For those that don’t know, the ACC had their men’s/women’s marathon media day this week. The Pitt coverage took place in 3 parts; Capel interview w/ ESPN, Hinson/Ish interview w/ESPN, and a mini press conference, which was basically just an empty room with Noah from PG asking questions. You can rewatch these on the ESPN app or below if interested:
Hinson/Ish with ESPN
Capel with Bilas/ESPN
Press Conference
A few of my random thoughts:
Hinson/Ish with ESPN
Capel with Bilas/ESPN
Press Conference
A few of my random thoughts:
- Capel directly and firmly disagree with the ACC commissioner on whether all teams should make the ACC tournament or not once the new members join. Capel said they 100% should, and the commissioner said that he is leaning strongly that they shouldn’t.
- Every ACC team sent 2-3 players to rep their team, and I found it interesting that Ish was the rep for Pitt, but I think that might firm the expectation that he will be a team leader in minutes, and maybe that vocal leader as well.
- Capel likes players of coaches sons. He must have said that half a dozen times when talking about our freshmen.
- Hinson is an entertaining interview. When asked what he wants to improve on this year, he said he wants to dunk on people. But he did clarify that he wants to be a better finisher, which is exactly what we need from him at times.
- Hinson also said he wants to be the “best role player” in the nation, when asked how he feels about being the main “star” of the team. I think he likes his role, but it leaves room for another player to be the vocal leader too.