Pitt Memories...Most Hostile Road Environment

[whirlybird optio]

For the pitt fans on here that have been to the many great road venues that pitt has played at, any one game or venue stand out in terms of raucous crowd??

For me, the answer is a pretty notorious game in recent memory. The game @ Dayton, when Levance broke his foot. That crowd was just insane from the tip. Brian Roberts scored like 30 points against us, we lost our first game of the season, and our PG broke his foot. Not a great game, but a great environment, and it made me understand why the NCAA has the first four there.

Any other road game/crowd memories??

 

[Swervin27]

There was a night game against Marquette where we were pretty highly ranked and that clown Crean was out before the game getting the fans cranked up, begging for noise, blah blah.. Want to say it was 07 or 08, they ended up beating us..

I watched a pitt / cuse game from the late 80's where the carrier dome was so loud, you literally couldn't hear the announcers. Obviously the sound crew wasn't ready for it.. It was the game where Smith and Miller were both in foul trouble so Jerome Lane ended up dropping like 35 points..

 

[whirlybird optio]

There was a night game against Marquette where we were pretty highly ranked and that clown Crean was out before the game getting the fans cranked up, begging for noise, blah blah.. Want to say it was 07 or 08, they ended up beating us..

I watched a pitt / cuse game from the late 80's where the carrier dome was so loud, you literally couldn't hear the announcers. Obviously the sound crew wasn't ready for it.. It was the game where Smith and Miller were both in foul trouble so Jerome Lane ended up dropping like 35 points..

I remember a night game @marquette, not sure it is the one you are thinking of. It was levance's first game back from the foot injury. The game was a night game on ESPN on a Friday night, I think before some NBA all star game stuff. We lost pretty easily, Levance just wasn't quite ready yet. It probably was that game.

 

[DT_PITT]

For the pitt fans on here that have been to the many great road venues that pitt has played at, any one game or venue stand out in terms of raucous crowd??

For me, the answer is a pretty notorious game in recent memory. The game @ Dayton, when Levance broke his foot. That crowd was just insane from the tip. Brian Roberts scored like 30 points against us, we lost our first game of the season, and our PG broke his foot. Not a great game, but a great environment, and it made me understand why the NCAA has the first four there.

Any other road game/crowd memories??

Damm Dayton Cheerleaders!

 

[UPitt '89]

the RAC!

hahaha.... not really.....

I would say, for Pitt, it has been Louisville.

 

[DT_PITT]

There was a night game against Marquette where we were pretty highly ranked and that clown Crean was out before the game getting the fans cranked up, begging for noise, blah blah.. Want to say it was 07 or 08, they ended up beating us..

I watched a pitt / cuse game from the late 80's where the carrier dome was so loud, you literally couldn't hear the announcers. Obviously the sound crew wasn't ready for it.. It was the game where Smith and Miller were both in foul trouble so Jerome Lane ended up dropping like 35 points..

We played at Marquette for our last regular season home game of 2006-2007. It was senior night and senior Mike Kinsella hit 2 of his only 4 threes of his career that night to give Marquette a big early lead. We rallied late to make it close, but I was quite disappointed because they played that game without Jerel McNeal and I thought we should have won.

The previous year, we got to play in WVU for their senior night and Johannes Carebear hit four threes in the first eight minutes to give the hoopies a double digit lead. We cut the lead to 1 at one point, but never led once in the game.

 

[California Panther]

I would say, for Pitt, it has been Louisville.

Playing UL anywhere has been a problem for Pitt--don't they have the most wins by anyone at the Pete?

 

[Fredact]

I was at Freedom Hall, when Louisville knock off #1 ranked Pitt. Very loud.

 

[magadog]

I was at Freedom Hall, when Louisville knock off #1 ranked Pitt. Very loud.

I hate playing against Louisville...not so much against the team, but against Pitino. He has a priest sitting with him & is screaming out instructions to his team while a Pitt player is shooting free throws. It is a bush league move from a coach pining for HOF status. I guess that the priest is there to absolve of his sins as he commits them.

Huggins would dress down his players better than any sailor could, but he would do it while the game was being played...not when play was stopped for free throws.

 

[upj87]

I hate playing against Louisville...not so much against the team, but against Pitino. He has a priest sitting with him & is screaming out instructions to his team while a Pitt player is shooting free throws. It is a bush league move from a coach pining for HOF status. I guess that the priest is there to absolve of his sins as he commits them.

Huggins would dress down his players better than any sailor could, but he would do it while the game was being played...not when play was stopped for free throws.

let me get this straight.....2,000 kids are screaming and waving stuff at the shooter and he is being distracted by Petino. Not exactly sure when etiquette for silent free throw shooting ala golf putting came about...

 

[PollCat99]

For the pitt fans on here that have been to the many great road venues that pitt has played at, any one game or venue stand out in terms of raucous crowd??

For me, the answer is a pretty notorious game in recent memory. The game @ Dayton, when Levance broke his foot. That crowd was just insane from the tip. Brian Roberts scored like 30 points against us, we lost our first game of the season, and our PG broke his foot. Not a great game, but a great environment, and it made me understand why the NCAA has the first four there.

Any other road game/crowd memories??

What year was it when West Virginia fans threw quarters on the court and hit Tom Herron?

 

[20-20Hindsight]

2004 - Second round of the NCAA tournament. Playing 6th seeded Wisconsin in Milwaukee (and Pitt was a 3 seed). We were seated in the lower part of the upper bowl at the Bradley Center. We weren't able to sit in the Pitt section, and everything else in that building was a Wisconsin section. Wisky fans were generally great in the bars/restaurants before the game, but largely became asshats during the game and after they lost.

 

[KiwiJeff]

For the pitt fans on here that have been to the many great road venues that pitt has played at, any one game or venue stand out in terms of raucous crowd??

For me, the answer is a pretty notorious game in recent memory. The game @ Dayton, when Levance broke his foot. That crowd was just insane from the tip. Brian Roberts scored like 30 points against us, we lost our first game of the season, and our PG broke his foot. Not a great game, but a great environment, and it made me understand why the NCAA has the first four there.

Any other road game/crowd memories??

I wasn't ther, but the game at WVU where players and coaches were being pelted with stuff, doesn't get more hostile than that.

 

[wbrpanther]

What year was it when West Virginia fans threw quarters on the court and hit Tom Herron?

Hey, he only got hit with one of them.

 

[Delpanther]

Any game at the WVU colliseum. Went to what I recall was an Eastern 8 playoff game there when Mel Bennett was a freshman. Verbally jousted with hoopies the entire evening.

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

For the pitt fans on here that have been to the many great road venues that pitt has played at, any one game or venue stand out in terms of raucous crowd??

For me, the answer is a pretty notorious game in recent memory. The game @ Dayton, when Levance broke his foot. That crowd was just insane from the tip. Brian Roberts scored like 30 points against us, we lost our first game of the season, and our PG broke his foot. Not a great game, but a great environment, and it made me understand why the NCAA has the first four there.

Any other road game/crowd memories??

Wow...when I saw this thread, before I opened your post, the Dayton game is the EXACT game that came to my mind also.

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

We played at Marquette for our last regular season home game of 2006-2007. It was senior night and senior Mike Kinsella hit 2 of his only 4 threes of his career that night to give Marquette a big early lead. We rallied late to make it close, but I was quite disappointed because they played that game without Jerel McNeal and I thought we should have won.

The previous year, we got to play in WVU for their senior night and Johannes Carebear hit four threes in the first eight minutes to give the hoopies a double digit lead. We cut the lead to 1 at one point, but never led once in the game.

Funny thing about that WVU Senior Night. For Herber (sp?) before the game, they played Das Deutchslandis (German National Anthem) to honor him and I started laughing and a couple of other Pitt fans I was with started laughing and the WVU guys we were with started looking at us funny with that "why?" looks on their face, confused. I said, "you idiots, that is the Pitt Alma Mater". I don't think anyone associated with WVU even realized this.

 

[Delpanther]

Strange response since we all know that you were rooting for the same team, or maybe you weren't such a jerk when you were oh so young.

How many times were dropped on your head when you were young? Trying to assess the cause for this much cognitive damage.....Do you serve in the diplomatic corps...for Al Queda?

 

[Atch]

For the pitt fans on here that have been to the many great road venues that pitt has played at, any one game or venue stand out in terms of raucous crowd??

For me, the answer is a pretty notorious game in recent memory. The game @ Dayton, when Levance broke his foot. That crowd was just insane from the tip. Brian Roberts scored like 30 points against us, we lost our first game of the season, and our PG broke his foot. Not a great game, but a great environment, and it made me understand why the NCAA has the first four there.

Any other road game/crowd memories??

Pitt knocking off WVU to close down the old Mountaineer Field House. Kent Scott went off on the eer's that night for 32. Still one of my all time favorite road memories.

 

[Swervin27]

I remember a night game @marquette, not sure it is the one you are thinking of. It was levance's first game back from the foot injury. The game was a night game on ESPN on a Friday night, I think before some NBA all star game stuff. We lost pretty easily, Levance just wasn't quite ready yet. It probably was that game.

That has to be it.. I was living in Frederick md and we went to a bar to watch and it was definitely a national tv game.. Then I see a clip of Crean firing up student section and I start screaming how much BS that is.. Bunch of people looking around at me like im a lunatic..