Pitt vs FSU Gamethread

[TheSpecialSauce]

Champ and XJ will need to have huge games for us to have a chance to win.

 

[Pantherguy4]

HAIL TO PITT!

 

[Protes]

Still waiting for the ESPN stream to kick in here. #smh

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

Hopefully FSU keeps shooting 3’s. They have a huge size advantage inside.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Champ and XJ will need to have huge games for us to have a chance to win.

We need at least one other guy to score to have a chance. Either Horton or Sibande has to make shots from the perimeter.

 

[Black Panther]

Still waiting for the ESPN stream to kick in here. #smh

What is your local regional sports network? The game may be there.

 

[Cavalier Panther]

Still waiting for the ESPN stream to kick in here. #smh

Yeah if it gets moved to a regional and you click on it it doesn't tell you it's blacked out. It just gives you dead air.

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

Goodness our defense sucks
That we always collapse to the paint and leave shooters wide open is maddening
Xavier goes brain dead on offense again

 

[Franb]

We need at least one other guy to score to have a chance. Either Horton or Sibande has to make shots from the perimeter.

We need to make shots from somewhere, on pace for a 40 point game.

 

[Protes]

What is your local regional sports network? The game may be there.

I'm good now. Kicked in about 3 minutes in.

Where is Toney???

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

We need to make shots from somewhere, on pace for a 40 point game.

3-13 from the field so far.

 

[JD1976]

I'm good now. Kicked in about 3 minutes in.

Where is Toney???

Undisclosed injury

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

Bench Justin
Sheesh

 

[TWPitt]

X 0-3 with 3 turnovers so far and we are down so he will continue to force things.

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

X 0-3 with 3 turnovers so far and we are down so he will continue to force things.

And get playing time
We have the no accountability coaching staff

 

[TWPitt]

Get X out of the damn game.

 

[Protes]

We look outclassed right now.

 

[Protes]

LMAO, X.......... no pass, shoot a 3 early in the clock, get blocked, foul at the other end for an "and-one." #SMFH

 

[pittbb80]

Johnson’s play has deteriorated to the point where is is a huge negative Hes resorted to out of control playground ball

 

[WannyandWalt]

So this loss will be acceptable if we stay with in 10? Moral victory point spread for Capel today is 9.5 points, anything under 9.5 it's a win

 

[TWPitt]

Amazing we score without X being involved.

 

[BballinsiderfromPitt]

Nike is the only one not outclassed as an athlete out here. He’s killing it

 

[Usuallyunusual-partdeux]

What channel are you guys watching on? Im here in PGH and Im getting a blacked out message on the ESPN app

 

[UPitthoops]

Capel has lost all control of X.

 

[BballinsiderfromPitt]

What channel are you guys watching on? Im here in PGH and Im getting a blacked out message on the ESPN app

Root sports

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

What channel are you guys watching on? Im here in PGH and Im getting a blacked out message on the ESPN app

Att sports net

 

[Protes]

We are horrible at inbounding the ball. It's amazing.

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

We are horrible at inbounding the ball. It's amazing.

We are also horrible at passing
And defense

we seemingly have an entire coaching staff too lazy to actually have plays

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

Nike is the only one not outclassed as an athlete out here. He’s killing it

This is by far his best game in a Pitt uniform.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

We are horrible at inbounding the ball. It's amazing.

I remember a time when we were really good at getting someone a wide open shot off the baseline inbounds play. Now we are just lucky if we can just avoid disaster and get the ball in.

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

I remember a time when we were really good at getting someone a wide open shot off the baseline inbounds play. Now we are just lucky if we can just avoid disaster and get the ball in.

We used to have a coach who cared about details

 

[TWPitt]

X now 0-6

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

Hooray for Xavier getting playing time despite being brain dead again

 

[Millerton24]

X is just a wreck. He doesn't improve. Layups missed, forces shots, turnovers.

 

[TWPitt]

When we move the ball we score. When x pounds the ball we don’t

 

[TWPitt]

I’m not a huge advanced metrics guy but X is a -5% efficient and 29.6 usage rate

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

If basketball doesn’t work out for Champ, then he might have a future as a matador.

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

If basketball doesn’t work out for Champ, then he might have a future as a matador.

If he isn’t scoring 20 he’s a net negative player

 

[TheFormula]

Not to pile on but X is on a terrible stretch over the last two years. Hes clearly capable of being a monster but its like he has a nervous tick that is triggering just awful decisions. Seems to me has checked out already.

And as much as I love Justin he looks like a different dude that grabbed 15+ rebounds a couple of times. His D has completely devolved

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

If basketball doesn’t work out for Champ, then he might have a future as a matador.

Olé!

While his defense has been typically bad, we've made 12 baskets. He has 5 of them. He has 7 rebounds, the other seven guys who have played (not counting team rebounds) have combined for 10. He's also tied for the team lead with 2 assists.