sutomcat
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Very nice win.
Pitt plays physical. There was a lot of pounding and smacking around and I think we were not 100% prepared for it early.
As usual, our forwards were not a factor in offense. They both tried to get shots off and did, but didn’t make many. Played passable defense but didn’t rebound much
McLeod had a player his size to match up with and so he stayed out there quite a while at the start of the game. Pitt was able to consistently beat our guys with the dribble but we were able to get away with it because McLeod was good with help defense near the basket.
They moved that Diaz guy with the huge nose out to the perimeter and they get McLeod out from down low so their offense could feast on our bad man defense.
Red brought in Maliq, which helped a bit but he was burned in defense quite a bit early.
We shot poorly from the outdide, they shot well. We made some bad turnovers and they converted them into easy baskets. By halftime, we were down and at our low point.
Red again made some good adjustments at half time and subbed early to get the inffective front line players out and replace them with our much better subs. That got us rolling.
Q did a great job defensively on Tubby Hinson. Largely denied him the ball. No one misses the SU 2-3 more than he does.
Last few games we have been putting Q in the paint up top and largely running the offense through him. He can pass it or drive it from there and it really helps our half court offense. Thought he again was a big factor in this role.
We had good ball movement in the second half and W, Maliq and Benny all helped to keep the ball moving and prove for open players. Pitt has a good offense but they are vulnerable on defense, especially down low and we hurt them here.
Also got some turnovers and did a good job converting most of them to easy fast break baskets.
Great to see Q, Maliq and Benny all playing well. Not just today but the last few games.
No offense to Bell and Taylor. They are good shooters and and help in other ways but against good teams, neither can score much and we aren’t good when they are playing. Hopefully they get their acts together soon.
We have lost to Pitt way too often recently. Good to get order restored here.
Second half, we eventually got some of their best players in foul trouble, which has been a key in many of our wins this year. Liked seeing the Pitt players whine about getting called for obvious fouls.
I have been watching college basketball since tue early 1970s. The uniforms Pitt wore today might be the ugliest ones I have ever seen. That team was completely unrecognizable as Pitt. The only possible way to if them was the line script P They looked like pajamas or maybe yoga workout clothes. Nice job Pitt.
Pitt plays physical. There was a lot of pounding and smacking around and I think we were not 100% prepared for it early.
As usual, our forwards were not a factor in offense. They both tried to get shots off and did, but didn’t make many. Played passable defense but didn’t rebound much
McLeod had a player his size to match up with and so he stayed out there quite a while at the start of the game. Pitt was able to consistently beat our guys with the dribble but we were able to get away with it because McLeod was good with help defense near the basket.
They moved that Diaz guy with the huge nose out to the perimeter and they get McLeod out from down low so their offense could feast on our bad man defense.
Red brought in Maliq, which helped a bit but he was burned in defense quite a bit early.
We shot poorly from the outdide, they shot well. We made some bad turnovers and they converted them into easy baskets. By halftime, we were down and at our low point.
Red again made some good adjustments at half time and subbed early to get the inffective front line players out and replace them with our much better subs. That got us rolling.
Q did a great job defensively on Tubby Hinson. Largely denied him the ball. No one misses the SU 2-3 more than he does.
Last few games we have been putting Q in the paint up top and largely running the offense through him. He can pass it or drive it from there and it really helps our half court offense. Thought he again was a big factor in this role.
We had good ball movement in the second half and W, Maliq and Benny all helped to keep the ball moving and prove for open players. Pitt has a good offense but they are vulnerable on defense, especially down low and we hurt them here.
Also got some turnovers and did a good job converting most of them to easy fast break baskets.
Great to see Q, Maliq and Benny all playing well. Not just today but the last few games.
No offense to Bell and Taylor. They are good shooters and and help in other ways but against good teams, neither can score much and we aren’t good when they are playing. Hopefully they get their acts together soon.
We have lost to Pitt way too often recently. Good to get order restored here.
Second half, we eventually got some of their best players in foul trouble, which has been a key in many of our wins this year. Liked seeing the Pitt players whine about getting called for obvious fouls.
I have been watching college basketball since tue early 1970s. The uniforms Pitt wore today might be the ugliest ones I have ever seen. That team was completely unrecognizable as Pitt. The only possible way to if them was the line script P They looked like pajamas or maybe yoga workout clothes. Nice job Pitt.
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