On Wednesday night, Pitt lost by 33 points to Mississippi State.
As you can imagine, the Pitt fan base had some things to say about the game.
While the Panthers only dropped seven spots in the NET rankings, the loss showcased some faults of Pitt’s, and showed just how much better Mississippi State is as a team. Let’s look at how the fans reacted to this one.
TWITTER COMMENTS
“We aren’t as good as we thought.” – Stewww
“College Hoopers stink on the road.” – Chas. Wolfe
“If you’re gonna lose, LOSE BIG!!!” – Gov
“Shhhhhh.” – Brookline Jesus
“Miss. State was noticeably bigger and stronger; but especially when the opponent is bigger you need to play more physically on defense/boards and they didn’t and just got pushed around. No inside threat on O or D.” – John M. Donnelly
“Sometimes u need to lose to like this learn.. good game film for them to get ready for conference play. I will say we do lack some serious size inside” – Lorenzonick
“Reminiscent of our game vs. WVU except we were on the other side this time. Everything that could go right for them did. These games happen in basketball, certainly wish the final wasn’t a 33 point loss but it happens.” – Joe
“In big trouble down low.” – Nick Papagiorgio
“Energy was blah right out of the gate. Poor shot selection. Killed on the glass. Too many contributors looked lost tonight. BUT if we win at VT and finish this stretch 3-2 with a double digit win, we forget about this. Have to win the next 5. No way around it.” – David Waruszewski
“8 assists 11 turnovers aren’t and no inside presence. Need more from the big guys” – Allen Jones
“Just one game. Dunn isn’t in the lineup right now, learn from it overall and get better.” – Kyle Woodside
“1.) Pitt has a front court dilemma 2.) Dunn being out gets exposed in games like this 3.) Getting this badly outmuscled in the paint is alarming – unacceptable effort” – Michael LaRocka
“I’m putting one this in the “every team is bound to have a game like this every season“ column.” – Marty Caridi
“Fascinating how they made msu look like a pro team.” – David Palus Jr.
“They left there game in the bugh” – Ellis Graves
“On to Va Tech. Prove this loss tonight is an outlier. No panic button. I know guys like Leggett – who struggled tonight—will bounce back with a huge game in Blacksburg Saturday. Hail to Pitt!” – Gstar
“Lack of rebounding is galling and will keep them from major success, if it continues.” – Baldwin&Brooks
“This front court and specifically the way they play defense needs to be evaluated. They are way too keen to crash on driving guards and leaving bigs wide open for dump offs, it’s awful.” – Adeen Rao
“NOT GOOD!” – Sammy_2_Dope
“couldn’t tell ya I turned it off” – Stanley Borgoti
“Unacceptable. Soft, no effort, no fight. This better have humbled them” – Henry
“Kept them in double figures!” – H2P
“Bad. Time to move on to Virginia Tech. Prove this game was a fluke” – HockeyGUY66871
“I don’t care that we lost, I’m very discouraged with the way we lost. Other than like Lowe Cummings and sometimes Austin everyone else got bullied and showed no heart” – Giuseppe
“This team is not physical enough, always lack a strong big every season” – Astro
“Embarrassing, but maybe a learning experience. Game over move on.” – Joe Mac
“How about a hard foul to stop a layup every once in a while??????” – Panthersouth
FACEBOOK COMMENTS
“Simple. Forget about it and move on. Don’t study the tape… burn it. There is absolutely nothing good of trying to figure this one out.” – Rick D’Alessandris
“Pitt’s not even competitive tonight… sad.” – Justin Cary
“Maybe next year the ACC should consider a MAC challenge. Clearly can’t compete with the $EC anymore.” – Ryan Fischer
“Pitt did beat LSU, an SEC team. Calm down.” – David Berg
“Kiss of death for Pitt… Rank us.” – Tiffany Thirkell
Last week, the Panthers opened up at No. 5 in the country in the NET rankings. Now, with a 30-point loss to another high-major opponent, they have dropped in the rankings. But, they haven’t dropped very far.
Pitt is now ranked No. 12 in the NET rankings after the loss to Mississippi State. The Bulldogs are ranked No. 10 in the country, jumping 16 spots with the win over Pitt.
The quad-1 loss shouldn’t hurt Pitt too much on paper. However, the Panthers will need to quickly rally together to beat Virginia Tech, once again on the road, to finish off this road trip. Pitt will have to address its rebounding deficiency against the Bulldogs, and improve in that department going forward.
Saturday’s game against Virginia Tech will tip off at 2 p.m. on ESPNU.
