February 24, 2015

Pitt 71, Boston College 65

by Dejan Kovacevic • Game previews

BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC

Getting ready for tipoff …

Game: Pitt (18-10, 7-7 ACC) vs. Boston College (9-17, 1-13), 9:05 p.m., Petersen Events Center

TV, radio: ESPNU (national), ESPN3 (online), 93.7 The Fan

Online: GameTracker / Multimedia / Official game notes

Chris Jones is fresh off a career-best 19-point performance in Saturday’s win at Syracuse. — PITT ATHLETICS

26 Comments Newest to oldest

J.R.

2-24-2015, 7:57 pm

Gotta win a game like this convincingly at this point in the season! Just come out and execute, Panthers!

bpn8pitt

2-24-2015, 8:41 pm

These next two games bother me a lot. They are games they should win handily, but BC gave them everything and then some last time. Taking teams out is all BC and WF have left. WF nearly dropped VA.

Hopefully they get a better handle on Hanlan...just feels like a trap game.

bpn8pitt

2-24-2015, 9:42 pm

Nevermind BC sucks

bpn8pitt

2-24-2015, 9:21 pm

Ok, how bout a nice run here.

Groat2Maz2Strangeglove

2-24-2015, 9:23 pm

EVERY game is a "trap game" when you are on the NCAA bubble!

Gotta show 'em you belong, Pitt.

Stuart66

2-24-2015, 9:28 pm

It would be nice to see some offensive rebounding from Young. No one else around the basket on offense. BC minus Hanlon deserves it's position in ACC. Pitt on a 8-0 run at 21-13. H2P.

Stuart

bpn8pitt

2-24-2015, 9:36 pm

Moving forward that's a big issue for this team into next year.

I'm hoping they can add to this league and get Uchebo and Luther some minutes.

bpn8pitt

2-24-2015, 9:29 pm

The brain surgeon!

bpn8pitt

2-24-2015, 9:34 pm

Need Tar Heels to come back on NC State

J.R.

2-24-2015, 9:46 pm

Does Kansas State's win over Kansas help? Really don't understand the formulas anymore...

bpn8pitt

2-24-2015, 9:52 pm

Mountaineers helped against Texas. But NC St. winning hurts.

bpn8pitt

2-24-2015, 10:00 pm

They let BC right back in the game. Hanlan is gonna wind up with 30.

emoneypitt

2-24-2015, 10:24 pm

Too bad Hanlan doesn't play for Pitt. Game has become much too close for comfort.

Stuart66

2-24-2015, 10:38 pm

Glad to see Jamie limiting Newkirks minutes. He's been a rally killer this year, with poor shooting and turnovers.

Young working hard second half and getting his points.

How does NC continue to be ranked?

Stuart

fried003

2-25-2015, 8:01 am

"How does NC continue to be ranked?"

reputation/history

J.R.

2-26-2015, 7:44 am

And a pretty good record, and nearly beating Duke in Cameron. I would not want to see that team in March, notwithstanding their recent troubles...

bpn8pitt

2-24-2015, 10:44 pm

Absolute shame what's happened with Derrick Rose. Like Penny Hardaway.

bpn8pitt

2-24-2015, 10:53 pm

Game was a lot more physical than I thought it was gonna be.

meredydotcom

2-24-2015, 11:05 pm

NC State's win over NC hurts. Ouch! :(

bpn8pitt

2-24-2015, 11:13 pm

Weird game. Other than 3 baskets, all of BCs scoring came from 2 guys. Pitt made 24 free throws.

FSU - MIAMI tommorow should be interesting.

emoneypitt

2-24-2015, 11:46 pm

Yeah, that's the kind of stuff you usually only see in high school. I guess some of that it attests to the short bench that BC has. Hanlan is an awesome player though.

These last three games are very winnable. They should be almost a lock to get in if they can finish running the table.

Eddie

2-25-2015, 2:18 am

Still think 3-1 record PLUS a Conference Tourney win gets them in, or 4-0. They aren't going to leave out a Power Conf. team with 22 wins and a winning ACC record out.....At least I don't think. Last I checked, plenty of 20 something win, Power Conference Teams play in The NIT too, though.

J.R.

2-26-2015, 7:46 am

Usually not if they're 11-7 in conference, though, in the ACC. I think the toughest part of the equation is going to be avoiding slip-ups in the next three. I'm honestly not sure which event I think is more likely: we go 3-0 down the stretch, or we go 0-3 down the stretch...

bpn8pitt

2-25-2015, 8:24 am

Good points by Stuart and fried...the ND and UNC wins are losing their luster, if they keep losing.

bill_antonoplos

2-25-2015, 1:34 pm

HAIL TO PITT!

bill_antonoplos

2-25-2015, 1:35 pm

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