Virginia Game?

[Joe the Panther Fan]

OK, who had Pitt making four of their first six threes, including 2-2 from Will Jeffress?

 

[Franb]

OK, who had Pitt making four of their first six threes, including 2-2 from Will Jeffress?

I forgot to predict that.

 

[Brian Brush Fan]

I forgot to predict that.

Pitt playing their best game of the year. Only down 10 in first half.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

John Hugley, STOP SHOOTING THREES!

 

[JD1976]

Respectable first half. Only down 4. I think everyone would have signed up for that.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Only down four at the half. Could have been a lot worse.

Moral victory!

 

[Fsgolfdr]

Considering everything excellent first half !

 

[Parkview57]

OK, who had Pitt making four of their first six threes, including 2-2 from Will Jeffress?

Well not exactly but I did say I did not see a blow out by 25 in th 14+? thread, I thought they played some pretty good b-ball against Minny, same tonight!

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

I will now jinx us by pointing out that almost 30 minutes into the game Pitt has a total of 5 turnovers.

 

[JD1976]

Ezeakudo making the most of his PT. Nice performance.

 

[Franb]

I will now jinx us by pointing out that almost 30 minutes into the game Pitt has a total of 5 turnovers.

46% on 3's - who knew?

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

46% on 3's - who knew?

We are now 50% on threes and 34.6% on twos.

 

[Cavalier Panther]

Did I miss some news today? Or maybe I'm dense? Haven't noticed femi out there.

Yeah don't see him in the box score either

 

[Fsgolfdr]

We are now 50% on threes and 34.6% on twos.

Who needs mid range shooters !

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Who needs mid range shooters !

Threes and layups, threes and layups!

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Did I miss some news today? Or maybe I'm dense? Haven't noticed femi out there.

Yeah don't see him in the box score either

He hurt his ankle in the Minnesota game and is not dressed.

 

[DruidTM]

My god we could win this game

 

[Cavalier Panther]

He hurt his ankle in the Minnesota game and is not dressed.

Thanks. No matter how this ends, hell of an effort on the road against a strong program without our top 3 guards.

 

[docpanther26]

BUCHI!

 

[DruidTM]

5 second count

my god

 

[Cavalier Panther]

Just when you thought you'd seen it all as a Pitt fan....

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

You've got to be f-ing kidding me.

 

[DruidTM]

My gawd finding new ways to lose every night

up by 4

find a way to lose

 

[Cavalier Panther]

Brutal.

After the 3 it really felt like we were gonna get one.

 

[DruidTM]

2 brutal losses… back to back

 

[Protes]

Couldn't have scripted a more disastrous loss. Awful.

 

[UPitthoops]

boy does this one sting.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

That had to be the fastest five second call in college basketball history. Normally you get at least six or seven, and we probably got about four and a half.

 

[BballinsiderfromPitt]

Hopefully when he comes back, Femi goes to his real position or comes off the bench. He’s not the best PG on our team again.

 

[FireballZ]

What was that inbound play call? Have everyone but one guy at half court?

 

[FireballZ]

That had to be the fastest five second call in college basketball history. Normally you get at least six or seven, and we probably got about four and a half.

I just rewound it and watched both the refs hand and counted myself several times. Was close to 6. But yeah, normally a play-on.

 

[BballinsiderfromPitt]

What was that inbound play call? Have everyone but one guy at half court?

I don’t understand letting the guy who just got a 5 second call take it out again…

 

[79pittcrew]

That had to be the fastest five second call in college basketball history. Normally you get at least six or seven, and we probably got about four and a half.

No way was that 5 seconds Jeffress looked shocked. Announcers look right past it. This network announcers are strange sometimes

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

I just rewound it and watched both the refs hand and counted myself several times.

I rewatched it too, and as the ref hands the ball to Jeffress he's already moving his arm to count "one". That's where the quickness of the count came from, basically he was at "one" as soon as we got the ball.

But if you watch Virginia's inbounds play right after that, he did the same thing there. But of course they didn't take anywhere close to five seconds to get the ball in, so it didn't matter on their play.

 

[docpanther26]

This hurts, man this sucks. We had this one....

 

[4upmc]

That’s a tough loss. The walk on kid played well. Our other guards should learn from him that it’s ok to play within yourself.

 

[docpanther26]

Buchi should be starting, he's one of the best players we have out there. He actually deserves it.

 

[docpanther26]

...and I don't care he's a walk-on.

 

[Fsgolfdr]

Brutal

 

[California Gold]

I rewatched it too, and as the ref hands the ball to Jeffress he's already moving his arm to count "one". That's where the quickness of the count came from, basically he was at "one" as soon as we got the ball.

But if you watch Virginia's inbounds play right after that, he did the same thing there. But of course they didn't take anywhere close to five seconds to get the ball in, so it didn't matter on their play.

I went back and watched the inbounds several times and timed it using my stopwatch on the smartphone.

The referee blew the whistle with the ball in his hand and then proceeded to bounce pass the Jeffress the ball. The 5 second clock started on the whistle (with basketball still in the referees hand), not actually when Jeffress got control.

My timed counts on the 5 second clock when Jeffress got control ranged from 4.52 to 4.81 after 5 replays.