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Pitt kept its dream of a CBI title alive with an 18-point win over Wofford, a crucial margin, since it kept the spread out of Nasir Robinson foul range (at most he can foul five three-point shooters and pick up a technical for arguing after fouling out - or 17 points). That should help get the momentum going for their next CBI game against someone else, sometime next week. I think.
The key to the Panthers success will be in the performance of their equipment staff -- in order to advance, Pitt will have to wear their white uniforms again. That means, between now and then, they will need to be properly washed, or else they could be somewhat rancid. But at least there's a good chance they'll draw enough fans to pay off the cost of the detergent, so there's no reason to hold anything back this time of year, if you're in that equipment room. If they start to think, "it's only the CBI, I can just spray some Lysol on them and throw them back in the hamper," that attitude - not to mention the smell - could filter into the locker room. And once it's in there, it's impossible to get rid of without completely cleaning house.
Some may wonder why Pitt is in a third-tier tournament to begin with, but the Pitt braintrust has seen what it has done for VCU, which went from a CBI title to the Final Four. So they are trying to follow the VCU model, since the more traditional route to the Final Four (being good and winning tournament games you're supposed to win) hasn't worked for them. In fact, the only reason they are going into the ACC is that the athletic department secretary meant to write a letter of application to the CAA, but has a bad habit of reversing letters and numbers. She also typed up the UConn scouting report and the first line was "do not let 51 beat you". Poor Gary McGhee was all sorts of disoriented, spinning around trying to figure out where Ed Saunders was, until he fell over from dizziness.
Good luck, Panthers! Maybe you can run into Bradley in this thing so they can bring back the "BRAD PITT" score graphic. That was probably the second-most memorable highlight of your Big East years, after Jerome Lane breaking the backboard in 1986. That was awesome.
The key to the Panthers success will be in the performance of their equipment staff -- in order to advance, Pitt will have to wear their white uniforms again. That means, between now and then, they will need to be properly washed, or else they could be somewhat rancid. But at least there's a good chance they'll draw enough fans to pay off the cost of the detergent, so there's no reason to hold anything back this time of year, if you're in that equipment room. If they start to think, "it's only the CBI, I can just spray some Lysol on them and throw them back in the hamper," that attitude - not to mention the smell - could filter into the locker room. And once it's in there, it's impossible to get rid of without completely cleaning house.
Some may wonder why Pitt is in a third-tier tournament to begin with, but the Pitt braintrust has seen what it has done for VCU, which went from a CBI title to the Final Four. So they are trying to follow the VCU model, since the more traditional route to the Final Four (being good and winning tournament games you're supposed to win) hasn't worked for them. In fact, the only reason they are going into the ACC is that the athletic department secretary meant to write a letter of application to the CAA, but has a bad habit of reversing letters and numbers. She also typed up the UConn scouting report and the first line was "do not let 51 beat you". Poor Gary McGhee was all sorts of disoriented, spinning around trying to figure out where Ed Saunders was, until he fell over from dizziness.
Good luck, Panthers! Maybe you can run into Bradley in this thing so they can bring back the "BRAD PITT" score graphic. That was probably the second-most memorable highlight of your Big East years, after Jerome Lane breaking the backboard in 1986. That was awesome.
