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That would have been about as bad a matchup as possible for Pitt.
Dude I think it was a joke, in response to your comment that Duke only won because of the injury.
Impossible to know for sure. He could have had the type of game as UNC's All American PG and actually hurt the team. Who would have thought he could have possibly played that badly? It happens.
So other teams can make excuses when bad things happen to them. Gotcha.
Obviously losing Shead changed the outlook significantly, but I think you’re selling Duke short. The game was going to be low scoring regardless and Duke is a team that can win in a rock fight.
I don’t think Kelvin Sampson used it as an excuse. And Jon scheyer never used missing 2 players for losing to Pitt. Odd response; per usual.
All you have to do is look how many free throws Texas A&M got against Houston. I think it’s obvious Duke was not getting preferential treatment.
If Pitt had a guy that was never on the roster for this year and beat a woman they would’ve went undefeated? Ok. Pretty similar parallel to an all American getting hurt with 26 mins left and losing by 3 imo.
Injuries are part of the game . What excuse are you making if he had foul trouble or if he shot 3 -20 that night . That’s why they play the game . Great teams find a way .
My point is that once you make up hypotheticals, credibility is gone. There is no evidence that my hypothetical is false. It's why there is a scoreboard and hypotheticals don't count (except in Div 1 college sports selection committees).
Pitt wins at least 1 more game if Ish is fully healthy all year, makes the tournament, and then Pitt goes on a run in the Big Dance.
Hey dumbass. The early travel roster was constructed accordingly. Other recruits looked elsewhere looking at how the Pitt roster was constructed. A center prospect was lost. A bench center was lost. We now hear the pundits using excuses for other conferences but it was always “results matter” in Nov/Dec. Pitt and other teams had to develop on the fly with youth. But now, results don’t matter - just excuses, ya know.
That's right! We lost Kante too. Would have beaten everyone by at least 30.
Or they make the big dance if they simply play the city game instead of SC State
Correct. Pitt was the only one dealt with any adversity again. Just like during Covid.
The whole point that myself and others have stated is that everyone can get into what if’s. But you are on a mission to try and diminish Pitt’s accomplishments along with the other trolls on this board. I’m sure fake addy guy will be chiming in any second.
I said literally nothing of Pitt’s achievements, which were brought up by everyone else in the thread in response to me pointing out the obvious that Duke loses if Houston doesn’t lose their AA.
This is really flawed. The point is an excuse was made for Houston in this thread. That’s what started the whole thing.
Correct. It affected Pitt differently than every other program. They just landed their best class in 2020, then landed Santos who obviously ended up developing and Jamarious Burton.
I don’t think you can assume a loss. Remember when Big 10 Player of the Year Kalin Lucas tore his achilles against Maryland in an early round game? Korie Lucius hit the game winner and MSU made a run to the Final Four.
We're not responding to Sampson. We're responding to you. You said the reason for the loss was the injury. That may be correct. But maybe not. It's still a loss.
