Alright @Poonugget_ACC , you've waited long enough. The highlight of this game you're all looking for is at 16:45 of the first half, the legend that is DeJuan Blair!
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1st try at a Pitt YouTube channel
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Just a quick thank you to Jeff for doing this!
Years ago we exchanged a couple of copies of games through our shared obsession with archiving Pitt football and basketball.
My effort has trailed off as life got more complicated! Thanks so much for sharing .
Years ago we exchanged a couple of copies of games through our shared obsession with archiving Pitt football and basketball.
My effort has trailed off as life got more complicated! Thanks so much for sharing .
This is awesome, thanks Jeff, really enjoying the games you've uploaded so far! If you're still taking requests, a few ideas.
2008 Pitt vs WVU - Ronald Ramon game winner
2010 Pitt vs WVU - 3 OT
2010 Pitt vs Providence - Gibbs game winner
2011 Pitt vs Syracuse - Pitt scores first 19 points
if not no worries, thanks!
2008 Pitt vs WVU - Ronald Ramon game winner
2010 Pitt vs WVU - 3 OT
2010 Pitt vs Providence - Gibbs game winner
2011 Pitt vs Syracuse - Pitt scores first 19 points
if not no worries, thanks!
@GoPitt85 provided the first mention of Ashton Gibbs. His buzzer beater gave Pitt a double bye into the Big East tournament in 2010.
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Where could I find Pitt vs West Virginia from February 2, 1963? Or any game from 62-63 or 63-64.
While we are pitching Providence games, how about the game at Providence in 2004 when Carl threw for about 6 TD's to Chevy and Taft?
Pitt starts the game 19-0 and then allows Syracuse to go on a 17-0 run, fortunately the Panthers held on.
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I've pretty much hit every generation/team of the videos so far. My take. I don't think the current team could beat any of them (that includes the '91 team). And those Howland teams? I doubt this current lineup could score 40 points. It is refreshing to watch good basketball and not watch a team where a great individual play determines whether they score or not.
Requests if you have time...
Would love to see that 1956 Hennon game you mentioned earlier.
Also curious to revisit the 1993 upset over Seton Hall with Terry Dehere (1/16/1993).
For personal reasons, at St Francis PA on Dec 1, 1990. It was a fairly tight game. SFU went to the tourney that year (their best team since the Stokes years) and it is the last time we'll probably ever play in Loretto.
I feel like there should be a game with Vonteego. Maybe the upset over Kentucky in the Puerto Rico Shootout in 99.
Maybe some of the old Georgetown brawl games (circa 88). Just remember fights breaking out nearly every game but can't remember which games they specifically were.
Thanks everything so far and thanks in advance for anything else you get up.
Would love to see that 1956 Hennon game you mentioned earlier.
Also curious to revisit the 1993 upset over Seton Hall with Terry Dehere (1/16/1993).
For personal reasons, at St Francis PA on Dec 1, 1990. It was a fairly tight game. SFU went to the tourney that year (their best team since the Stokes years) and it is the last time we'll probably ever play in Loretto.
I feel like there should be a game with Vonteego. Maybe the upset over Kentucky in the Puerto Rico Shootout in 99.
Maybe some of the old Georgetown brawl games (circa 88). Just remember fights breaking out nearly every game but can't remember which games they specifically were.
Thanks everything so far and thanks in advance for anything else you get up.
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The Terry Dehere game is when my wife and I started dating. That was a great, great night.
Here's an idea for Vonteego ...
1997 against Villanova when Jason Maile had 40 points. Vonteego played really well that game as well.
How about the 1988-89 win at the carrier dome and Jason Maile unloading againt nova in 1996. Kinda the highlight under Willard IMHO.
Cue the posterization by Julius Page on Boumtje Boumjte around the 14:00 mark.
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Fantastic
I only heard this on the radio when travelling
Can’t wait to watch this tonight
OK @CrazyPaco , here is the Puerto Rico shootout. We didn't know it then but this game turned out to be the beginning of the end of the Ralph Willard era. The Panther lineup had Vonteego Hawkins, Ricky Greer, Attila Cosby, Kellii Taylor (and the infamous Fred Primus off the bench) and started the year 6-0 with wins over nationally ranked Xavier and Kentucky. But the next day after this game, Pitt gets blown out by Maryland by 35 and everything spiraled out of control from that point to a 14-16 season and Willard being fired at season's end. The talent was there, but the chemistry experiment turned out awful.
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I can't add much about this one as it was played 9 years before I was born (although perhaps @PittMan 72 watched it from his crib LOL). Here's what little I know - this Pitt team featured Don Hennon and Bob Lazor as its leading scorers and it was coached by Robert Timmons. This was their first road win of the year and they ended up 16-11 and in the NCAA tournament (although in those days, making the NIT may have been more prestigious). Anyways if you're curious:
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After this game, which had me SO excited, we lost 9 of our next 12 including the infamous El-Amin on the table game.
Well @CrazyPaco , the 1993 win over Seton Hall is here. The only things I remember about this was that Garrick Thomas hit the game winner for the Panthers and that Johnny Majors was introduced to the crowd at halftime to welcome him back to Pitt for his second stint.
Unfortunately I do not have the St. Francis game in my collection, sorry about that.
BTW I do not know why Brooke Shields showed up as the thumbnail image and do not care, I'm not changing it!
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The NIT wasn't more prestigious by the 50s. Even by the late 40s, it was sort of debatable. During WWII, Red Cross charity games took place between the NCAA and NIT champion from 1943 to 1945. All three were swept by the NCAA champ. That, and the fact the NCAA had moved to MSG in 1943, sort of ended the preference for the NIT among schools invited to both. The NCAA pulled out of MSG after the point shaving scandal in 1951. The vast majority of ranked teams and conference champions participated in the NCAA since at least 1951.
Thank you again!
Yeah, finally, after all the injuries and false starts I thought we were finally starting to put it together this year.....ooops.
Wow, a young Clark Kellogg doing color.
Yours truly with some screen time. Have never seen the broadcast.
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I’m almost certain that is the game Dave Roman hit the game winner at the buzzer only to have it nullified because someone from Pitt called a timeout.
I think I had this confused with another game.
What year did devendorf hit that girl? That happened near the Pitt Cuse game at the Pete. I remember he came out way earlier than everyone else to warm up before tip. Entire zoo chanted “Kimberly Smith” at him the whole time. I thought that was game where we started 19-0 but I may have this wrong.
Thanks for the patience @Protes - this was the OT thriller capped off by the game-winning 3 by Levance followed by him almost kicking Jamie in the teeth. Great win marred though by a tough injury in the OT to Mike Cook.Did I miss it? The big win over Duke at MSG, please!
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