Noon on CBS (where available) and it appears that CBS is streaming the game.
Big game. Pitt is in a position to move closer to a top-4 finish in the Big East and a double-bye in the Big East Tournament. Not to mention this kind of win puts Pitt in a better position to claim a #4 or even #3 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Villanova needs this to stay paced with Syracuse at the top of the Big East and set themselves for a #1 seed.
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Hail to PITT!
Barring a complete meltdown, the Panthers should be no less that a NCAA 5-seed.
They did what they had to …. and this week was highlighted by two great defesnive efforts.
One last thing – why did CBS not show a replay of Gilbert’s dunk? I only saw it when it happened – it looked like his head was at the rim. Boy, if he could gain consistency.
To this point, I would rather go into battle with this team’s guard play and defense.
To be fair, I think they style of play is different. No arguments though, it’s working for Jamie Dixon.
When they’re at their best, these kids can play with anybody. But last year’s team didn’t have the letdowns this team occasionally does. To be expected with a team this young, but all the same,
85…Dominic James would drop 30 on last year’s team because the same players would be guarding him. And…last year didn’t have letdowns? Are you forgetting the Providence debacle????
I’m not saying that this is a better team than last year, because I don’t believe that at this point (they do have more room to grow though I believe). But DEFENSIVELY, this is a much improved team. This team can win by getting stops and shutting people down, last years team got an occasional stop, but was so efficient on offense.
P.S. I LOVED last years team. I think this one can be as good or better next year. This year is all gravy IMO.
I loved watching the kid though, he was a stud and even though he wasn’t a defensive force, more than made up for it with his boarding and offense.
I think Fields was much more of a liability with the way he handled quick guards. They’re better in that regard this year, I’ll give you that.
And yeah, Providence last year was a terrible game. But last year’s team lost five games. The consistency is getting there defensively, but you still don’t know exactly what you’re gonna get from these guys every night.
But agreed with OLGP, this team is much tougher defensively and it demonstrated by how they held ‘Nova to 23 or whatever in the first half, not to mention the job the did on Reynolds. He only had 2 first half points and then we gave him some breaks at the end, but great job by the defense.
Last year’s team was special and were legitimate contenders for a national championship…that being said, this year’s team has been a pleasure to watch.
