somehow.” On the other hand, maybe if we spike the punch at their pregame shootaround and bring along some of South Oakland’s finest gals, they could be distracted during the game…also, I’d really like to hear some uber-Christians talking about how they were done in by Ahhrn City beer.
More trouble…
“In 1977 Roberts claimed to have a vision from a 900-foot-tall Jesus who told him to build City of Faith Medical and Research Center and the hospital would be a success.”
900-foot-tall Jesus? Even if he can’t score, he must be a bitch to try to drive on! Let’s say, conservatively, he’s got no athleticism whatsoever. Even then, how much trouble could a 900-foot-tall Hibbert…err, Jesus cause in the lane?! If they get to practice against him, I don’t see how anyone (okay, other than Sam Young) is gonna be able to block shots against them. Seriously folks, 900-foot-tall Jesus? I mean, the scariest thing we’ve seen all year is a seven foot tall Hoopie!
Finally, a lot of people are worried about Scott Sutton because his brother Sean coaches Ok. State, whom we played. (And I should also point out, Ok. State fans are the most knowledgeable and classy fans EVER. Hung out with them at the Sweet 16 matchup when they beat us in 2004, and they were absolutely first-class all the way.) Let’s try to remember that Sean Sutton probably didn’t glean too many nuggets of insight in a 17 point drubbing. Also, five days later Oral Roberts spanked Ok State by 16 @ the Ford Center in Ok City (where we played the Pokes last year). That game was on ESPN2 because Pitt was playing…hmm..someone in MSG. I remember being really annoyed that Ok State was starting their tailspin IMMEDIATELY after we played them, but I guess the tournament team won that game.
Go Pitt!
Also, props to Pitt for scheduling non-con tourney team Mississippi Valley State!
