** This was one great game in Capel Hill, don’t you think?
** I’ll bet the folks wearing Carolina Blue really have had their share of Jeff Capel.
** Twenty eight years ago, he hit a legendary three point runner buzzer beater to tie the Heels. And now he’s gone into the Dean Dome and won three straight times, including 5 of his last 6 against UNC overall .
** A little less than a year ago, most Pitt fans had their share of Jeff Capel.
** About 10 months later, it feels more like we just can’t get enough.
** I’m not going to suggest that Capel made any stellar decisions to get the best of Hubert Davis this night. But what is becoming clearer and clearer is how much Capel has his men believing in each other and believing in themselves.
** There were plenty of things the Panthers didn’t do well tonight that will often cost a team a game. They gave up offensive rebounds, had a couple of untimely late turnovers, and missed front ends of one on ones.
** They also ran some fairly awful looking offensive sets, the most ugly being the ghost pass out of the zoom screen. That’s kind of tough to do.
** But they did even more things to win it of course, most notably by defending Carolina when it was needed most. And that’s not to say that the Panthers didn’t defend pretty well all game long.
** Against Wake, the Panthers were letting it fly freely from three to get a win. Today, it was a triumph via the grind. Coming away victorious in two totally different games within eight days of each other is a mark of the well prepared team and a well coached team.
** Even more than that, the Panthers look like a really confident team. And confident teams are typically really good teams.
** It’s almost fascinating how our players are seemingly drawing straws to learn who is going to be the offensive star every different night. How many Pitt fans would have called this as a win if they would have known that Blake Hinson would score just two or Greg Elliot would hit just one three?
** But no problem, as this was Nelly’s night, Nike actually made a huge impact on the glass, and Fede defended Bacot as well as anyone can.
** Don’t you just love it that the guy who was 10-43 from three in his previous 9 games was 5-6 today? Those are the kind of results teams get when they have a coach who believes in them through their tough times and their mistakes so much so that they never lose a belief in themselves.
** Still, there’s no doubt that Jamarius will always draw the straw that stirs the drink. What fascinated me about Burton is that he didn’t have a single assist after chalking up 32 of them in his last 4 games. So, it should be fairly obvious that he's not selfish. Instead, it was fairly obvious to Jamarius that they way we needed to score today was beating the Heels one on one.
** And down one, Jamarius had absolutely no doubt what he needed to. With that he found his way to the line and the Panthers find themselves at 9-3 in the ACC.
** On the other end, Carolina finds themselves tied for fifth in the conference. Despite all their talent, often they don’t look like a confident team. And there were many times during this game when they looked like they were poised to stretch it out against us, but they just failed to hit one more needed shot and make one more needed play.
** Of course, our Panthers had a little to do with that too.
** Perhaps now, we can relax a little bit and take our mind off the fact that bracketologists far and wide have us sitting nervously among the last four in.
** Instead, maybe we fans should confidently believe that we are a legit NCAA Tournament Team. Why not? Our Coach and players obviously do.
** Right about now, I’m guessing our players are getting ready to board a plane at Horace Williams Airport for what I’m sure will be an incredibly fun flight home. I hope so, because they deserve it.
** I can only wonder if the Panthers keep this road winning streak going against North Carolina if they will need to change the name to Jeff Capel Airport. Naa …
** Congrats to our Team and Staff on a great win tonight!
** I’ll bet the folks wearing Carolina Blue really have had their share of Jeff Capel.
** Twenty eight years ago, he hit a legendary three point runner buzzer beater to tie the Heels. And now he’s gone into the Dean Dome and won three straight times, including 5 of his last 6 against UNC overall .
** A little less than a year ago, most Pitt fans had their share of Jeff Capel.
** About 10 months later, it feels more like we just can’t get enough.
** I’m not going to suggest that Capel made any stellar decisions to get the best of Hubert Davis this night. But what is becoming clearer and clearer is how much Capel has his men believing in each other and believing in themselves.
** There were plenty of things the Panthers didn’t do well tonight that will often cost a team a game. They gave up offensive rebounds, had a couple of untimely late turnovers, and missed front ends of one on ones.
** They also ran some fairly awful looking offensive sets, the most ugly being the ghost pass out of the zoom screen. That’s kind of tough to do.
** But they did even more things to win it of course, most notably by defending Carolina when it was needed most. And that’s not to say that the Panthers didn’t defend pretty well all game long.
** Against Wake, the Panthers were letting it fly freely from three to get a win. Today, it was a triumph via the grind. Coming away victorious in two totally different games within eight days of each other is a mark of the well prepared team and a well coached team.
** Even more than that, the Panthers look like a really confident team. And confident teams are typically really good teams.
** It’s almost fascinating how our players are seemingly drawing straws to learn who is going to be the offensive star every different night. How many Pitt fans would have called this as a win if they would have known that Blake Hinson would score just two or Greg Elliot would hit just one three?
** But no problem, as this was Nelly’s night, Nike actually made a huge impact on the glass, and Fede defended Bacot as well as anyone can.
** Don’t you just love it that the guy who was 10-43 from three in his previous 9 games was 5-6 today? Those are the kind of results teams get when they have a coach who believes in them through their tough times and their mistakes so much so that they never lose a belief in themselves.
** Still, there’s no doubt that Jamarius will always draw the straw that stirs the drink. What fascinated me about Burton is that he didn’t have a single assist after chalking up 32 of them in his last 4 games. So, it should be fairly obvious that he's not selfish. Instead, it was fairly obvious to Jamarius that they way we needed to score today was beating the Heels one on one.
** And down one, Jamarius had absolutely no doubt what he needed to. With that he found his way to the line and the Panthers find themselves at 9-3 in the ACC.
** On the other end, Carolina finds themselves tied for fifth in the conference. Despite all their talent, often they don’t look like a confident team. And there were many times during this game when they looked like they were poised to stretch it out against us, but they just failed to hit one more needed shot and make one more needed play.
** Of course, our Panthers had a little to do with that too.
** Perhaps now, we can relax a little bit and take our mind off the fact that bracketologists far and wide have us sitting nervously among the last four in.
** Instead, maybe we fans should confidently believe that we are a legit NCAA Tournament Team. Why not? Our Coach and players obviously do.
** Right about now, I’m guessing our players are getting ready to board a plane at Horace Williams Airport for what I’m sure will be an incredibly fun flight home. I hope so, because they deserve it.
** I can only wonder if the Panthers keep this road winning streak going against North Carolina if they will need to change the name to Jeff Capel Airport. Naa …
** Congrats to our Team and Staff on a great win tonight!
