Another game another work-related DVR-delay. Been a sparse week for posting and work has been the primary reason. A mix of stuff due. Re-re-jiggering my schedule now that we got another car. And just planning ahead to clear things for me to just sit in front of the laptop all day on Signing Day.
This isn’t a must-win, but it is a game Pitt could really use. The only “resume” win for Pitt came at Georgetown. It’s a very good win, but it is also the only win against a team that I am sure will make the NCAA Tournament.
Much is made of the Orange’s lack of depth for this game. That’s a minor issue. They are still, very good with those seven players. Plus with Syracuse being a zone defense team, fouls are rarely a big issue. I just don’t see them getting that worn down to be a major factor.
It’s a nooner on ESPN.
Oh, and Coach Paul Chryst is hosting 35 high school juniors at the game. Big recruiting weekend for the 2014 class. So, a wild atmosphere and a win would probably be a plus.
Same as today … if we are going to win, we will probably have to win ugly. I know we do not match up well since we cannot watch Michael Carter William man-to-man (just conjecture), we just hope they are not hitting from the perimeter and can’t give them too many easy buckets on turnovers.
I have a feeling that the 2 recently maligned Talib and JJ will step up since the 4 position has always been key for Pitt breakng up their zone .. but I’m just an optomistic fan so what do i know?
Hail to Pitt!
http://triblive.com/sports/kevingorman/3381973-74/boyd-recruiting-wpial#axzz2Jh7C7aDA
I guess I’m the only one no mention in the news.
Their supposed fan support wanes dramaticall as the L’s add up. Just like everyone else.
If someone wants to get a meaningless degree, WVU is as good as anywhere else.
As for today, I look for a grinding game and I use all 10 and play aggressive and force the Orange Irish to foul and get to their bench.
A very bad matchup inside for Pitt.
I would kill for 60% from the line in the second half.
Go Pitt!
To play that poorly and be up at the half, wow!
Ziegler is a stud.
amen. esp from the FT line.
While I still think he has a possible future in the pros, I’d like to apologize to whomever I called out for dissing Zanna. You’re all right: he really is a weak post player, and it took me until now to realize it.
Pitt needs to stop with the fancy interior passes and get the ball up to the glass which they own.
HTP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4 out of 5 now and out only loss was at LVille when we played like crap and only lost by 3.
The bad news is that we still have a lot to improve upon … which is also the good news!
Start getting good in February and go hot into the Dance rather than peaking in December and fading by March.
H2P
It was a great win Jamie Dixon and his improving Pitt Panthers. Steven Adams got into the offensive flow in the 2nd half they did a good job over all.
on loi day i think we lose one and end up signing
26 i think that will be the nummber this year that
that is how i see it i would have liked 29 but
i think that is how it plays out.
Oy Vey,
Signature WIN, Signature WIN, Signature WIN
Did I say Signature Win !
And #6 Syracuse Orangemen by 10 !
Maybe we get back into the Top 25 come Monday !
This game should give us a big confidence boost.
Every team has a bogey team. Pitt’s has been ND. Pitt is that team for Syracuse.
The Shame, the shame. lol
Hail to Pitt !
We’ve pretty much owned Cuse in the last decade.
Football too ….except for this year.
Oh the shame
a great time the zoo was rocking i think we do well
in recruiting next year.
way to go hail to pitt
Don’t know if I’ve heard the place that loud before. I’m sure it has for some big games, put this one on that list too, place was absolutely bonkers!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ya, 9 and 2 over the last 11!! That’s pretty much owning someone!!!
Jamie 10-3 overall as IronDuke said.
Great game, fantastic atmosphere!!!
See you go to the game and we win.
So you need to go to every game !!! lol
Pitt has won 5 of the last 6 in the BigEast.
Which after the Marquette game, I think all of us would have been quite happy with.
Good to hear it was a great atmosphere, with Junior Day happening. Back when I was at PITT most all the Saturday games were at 8pm and that gave everyone a chance to liquor up. And the Field House would rock with Tiger Paul doing his famous slide routine in front of the student section. Those were fun days.
Let’s Go Pitt !
Our next opponent (Seton Hall) lost to UC 59-65
There are 21 ranked teams in action today.
I’ll predict at least 33% of em will LOSE !
Mike – On Zanna, no one wants him to play better more than I do. Pitt’s fortunese litterally depend on his improved play but he is so out- manned when playing a good defensive player that I would prefer him just to take the occasional short jumper and a few dunks. He cannot handle the ball at all in traffic and puts the ball on the floor 80% time in the paint. I really prefer him coming off the bench but there are no replacements for the 12 rebounds he got today and the grit he played with on the inside.
I don’t think there’s any doubt Pitt improved in the last month. This is not the same team that lost the Rutgers.
Also on JJ — If I remember correctly, he was recruited as a finesse, athletic type of player who could get to the rim and put the ball in the basket. This year, he’s gravitated more and more to the 3-point line and can’t seem to find his way back inside of the arc. Any thoughts on that by anyone?
Who knows whats going to happen next,but we sure appear to be getting better. Yeah we got a break today with the Cuse losing two players, but that’s all part of it.
After a slow start today Adams just keeps getting better. Taylor looking so much more confident. Zanna still struggling offensively picks off 12 boards today and 10 against Louisville. Woodall was strong today as was Ziegler. Patterson and Moore driving to the hoop. Robinson was solid and Johnson with a dagger when needed most. Wright with strong D and a timely three.
Jamie masterful.
Wonderful day for recruiting Football stars.
Keep practicing the foul shots and who knows.
Let’s beat Seton Hall and payback time vs Cinci and Marquette.
Anyway, enjoy the moment.
Wow
Steve Adams has completely changed this team defensively. The team is very good defensively when he is on the floor. His offense is coming around as well. The kid is a game changing talent. If he continues to improve, then he can help this team do some great things.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/balanced-pitt-knocks-6-syracuse-65-55-article-1.1253903
if we want to go to the next level it needs to be
miller time.
that is what i think right or wrong i just think
we would be better with miller.
1. Noon game. We won.
2. Something about a cold day in February to bring fans at the Pete to their highest level.
3. I contrast Syracuse with WVUlgar. I admire the Orange. I want to shower twice after playing the incest squad.
4. Wonder what Adams would play like if he spent the last 5 years in the states?
5. Winning breeds winning.
6. On post game, JD said “I’m gonna have to learn how to play 10 guys because that is our strength.”
7. Tray Z looks like a steal now. Grateful for the eligibility.
8. I like spending the rest of the day watching a final score like that scroll across the bottom of the screen for all to see.
9. Kansas lost at home to an unranked team. CBB is wide open.
10. The recruits at the game saw what happens when Pitt challenges itself. There is a reason they bring recruits to big games even with the possibility of losing. PLAYING IN BIG GAMES MEANS YOU LOSE SOMETIMES: it ain’t the end of the world if you don’t.
11. Wear gold at home all the time.
12. Thankfully Adams did not shave.
5. After last season (starting BE with 7 Ls), It is much nicer to have this contagion.
7. And earlier this season I was wishing Ziegler would never get off of the bench. Now I agree with you. He was a steal.
12. Yeah, It looked like a couple days growth.
I used to think he escaped from the looney bin, but people have told me he was a legit businessman or lawyer or something.
The Field House, the heat, my God the heat!!!!!
I remember walking in their for a UCONN game, was about zero degrees out, wind howling!!!!!!!!
Within a minute had my jacket off, and two minutes later my sweatshirt off, down to a tee shirt.
Tix were on the side, but way up high. A sauna if ever there was one!!!
When the old Fieldhouse rocked and the stands shook sometimes I thought it might tumble down off the perch it sat on.
I think I hit my 33% prediction rate of Top 25 teams losing today.
21 were playing I mentioned in an earlier post
I have 7 losing so far:
#6 Syracuse (of course)
#2 Kansas lost to Okie State
#22 SDSU lost to Air Force
#10 Oregon lost to Cal
#15 Wichita State lost
#16 Mississippi lost
#19 NC State lost to Miami
7 of 21 = 33 % ( nailed it) 
So she had him banned. The biotch. haha
Unless it was hypebole from Boeheim, Pitt should receive at least one first place vote.
If Dixon ever does leave for a West coast job, Miller should be the first one to be contacted but I wouldn’t count on him coming back
I hadn’t realized that Pitt was favored in this game. Considering Pitt’s prior RPI, I guess that the “Pete” factor trumps all rankings, ratings and indexes. Sure was a good win for them in any case, I especially liked how they took care of business in the last few minutes. The game was never in doubt during the last couple of minutes, IMO.
The ACC sure hit a home run in the upgrading of their basketball conference bringing in Louisville, Syracuse and Pitt. These teams will establish a different brand of BB in the conference I think. I wonder how many games it will take the ACC officials to adapt their foul calling tendencies to this Big East brand of basketball that the ACC is going to get a big dose of come next season?
Let’s go Pitt!
Zanna with 12 and Adams with 7 of the 39 boards. Foul shooting was good except for Patterson’s 1-5. Helped that Adams and Ziegler had 0 attempts.
Moore productive with 8 points in 16 minutes, surprised he only had 2 boards.
Minutes spread nicely with Patterson and Woodall at 30, Durand Johnson at 8.
We may not have that one go to guy, but it sure is nice to have doubles of everything and few worries about foul difficulties. Plus specialists like Wright, Zeigler and Johnson. In any game, we have multiple options to star.
Adams is truly becoming the Big Guy with his blocks and improving offensive skills. He is the one guy that can make the most difference.
Fair kept Syracuse in the game yesterday 20 points on 9-13 shooting, silky smooth.
Jamie was masterful at managing his personnel yesterday, no easy task with 10 guys. He sure got the most out of them.
Sorry Frankcan, you know I love you, but the Miller talk is nonsense. A bird in the hand Baby!
Jamie is Pitt Basketball. Let’s hope he stays as long as Boeheim and we name the court after him.
Hail to Pitt!
It made him smile.
Thanks
Oh I must have missed all the years that Sean Miller coached teams made Final Fours. Oh wait they never have. But yeah he clearly will get Pitt to the next level. He might have two elite 8 appearances but he also has missed the tourney three out of eight years. Dixon is a better coach. Get your Pitt blinders off.
I hope the team stays focused and takes care of business against the Hall.
The NCAA tourney does not recognize moral victories and, therefore, neither do I.
Winning breeds winning.
Just go out and find a way to win.
as for basketball, this team was dominant yesterday. they have steadily improved but they still need to show that they can play consistently. maybe now people will start to lay off adams about his production. his numbers have steadily gone up for a month now and he is playing more consistently on an individual basis. he has more touch on his layups but, damnit, i wish hed just stuff it every time. its hard to argue with game plans when youre beating top 10 teams and winning 6 of 7 but it is a peeve of mine that they refuse to look for adams in the post. the pace that they are playing now is perfect and its good to hear that dixon wants to stick with this big rotation instead of cutting it back. also, i know its a message board and we are all entitled to our opinions but to say that dixon should be gone is absurd. he is one of the best coaches in the country, he helped build this program into a national contender, and he has only had one bad season in a decade which he is following up with another very good season that could get pitt a 5 seed if they handle their business down the stretch here, maybe a 4 if they win a few big east tournament games. you guys cant forget that pitt is NOT a blue blood. they could more easily fade into obscurity again than they can get to an elite level so why would you get rid of the coach that has built you up and kept you near the top?
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..not sure if anyone commented on this yet but this article is hinting at what I’ve been hoping would happen ever since Big East had started crumbling..
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8906054/acc-eyes-men-hoops-tournament-new-york-source-says
…bummer they already nixed Pittsburgh for the site..but that’s ok if they move ACC to the Garden.
I will agree that the Zoo, at times, lacks some creativity and some of our stuff could be better.
On the other hand, I enjoy reading about a Syracuse blog criticizing the fan base when our Panthers just man-handled their mighty Orange. What a joke. H2P.
I just googled “manic personality disorder” and wouldn’t you know,,,,, a picture of Tiger Paul popped up next to the definition!
I am LAUGHING OUT LOUD.
GO ZOO!
HTP.
- The Miller talk is comical and you should be ashamed anytime its mentioned, but especially after a win.
- Glad to see all those on here who were throwing on the season during the L’Ville game now think we’re gonna dominate the rest of the way to a final four. Pitt fans are nothing if not even-keeled. J/K
- speaking of fans, are we anywhere near as bad as Cuse fans? what a bunch of babies. That nunesmagic post is fantastically stupid and lacking in self-awareness. F*ck those guys. They’re still living off the fumes of Carmelo Anthony. Extremely over-rated basketball program. 1 Nat’l title and 2 final 4s in 30yrs? Better than Pitt yes, far worse than their ego is telling them.
As to the actual game, the most encouraging thing is that was not (anywhere near?) our ceiling. 19 TOs? 20% from the 3pt range? Yet we still soundly beat one of the best teams in the country.
http://blogs.post-gazette.com/sports/varsity-blog/36821-boyd-visits-tennessee-but-coach-says-pitt-is-still-no-1
Was thinking that Pitt has not even come close to it’s potential. Can any of us imagine if we managed to hit that “potential” high in March. I believe Pitt can play with any team in the country right now and if we reach the zenith of our potential……lookout NCAA!
