SWC75
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- Of course it is. We are playing at Pittsburgh where we have lost 6 of the last 7 times we’ve played there and against a team that has beaten Syracuse teams with at least a 10 game winning streak no less than 7 times over the years. Overall we have lost 14 of our last 20 games to these guys. They play a rough, physical style that we hate and they love to spoil our seasons. Admit it: you’ve known all along that the streak would end against Pittsburgh.
- Yeah, we beat them in the Dome but they still did to us what all Pitt teams do: they crushed us on the boards, 35-24, (and 16-4 on the offensive boards). Now that we are short handed, it will only get worse.
- ''You gotta get fouls on them,'' said Pitt coach Jamie Dixon, who has had great success against the Orange, stopping double-digit Syracuse winning streaks twice in the past four years.
''I don't think it'll change a lot of what we do. Unless we get foul trouble on their starting center, it won't really change too many things.'' Guess what Pittsburgh is going to try to do?
- We’ve been pleased to see Rakeem Christmas playing with more aggression and confidence. Now he’s in a situation where he MUST NOT FOUL OUT! It’s like he begins the game with four fouls.
- Jerami Grant may be our best option as a back-up center but being a back-up center is not HIS best option. It’s not the position from which he can be the most productive.
- Tyler Ennis has seemed in low gear since he turned his ankle. He may have also been sick. Whatever it is, he ends to be in high gear tonight.
- Pitt may be slumping- all the way to 20-4. We are about to play a 20-4 team in their place. How confident can you be?
- People talk about Cameron. The fans at the Pete are right behind the bench, cheering the Panthers and jeering the Orange on every play. It’s got to take a toll.
- We’ve been waiting for the “perfect storm” that would put an end to our undefeated record. It won’t take that tonight. It will just take what usually happens at Pitt.
- Yeah, we beat them in the Dome but they still did to us what all Pitt teams do: they crushed us on the boards, 35-24, (and 16-4 on the offensive boards). Now that we are short handed, it will only get worse.
- ''You gotta get fouls on them,'' said Pitt coach Jamie Dixon, who has had great success against the Orange, stopping double-digit Syracuse winning streaks twice in the past four years.
''I don't think it'll change a lot of what we do. Unless we get foul trouble on their starting center, it won't really change too many things.'' Guess what Pittsburgh is going to try to do?
- We’ve been pleased to see Rakeem Christmas playing with more aggression and confidence. Now he’s in a situation where he MUST NOT FOUL OUT! It’s like he begins the game with four fouls.
- Jerami Grant may be our best option as a back-up center but being a back-up center is not HIS best option. It’s not the position from which he can be the most productive.
- Tyler Ennis has seemed in low gear since he turned his ankle. He may have also been sick. Whatever it is, he ends to be in high gear tonight.
- Pitt may be slumping- all the way to 20-4. We are about to play a 20-4 team in their place. How confident can you be?
- People talk about Cameron. The fans at the Pete are right behind the bench, cheering the Panthers and jeering the Orange on every play. It’s got to take a toll.
- We’ve been waiting for the “perfect storm” that would put an end to our undefeated record. It won’t take that tonight. It will just take what usually happens at Pitt.
