College basketball analysts for years have said that certain teams with a lot of size look better walking through an airport terminal or coming through a hotel lobby than they do once they hit the court.
The late Al McGuire used to say that certain players looked “all-lobby.”
Pittsburgh, which plays at Maryland on Tuesday in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, might look intimidating to some. No member of its starting lineup is listed under 6 feet 6 and its frontcourt looks like it can compete in the weight room with the Pittsburgh Steelers.