storrsroars
Exiled in Pittsburgh
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Living in Pgh, I'll take the other perspective...
1. Any time Pitt is in the tourney - which is all but one in Dixon's 11-year reign - means less time sportstalk hosts spend on the Steelers (whom I can't stand).
2. There's no NBA here (nor should there be), but it's funny to hear yinzers get bent out of shape that any journalist is spending one second on talking/writing about basketball.
3. Even discounting our lost APR year, Dixon's been to the tourney more than our Huskies since 2004. 10 NCAAs and one CBI.
4. Their fans are more understanding to our plight than every other OBE defector.
5. The ZOO really is kinda awesome for a team with zero championships (and unlike Cuse, fans don't mention their two Helms banners).
6. I wrote a post earlier today on PantherLair encouraging them, which outlined that it took JC 11 years to get to the FF (not counting Northeastern) and the six times UConn lost to a lower seed during JC's reign (four as a 1 or 2 seed). Based on sheer talent levels, an argument could be made that Dixon has done more with less because we got knocked out ourselves a few times by much less talented teams.
Yeah, three SS and one EE in 11 years isn't much when you've been a four seed or higher five times. And Dixon has his faults (micromanaging, not giving talented frosh enough minutes, soft OOC scheduling, etc.), but Pitt could do a whole lot worse. Plus Dixon was expecting Stephen Adams to still be there this year and they lost their sixth man halfway through the season.
I know some of y'all hate them for reasons beyond just hoops, but Dixon has a formula that works pretty well. He's got the highest winning percentage all-time of anyone with 200 games under their belt. At some point he'll bust through.
That's all. I root for them when it doesn't have a negative effect on UConn. I don't expect you guys to understand.
But in my defense, I also bring up KEA thumping his chest on the scorer's table at every chance.
(as I'm writing this, can't help but wonder... why does everyone else look so much better vs. Ville than we do?)
1. Any time Pitt is in the tourney - which is all but one in Dixon's 11-year reign - means less time sportstalk hosts spend on the Steelers (whom I can't stand).
2. There's no NBA here (nor should there be), but it's funny to hear yinzers get bent out of shape that any journalist is spending one second on talking/writing about basketball.
3. Even discounting our lost APR year, Dixon's been to the tourney more than our Huskies since 2004. 10 NCAAs and one CBI.
4. Their fans are more understanding to our plight than every other OBE defector.
5. The ZOO really is kinda awesome for a team with zero championships (and unlike Cuse, fans don't mention their two Helms banners).
6. I wrote a post earlier today on PantherLair encouraging them, which outlined that it took JC 11 years to get to the FF (not counting Northeastern) and the six times UConn lost to a lower seed during JC's reign (four as a 1 or 2 seed). Based on sheer talent levels, an argument could be made that Dixon has done more with less because we got knocked out ourselves a few times by much less talented teams.
Yeah, three SS and one EE in 11 years isn't much when you've been a four seed or higher five times. And Dixon has his faults (micromanaging, not giving talented frosh enough minutes, soft OOC scheduling, etc.), but Pitt could do a whole lot worse. Plus Dixon was expecting Stephen Adams to still be there this year and they lost their sixth man halfway through the season.
I know some of y'all hate them for reasons beyond just hoops, but Dixon has a formula that works pretty well. He's got the highest winning percentage all-time of anyone with 200 games under their belt. At some point he'll bust through.
That's all. I root for them when it doesn't have a negative effect on UConn. I don't expect you guys to understand.
But in my defense, I also bring up KEA thumping his chest on the scorer's table at every chance.
(as I'm writing this, can't help but wonder... why does everyone else look so much better vs. Ville than we do?)
