Pitt-WVU Game Recap

- Firstly, I will give credit to WVU for their effort . . . they won the game . . . they hit the shots . . . they got the better of the play in my view.

- Still, I felt this was Dayton Part II . . . the officiating was unacceptable for both teams . . . especially for Pitt. Young and Blair had some phantom calls to say the least . . . so did Brown. Pitt without Blair and Young for long stretches is just not that great of a team . . . Biggs isn't over consistent and McGhee just isn't ready for that role.

- I think Pitt needs to beat DePaul and then one in the BET to be sure of a bid . . . I don't want to leave anything to chance . . . Pitt has been underwhelming lately . . .

- Pitt doesn't need better shooters, they need to play better D . . . if your opponents are consistently hot against you, then you probably have some defensive problems. Pitt has defensive problems right now . . . it isn't up for debate. A lot of reasons, but I am too frustrated now to go into them.

- When Dixon has to go to zone, Pitt is in trouble . . . they are an awful zone team for a multitude of reasons . . . most notably, they are not long enough and they are not quick enough as a whole . . . especially when Fields and Ramon are in the back court together . . . I think they went to the zone to protect Ramon . . . I just am not for using a zone to protect a guard . . . especially one that scored three points on the night.

- Player of the Game - Sam Young: Young is playing great offensively . . . I thought he was a victim tonight of some really awful calls . . .

- So was Blair . . . who played a good game, but seemingly wasn't allowed to breathe on anyone . . . I like the fact that he got a little physical at the end, because Pitt needs more attitude.

- I thought Fields did some good things outside of the first few minutes of the game. He is getting back in shape . . . and the handle is coming back. The shot needs to come back, but the rest of the game is encouraging.

- Joe Alexander must be incredibly athletic (yes, he is), because he does a lot without having a left hand.

- Ramon has to score more than 3 points . . . this team needs more from him. And, I didn't think he was up to par defensively tonight . . . the things I usually say Benjamin does, Ramon did tonight.

- I barely noticed Keith out there tonight . . . I don't know what more to say about his play . . . he was pretty invisible in my view . . . he still scored more than Ramon though.

- I thought Brown did some good things in terms of being aggressive . . . but, he also didn't get enough run tonight due to the refs.

- McGhee showed a little something . . . I really think he needs to get stronger in the legs . . .

- Biggs did some nice things, but he did some bad things too.

- The same with Wanamaker, but at least he played a little aggressive and finally hit some free throws.