Tournament 1/3 years, an NIT title, some exciting conference games? It seems impossible to think we ever get back to that.
Would you be happy with Dixon’s TCU results from Pitt?
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I think the answer is obvious, at least to Pitt fans in the past 6 years.
Are you asking if we would be okay with the results OR with the results with the Coach too?
Yes. Dixon II/TCU Dixon is the ceiling for Pitt basketball. You don't let a coach like that walk away without a buyout unless you can do better.
Lol. No question? Have you been paying attention
Forever is a long time and the bar isn’t extremely high.
To answer the question- yes I would take his results at TCU. They have a tournament team right now and he has a good staff.
Dixon is 38-57 in conference play at TCU and has yet to win a NCAA Tourney game.
Why would anybody be happy with that? It's better than where Pitt is today, but it's still mediocre/bad basketball and an irrelevant program.
I like Pitt's chances of finishing below .500 in ACC play this year and not winning a tourney game. I really think they can pull it off.
Why would anybody be happy with that? It's better than where Pitt is today, but it's still mediocre/bad basketball and an irrelevant program.
I like Pitt's chances of finishing below .500 in ACC play this year and not winning a tourney game. I really think they can pull it off.
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And this is the correct answer.
His record at TCU screams mediocrity and you guys are saying you would be happy with this???
TCU Horned Frogs (Big 12 Conference) (2016–present) | |||||
| 2016–17 | TCU | 24–15 | 6–12 | T–7th | NIT Champions |
| 2017–18 | TCU | 21–12 | 9–9 | 5th | NCAA Division I Round of 64 |
| 2018–19 | TCU | 23–14 | 7–11 | T–7th | NIT Semifinal |
| 2019–20 | TCU | 16–16 | 7–11 | T–7th | |
| 2020–21 | TCU | 12–14 | 5–11 | 8th | |
| 2021–22 | TCU | 15–4 | 4–3 |
I’d be happy with 2 ncaa tournaments in 5 eligible years and an NIT title. Yes.
There is a lot of basketball left to be played,this season and I don't think they are a lock to get in. They aren't very good.
If they do get in, they will be a low seed and most likely be gone the first weekend.
Certainly a hell of a lot happier than I am now. Hell, we haven't even sniffed the bubble or the NIT in 6 years. This is by far the worst stretch I've encountered since I started following Pitt Hoops as closely as I do in 1980-1981.
They’re 15-4, just beat a ranked LSU team and a team on the road they’ve NEVER beaten in Oklahoma. They’re not 1-14 on the road V Oklahoma. Saint Jamie is doing an insane job. And everyone will be back next year.
Package Deal Jamie learned a thing or 2. 1 assistant has to be a package deal guy.
If Miller’s top 25 brother goes to college, it will also be at TCU. They should be LOADED next year.
Compared to what we have now and for the last 6 years, I'd be thrilled with these results.
If you've been following Pitt hoops for any length of time like I have since the late 60's, you know these results at TCU would be very acceptable at Pitt right now. Especially if we had a coach who could recruit, which we don't right now. Recruiting is the lifeblood of the college game. And results are the outcome.
That's how you play the game. Congrats to Jamie. I'm hoping Capel, knowing he has 1 year left, hires a package deal assistant. But honestly, I don't think he minds getting fired and collecting Heather's cash prize.
Not impressed.
OU is 3-6 in Big 12 play and 13-9 overall.
LSU is overrated. Offensively, they are atrocious and unless they are playing at home, where they can sometimes turn the game into a brawl, they are pretty much useless. Absolutely terrible on the road. In fact, I think LSU dropped a home game last night to Ole Miss. They have lost 5 of their last 6 games
People need to realize this is the general attitude of Pitt fans. Plenty of Pitt fans would rather the team be terrible than be 30-60th in the nation.
In Dixon's last season here in 2016, there were fans arguing all season long that "this isn't a tournament team" and "we don't deserve a bid" and losing in the first round was "rock bottom." People don't want to watch wins. They want to call the team bad and say, "I told you so."
The kid who plays there now. He is a top 25ish kid if he was in the states. Since he’s from Canada Jamie McNeilly will choose where he goes to school. Dixon just hired Jamie McNeilly.
I remember all these posts on different social media outlets, that literally would state pitt could not get worse. I remember that moron zeise on his radio show constantly complaining about Dixon and saying Pitt could lure brad Stevens.
Putting it in perspective, no I wouldn’t be happy with that record, though this year looks like a turn around year. If I was a TCU fan though, given how traditionally bad that program is, I’d be thrilled with the results.
Sorry I wasn't clear -- what is the name of the recruit? Emanuel Miller plays there now.
Yup. Some extremely unrealistic expectations from Pitt fans and you are absolutely right they'd rather see the team be terrible than average.
I know I would sure as sh*t rather be 30th-60th in the nation than where we are now. That was what I was saying throughout those "terrible" last four years, and many really argued with me about it -- tagging those like me as JIGer's of course.
Jackal cackle. We're now the league level of Vanderbilt FB. Dixon's "not very good" kids would beat us by 20.
I can’t remember the kids name. He plays in Canada and Pitt recently started recruiting him.
When you don't have a bigger picture perspective, are myopic, and only look at maybe the last 20 years of Pitt basketball, you think what Dixon is doing at TCU isn't good enough. But if you have a bigger picture in your mind and know what college basketball is like now, you know a result like Jamie is getting at TCU would be very acceptable here. And it would be.
I'd much prefer an NIT bid and an NCAAT bid every once in a while and rankings in the 50's or 60's to what we have had the last 6 years.
I'd much prefer an NIT bid and an NCAAT bid every once in a while and rankings in the 50's or 60's to what we have had the last 6 years.
