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[QUOTE="Flacusian, post: 895064, member: 264"]
The one knock against Pitt this year has been that they haven't played anyone and thus that is why they were only ranked #22 with only one loss. Well, now they have definitely played SOMEONE and they gave us one heck of a game and they had a chance to win it. Pitt has several things going for them, they have an excellent coach and good players and they know their identity and stick to the script and strategy throughout their games.

Pitt is the one team that heralds back to the old Big East when things were rough and tumble and every game was a war. So physical in fact that the league tried going at it with 6 fouls one season! I had heard that this  years' Pitt team had distanced itself from the bruising, hand checking, physically beat you up methodology but from what I saw today it's still an element of their team persona. If it isn't called... teams that occasionally implement that strategy will use it until it is called.

Today they gave us all we could handle and the fact that we were able to stay the course when down in the closing minutes and then get some key stops and rally shows that although this team may not blow you off the court they have the talent, coaching, and composure to win the close ones. This team has some very special attributes which are seldom seen.
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