Moe-bservations Game 14 @FSU

[Chairman Moe]

-- perseverance; the game is forty minutes
-- rebounding by Fede squared
-- Sibande "slump" in first half
-- Sibande "spark" in second half
-- Elliott's threes
-- Hinson's offense AND defense
-- Burton --> 1st team ACC and maybe POY. Certainly Pitt's MVP for 2023
-- a game we couldn't lose
-- Pitt is 7-2 on the road
-- Pitt is 17-4 since the 1-3 start to season
-- Pitt still won't be Top 25 ranked on Monday

 

[NCanton Panther]

Not a bad list. You must have took a cliff notes course from NTOP!!

 

[Chairman Moe]

Not a bad list. You must have took a cliff notes course from NTOP!!

That's what we old guys do!!

 

[sonofabit]

And when the ACC standings are printed for all to see what’s it gonna be….ranking or head-to-head. Already know.

 

[Chairman Moe]

I saw it. Virginia is listed ahead of us. No worries. We have the head-to-head advantage.

As I looked at the standings, no other team is close to us with road wins. Nearest teams are 5-4 on the road. However, we are the only team in the top group that has 3 home losses. Of course, we only have two home losses in conference play.

Just keep winning and the ranking and pecking order will take care of itself

 

[Pitt2006]

They will likely be top 25 based on the other action and losses this week.

 

[FireballZ]

I like the list, but Pitt will 100% be ranked on Monday, so it kind of kills your entire post.

 

[Chairman Moe]

I like the list, but Pitt will 100% be ranked on Monday, so it kind of kills your entire post.

Not optimistic but would be pleasantly surprised

 

[Pitt2006]

Not optimistic but would be pleasantly surprised

Based on what? 7 teams ahead of them lost and Pitt had two good wins. This isn’t football. They have finally caught up to the rest of the pack.

 

[Chairman Moe]

Based on what? 7 teams ahead of them lost and Pitt had two good wins. This isn’t football. They have finally caught up to the rest of the pack.

I'm still thinking that the AP writers are recalling Pitt's early losses. Hope I'm wrong. Regardless, Pitt is a top team and deserves being ranked. If they're not, I won't complain. As coaches say, the most important ranking is the one at the end of the year. Pitt not being ranked only means the players will fight harder, IMO

 

[DT_PITT]

-- perseverance; the game is forty minutes
-- rebounding by Fede squared
-- Sibande "slump" in first half
-- Sibande "spark" in second half
-- Elliott's threes
-- Hinson's offense AND defense
-- Burton --> 1st team ACC and maybe POY. Certainly Pitt's MVP for 2023
-- a game we couldn't lose
-- Pitt is 7-2 on the road
-- Pitt is 17-4 since the 1-3 start to season
-- Pitt still won't be Top 25 ranked on Monday

7-2 on the road is quite impressive for sure.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

And when the ACC standings are printed for all to see what’s it gonna be….ranking or head-to-head. Already know.

Most places use overall record as their "tiebreaker".

However ESPN right now has us above Virginia in the standings on their site, so yea ESPN!

 

[UPitt '89]

-- perseverance; the game is forty minutes
-- rebounding by Fede squared
-- Sibande "slump" in first half
-- Sibande "spark" in second half
-- Elliott's threes
-- Hinson's offense AND defense
-- Burton --> 1st team ACC and maybe POY. Certainly Pitt's MVP for 2023
-- a game we couldn't lose
-- Pitt is 7-2 on the road
-- Pitt is 17-4 since the 1-3 start to season
-- Pitt still won't be Top 25 ranked on Monday

Your last point is wrong.

There have been a lot of teams in the back half of the Top 25 that lost this week, some of them twice. Pitt was 30th coming into the week.

They'll be 23rd or 24th on Monday.

 

[Chairman Moe]

Your last point is wrong.

So I've been told ... 🤪

BTW, @UPitt '89, when will you start up your "Bubble Watch" posts? How about after we are ranked in both polls??!! 😀😉

 

[UPitt '89]

So I've been told ... 🤪

BTW, @UPitt '89, when will you start up your "Bubble Watch" posts? How about after we are ranked in both polls??!! 😀😉

They started 5 days ago.

On the pay board. If people are too cheap to pay Chris Peak, then they don't get to see them.

 

[Chairman Moe]

I like the list, but Pitt will 100% be ranked on Monday, so it kind of kills your entire post.

@FireballZ If being ranked 29th counts, I agree with you ...

 

[UPitt '89]

@FireballZ If being ranked 29th counts, I agree with you ...

Well, Pitt should be ranked. That they aren't is ridiculous.

 

[FireballZ]

@FireballZ If being ranked 29th counts, I agree with you ...

I thought about you when I saw the new (ridiculous) rankings. I apologize for giving you a hard time, although I'm sure that you would have been happy to have been wrong.

 

[Chairman Moe]

I thought about you when I saw the new (ridiculous) rankings. I apologize for giving you a hard time, although I'm sure that you would have been happy to have been wrong.

I would have totally been happy to have been wrong and would have admitted it publicly! Please see my added comments on my newest post ...

 

[Chairman Moe]

Your last point is wrong.

There have been a lot of teams in the back half of the Top 25 that lost this week, some of them twice. Pitt was 30th coming into the week.

They'll be 23rd or 24th on Monday.

@UPitt '89:

Hmm ...

Hmm ...

Hmm ...

BTW, I'm not too cheap to pay Chris Peak; I choose to post on this and the football board ... I really don't have time to be looking at all four boards

Sorry I'll miss your "Bubble Watch" posts, but I'm predicting that you have Pitt slotted a whole lot higher than we will be. The "best" I see Pitt in the NCAAT is 5 (we are ACCT champs or runner-up); worst is 11/12 as a play-in game, but that would mean an utter meltdown over the next three weeks

 

[HOF Coach]

@UPitt '89:

Hmm ...

Hmm ...

Hmm ...

BTW, I'm not too cheap to pay Chris Peak; I choose to post on this and the football board ... I really don't have time to be looking at all four boards

Sorry I'll miss your "Bubble Watch" posts, but I'm predicting that you have Pitt slotted a whole lot higher than we will be. The "best" I see Pitt in the NCAAT is 5 (we are ACCT champs or runner-up); worst is 11/12 as a play-in game, but that would mean an utter meltdown over the next three weeks

Time for just 2 boards and no Moe?

I'll see myself out now...

 

[Chairman Moe]

Time for just 2 boards and no Moe?

I'll see myself out now...

HaHa! 😀😅