Two holdovers from last year looking good tonight.
Troy cant miss at the line..keeping them in it.
Still need better rebounding.
Troy cant miss at the line..keeping them in it.
Still need better rebounding.
Frame and Brown
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Spread was only 5 points, so I assumed they were decent. Hard to tell who’s legit in nov and dec college hoops.
I like this Pitt team.
Capel has Brown and Chuks playin well.
Wilson Frame is lights out 2 games in a row.
Capel has Brown and Chuks playin well.
Wilson Frame is lights out 2 games in a row.
Not sure how good Troy is, but a solid win. Maybe would have been more like 15 point spread if they didn’t shoot lights out from the line
Had Troy not shot a ridiculous 25 of 28 FTs and shot a more normal 70% we would have won by 14.
Troy led St. Louis for much of their game a couple of days ago before St. Louis puled out a 62-58 win at the end. So, I am beginning to believe we will beat St. Louis in Brooklyn and that Iowa and WVU seem to be our only two almost certain OOC losses.
I was just trying to figure this out - that would be around 8 OOC wins if I am doing the math right.
Out of curiosity, I know nothing about Iowa - how good are they supposed to be this year?
It would be 11 OOC wins (11-2 OOC) if we only lose to Iowa and WVU.
Haven't seen Iowa play but the game is at their place and, although to my surprise, Sagarin has us rated about even with them neutral site they should win at home. But, we may at least have a decent chance to beat them--which I didn't believe would be the case at the start of this season.
Clearly these rankings are all over the place this early in the season--to wit:
Sagarin (before the Troy game):
Pitt #95
Iowa #119
SLU #116
I will say that Sagarin"s numerical scores upon which his rankings are based predicted our score results pretty well so far--assuming you consider anything well above a prediction as anomalous.
Predicted Pitt over YSU by 14 (we won by 16)
Predicted Pitt over VMI by 19 (we won by 39)
Predicted Pitt over Troy by 8 (we won by 9)
What makes anyone believe we'll see the same Pitt performance away from the Pete? They're young. Defense can be a constant but decision making, shot selection, and the opponent may be of concern.
No guarantees of course, but my faith in Capel's coaching ability has gone way up over the past 2 and 1/2 games as to his ability to get the most out of what he has to work with--he is on a different planet than Stallings.
