Pitt vs Wake Gamethread
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If Pitt couldn’t even win this game it’s gonna be hard to win one more game the rest of the year. Pitt has to be able to finish this game when it was 67-65 and X was at the foul line. They basically did everything wrong at the end of that game and in OT to allow themselves to not win that game. So frustrating.
I have a bad attitude listening to dumb fans trash this team. There should be zero bashing this year.
We aren’t good at all
Doesn’t take an excuse to understand that
That Wake team was so bad. Unfortunately, we may be worse. Not sure we win another game. The problem is we play all the bad teams on the road. Maybe we can beat ND the last game.
Cant believe we lost to that team.
What do you expect after the last 2+ seasons? When you're at the foul line, up 2 with 20 seconds to go and shooting the bonus....you need to win. At the very least, we finally saw a block out on the last play in regulation when Ellison boxed our his own teammate
I don't know what you're reading but I'm pretty far from trashing the team. Sober up and get back to me in the AM jackson.
Why? What is so hard to understand about that this year was going to be REALLY rough?
Indeed:
1. The ACC is a conference loaded with talent
2. Pitt had 0 wins last year and few close losses
3. Three wins is doable but won't be easy
4. Four wins with what transpired in terms of "Bigs" was /is/would be close to miraculous.
Very disappointing loss mostly for the fact that Wake is horrible and may not win another game all year.
Pitt just isn’t good enough right now and this is the time of year where you often start to see the freshmen wearing down a little. I think they win one more game, possibly two but that’s about it.
I don’t think next year will be all that much better unless there is a talent infusion. The young guys should get a little better, but that’s not going to be enough if this team has hopes of an NIT berth or more.
Pitt just isn’t good enough right now and this is the time of year where you often start to see the freshmen wearing down a little. I think they win one more game, possibly two but that’s about it.
I don’t think next year will be all that much better unless there is a talent infusion. The young guys should get a little better, but that’s not going to be enough if this team has hopes of an NIT berth or more.
I think they are very capable of putting tough games on opponents, they are just figuring it all out and the the guys that really matter are new to this landscape of play. Patience is key , we called for it at the beginning and it's still an important and relevant point. This game was winnable.
Ellison did what he was supposed to do there. He put his body on a WF player. When the shot went up Kene put his head down and never picked up the WF player on the opposite side of the paint. It was his fault.
Say what you want to about Kene and Brown. Capel knew what he had (or in this case didn't have) and did not address it. I remember how hard some were on Stallings for not addressing the holes in the roster left by Dixon. Sure Capel has brought in some exciting players, but, as of now has struck out on every big. That's essentially 2 recruiting cycles and he hasn't addressed the problem. We just hit rock bottom losing to that outfit. How much more of his career do you think XJ will want to spend with Kene and Terrell as his bigs? Capel better pull the proverbial rabbit out of the hat soon!
Neither is Wake. But specifically the issue is how we lost to a really bad team. You don’t have to even be an average team to win in the position we were in.
What holes?
Replacing a point guard, having a backup on the roster and a signed pg recruit?
I’d love that type of hole .
That stallings decided to play our stretch 4 as the point guard and run off everyone else while destroying the program -
Isn’t on Dixon
I remain hopeful HCJC will bring in some recruits. But as it stands right now, we could be worse next year. As much as we need bigs, we have no one to replace JWF who is basically our only consistent 3-point threat. Imagine our offense with no real threat from beyond the arc. The pressure is mounting.
What else is new?
Speaking of Ellison though, it was probably his best performance as a Panther. Couple dumb fouls early but other than that he was great.
I have no idea, but apparently you don’t understand it. Even the worst team of all-time should’ve finished that game off 100 times out of 100 being in the position we were in.
Just wanted to know what the consequences were if I didn’t mind my own business. Always find statements like yours wildly amusing. But you keep on keepin on.
If you really think that I can only surmise that you don't actually watch basketball. Because anyone who actually watches the game would know that that statement is dumb.
So now even bad teams win up 2 shooting a 1 and 1 with 20 seconds left.
This is the new goal post?
My counter-
It’s the exact type of game
Bad teams lose.
We won 2 acc games - which means we are better than last year - when we were historically bad.
This year- we’re just a typically bad team
Wake isn't average.
Wake is bad.
There was a reason PItt was favored by 2 on the road..... Pitt is bad, but better than Wake.
And should have won.
Pitt favored by 2 is because we are almost exactly as bad as wake.
Hence it was a toss up.
Think this one through
Last year... Pitt's *CLOSEST* road loss was by 16 points.
So that is one way to look at the progress this year. There have been 3 road games we could've won (Iowa, NCSU, Wake), and others that we were more competitive in than last year.
The improvement is palpable.
But there's a long way to go.
So that is one way to look at the progress this year. There have been 3 road games we could've won (Iowa, NCSU, Wake), and others that we were more competitive in than last year.
The improvement is palpable.
But there's a long way to go.
Do you really want to do this again? Why must you be a persistent donkey? At this point, my concern is Capel recruiting no bigs, or for that matter no players at all, when he has many scholarships available. I am not playing your game, GFY!
Yes.... so when two even teams are playing.... and one team has a 2-point lead with 17 seconds to go and their best FT shooter at the line.... ESPN's gametracker had Pitt at an 84.2% chance to win the game at that point.
They should've won.
When XJ stepped to the line with 17 seconds left, Pitt only had a 16% chance to lose.
But they lost.
They should've won.
You shouldn’t-
Because I just fed you your lunch with facts.
You decided to invent a narrative to take a shot - and failed .
Stick with focusing on the present and future, rather than inventing the past
That seems a lot different than the worst team in basketball wins 100 times out of 100.
You keep ignoring the fact that the OTHER TEAM is *ALSO* a bad team.
And somewhere a poster named "WakeForest4Life" is saying that Wake should've lost.
