The second year of the Kevin Stallings era at Pitt is off to the turbulent start everyone saw coming. After wrapping up their 13-game nonconference schedule by eking out a 63-59 comeback win over Towson on Friday night, the Panthers sit at 8-5 heading into ACC play, and things figure to take a turn for the worse when No. 6 Miami comes to town next Saturday.
During the early goings of the season, Pitt fans have turned out in record-low numbers, and there’s little wonder why, considering the Panthers struggled to beat a genuinely terrible Delaware State team, needed overtime to top middling Mount St.