Pitt (22-10) vs #1 seed and 9th ranked UNC (26-6) 7:00 PM on ESPN Friday 3/15

KenPom – Pitt 41 UNC 9

NET – Pitt 45 UNC 9

Pitt played an ACC game disguised as a Big East game yesterday vs a Wake Forest team determined to be physical and the refs let ‘em play. Pitt won by 12 and the UFC match was a Pitt TKO ….An upset indeed.

Today if Pitt wins, it will truly be an upset. Vegas Line opens at UNC -7.5.

UNC beat Pitt at Pitt by thirteen at the Pete in January by beating up and posting up Pitt’s young guards.

Here’s what Pitt is facing. UNC leads the ACC in scoring at 82 pts per game and rebounding at 42 boards a game.

Baycot at 6’11 is the ACC leading big man. I think RJ Davis (ACC 2024 Player of the year) is the best guard in the country.

UNC is coming off a total route of FSU and goes eight to nine deep off the bench vs Pitt’s seven.It looks on paper lol a lopsided UNC win but I don’t think so…

This is a different Pitt team, more tough and more seasoned than UNC faced earlier this year. UNC hasn’t really played more than seven close games all season. Most have been easy routs.

Pitt needs to come out strong and muscle them from the opening tip. Bub again is the key. He needs to guard Davis and lose the nerves from yesterday.

Baycot can be very lazy under the basket. Not enough words to laud Leggett from yesterday.

In the movie Hoosiers, Coach tells his team that in tournament play, you don’t look to the next game til you’ve finished the one in front of you!

But boy, if we can just get past UNC I think the ACC title is ours. Does NCST UVA or BC scare you??

I think our Pitt Panthers step up, play great inspired passionate basketball and upset UNC!!

I think Pitt has made the tourney now but why Leave any doubt!!

H2P!

Dan72