Right now he is a real mystery on this team. And even if he does come back this season if he ends up playing at the level he played at previously he probably should be done for the season.

Appears to be one of those "incel" type people. These guys are disturbing and we've seen several mass random killings over the years by these types of people.

Central?

Very nice article about Narduzzi, and illustrates Pitt just doesnt have connections with the Steelers, but obviously very close to the Bills as well.

https://www.si.com/college/pittsbur...hanks-pitt-panthers-pat-narduzzi-damar-hamlin

First of all I am really happy Damar Hamlin is recovering. Not sure what the long term ramifications are, but it looks at least like he is going to have a normal life. Which is fantastic. And he is a great guy, a pillar of the community. And his toys for under privileged children now approaching almost $10 million is amazing.

But locally, a cop was shot and killed by a 5 time criminal loser. He is gone. No recovery. He has a family, a wife and a couple of kids. He has a go fund me page, it has raised 33,000 so far. I didn't give to Damar's charity, I gave it to Justin McIntire's family. At this point, I think they can use a few more thousand dollars than the millions that Damar's charity is getting. It has kind of overshadowed this terrible tragedy.

So if tou are feeling magnanimous and charitable, perhaps you may want to donate to this family in grief. It is a real tragedy. A senseless tragedy and a reminder of what our first responders face every day.

https://fundthefirst.com/campaign/s...ires-family-6x0vuc?contributions=27#donations

Last night on FS1. Now a junior avg 4 points a game . Too good for pitt

Bring on the new WRs.

R

DD Thats it?

Decided to take my nephews to the game tomorrow. Would be looking for 4. Figured I’d ask here before looking into buying via the school or what not. Thanks.

The Athletic released their bracket watch this morning: Pitt is a 10 seed in the West region with 2 Alabama and 7 Creighton. The 1 seed is Arizona and the 3 seed is Gonzaga.

Pitt is in the "Last 4 byes", which are the four teams just beyond the last four in.

"Pittsburgh (4-1 in Quad 1) went from barely on our radar to a No. 10 seed after taking down North Carolina and Virginia"

Buckle up.

Georgia Tech upsets Miami, 76-70

H2P!

I wish I had more time but I am
juggling writing two multi millionaire dollar federal grants and am swamped at work. So I don’t have much time to look at Clemson info before tomorrows game. But he are a few thoughts and maybe more questions than answers or ideas.

1) Clemson averages about 75 points a game. Which is outside the top 100 nationally.
2) They are ranked 16th in 3 pt shooting percentage.
3) But they only shoot about 21 three pointers per game which ranks nationally at 179,
4) They average 15.6 assists per game. We average 15.1 assists per game.
5) Clemson ranks 279 in fast break points.
6) Clemson ranks 336 in offensive rebounding at only 7 per game.

It surprises me how few 3 pters they actually shoot. I wonder do they come mostly in tradition or out of half court sets. I am guessing with their team scoring average and fast break ranking being so poor it is out of half court sets. With the number of points a game being rather low and the assist ranking being considerably higher I am guessing most 3 pt shots come off the pass and not a player creating off the dribble. They also must play a spread out well spaced offense around the perimeter because of that low offensive rebounding number.

I have to actually do my job wotk now. But during my lunch I will throw out a few more thoughts and ideas. I am not a college coach nor do I pretend to be an expert. But with this being such an important game Saturday I thought starting a tread like this could provoke some interesting discussions.

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Imagine thinking this is even remotely close to being true

I understand that Pitt has been looking for a tight end. I will not state names or universities because the information I am about to disclose is third hand information; but I believe it to be truthful because of the line of sources. When this recruit was offered by Pitt, he and his family were extremely pleased, going so far as telling friends that he was going to Pitt. Surprising to me, he then commited to a Big 10 school. He entered the portal recently and had offers from 5 top tier schools, including Pitt. The school who he is transferring to, unfortunately is not Pitt. His reason? He accepted the ”best offer”. A new car, a six figure NIL deal, and a master’s degree throw in for his girlfriend, who is graduating this year from the university they currently attend. Tough to compete with the “ deep pocket ” universities.

This team is so far ahead of where I anticipated. How they have responded after the rough start is incredible to me. This team, compared to the one vs. West Virginia. How can it be in the same year? Completely unrecognizable.

Jeff Capel has deserved criticism and heat. It's not about being a hater or being wrong. I think he would tell you himself that he didn't get it done. The experience has been a disaster. Until now. Now is where he deserves a ton of credit. After this start, after the previous seasons, you know how easy it could have been to go down another lost season. Instead, he kept the group locked in and above the adversity. He is doing this without John Hugley and Dior Johnson as well. It has been an incredible job.

As far as John goes, this is probably the best thing that could have happened. He sees now that the team does not necessarily need him, and that he is just a piece. THat is critical. This is a true team, for the first time. They play hard, they play together, and they have fun. A deficit that would have buried them before is no longer such an obstacle. If John can get himself right and return, it will help give them a 1-2 tandem at center. I don't think this season will be what any of us thought for John, but that is okay. Hopefully he has developed a new perspective and just contributes this season.

Have to start with Jamarius. He is playing at an all ACC first team level. His toughness has rubbed off on this program. I knew this team's floor was higher, but the ceiling is at a whole different level because of Burton. I wasn't sure if they had "that guy." I was wrong, and they have him in JB.

The other kid I want to call out is Nike. Preseason and beginning of the year, I felt for him. He looked like a shell of himself. No confidence, wasn't trusting the body. Similar to this team, he stuck with it and pulled through. This is the player that we knew that he could be. I think he deserves a ton of credit for this team taking another step over the last couple of weeks. He may become the best sixth man in the conference.

Not only finding Hinson, but molding him into this attack has been impressive by Capel. Blake is REALLY talented, but he is also a challenge. Getting him to buy in and play within this team structure stands out to me.

This entire team has kind of taken on this persona overnight. Blake can miss 10 shots in a row, but it doesn't phase him. He is taking the eleventh at any time. Most of the team is this way. It really is incredible. There is tangible culture and leadership now. Teammates playing for each other.

Capel may have this thing really rolling right now. The league is really bad, and you just beat two of the contenders by January 4th. There is no reason this team can't contend for a top 3-4 finish in this conference. When I do these matchups, the talent level is close to the Carolinas, Virginias, and Miamis. Really close, and better than most of the others. When you consider how they play and the style, it adds even more. There is obviously a lot of season left and there is no reason to hand out t shirts and hats right now. But I don't know how you could ask for more than this right now. They are in a prime position to really contend for this thing.

Not only right now, but Capel has this thing rocking for the future as well. I really really like this 2023 class. That is a very nice 1-2-3 moving forward for the future. A strong season can help even more, and most of the recruiting could be done for a few years.


Who knows what happens the rest of the way or what they can accomplish, but once again they have a chance against anyone every single night. It has been too long. Enjoy.

I mentioned in post a couple days ago after being a long-time season ticket holder but having not gone to a game in four years, I'll be making my second game this Saturday. Any suggestions on where to go pregame?

ESPN just reported that instead of announcing the starting lineups before this Sunday’s game, the Buffalo Bills are considering announcing the names of the entire Training staff that was involved in helping Damar Hamlin.

Mike Greenberg said that it would probably the loudest and longest ovation in history and rightly so.

I’d really love to see this happen. It would be such a cool and appropriate honor.

Fun to be relevant again. Let's go Pitt!

Is someone able to help me out?

When do we think we will play @ND next year? I guess it would have to be 10/21 November 11 or 18? Does anyone know? Would like to start looking into accommodations now.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

I use this website to track summer league stats, but here they are talking about some of the best players across the nation in high school basketball in different major high school basketball events.



At the 17:40 mark to the 23 minute mark, you can listen to these guys hype up Jaland Lowe as if he is a future 5 star player. He is going to get a significant recruiting bump in the rankings which is coming, and so is Carrington. Ive been on record saying both are top 60ish nationally.


But its good to see some other people give out the proper recognition they deserve. 247 just did a major hype piece on Carrington with a recruiting bump in the rankings coming, but I did not link it because its a recruiting website and not a stats website like the link below.