The win over Cuse was an important one for us in Cuse being a rival and getting off on the right foot in the ACC.
The fact that we struggled until late can probably be attributed more than anything else to poor outside shooting, Smith 1-7 and Robinson 2-9.
The fact that we blew them off the court in the end... Sheldon Jeter. It is wild but he is a second half and particularly down the stretch player in no-uncertain terms.
Overall, we beat the spread but now the site that posts the odds for future games has us losing 7 in the ACC.... 11-7 the rest of the way and overall in the ACC.
Link: https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/team/pittsburgh-panthers/projections
That is not bad but it is not up to the level of Pitt teams before the CBI season. Probably would mean a 5th or 6th place finish in the ACC regular season.
We have MES coming up and then GT at home. Then we go on the road against ND and Ville and those are two games we are projected to lose. Makes winning games like the one against GT more important... get Ws there and then take your chances on the road. We have not played a true road game yet this year.
I think this team has more potential to improve from this point due to the number of players in the rotation that are new to the team or playing in new positions. But, we will see.
The fact that we struggled until late can probably be attributed more than anything else to poor outside shooting, Smith 1-7 and Robinson 2-9.
The fact that we blew them off the court in the end... Sheldon Jeter. It is wild but he is a second half and particularly down the stretch player in no-uncertain terms.
Overall, we beat the spread but now the site that posts the odds for future games has us losing 7 in the ACC.... 11-7 the rest of the way and overall in the ACC.
Link: https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/team/pittsburgh-panthers/projections
That is not bad but it is not up to the level of Pitt teams before the CBI season. Probably would mean a 5th or 6th place finish in the ACC regular season.
We have MES coming up and then GT at home. Then we go on the road against ND and Ville and those are two games we are projected to lose. Makes winning games like the one against GT more important... get Ws there and then take your chances on the road. We have not played a true road game yet this year.
I think this team has more potential to improve from this point due to the number of players in the rotation that are new to the team or playing in new positions. But, we will see.
