Pitt Coach Jamie Dixon claimed that Pitt was starting to play its best basketball coming into the Big East Tournament. Hard to believe since Pitt was only 3-4 in its final 7 games. Pitt's defense had been getting torched, and the offense had been inconsistent.
Turns out that Pitt is playing its best basketball of the season. They won their 3d straight in the BET knocking off Marquette 68-61. Pitt became only the second team in the history of the Big East to win an OT game and win their next game. The only team to do it was Syracuse in 2006, which won the Big East Tournament that year.
This is Pitt's 7th trip to the Big East Tournament Championship game in 8 years. Pitt has only won it once, and this is also a rematch of last year's BET Championship game that Georgetown won by 23.
It's going to be a big question about just how much Pitt has left. The Championship game will be their 4th in 4 days. Pitt rarely goes much deeper than 7.
Georgetown had a first round bye and goes about 9 deep. They have looked very strong and only Jonathan Wallace has played 30 minutes or more in their first 2 games.
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1. Unfortunately for Pitt, they have to go up against a multi-headed monster seeking revenge in the form of the Georgetown Hoyas!
Some inane CBS sportscaster a couple of weeks ago said that the Hoyas cannot make the Final Four because they do not have the guard play to do so. That sportscaster was nowhere to be found after G-Town hit 17 threes against Nova.
Go Hoyas!!
Posted at 1:55PM on Mar 15th 2008 by Milo