dejuan blair Stories - Pounding The Rock
It's Official
YOUR Pittsburgh Panthers officially earned (emphasis on the word earned) the number one ranking in both polls today.The emphasis from news outlets obviously was that it was Pitt's first #1 ranking in the school's 101-year history. As I pointed out earlier, this is monumental for the school....
DeJuan Blair for Player of the Year? Not Likely.
One of the announcers made the statement that DeJuan Blair could be National Player of the Year (not just Big East POY). I think that's a bit of a stretch. He's extremely valuable to his team and an extraordinary player. But he just doesn't have the hype around him that Griffin, Hansbrough, or...
Recapping St. John's
As expected, Pitt was able to put away St. John's on Sunday. Although, the team sure did make some people nervous in the first half.For a while, it looked as if the first No. 1 ranking in school history would last one week. That's how badly Pitt played for stretches of the first half of its Big...
Pitt Pulls Away Late at WVU
Pitt pulled away late to win 79-67 at West Virginia on Sunday.Like the Louisville game, Pitt started to pull away in the 2nd half. Unlike that game, however, they kept making shots down the stretch and were able to win the game. WVU just didn't have a great shooting game - hitting only 41% of their...
Villanova Pulls Away Late
Pitt dropped its second game of the year, losing 67-57 at the Spectrum. I remember going there as a kid for a few of 76ers games, seeing Bird/McHale/Parish there once when Barkley was still a 76er then on two other occasions to see Shaq and the Magic and also Zo/Larry Johnson and the Hornets.After...
Two for the Price of One
Here it is - two recaps in one post.On Saturday, Pitt pulled away to beat a hot-shooting Notre Dame team. I expected ND to be angry having lost a few in a row, but they came out guns blazing hitting threes all over the place. Fortunately, their shooting cooled off and Pitt had a strong second half...
Blair Has A Career Day
DeJuan Blair had 32 points and 14 rebounds (9 offensive) as Pitt routed DePaul in Chicago 92-69.Pitt had another sluggish start, but really left no doubt after going on a 13-0 run to close the half. What can you say - DePaul is just one of those not-so-good teams that has yet to win a game in...
Taking a Run at Number One
So I was a bit surprised to find out that Pitt has never beaten a #1 ranked team. Actually, I knew that, just forgot about it. They've had a few close ones (losing to UCONN in 1998 and 2006 by a total of five points), but have never closed the deal.Call me a homer, but I think Pitt is actually a...
The Better Team Won
I'm not normally one for bragging, but it was clear right from the tip tonight that Pitt was the better team, besting UConn 76-68. Pitt was more physical and generally wanted it more tonight.The story aside from Blair completely manhandling Thabeet (going for 22 and 23) for me was Calhoun's poor...
The Aftermath
The media has been in an all-day love fest with the Panthers - and for good reason. Even the ultimate Pitt pessimist Bob Smizik gets on the bandwagon, saying Pitt can reach the Final Four:"This victory left no doubt that Pitt can play with the best and on any given night is as good as any team in...
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