UConn-Pitt

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LittleDTO

LittleDTO

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The Pitt and UConn game is one of the better games I have seen in awhile. It would be shameful to put these two teams anywhere near each other in the NCAA Tournament. UConn and Pitt are clearly the top 2 teams.
 
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I'm still waiting to hear from all the people who were questioning my sanity when I ranked Pitt number 1 after the NBA early entry deadline passed.
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hatvol96 said:
I'm still waiting to hear from all the people who were questioning my sanity when I ranked Pitt number 1 after the NBA early entry deadline passed.
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I knew they would be good, I thought top 10 or top 5 but they are clearly one of the top 2.

Great call on the number 1 ranking Hat.
 
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Dawson said:
I knew they would be good, I thought top 10 or top 5 but they are clearly one of the top 2.

Great call on the number 1 ranking Hat.
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Experience and toughness almost always get undervalued when preseason polls are put together. Pitt has more of both than any other elite team.
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hatvol96 said:
Experience and toughness almost always get undervalued when preseason polls are put together. Pitt has more of both than any other elite team.
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Blair is half of that teams toughness. I wish Brian Williams could learn that because then he would be a BEAST.
 
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Dawson said:
Blair is half of that teams toughness. I wish Brian Williams could learn that because then he would be a BEAST.
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Levance Fields, Sam Young, and Jermaine Dixon are all tougher than Blair.
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Pitt has the type of team they have almost every year--tough, physical, methodical, half-court style. What's ironic is that while Pitt's style seems perfect for NCAA tourney play, they almost always flame out fairly early--and I think the same could happen this year. Pitt is not a great scoring team--and they (and everybody) will play teams that can shoot the trey and score, and that's where they are vulnerable. I could not see this game, but surprised that Blair didn't score more. Connecticut is like Pitt in a lot of ways--tough, very tough defensively inside with Thabeet (who destroyed a very good Louisville team with his shot-blocking three weeks ago) but vulnerable in the same way: They aren't a great scoring team--they've barely got two dependable scores--guard A.J. Price and Adrian, who's tough but a bit of a tweener in size. Thabeet can score when he gets the ball very close to the basket, but that's the extent of his O game. Robinson is an outstanding athlete and rebounder but not a good shooter or scorer. The huskies miss Dyson--a very tough, athletic guard--excellent defensively on the perimeter and could take the rock to the basket. With him I think Uconn would have been in the final four; without him, it will be a lot tougher. North Carolina has more horses than anybody--but these two teams along with louisville, memphis, wake and duke are all good. Villanova is my wild card in the tourney this year--they score a LOT.
 
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VOLinthaATL said:
I hate Cincy. Just blew their hopes with a garbage loss at home to Seton Hall.

Carry on.
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UC is still right on schedule. Expecting a team that young to get an NCAA bid out of the Big East this season was a bit much.
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I agree but they faded down the stretch last year to after being right in the mix...
 
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hatvol96 said:
Levance Fields, Sam Young, and Jermaine Dixon are all tougher than Blair.
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Depends on your definition of toughness, but Fields may be the toughest point guard in the nation.
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Without the loss of their toughest player, UCOnn houses the field.
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