think it was last night, could be wrong. saw it on twitter

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I know we are all disappointed Pitt won't make the CFP now. Although we never could have imagined at the beginning of the season this team would have had a chance for a 7-0 start…it also obviously (and perhaps unfairly) elevated our expectations. I also think a healthy Holstein (he really hasn’t been fully himself since he got hurt against Syracuse) would have won the Virginia game and probably Clemson too despite how admirably Nate played as his replacement.

But we will never know for sure and here we are feeling a little let down and hungover after a close loss to a very good Clemson team. As bitter as it is to swallow for me its time to move on and focus on the rest of the season.

With all of that said, it is still very critical for Pitt to still do everything in their power to win the next two games for a variety of reasons:

• Going 9-3 gives Pitt a great shot at an upper tier bowl game like the Gator, Mayo or Sun Bowl. These bowl games are played around NYD against a quality P4 opponent and have much higher visibility than the slate of mid-tier bowl games available to ACC teams the weekend before.
• Heading into a high visibility bowl game with a 9-3 record and chance to win 10 games is huge not only for team pride but for recruiting and program recognition.
• I don’t think we will see many (or any) major players (i.e. Holstein or Reid) going into the portal. So, I expect them to also play in the bowl game if they are healthy. Pitt really needs to compete in the bowl game as if it’s the first game for next season. A win or close loss against a high-level opponent with set the plate for the program and how it’s viewed by the national media heading next year.

So, with all that top of mind, I am excited for this week’s game against Louisville! I know they lost a shocker against Stanford last week. But they are an extremely good and dangerous football team. But so is Pitt! Just hoping we can sustain some drives on offense and give our defense an opportunity to make some plays and get a big win on national TV.

H2P!

man this looks pretty nice. 35k seems a tad small but im not too sure of NW's fanbase.. would absolutely love something like this if we had the room (and money)..

could do without the ice rink and santa village outside the stadium in the last pic, not sure what that's about..

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I have seen every argument possible about why we need an on campus stadium (of which I am not in favor). An issue that most people missed during this election was the future administration's disdain for higher education both because of political leanings (left) and the absurd price. It is early but it does sound like Trump's administration is going to closely look at endowments and taxing them along with potential penalties. They plan to create the "American Academy" with these funds. It was explained to me that the best way to move around those punitive measures would be to spend the endowment. Real estate and construction are the most conservative measures and would easily move around any type of federal tax scrutiny. PITT has the 29th largest endowment ($5.5 billion) in the country and would certainly be under attack. I think much depends on how aggressive the endowment tax would be (it could be upwards of 20%) but PITT would need to quickly take money out of the endowment for a project to benefit the University. A stadium is a no brainer. They would actually lose money by not buying land and building the stadium.

I liked Pitt against the spread last week against Clemson but this week I unfortunately see a blowout for a fourth straight loss. Louisville seems like the best team in the ACC with a crappy record.

Interesting game… first game between ranked teams I have seen this year.

The high school seasons officially starts here in the coming week. We might begin to see reports on Pitt coaches at different events.

Hoping for a good locale. I was going to do Greenbrier but didnt realize it was a Friday afternoon, and not Black Friday. Not taking the kids out of school for that. Have to save those for March Madness!

Hoping for the Disney tournament or Bahamas

I know we all rip on Lunardi, but his latest now his Pitt as last four bye. He has Wisconsin and UCF in next four out, so winning against one of those teams may prove vital for post-season chances. Miss State is in as a 9. Ohio State is a 5.

Clemson 8, Miami last in, Pitt last bye, UNC 3, Duke 1 and Wake 7, are the 6 projected ACC right now.

Clemson alum here! I will be visiting Pittsburgh for the first time for our game in a few weeks. We are staying in Lawrenceville at an Airbnb. Getting up there Thursday afternoon, playing golf Friday, game Saturday obviously and then fly back to SC Sunday morning.

My questions for the board are any recommendations for dining/things to do/places to see?

I could go without any long touristy events but don't mind the type of sightseeing that takes an hour or 2.

Shame both teams got mollywopped this past weekend and took some shine of the matchup. Was hoping for a 3:30 or night game to maybe squeeze in an extra 18 on gameday, but that's not happening with the nooner.

Thanks for any help

…may be even more pissed off than we are after losing (giving the game) to Clemson. That stadium will turn on them quickly if they come out flat against Pitt Saturday.

I'm in the South Side for Pat Narduzzi's weekly press conference. I'll post news and notes in this thread.

When we kicked that FG to take the lead and there was 1:40 left I just knew that Pitt would find an excruciating way to lose. It's what we do. I just sat in my stadium seat and waited for the creative way Pitt would find to grab defeat out of victory....Being a Pitt fan is not easy.

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This is beyond awful

It should be an amazing dual. Last year, Lehigh did not wrestle their full team, and Pitt won 21-12. I will give a full preview for this, but the gist is that there will be a lot of high-level close matches. Hopefully, the crowd will turn out well. Unfortunately, there probably won't be any students because it is over Thanksgiving Break. Regardless, it should be one of our better duals this season

Would Holstein transfer if Nate Yarnell starts the rest of the games this year

I never get tired of this....congratulations Olivia!

Would Holstein transfer if Nate Yarnell starts the rest of the games this year

Would Holstein transfer if Nate Yarnell starts the rest of the games this year

Here's the thread for tonight's Pitt-VMI game. I'll post news and notes in this thread throughout the game and we'll use this thread to discuss the game as it happens.

Here's some reading material before the game starts:

The storyline: Behind a triple-double from Jaland Lowe and spread scoring, Pitt had little trouble dispensing with VMI in a 93-48 blowout win Monday night at the Petersen Events Center.

Records: Pitt (5-0), VMI (4-2)

KenPom pre-game: No. 19 Pitt, No. 340 VMI

Stat leaders:
Jaland Lowe - 11 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists
Ishmael Leggett - 14 points, 6/9 FG
Guillermo Diaz Graham - 13 points, 5/12 FG
Cameron Corhen - 12 points, 5/5 FG, 6 rebounds
Jorge Diaz Graham - 12 points, 4/4 FG, 4/4 3FG

Lowe’s career night
The star of Pitt’s win on Monday night was Lowe, the sophomore point guard who scored 11 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dished out 10 assists for his first career triple-double.

Lowe had 11 points, eight rebounds and seven assists when he came back into the game with 3:13 left to play. He collected a pair of defensive boards to hit 10 on the rebounds and then connected with Jorge Diaz Graham for a trio of three-pointers to complete the historic achievement.

Lowe’s triple-double was the sixth in Pitt history. The Panthers got a triple-double from Bub Carrington in last season’s opener; the last triple-double prior to that was in 1998, making the back-to-back nature of Lowe and Carrington’s triple-doubles even more remarkable.

400
Monday night was the 400th game in the history of the Petersen Events Center. The building, which opened in 2002 with a Counting Crows concert, has been hosting Pitt men’s basketball games since the Panthers beat Duquesne on Nov. 22, 2022 of that year; four days shy of exactly 22 years later, Pitt defeated VMI to claim win No. 309 in the building. That ties Pitt with Wisconsin for the seventh-most home wins by a men’s basketball program since the 2002-03 season (although the Badgers host UT Rio Grande Valley tonight).

Pitt is now 309-91 in the Petersen Events Center.

Sleepy stretch - and the response
Pitt attacked the paint and drove throughout the first 10 minutes of the game and built a 19-6 lead with those kinds of scores. But VMI’s biggest threat in the first 20 minutes came during a three-minute stretch when the Keydets rattled off a 12-2 run to cut the lead to three.

After a three-pointer capped the run, Jeff Capel called timeout to rally the troops, and that’s what happened. Leggett hit a three on a pass from Lowe after the timeout, and then Guillermo Diaz Graham executed a steal and fast-break to score again before Leggett recorded a steal himself and fed Lowe, who was fouled and sank two free throws.

Pitt’s lead was back to 10, and the Panthers kept up the intensity for the rest of the half to finish on an 18-2 run and take a 19-point lead at halftime.

Zone response
Pitt has had issues against zone defenses this season, and the zone is VMI’s primary defensive system, so Monday night presented an interesting challenge.

And while the Keydets had some success against the Panthers defensively in the first half, Pitt ultimately ran away from VMI by finding ways to attack the zone across the court - either by scoring in the paint, hitting midrange shots or draining three’s.

The Keydets also pushed the Panthers with a full-court defense and an aggressive, attacking offense.

Stat dominance
Pitt defeated VMI is virtually every stat category. The Panthers outscored the Keydets, of course, but they also held an advantage in rebounding (47-31), made field goals (35-15), three-point field goals (12-6), turnovers (8-15), points off turnovers (20-5), points in the paint (40-18), fast-break points (27-0) and bench points (32-18). VMI’s lone advantage was in second-chance points - 18-11 - built off the Keydets’ 13 offensive rebounds.

Spread scoring
Pitt used 12 players in the game against VMI, and 10 of them got onto the score sheet, from Amsal Delalic’s three points to Leggett’s 14. Six of the 10 scorers also reached double figures.

Among those scorers in double figures was Jorge Diaz Graham, who has found himself seeing limited minutes in recent games but came off the bench to knock down all four of his shots - all three-point attempts - in the game.

Most notably, his final three shots were all on passes from Lowe, and they represented the final three assists Lowe needed to complete his triple-double.

Second-half notables
Pitt was 10-of-15 from three in the second half, and the Panthers had assists on 18 of their 22 made baskets after halftime.

Up next
Pitt will face LSU on Friday afternoon at 2:30 pm in the Greenbrier Tip-Off in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

These housing prices are outrageous and they arent coming down. I guess that's not a bad thing since so many people are paying these prices.