Pitt-Cuse

[pnow15]

Drinking the ACC Kool Aide, Pitt and Cuse went from being Kings in Madison Square Garden in to ACC knaves in a couple of short years by their own doing. It was there defections that put the final nail in the Big East.
How quickly they have achieved Boston College status.

 

[Jaker]

Look at all the former Big East teams in the ACC, Vtec, Miami, BC, Cuse, Pitt

All second and 3rd tier programs

 

[UConnSwag11]

Drinking the ACC Kool Aide, Pitt and Cuse went from being Kings in Madison Square Garden in to ACC knaves in a couple of short years by their own doing. It was there defections that put the final nail in the Big East.
How quickly they have achieved Boston College status.

A little early on cuse. If they don't get any more violations they have their best ever recruiting class coming in. They're having a down year. Give it two years

 

[Stainmaster]

As disappointing as Pitt and Cuse have been, "BC level" requires an extreme amount of suckitude that may not be possible to match.

 

[Jaker]

Cuse just cheated their way to another loss.

 

[jibsey]

Please don't take this wrong because I despise both Cuse and Pitt but after watching our first half against Tulane, saying they are down is a bit crazy even with the suspension on Cuse. Did you watch the Pitt-Cuse game? Both teams are better than we are this year, and they are not powerhouses. They are in a great conference. Are we? They get to play teams ranked in the top 25 constantly. I could go on. We probably will pull this game out but at this point I'm worried about us in 2 years and I'm not bashing them.

 

[pnow15]

Please don't take this wrong because I despise both Cuse and Pitt but after watching our first half against Tulane, saying they are down is a bit crazy even with the suspension on Cuse. Did you watch the Pitt-Cuse game? Both teams are better than we are this year, and they are not powerhouses. They are in a great conference. Are we? They get to play teams ranked in the top 25 constantly. I could go on. We probably will pull this game out but at this point I'm worried about us in 2 years and I'm not bashing them.

They will never out recruit Duke and NC or out coach Patino. They will not win big in this conference which eventually will hurt recruiting,
especially Pitt. Who wants to finish third or fourth forever. So unless they do a UConn run in the NCAA just what are they? Another two teams.

 

[Jerry1714]

Please don't take this wrong because I despise both Cuse and Pitt but after watching our first half against Tulane, saying they are down is a bit crazy even with the suspension on Cuse. Did you watch the Pitt-Cuse game? Both teams are better than we are this year, and they are not powerhouses. They are in a great conference. Are we? They get to play teams ranked in the top 25 constantly. I could go on. We probably will pull this game out but at this point I'm worried about us in 2 years and I'm not bashing them.

Uconn is ranked higher this year then both of them by Kenpom.

Uconn is 72
Cuse is 79
Pitt is 94

Pitt is terrible this year.

 

[jibsey]

Uconn is ranked higher this year then both of them by Kenpom.

Uconn is 72
Cuse is 79
Pitt is 94

Pitt is terrible this year.

Don't care what the numbers say, do you think we are better than them this year?

 

[Huskies4ever]

Don't care what the numbers say, do you think we are better than them this year?

Hard to say. Let's ask another question:

Do you think UConn could not beat them if they played? I certainly think UConn could play them in a tight one with the chance to come away victorious. The reason? Defense.

Better? Probably not. On par? Possibly.

 

[caw]

Don't care what the numbers say, do you think we are better than them this year?

Pitt and Cuse are probably in the same area UConn is this year. Not great, not horrible. All three are probably pretty fairly rated by KenPom. 70-100 range. That said UConn is the one underplaying its talent level. UConn has the talent to be much higher rated. Pitt just isn't very good or talented and Cuse has injury/PG issues.

 

[storrsroars]

Can't speak to Cuse (nor want to), but Artis is a player to watch. Wish we had him. And Pitt has been missing their 6th man all season. They only go 6 deep. Dixon lost at least two games singlehandedly by calling inappropriate TOs. They can beat a top-10 ND and yet lose to a bottom feeding VT.

 

[jibsey]

Christmas does an Okafor on our bigs, but maybe it could be a teaching post move session.

 

[Jerry1714]

Don't care what the numbers say, do you think we are better than them this year?

Yes, Pitt is terrible. We are better then them and would be favored over them.

Cuse is a toss up

 

[UConnRock]

Every game that Syracuse loses makes their "voluntary" post season ban look more and more ridiculous to the media and to the NCAA. The closer the end up to .500 the more likely the NCAA is to give them another year.

 

[Jerry1714]

Don't care what the numbers say, do you think we are better than them this year?

Cannot find Pitt or Cuse anywhere:

http://insider.espn.go.com/mens-col...top-68-teams-college-hoops-college-basketball

 

[Yankees32123]

Aren't we in a early season tournament with Cuse next year? Cant wait to see just how great that recruiting class they have coming in is. If they get Thomas Bryant though, it will be great. I just want that tourney bracket to give us a chance to play them. As much as I hate Cuse, I miss playing them. They're so fun to beat.

 

[Cheeky]

Don't care what the numbers say, do you think we are better than them this year?

Your mother goes to college.

 

[August_West]

Don't care what the numbers say, do you think we are better than them this year?

I think we are better that both Pitt and Syracuse this year, yes. I think the zone could give us fits, but their zone isnt as strong this year, put DHam at the foul line and Brimah would have more flushes than he did against Coppin State. Boeheim would be up to his elbow in a nose pick by the first TV timeout.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

The last time we played ,a depleted UConn team broke down a Cuse team that would actually make it to the FF.
Our post presence was freshman Phil Nolan.

 

[storrsroars]

Watching Pitt absolutely destroy UNC at the moment, up by 22. UNC looks awful. How are they #12?

Then again, Pitt was leading Ville by 6 with 9 minutes left when Harrell took over and Ville went on a 22-2 run, turning the Panthers into pussycats.