Archive for the ‘Jamie Dixon’ Category
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
There are two keys to a successful college athletic program: the need for a good coach and the need for sound recruiting. The two play off of each other and continue a circle that, when done correctly, will build on itself and bring a program along further and further ...
Posted in Basketball, Dave Wannstedt, Football, Jamie Dixon, Recruiting/Scouting | No Comments »
Friday, May 9th, 2008
If Jamie Dixon were a knight, Jamie the Loyal might well be the name he went by. Andy Katz has a nice article on ESPN.com detailing the loyalty of Dixon to the Pitt program, and giving a significant list of statistical accomplishments that should remind us why we should be ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
I am not the first Pitt blogger to notice and comment on the high expectations that many in the media have heaped on our Pitt Panthers basketball team for next year. After reading on Oakland Zoo and Pitt Blather about the brackets that Joe Lunardi had put out for ...
Posted in Basketball, Brad Wanamaker, DeJuan Blair, Gary McGhee, Gilbert Brown, Jamie Dixon, Levance Fields, Mike Cook, Sam Young, Tyrell Biggs | No Comments »
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Every year Jamie Dixon's name is floated around as the lead candidate for just about every opening in college basketball. So far no one has been lucky enough to lure him away from Pitt, and it seems unlikely that it will happen this year either. The jobs that ...
Posted in Basketball, Jamie Dixon | 4 Comments »
Monday, March 24th, 2008
This is the worst kind of post to have to write. 64 of 65 teams end their season with their bloggers writing these kind of posts, so I know I am not alone. But it sucks to have to say goodbye to a season.
There have been a lot ...
Posted in Basketball, DeJuan Blair, Gary McGhee, Gilbert Brown, Jamie Dixon, Keith Benjamin, Levance Fields, Mike Cook, NCAA Tournament, Ronald Ramon, Sam Young, Tyrell Biggs | 4 Comments »
Friday, March 21st, 2008
The Pitt-Oral Roberts game was everything that a Pitt fan (and nothing that an Oral Roberts fan) could want. ORU was in the game for about 5 minutes. They were actually up 13-10. Then Pitt went on an 18-0 run and slammed the door on any idea ...
Posted in Basketball, DeJuan Blair, Gilbert Brown, Jamie Dixon, Levance Fields, Maurice Polen, NCAA Tournament, Ronald Ramon, Sam Young | No Comments »
Saturday, March 15th, 2008
This Pitt team, the same team that seemed to be falling apart as it neared the end of February, has once again proven why Pitt fans get excited in March and why Jamie Dixon is one of the best coaches around. Somehow, no matter what the situation has been ...
Posted in Basketball, Big East, Big East Tournament, DeJuan Blair, Georgetown, Jamie Dixon, Levance Fields, Marquette, Ronald Ramon, Sam Young, Tyrell Biggs | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
I honestly feel bad for recruits that come to the University of Pittsburgh to play either football or basketball. I lived in Pittsburgh for the first 26 years of my life (and can't wait to come back because it is the greatest city on earth) before spending the last ...
Posted in Basketball, Jamie Dixon, Pittsburgh Sports | 13 Comments »