Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. It’s been hectic, but no major family dysfunction that spilled into the open. No resulting fights or ongoing passive-aggressive behavior that makes everyone miserable.
No real chance to get to a recap. And now there is the early afternoon game on ESPN at 2:30 or so.
Hopefully no lingering hangover from the close, but no cigar loss on Wednesday. The Blue Hens beat Virginia to get to MSG. They gave K-State plenty to fear.
Adams is getting pushed around…
A total rout…HTP…
Could have been a letdown game after the last game.
Coach did a great job getting them ready for this game, from the minute they stepped on the court.
Cudos.
Adams could be used in a transition game, as he can really run the floor.
With the full court press, 2 PG’s playing at once, and Adams being 1000% better in the transition game, perhaps we should play uptempo.
You also have the bench to play this way this year.
Oh and it was nice for ESPN to let us know right before signing off that we had not ONE PLAYER with a Double, Double. BUT TWO, Zanna & Patterson.
With their incessant babbling about EVERY OTHER CONF and team in the Top 10, especially big 10 teams, it was darn nice that they could squeeze a comment in every 5 minutes or so about PITT.
And you would have thought Delaware was the perennial powerhouse program from a power conf, with all the babbling about them and their players, rather than us. Can u imagine had UNC or Duke or Syracuse of Uconn been blowing out Delaware the whole game, the incessant rambling and drooling the ESPN game announcers would have heaped on those teams and Delaware would have been an afterthought.
Well f*ck em. PITT (not Pittsburgh) smoked em.
Veritas et Virtue
Hail to PITT
P.S. the hoopies lost to tiny Davidson, so that made it an even more enjoyable afternoon. hope thuggy bear enjoys his trips to lubbuck & ames.
Now let’s beat Rutgers.
HTP.
Bigtime boosters of certain schools also lay down huge bets.
if you will.
the system will hold him back dixon has a system
but players like KB and Adams need transition
or street ball to shine.
dixon does not know what to do with really good players/
he was raised in system ball the thing you use when you dont have top talent and he knows nothing else.
he will allways hold really good players back
we will win but would it be nice to have a running
team.
who did the Michigan was terrible. Had
turn off the sound during the game
Wednesday.
but if same players were on say L ville the really good ones they would be stars sooner you
would be hearing things like did you see that dunk boy he flys up and down the court may be blair pick up system quicker.
it is just someting i have fult for years cant explain
like he does not want that one super star that is better then the team
Nba coaches say kids from Pitt really understand the game. Dixon isn’t holding anyone back. He is teaching them how to play. Do you think they just run up and down the court in the pros?
L Ville build there team around the super star
they make the team fit in with him.
if pitt gets a super star they make the super star fit in with the team which is just the
oppsite .
that is why i say dixon does not know what to do with really great players.
that is why they win it all and we cant get to a final 4
that is why kb left and most great player dont come here.
can you see some one saying to larry bird you must fit in with the team hell no the team must fit in with larry bird.
that is what dixon cant do he is a system coach
he is good at it we will win but never the whole thing not with out a super star and we will
never get one and if we do he wont know how to use him.
I could just see how that would fly with Dixon…he’d have Bird playing with his back to basket and coming out to the circle with ball screens.
Aside from DeJuan Blair, I cannot think of one single “decent” player that Jamie Dixon did not make noticeably better.
Now one could argue that Dixon’s style does not necessarily attract elite talent and I could see that.
Pitt runs plays for specific players all the time. We would free up Gibbs and young for jumpers all over the floor. We ran Isos in the post for gray and Chevy for years. We ran the offense off the wing for Wanamaker for two years. Just stop it. You guys are not watching closely.
i only said dixon would not know what to do with a super star bye holding him back i have tryrd to explain what i ment and what ihave said that explains it best is the outher coachs make the team fit the super star and if dixon had one he would make him the super star fit the team and you are right he has not had many and tha is the reason why.
dixon is a good coach never said he wasnt just said he wouldt not know what to do with really good players becuse he is a system coach and as far as pitt players in the nba if are players are so good and so well prepared how come we have so few in the NBA what do we have 6 and none of them starters.
Pitt had two all-Americans in Blair and young. That was the same season. Please stop saying he is a system coach. It is a dumb and uninformed comment. Obviously the game of basketball is not as familiar to you as football. Dixon adapts to his talent every year. He is one of th best offensive coaches in the country. This is indisputable. He struggles with some in game coaching and on the defensive end. Offense and player development are an A+ with Dixon. Stop with the nonsensical critique.
so how good or ready are our players really not europe but the NBA maybe3 players.
if you want to win it all you build your team around a super star you make the team fit him all i am saying is dixon cant do that he would try to make the super ster fit the team.
look at the orange when they won it all they had a super star same with u conn both number 1 draft chouces same with ucla the years they won michagin st with johnson and if you look at the champs over the years they all had super stars
and if dixon got one he would not fit in what dixon does that is why they dont come here.
Sam Young was an excellent college player and Dixon gave him all the freedom in the world. When a player earns his trust, Dixon overlooks a lot.
Stop it with the Jamie Dixon hating. He’s the only thing separating Pitt basketball from Pitt football.
9 out of 10 collrge champs have had nba first round drafted players on there team .
most great college teams are built around a super star.
all i am saying and have said is dixon would not use a super star right if he had one and untill he gets one and builds a team around him i will still think i am right can dixon win 20 plus games a year yes he can can he win it all i say no not the way he does it.
If it is Pitt hoops you follow with your best game of the season.
Go ahead and bitch about what Dixon would do with Bird, West, Shaq, Magic and Jordan.
I’ll take a game won in the first 5 minutes without any let up.
I like this team.
And SilverPanther…we’re not talking about Adams, we’re talking about true one-and-done elite talent….if Dixon ever gets one that is.
what i mean bye system is he does not like a player to free lance he wants a player to fit to the team he wants players to do things a certain way
hard to explain his system to me is that it is team first and that is good but you win when you have one great player and the team is built to support that great player.
dixon is just the opposite the team is built as a team and if he had a great player he would make him fit the team.
but if you look at thoes that have won it all they are built just the oppsite when iverson played the team was built around him when larry bird played the team was built around him when bobbie knight won that team was built around kent benson teams were built around alnzo moring
dixon is different thing are built around all players runing a system not on one players talent
that is what i mean. it is done that way when you dont have top talent to depend on.
Last I checked Dixon never made a Final Four. He lost to teams like Marquette (Wade) and Kent St. (Antonio Gates) because they had a great player.
if you point out someting abought some one something tat you think he cant do that does not mean you hate him or he is bad go back and look at what i said read it all did i say any were that he was a bad coach.
all i said is he would not know how to use a player with great talent and i stand bye that.
look up a college bb champoin and you will find 19 out of 20 had a NBA first round pick on there team.
that is the point to win it all you need a super star.
i used larry brid becuse i really like him and he did get to the champoinship game
You are naive. Dixon could go just about anywhere. He doesn’t need us…we need him. We could revert to the Paul Evans era. Do you even know who he is?
1. No player over 30min… Check!!
2. Woodall took less than 10 shots… Check!!
3. 10 man rotation… Check!!
Recipe for WINS!!!
- 5 players scored double figures.
- Reserves played from lowest 10 to highest 19 minutes.
There’s a reason why Dixon can’t recruit elite talent. I like the guy, but Sweet Sixteens and an occasional conference championship are his limit.
but untill he gives up his system and builds a team around a super star he will never win the champon ship but he is a good coach and i for one am glad we have him.
and i never said dixon was a bad coach i will take 20 some wins every year i just saying untill you build your team around 1 or 2 great players
you wont win the whole thing youwill win what jackagein said and that is ok bye me.
and sweet 16 is good enough for me but he will never win it all till he builds his team different
to win it all you have to build your team like the orange men or kentucky you build it around one or two super stars and every thing is done to support them the team is built to fit them.
you dont try to fit them into the team as larry bird said you want to win get out of my way and give me the dam ball.
that is a bit over the top but kind of true the team supports the star or stars that is why thoes teams win the whole thing becuse talent will win out or cream rises to the top.
I do believe that Dixon recruits a certain type of player…a team player and avoids the “me” guy (birch being the exception). I would take a team full of James Robinson types. No chest pounding, just looking to do his part and make the team better. Dixon has not won it all yet but this group of young men could make it happen. I believe they could be something special but it takes leadership, consistent play, a go-to scorer and some luck!
Great game today!
HTP
but if you ment we might go there i would say no becuse we are not paying even half of the 50 million to get out of the acc.
so i think your frend is wrong.
We were one Reynolds run the court away from being in the Final Four. That had absolutely nothing to do with coaching or recruiting.
A great play by a Villanova guard.
Woulda, coulda, shoulda, ya??? However, in this conversation they count.
Can’t recruit elite talent??? Wasn’t Adams the number 2 or 3 player in the country last year?? How much more elite do you want.
We’re not Calipari or Kentucky. Dixon is still trying to sell an education to these kids. He’s not gonna do that.
Everyone is snickering behind their backs, including other coaches at Calipari. “come here and play as freshmen and move on to the NBA”.
Believe me, some would, but most people don’t want a NC like that, because everyone calls it a mockery.
Wasn’t James Robinson the #10 or so guard??
DeJuan Blair, wasn’t he a top guy?? Birch???
Ya, he left, he didn’t fit in, or his “handlers” steered him away, but he was recruited here.
If you’re looking for Kentucky, you ought to stop talking about it, ain’t happening here.
Fact is, most coaches DON’T win a NC!!
contracts and signatures mean nothing!!! LOL
this is some things i might know maybe i have read every thing i could abought acc and maryland
for the last 3 days,
1 the acc is looking at 2 schools that are not in the big east one might be penn state dont know that but there are hints
2 the acc is in no rush they have meetings DEC 1
and dec 3
3 they might take 2 schools not just one go to 15 and wait on ND
4 if they take just one and if it is from big east it might be L VILLE NOT U CONN to keep FS in line.
5 dont know any of this as fact but there have been smoke but i will say this there is less out there to find this time last time it wasevery were
6 if big 12 expands it will only take one school they dont want to go to 12 schools but might go to 11 looking at Lville if any one at all.
Jamie can’t call a ball-screen on defense. You mean a hedge on the pick and roll. Almost every nba team hedges. How else do you want to defend the high ball screen?
The biggest thing holding Dixon’s teams back the past few years has been its defense. The teams could score against anyone, any system (with the exception of last year). The team just hasn’t been athletic enough to defend the way they needed to against high quality players and teams. I see that changing a good bit this year with the influx of Robinson, Adams, and more PT for guys like Durand J and JJ Moore. Still a work in progress, but definitely on the upswing defensively. In the end, that — and not the offensive system — will get them where we want them to go.
Huh…
On some days I learn more here than I do on others.
It’s funny you pick his Texas Tech years to use as evidence, but okay, I’m game. He took powerhouse Texas Tech to the tournament four out of six years.
Yeah, what a bum.
You can’t build a team around a college player – it’s impossible. You can teach your best players to run the motion offense. The best players get the most shots in Jamie’s offense and it’s not dictated by position. Brandin Knight pg; Sam Young PF/SF; Aaron Gray C; Chevy Troutman PF, etc.
This is a ridiculous discussion. Year after year, Pitt is in the top ten for offensive efficiency. Where do you think that efficiency comes from?
I guess if Dixon had a “superstar” on his team Monté would’ve had to come up with a more superlative superlative. “Stupendous”, maybe?
