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Some Mo Points and Comments from St. Louis Coach, "Pitt will be a surprise team"...

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“I won’t take anything away from Pitt,” Saint Louis coach Travis Ford said. “They are a hard-fighting team that played with a lot of energy. You can tell they are really energized right now for Jeff. They are playing hard for him. You can tell that. He’s putting them in the right spots. This is going to be a surprise team.”


to me, Pitt has a good mix of older talent such as Ellison, N'dir and Frame and young talent with XJ, McGowens and Toney. the two-headed monster at center (I use "monster" lightly) with Chuk and Brown may not be bad roll players. they did have 14 rebounds yesterday. they are playing hard. Brown has taken his intensity up. he has no choice, with this team, if he wants to play.

I think we saw for the first time yesterday, what N'dir will bring to this team. Against strong competition, he will match the toughness of anyone and add stability/maturity/experience at the end of games. I think his PT will increase against better competition.

at this point, it is not crazy to say they have the potential to be a "tournament team". I think we will see better play out of Ellison. I love his toughness. He has missed some of his drives, that I think will fall. w/be good if he can hit a couple threes.

I think kham, peace and Stevenson all have potential to have moments of key contribution this year.

Notably, I also think that this coaching staff is light years better than last year, and cohesive. Capel is very good, but he does have 3 former head coaches on the bench with him. I think the "staff" is really making a difference.

in short, last year, I felt like Pitt was a high school team playing against pros. this year, I think Pitt has the talent to compete in the ACC.

Finally, I have all the confidence in the world that Pitt is going to get top level recruits for next year and into the future. I am looking forward to the Zoo taking its rightful place among the elite student body fan sections in the country !
 
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