Syracuse has never played with a deep bench. They have always relied heavily on a starting five, with maybe two — three if lucky — players off the bench. This year, Syracuse only goes about seven deep after Moustapha Diagne failed to qualify academically (Pitt is now actively pursuing the power forward).
Pitt forgot for large swaths of the game to exploit the lack of depth, and especially the soft gooey center of the zone, but came back to it late in the second half to retake control of the game and get the win, 72-61.
