Pitt's Coach gives his analysis of the final four teams
Jamie Dixon talks about the 4 teams in the final four since he faced all of them. I found his description of Michigan to be...well...wrong, for the most part. But, I'd love to here what you guys have to say
See the whole article here
Some parts I found interesting
Dixon: "Jordan Morgan was a heckuva player -- this guy can score...I would say this is a better rebounding team than [coach John Beilein] has had at Michigan...This team is stronger and a better rebounding team and a better defensive team, and that's what has made them good enough to get this far.''
Sorry for anything wrong with this post, it's my first :)
Go Blue!
Cool article and nice first post!
i don't remember the pitt game being that close. maybe i am confusing it with kstate or wvu.
he doesn't really say much about um, but still interesting that he's played all 4 teams
If I remember correctly, Pitt was up at the half on us. We only beat them by 5 points, and they were leading for most of the game.
Pitt coach really questions why people are having so much trouble with the Orange' defense. I sure hope he is right for the Maize and Blue! Go Blue!
the crazy thing is,pitt lost to all those teams but Cuse'. i could be wrong.
Nov 21- neutral site- Michigan- L 67-62
Feb 2- home- Syracuse- W 65-55
Mar 14- neutral site- Syracuse- L 62-59
Mar 21- neutral site- Wichita St- L 73-55
What a bunch of crap. Total BS. The only category Pitt beat us in during that game were 3s and assists. Makes his assessment pretty worthless. http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/gamecast?gameId=323260221&version=mobile
When he says shooting, I am sure he is talking EFg%, which they did beat us on. Go to umhoops, scacchoops, kenpom, to get stats the way coaches are actually looking at.
He is wrong about the other four factors, though, we smoked them in FTRate and essentially tied in TOrate.
"They don't ruch much [in the way of plays and sets]."
Oh boy, better give this guy a ten year extension!
/s
Wait, what?
I am not sure if this is precisely what Dixon was referring to, but to see Mitch McGary the freshman throughout the year has made me excited to see just how good Mitch McGary the sophomore will be. In the Tournament, two of the dimensions of the Wolverines that he has greatly enhanced are scoring and rebounding, culminating in performances like Kansas where McGary was about 1/4 of the scoring and 1/3 of the rebounding. He has gone from playing most of one half at the beginning of the season to being clutch and invaluable and one of the reasons we are still alive in this Tournament essentially - it's been awesome to watch too.