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Why did moving to the ACC destroy Pitt basketball?

Posted on 3/18/18 at 6:28 pm
Posted by sgallo3
Dorne
Member since Sep 2008
24747 posts
Posted on 3/18/18 at 6:28 pm
from a perennial top 3 seed including #1 in 09 and 11 to 0-18 in ACC play this year and missing the tournament multiple years

also Kevin Stallings hire did not pay off at all
This post was edited on 3/18/18 at 6:30 pm
Posted by devils1854
Franklin
Member since Aug 2014
6355 posts
Posted on 3/18/18 at 6:30 pm to
I wouldnt say moving to the ACC destroyed it. Pitt did a good job of it themselves when they hired Kevin Stallings from Vandy after Dixon left. Every Vandy fan wanted Stallings gone, and Pitt did them a favor.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119561 posts
Posted on 3/18/18 at 6:30 pm to
They lost their good coach and hire Kevin Stallings.
Posted by lsutigers1992
Member since Mar 2006
25317 posts
Posted on 3/18/18 at 6:33 pm to
Related question:

Why did TCU go from Trent Johnson Hell to a top-8 seed in what, two years?
Posted by Winston Cup
Dallas Cowboys Fan
Member since May 2016
65508 posts
Posted on 3/18/18 at 6:36 pm to
JAMie Dixon left
Posted by TomRollTideRitter
Member since Aug 2016
12630 posts
Posted on 3/18/18 at 6:48 pm to
Jamie Dixon leaving played the biggest part, but I think moving to the ACC hurts Pitt's regional recruiting. In the Big East, they could sell kids on playing against other kids from all over the Northeast.
Posted by tiggah1981
Winterfell
Member since Aug 2007
17058 posts
Posted on 3/18/18 at 6:54 pm to
pitt/cuse/uconn..theyre recruiting has been meh for the last few years...most of the Northeast kids are going to other schools it seems
Posted by StraightCashHomey21
Aberdeen,NC
Member since Jul 2009
125485 posts
Posted on 3/18/18 at 7:17 pm to
Pitt’s athletic program is a joke

ACC has to be kicking itself passing on WVU but letting Pitt and Louisville in.
Posted by OhioLSUfan
Columbus, OH
Member since Oct 2007
1293 posts
Posted on 3/18/18 at 9:37 pm to
Pitt got a lot nyc kids.
Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
42867 posts
Posted on 3/18/18 at 10:33 pm to
Coach
Posted by thedisciple315
Albany, NY
Member since Sep 2015
239 posts
Posted on 3/19/18 at 12:34 am to
Had nothing to do with moving to the ACC. Their good coach, Jamie Dixon, got Mark Richt'd. Had a lot of success but an impatient fanbase wanted more. Then it turned out that Kevin Stallings is no basketball version of Kirby Smart.
Posted by David Ricky
Hailing From Parts Unknown
Member since Sep 2015
24259 posts
Posted on 3/19/18 at 8:56 am to
frick conference expansion for destroying the Big East
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