I am trying to think of appropriate music to this stretch of the game.

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

To set the scene....after our Panther stunningly worked hard to tie the game at 36 in the second half, the dastardly George Washington dead Presidents scored the next 8 points. culminating with a Jorgensen 2 pointer at 12:27. They go ahead 44-36! RATS!

Alas, Hall of Fame to be coach Jamie Dixon expertly called a TO. At 12:11.....an exquisite play that might as well been designed by John Wooden it was so well executed resulted in a Cam Wright jumper to pull us to 44-38; The game is far from over and our Panthers won't be deterred. Well....here is that exhilarating 12 minutes and 20 seconds of "action".

Just some keys to focus on. GW has 44 points. Pitt, after Cam hit the 2 point shot, had 38 points. These are key points. Pitt's are BOLDED.





12:11 44-38 Cameron Wright made Jumper. Assisted by Jamel Artis.

11:40 44-38 Foul on Josh Newkirk.

11:40 Official TV Timeout

11:40 Kethan Savage made Free Throw. 45-38

11:40 Kethan Savage missed Free Throw. 45-38

11:40 45-38 Michael Young Defensive Rebound.

11:28 Foul on Patricio Garino. 45-38

11:16 45-40 Aron Phillips-Nwankwo made Jumper. Assisted by Cameron Wright.

10:40 Kethan Savage missed Three Point Jumper. 45-40

10:40 Kevin Larsen Offensive Rebound. 45-40

10:11 Joe McDonald missed Jumper. 45-40

10:11 45-40 Josh Newkirk Defensive Rebound.

10:01 45-40 Josh Newkirk Turnover.

9:41 Yuta Watanabe missed Three Point Jumper. 45-40

9:41 45-40 Cameron Wright Defensive Rebound.

9:28 45-40 Chris Jones Turnover.

9:09 Paul Jorgensen missed Three Point Jumper. 45-40

9:09 45-40 Pittsburgh Defensive Rebound.

8:53 45-42 James Robinson made Jumper. Assisted by Michael Young.

8:29 Kethan Savage missed Jumper. 45-42

8:29 45-42 Jamel Artis Defensive Rebound.

8:19 Foul on Kethan Savage. 45-42

8:19 45-42 Cameron Wright missed Free Throw.

8:19 45-42 Pittsburgh Deadball Team Rebound.

8:19 45-42 Cameron Wright missed Free Throw. (this is known in basketball circles as "clank")

FREEZE IT (using Dick Vitale voice.....we have gone over 4 minutes of "action" and that 44-38 score is not 45-42. Meaning Pitt has won this 4 minute segment 4 to 1.

8:19 Kevin Larsen Defensive Rebound. 45-42

7:50 45-42 Foul on Cameron Wright.

We get to the under 8 TO, cutting that 6 point lead in half to 3 points. Jamie Dixon's preferred style of basketball, defense and rebounding is prevailing!


7:50 Official TV Timeout

7:50 Joe McDonald missed Free Throw. 45-42

7:50 George Washington Deadball Team Rebound. 45-42

7:50 Joe McDonald missed Free Throw. 45-42 (Also known as "clank")

7:50 45-42 Michael Young Defensive Rebound.

7:44 45-42 James Robinson missed Three Point Jumper.

7:44 Kevin Larsen Defensive Rebound. 45-42

7:32 45-42 Foul on Mike Lecak.

7:32 Yuta Watanabe made Free Throw. 46-42

7:32 Yuta Watanabe made Free Throw. 47-42

7:16 47-45 James Robinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jamel Artis.

7:03 John Kopriva made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Larsen. 50-45

Uh Oh........a Watanabe and a Kopriva is putting a crimp into Jamie's plan!


6:44 50-48 Jamel Artis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by James Robinson.

My god, is this Loyola Marymount vs Billy Tubbs Oklahoma teams? in less than a minute, we had three 3 pointers, and actual score of 6 to 5 by your Panthers to again now cut the lead to 2 points! Take that all you Jamie haters who say we don't play fast and can't shoot! HA!

6:18 Kethan Savage missed Jumper. 50-48

6:18 50-48 James Robinson Defensive Rebound.

6:06 50-48 Chris Jones missed Three Point Jumper.

6:06 50-48 Jamel Artis Offensive Rebound.

6:00 50-48 Jamel Artis missed Jumper.

6:00 50-48 Michael Young Offensive Rebound.

5:56 Foul on Kethan Savage. 50-48

5:56 50-48 Michael Young missed Free Throw.

Just a note, somewhere a Pantherlair poster is no doubt waxing eloquently how free throws don't matter.


5:56 John Kopriva Defensive Rebound. 50-48

5:30 Joe McDonald missed Three Point Jumper. 50-48

5:30 Patricio Garino Offensive Rebound. 50-48

5:03 Kethan Savage missed Layup. 50-48

5:03 50-48 Cameron Wright Defensive Rebound.

5:00 Foul on John Kopriva. 50-48

5:00 50-48 Cameron Wright missed Free Throw.

Free throws don't matter, they don't win or lose games so no worries.



5:00 John Kopriva Defensive Rebound. 50-48


4:42 50-48 Foul on Jamel Artis.

Just a comment, remember that one minute stretch when both teams combined for 11 points and three 3 pointers? Well they just followed it up with 2 minutes of ZERO points.


4:42 Patricio Garino made Free Throw. 51-48

4:42 Patricio Garino made Free Throw. 52-48

Thankfully, these really don't count because after all free throws don't matter.

4:24 52-48 Sheldon Jeter Turnover.

4:00 Kethan Savage missed Jumper. 52-48

4:00 52-48 Jamel Artis Block.

4:00 Kethan Savage Offensive Rebound. 52-48

3:56 52-48 Foul on Chris Jones.

3:56 Official TV Timeout

Well......get to the under 4 TO and now, it is a 4 point game again. Alas, no worries. We can win this.

3:56 Kethan Savage missed Free Throw. 52-48

3:56 Joe McDonald Offensive Rebound. 52-48

3:56 52-48 Foul on Jamel Artis.

3:56 Joe McDonald made Free Throw. 53-48

3:56 Joe McDonald missed Free Throw. 53-48

3:56 53-48 Pittsburgh Defensive Rebound.

Note...LOOK AT ALL THAT DEAD BALL ACTION! We had 2 fouls, 2 rebounds and 3 free throws shot with no seconds going off of the clock! Talk about efficiency!! Oh on that note, offensive rebounds against also count, but you guys already knew that.

3:41 53-48 James Robinson missed Jumper.

3:41 Kevin Larsen Defensive Rebound. 53-48

3:38 53-48 Foul on Chris Jones.

3:38 Kethan Savage missed Free Throw. 53-48

3:38 Joe McDonald Offensive Rebound. 53-48

3:35 George Washington Timeout

3:32 Kethan Savage missed Jumper. 53-48

3:32 53-48 Chris Jones Defensive Rebound.

3:23 53-48 Chris Jones missed Three Point Jumper.

3:23 53-48 Jamel Artis Offensive Rebound.

3:15 53-48 Jamel Artis Turnover.

3:15 Joe McDonald Steal. 53-48

2:52 Foul on John Kopriva. 53-48

2:52 John Kopriva Turnover. 53-48

No truth to the rumor that John Wooden's ghost managed to shoot himself after this stretch. By the way, notice that Pitt has 48 points, the same they had at 6:44 seconds? Relax this will change.

2:43 53-50 Michael Young made Jumper. breaking that 4 minute scoring drought.

2:19 53-50 Foul on James Robinson.

2:19 Joe McDonald made Free Throw. 54-50

2:19 Joe McDonald made Free Throw. 55-50

2:09 55-50 James Robinson missed Three Point Jumper.

Bill Raftery is not exactly yelling "onions" in the background is he?

2:09 55-50 Chris Jones Offensive Rebound.

2:05 Foul on Patricio Garino. 55-50

2:05 55-51 Chris Jones made Free Throw.

2:05 55-51 Chris Jones missed Free Throw.

2:05 Kethan Savage Defensive Rebound. 55-51

1:42 Joe McDonald missed Three Point Jumper. 55-51

1:42 Patricio Garino Offensive Rebound. 55-51

1:29 George Washington Timeout

1:20 Kevin Larsen missed Three Point Jumper. 55-51

1:20 55-51 James Robinson Defensive Rebound.

1:07 Foul on Joe McDonald. 55-51

1:07 55-52 Cameron Wright made Free Throw.

1:07 55-52 Cameron Wright missed Free Throw.

1:07 55-52 Jamel Artis Offensive Rebound.

1:07 Foul on John Kopriva. 55-52

1:07 55-52 Jamel Artis missed Free Throw.

These missed free throws really don't matter. Really, they don't.



1:07 55-52 Pittsburgh Deadball Team Rebound.

Just wanted to remind you guys now, we were at 44-36 with 12:27 left, and 11 full minutes goes by with a a score of 11-16, but look on the bright side, Pitt has the 16 points. REMEMBER KIDDIES, this is with a 30 second clock which just goes to show you that speeding up play with bad players just leads to more hijinx that belongs anywhere but on a basketball court.

Don't think I need to play out the last 1:07 just know we did actually hit 2 free throws (and Souf you are right, they really didn't matter) in this time frame.

 

[DT_PITT]

Owtie my friend ...

... you aren't nearly as funny as you think you are!!

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

Re: Owtie my friend ...

Originally posted by DT_PITT:
... you aren't nearly as funny as you think you are!!

Yes I am. DT, you can't take this stuff, especially a performance like that seriously, especially in what was essentially a glorified exhibition game.

It was so bad, you could only see humor from this.

And by the way, I did see Bill Barton do something. I saw him mouth "4 fouls" to Jamie after Chris Jones committed his 4th. I think Barton probably earned an extension with that.

 

[Fk_Pitt]

Re: Owtie my friend ...

Since owt didn't discuss the last minute, what the heck was Newkirk doing? I realize that the chances of winning were slim, but he took the chances from slim to none. His play in the first 39 minutes of game play dipped significantly this year. His play in the final minute of games is mind boggling.
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[SoufOaklin4Life]

Re: Owtie my friend ...

Originally posted by recruitsreadtheseboards:

Originally posted by DT_PITT:
... you aren't nearly as funny as you think you are!!

Yes I am. DT, you can't take this stuff, especially a performance like that seriously, especially in what was essentially a glorified exhibition game.

It was so bad, you could only see humor from this.

And by the way, I did see Bill Barton do something. I saw him mouth "4 fouls" to Jamie after Chris Jones committed his 4th. I think Barton probably earned an extension with that.

Owt has gone to the Tim Conway school of comedy. Humor without being funny. ;-)

 

[DT_PITT]

Re: Owtie my friend ...


I didn't really even care at that point, but it was like ...

Umm ... Josh ... when you are down six with 10 seconds, what math did you do to think that you only need a two at that point? Also -- he dribbled straight to the three point line, where no one guarded him and could have easily taken a three. I get it that you don't always take a three when you have to work the ball to get a three (waste of time) but he wasted more time driving the ball. And he drove it into traffic, as well.

 

[DT_PITT]

Re: Owtie my friend ...


Oh ... and I completely agree that you can't take this stuff seriously and it's better to look for humor in this.

It's just that Owtie hasn't found it!

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

But..to answer the question.
The Cure's "Prayers for Rain".


you shatter me your grip on me a hold on me
so dull it kills you stifle me infectious sense of
hopelessness and prayers for rain i suffocate i
breathe in dirt and nowhere shines but desolate
and drab the hours all spent on killing time
again all waiting for the rain

you fracture me your hands on me a touch so
plain so stale it kills you strangle me entangle
me in hopelessness and prayers for rain i
deteriorate i live in dirt and nowhere glows but
drearily and tired the hours all spent on killing
time again all waiting for the rain

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Of course.....

foul shots matter. That's why there is no way that a team could shoot them as poorly as 12-24 could ever win a game.

What's that? I was looking at the wrong part of the box score and it actually was the team that went 12-24 from the line that won? No, that can't be. It's only Pitt's foul shooting that ever matters.

Quick question, we missed 9 foul shots and 7 threes. Which one of those cost us more points? Quick follow up, we missed 9 foul shots and turned the ball over 16 times. Which one of those cost us more points?

No one ever said foul shots don't matter, but they are literally never the most important part of a game. Never.

 

[noelr]

Neil Young/Pearl Jam "Why Do i Keep F*&^in Up"

Doors "This is the End"

 

[PittPat3]

I have to go with the Benny Hill theme music.

 

[goat123]

B-52's Love Shack because they weren't thinking about playing basketball!

Go Pitt!