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The Pitt men's team wouldn't win the D2 title this year. In fact they are very lucky their exhibition was against SRU or they would have also lost against a top tier D2 team. Ferris State or Findlay would have beat Pitt by 10 points.
The Pitt women are in for a long, long season. Foul trouble is basketball. That's their fault not ours.
As for Tom playing a deep bench ... what a concept! It would be nice is that philosophy was shared down the hall. Joe wouldn't be 0-2. The men don't lose often but they've been losing against the elite teams now and the past two years. The theme is the same. Always a big man short off the bench. Just saying .... Keyes sat the first two games. Not the end of the world. Change the decision and get him in there. If not I firmly believe it will be another year of 'oh so close' losses to elite teams to match a fancy regular season record.
Cobo is an offensive forward. Blake cannot guard the Dustin Sleva's of the world as we saw multiple times last year and already this year. Willem is TBA. He was much better Saturday than Friday although he was in foul trouble very quickly.
It's early ... but I can't help but notice this team is going to have the same issues as last year against elite big men and with interior defense.
There are more on the way to town Saturday night. It's weird to say this is a huge weekend ... but it's a big one. This is the downside of going out there and starting 0-2. Could IUP still host ... maybe but I doubt it. Ship and WJ, etc., are only going to lose a couple games ... max.
This is a good team. They are just a post defender short from being 1-1. And, we've seen this movie before. A couple times.
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I attended the IUP - Pitt women's game. Tom played quite a few ladies, I'm not sure of the minutes breakdown. He kept the same nucleus for much of it and slowed the game down on offense when his squad needed to catch their breath. I liked his coaching.
IUP just out hustled Pitt. IUP did so many little things well both on offense and defense. If IUP plays that same way every game they win the National Title. Which may be the only concern, hopefully they won't peak too early.
In fairness to Pitt their best senior didn't play along with 2 other girls who I didn't recognize but did not warmup either. Then their 2 best active players were in foul trouble most of the game. But they were in foul trouble based on IUP playing aggressive and taking the game to them. Great win for IUP.Leave a comment:
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Edinboro women's basketball beat division 1 st bonaventure over the weekend. Psac women's basketball looks pretty strong.Leave a comment:
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The Pitt message boards are a riot ... they make the IUP football faithful seem calm.
IUP beat the Pitt women and Slippery Rock gave the men all they could handle for 38.5 minutes.
My guess is that was Tom's swan song at The Pete. He's never being invited back again.Leave a comment:
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IUP women leading Pitt 55-53 with 8 mins leftLeave a comment:
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The ladies play at Pitt today at 2pm.
Hopefully Megan Smith will play today.
I also saw sophomore PG Madison Kerr is injured.Leave a comment:
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Per the Gazette he aggravated his knee injury. Joe said he is 'tentative' for next weekend.
I assume this may happen to him frequently with that injury. Tough kid to play through that ...Leave a comment:
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Uh, your report on Thursday per Gazette "Dante has a 'slight tear' in the meniscus in his right knee but will forego surgery." Guess that surgery might take place which is a shame, but better now than later.Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
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0-2 start is sure a downer though. I think they'll be okay, but still.
It's great to play huge games, but if you lose most of them, and that piles up losses, that's enough to keep teams on the couch in March. They'll be okay though.Leave a comment:
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