Pitt adds another playmaker in the secondary with 5’10” 175 pound UC Davis safety transfer Kavir Bains. Started 14 games this year, and had 83 tackles, 8.5 TFL, 3 interceptions, and Big Sky Conference leading 14 pass breakups.

Pitt CB Tamarion Crumpley announced that he is entering the transfer portal.

With the “salary cap” era of college football starting this coming year, it seems like it’s a matter of when, not if, all P4 programs will have a top administrator. UNC obviously went out and hired a former NFL GM, while others are probably just going to elevate someone already in their program.

Any rumblings on what Pitt may do?

he's in the portal. Would you make a run at him?

There is absolutely no reason for him to stay. He will literally get killed next year and significantly overused as literally the only offensive weapon. The O-line will not be better, and may be worse (gulp!); who knows about Holstein after his performance against better competition in the 2nd half of the season; no receivers to take the pressure off (and don't come at me with Kenny Johnson as he did absolutely nothing this season).
He can get paid a lot more money and play for a much better program. Why stay?

How many times in their careers did Dejuan, Aaron Gray play 36 min? And we give those minutes to Cam, who I am honestly not sure if he had a point or rebound in the last 18 min.

And it’s not like Lville has some amazing bigs we have to leave him on the court to guard lol.

This roster is not good, it doesn’t fit, it has never fit. You have a bunch of small ball stopping guards, no true 4 on the roster, and a bunch of super soft 5s.

It’s why guys like Amsal were so necessary - he has a different skill set. But he’s buried now. We run the same guys for the last 18 min and they are all so tired we can’t even defend simple screens in the half court.

This team implodes, which it might, there are going to be serious discussions about the Head Coach spot. A buyout saved him once, he can’t again blow the tournament. I don’t think he will, but an 0-2 week next week and we will be outside the field. You can only get so much mileage for a WVU win and a miracle shot against Ohio St

Hello.

First Im new here I looked forward to discussing Pitt Football in a civilized manner treating everyone with respect and kindness. I just found out about this message board over Xmas from my Uncle.

This is my first post ever, I look forward to getting to know every poster on here.

Anyone have an early idea of starting 11 on each side next year. Leaving blanks for undetermined starters at this point.

Thanks

Louisville.

We keep driving into tall trees with negative results.

Understand that is our game, but against this team.....

Maybe try something else.

The Steelers players and coaches hyped this up as being a pseudo playoff game.

Well, they have come out and performed just like they are in the playoffs. Fall behind early. Turnover at the worst time. Inconsistency on defense.

The FG at the end of the half will hopefully give them some momentum going into the second half, but we have seen this story a lot recently when something is on the line.

Of course I got told I was crazy and no way that's true.

Trust me it's true. This is not anywhere close to a Top 25 team, they honestly aren't even a good team.

Right now Pitt is not on the bubble but that can quickly change. And the way this team is being coached and playing they can easily get 1 or more of those bad Quad 3 or 4 losses. Then they would be in trouble.

** Do you like offense? Do you like great shots? Do you like points? If this is your kind of basketball, this was your kind of game.

** Of course, if you are a Panther fan who likes 30+ point wins, this game was for you too.

** There was plenty to enjoy this afternoon on the hardwood on a day surrounded by so much important action on the gridiron.

** More importantly, this was another great win to impress the laptops, which only adds to the fun. And Mr. Pomeroy and Mr. Torvik now both see our Panthers as a top 25 team even if the pollsters don’t.

** What most pollsters and even laptops probably didn’t see today was a completely pleasing array of passes and finishes. Several times Ish and Jaland ventured into the lane and found some sort of way to finish among taller trees in ways that would drop your jaw.

** Even better, our previously troubled three point shooting heated up in a big way, especially after some delightful passes to open shooters. At the top of the list was Ish’s over his head, Doncic-styled, blind toss back to arc to Beebah, who obliged by tickling the net to create a highlight reel play that belongs near the top of any Panther playlist.

** Yet no Panther tickled the net today like our new long range bomber Zach. In his last 6 games, he’s knocked down 17 of 32 from deep, and one shouldn’t need a laptop to compute that number is nicely over 50%.

** One of the most pleasing aspects of the Howland Dixon days was watching solid returners make “great leaps forward” after a year or two in a Panther uniform.

** Now that he’s averaging double digits in scoring 12 games into this season, even if Zach hasn’t done quite enough to compete for “Most Improved Player” status, he’s shown that he’s a legit deep threat instead of the inconsistent one he was last year.

** In college basketball, that used to be the type of improvement many teams would count on from Seniors. It’s nice to see Zach taking this kind of step thus far.

** Meanwhile, maybe we should be considering Ish for Most Improved Player status, even if the ACC voted him as a Pre-season All 2nd team selection. After all, ish has upped his scoring by almost 50% to find himself near the top of the League.

** Ish should also find himself on the first five of the All-ACC Toughness team. Sometimes I almost worry about the physical nature of Ish’s finishes in the paint. I worry one of these times he’s not going to bounce up so readily off the court. But he always does, thankfully.

** But it’s not always so physical for Ish to finish, including his first half trip into the paint that was initially stopped, but ended up with an easy layup after a 360 degree pivot. Masterful stuff Sir!

** I also worry a tad about Jaland’s finishes against big tall men. Instead, I usually end up marveling at his ability to float in buckets high off the glass at seemingly impossible angles. Marvelous!

** Perhaps later I’ll dig back into the record books to find the last time a Panther point guard notched back to back double doubles in points and assists. And while we are talking about Most Improved Player status, it’s worth noting that Jaland’s scoring and assists have ticked up by well over 50%. Just because we expected it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be more impressed with it.

** Actually, every Panther this day was impressive enough on the offensive end. Let’s even offer a special shout out to Amsal who showed off some real Hoopin in the second half. The offensive skills there are apparent, including two really nifty long pass assists. There are still questions about his overall game speed and how well he can keep up on defense.

** I’d also like Amsal to develop a little more of a quick trigger mentality with his three ball, much like we saw from Greg Elliot two years ago. At least three times today he passed on launching a bomb when it appeared he was free. Instead he often makes a good fundamental play, and looks to pass to others. But we will need his three point shooting more on days when the team isn’t going 16-31 from deep.

** Even if this day was no doubt about offense, but that doesn’t mean the Panthers played bad defense to my eye. In the first half especially, the BearKats hit some tough well defended shots.

** It should be interesting to watch how today’s opponent performs as they move into their Conference USA season. A team who can hit shots like it looks like they are capable of should win their share of games.

** There were perhaps a few too many times when our foe blew by us with the dribble than their coach might like. And after forcing four BearKat turnovers in the first four minutes, we only tallied eight the rest of the way.

** But on the defensive end, the effort was there, but perhaps the fullest attention to detail was not.

** Still, this game wasn’t about defense. This game was about points, and the Panthers were certainly up to that task in a fun and watchable way.

** Onto the rest of the ACC Season! I look forward to seeing our Panthers against the Bears in 2025.

** Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to my fellow Pitt Hoops Fans!

Last year, we played a crucial December Sunday game vs Clemson directly opposite the Steelers. At the time, I said if we lose, we won't make the NCAA Tournament and I was widely criticized for that. Turns out, I was right and we missed it by 1 game. We ended up losing to Clemson in front of friends and family only. That doesn't automatically mean that we would have beaten them with a larger crowd but Heather is so enamored with her arena, that she didn't ask/request certain game times from ESPN before the season. As I remember, there were several other ACCN games that day and had she requested it in advance, there is no reason that Pitt couldn't have played later. In fact, ESPN would have probably appreciated the heads-up since there were probably like 14 Yinzers watching Pitt/Clem instead of the Steelers.

This year, she schedules WVU for 8PM in a non-televised game so that volleyball can have their own times lot at 5:30. Pitt fans will use any excuse in the book to stay away. They ain't going to games starting later than 7PM. As it turns out, nobody went but because of that, it was the largest student turnout in history because they gave them the thousands of empty seats.

But that's not all. We play Stanford at 6:30 opposite Steelers/Bengals at 8. She should have requested an afternoon game.

I know many of you will say that Pitt has no say and we play when ESPN tells us. That's only true to a point. These college basketball regular season games are very lowly rated. ESPN will not have any issue of scheduling 1-2 games per year around NFL games as its better for them anyway to not go head to head with the NFL in a home market.

Nuff said.