Well, if we're going to give up 48+ every half we play a team with any ability, it's going to be a long season. I thought losing Hinson, might help us defensively. Boy, was that wrong. We're Going to have to figure out a way to get Damian Dunn to regenerate like Deadpool.
Ohio State Game Thread
- Thread starter Joe the Panther Fan
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You can't rebound when the other team isn't missing shots. They take one shot and make it from anywhere.
Pitt does not look good at all. Sure the Dunn injury hurts, but I’m not sure how legit of an excuse that is.
Zach Austin wasn't doing much on the defense... a guy that athletic should be a more of a force on D. A couple blocks this half would help
That shouldn't be that much of an impact on defense. This is more about team defense and schemes.
He’s one of our best players and we had an 8 man rotation when he was healthy. It’s a massive blow for our team.
The defense was very good before the Dunn injury and as others have said it looks to be team defense. Leggett is still a good on ball defender.Lowe can't keep dribbling around like this and expect that it will produce offense. No ball movement, few assists on offense. Lowe with 1 assist, team with 2 total assists???? But our FT shooting is good.And as said before, this Pitt defense is really bad and unprepared. It will be an accomplishment if O$U can be held to less than 90 today. 100 is a possibility and would be an embarrassment for Pitt, especially if we keep this up and are unable to keep it close. Really disappointing first half all the way around in all aspects of the game.
A team that is not well versed in playing zone will get destroyed from the outside. Capel is not a zone coach.
But, I do agree that the man defense has been non-existent in the first half.
Well, I have. And more importantly, so have the coaches. And they see him in practice every day.
Of course that doesn't mean that they can't be wrong. And god knows, I've been wrong once or twice (heck, maybe even three times!). But there is no real reason to think that Papa Kante is ready to play at this level, other than the hype that a certain someone keeps giving him.
I don't care if it's incidental or not, if you hit a guy in the face hard enough to make him bleed that has to be called a foul.
But we hadn't played any good offensive teams to this point. And it's not like O$U is playing great defense either. We're shooting 50.0%. They're just shooting 70.6% and we aren't giving them any resistance.
Papa Kante is now +11 against Ohio State, team best for Pitt. Its been his defense as he has been everywhere leading this run. 4 points to go with it. Timeout Ohio State, lead cut to 1.
Joe, Kante has done more in every single facet of basketball in 5 minutes and has done more than Diaz the last 2 games. I can argue he was the spark for the Pitt run.
This ALL started when Papa came in the game... he's playing hard and inspired!
He also has at least two tips on misses that lead to sustained possessions. One led to leggett three point play. Got some wingspan.
There wasn't any contact up top with the shot. The foul was on the landing. You have to give the guy space to come down, and Leggett stepped too far in.
Yes exactly. Geez, he has done more little things in his few minutes that certain people just don't see. He's got more natural instincts
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