Pitt Vs. West Virginia: More Of The Same
by CardiacHill on Feb 17, 2012 8:01 AM EST
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PrintAnother game and more of the same for Pitt. Be honest - this season can't end soon enough for most of us.
Pitt has had trouble scoring all season long and Thursday's game against West Virginia was no different. For the second time this season, the Panthers didn't even crack the half-century mark, finishing with only 48 points. And then again also shot a horrific sub 40% from the field.
If there's anything I'm surprised about this season, it's how poorly Pitt has shot as a whole. The Panthers are typically known for getting easy shots mostly due to sharing the ball and finding the open man. But Pitt is simply unable to make shots and for all the analysis we might want to make, if you can't score, you can't win. I don't care what anyone says - there's no complex reason the team is struggling so much. If you continually shoot under 40% like Pitt has done this season ... that's the problem.
I've alluded to the fact that the team is young and that's certainly not helped. But when veterans like Ashton Gibbs (2-11 on Thursday) and Tray Woodall (5-16) miss as many shots as they did, there's really not much hope. The team hasn't been able to play lights out defense as they have in past years and now that they're needing to score more ... well, we're seeing how that's working out.
If there's another culprit in addition to the poor shooting, it's quite easily the turnovers. Pitt racked up another 17 of them against the Mountaineers. The sad thing is that numbers like that are becoming commonplace. Woodall again had four and he hasn't had fewer than that since the win over Providence three weeks ago.
This isn't a very good team right now and it's probably finally time to shed any hopes of reaching the NCAAs.
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Great way to end the Brawl!
for the Mountainqueers. We didn’t play very well last night but you guys didn’t even show up. I couldn’t believe Pitt’s play and now understand your record. 100% opposite of the game in Mo-Town. Here’s hoping the series continues in the near future (at least in b-ball).
Oh and to the poster who continued to provoke eye-rolling comments about the fans in Morgantown (as if it was unique to our fans)….I provide you with this classy salute from a Pitt fan. One of whom I’m confident was shouting “Bullshit” to the refs and also “USA-USA” to the Turk plenty loud for ESPN to pick up. Stay classy Zoo!
I'm sorry
but WVU fans really have no say. Every time the game’s in Morgantown, you can CLEARLY hear “Eat Shit Pitt” or “Suck my Dixon”. And at least Pitt fans don’t throw things on to the court if a call doesn’t go their way
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by oaklandzoo12 on Feb 17, 2012 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
You are absolutely correct
we historically have shouted such proclamations. Pitt has too. There has NEVER been a time when Pitt hasn’t done the same. There also have been games when Pitt fans toss items onto the court.
Really?
Dont forget about throwing stuff at the court. You need to take the Hoopie lack of reality back to Morgantown. Please. Who in their right mind from WVU would talk smack about how other fans act? Ooooo, they said bad things, oh you mean like they do every game at WVU AND throw stuff. Go away.
by Ian Williamson on Feb 17, 2012 11:13 AM EST reply actions
Your fan base acts as if
it’s BYU or something. Get over yourselves. You’re Pitt.
Hearing “Let’s Goooooo Mountaineers” at the end of the game was like being in Denver for the 2005 AFC Championship game…..Priceless!
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