Thursday, March 26, 2009

Pitt, UConn advance

Purdue put up a good fight, but when you are unable to score in the paint (thanks to Mr. Thabeet), you'd better be on fire from 3-point land, and Purdue (6 for 23) wasn't. Looks like all thoe extra phone calls paid off for ol' Jimmy Calhoun...even though the player his staff called 5000 times was kicked off the team and expelled for violating a restraining order about 30 minutes after it was issued (maybe it took all those phone calls to give the player directions to the school).

The second game ended much tighter, thanks to either terrific defense, or incompetent offense. This has been Pitt's M.O for years, I'm thinking either Jamie Dixon needs to start recruiting players who can shoot, or maybe he wants to bring an offensive guru onto his staff. That being said, guard Levance Fields has some sense of the moment, that three was an outstanding shot. The poke away by mack truck DeJuan Blair was pretty nifty too. The "Am I dunking or laying the ball in?" breakaway abomination by Jermaine Dixon? Not so much.

Hard to say which team impressed more, as UConn couldn't put away a clearly inferior ice cold team for over 30 mintues and Pitt looked inept on offense for long stretches as usual. I'd give the slight edge to Pitt, as they did display a dominant phase of their game (their defense), which is more than UConn did.

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