Because Louisville was much better tonight, and for most of the game I felt like Pitt was banging its head against the wall tonight on offense, and not one of Jamie's finer games.
That being said, sometimes there are just games on the schedule that are much harder to win due to the schedule. This was one of them.
You see this all the time in the ACC so far, usually its a team coming off of a loss playing a game at home. GT beats UVA at home after starting 0-2 in the league. ND beats GT after losing to Pitt at home. I seriously wonder what the win% is of teams playing at home after a loss, I would guarantee its higher than regular win %. I also think mentally Pitt would have been more into this game if we had lost to ND, as strange as that sounds. When UofL lost that game to Clemson, I knew we were in trouble.
So, Pitt starts a tough road trip, in two venues that have been houses of horrors for us, wins the first game in a nail biter, I just don't think we were up for this one at all. After UofL punched us a couple times in the mouth early in the first half, you could just see that mentally we were not in it. Artis just checked out early. Sterling Smith not even looking for his shot. Sheldon Jeter just on another planet. Young trying the same thing over and over...
But, I'm not really worried. There are just games like this during the season, granted they aren't usually this bad, but it happens. We lose one of the next two at home...then I'll worry.
I've never really thought this was a great team, but I do think depending on matchups they could make the Sweet 16.
Moving forward, we just won't win if James Robinson plays this bad. Part of the reason he played so bad was that our shooting guards weren't even looking to score, and our offense consisted of very contested drives to the hoop.
Forget about this one and win these two home games. 5-1 start in the league, I don't care who we've beaten, is excellent, and it should happen.
That being said, sometimes there are just games on the schedule that are much harder to win due to the schedule. This was one of them.
You see this all the time in the ACC so far, usually its a team coming off of a loss playing a game at home. GT beats UVA at home after starting 0-2 in the league. ND beats GT after losing to Pitt at home. I seriously wonder what the win% is of teams playing at home after a loss, I would guarantee its higher than regular win %. I also think mentally Pitt would have been more into this game if we had lost to ND, as strange as that sounds. When UofL lost that game to Clemson, I knew we were in trouble.
So, Pitt starts a tough road trip, in two venues that have been houses of horrors for us, wins the first game in a nail biter, I just don't think we were up for this one at all. After UofL punched us a couple times in the mouth early in the first half, you could just see that mentally we were not in it. Artis just checked out early. Sterling Smith not even looking for his shot. Sheldon Jeter just on another planet. Young trying the same thing over and over...
But, I'm not really worried. There are just games like this during the season, granted they aren't usually this bad, but it happens. We lose one of the next two at home...then I'll worry.
I've never really thought this was a great team, but I do think depending on matchups they could make the Sweet 16.
Moving forward, we just won't win if James Robinson plays this bad. Part of the reason he played so bad was that our shooting guards weren't even looking to score, and our offense consisted of very contested drives to the hoop.
Forget about this one and win these two home games. 5-1 start in the league, I don't care who we've beaten, is excellent, and it should happen.
