Cardiac Hill Podcast - Episode 2: Pitt-'Cuse Preview

Don't worry, we're pacing back and forth with anxiety for today's battle too. That's why I had to wake up our contributors Jim Hammett and Stephen Gertz this morning to get their take on Jamie Dixon's course of action against dem upstate New Yorkers.

Syracuse (17-0) hosts the Panthers (16-1) as the #2 squad in the states, while one more bucket against Cincinnati would've had Pitt (currently #22) right up there with them.

This is their chance to make a statement – the icing on their greeting card to the rest of the Atlantic Coast Conference. But there's so many questions: Is that Lamar guy gonna go back to scoring again? Will that unselfish point-guard drop 15+ like he did last game? How's Durand feeling?

We know you're concerned. So feel free to pop in your ninth pair of $5 earbuds and flip it on while you meander around your block or house waiting for that 4 o'clock tip off. (Oh you invested in a nice pair of Beats because you can't get that Kevin Garnett or Colin Kaepernick commercial out of your head? Those work too.)

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