Archive for the ‘Jamie Dixon’ Category

The Circle of Recruiting/Coaching

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 ...

Jamie the Loyal

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 ...

‘08-09 Hoops Expectations

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 ...

Basketball Coaching Carousel

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 ...

End of Hoops Season Thoughts

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 ...

Great Pitt Game

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 ...

7 out of 8 Ain’t Bad… My Favorite Meatloaf Song

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 ...

Time for a Rational Assessment

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 ...