On Sunday, word came that guard Josh Newkirk was transferring from Pitt's basketball program. Newkirk is recovering from knee surgery and leaves Pitt with an open scholarship at an inconvenient time.
So what's the impact to the team now that he's not coming back? In the short term, Pitt certainly loses some depth, but could be okay.
For one thing, starting point guard James Robinson is a minutes machine. He averaged 34 minutes per game last year and if he remains healthy, could probably do so again. We've had discussions on this site about if that's particularly a good thing or not (it's not), but the bottom line is that if Robinson needs to hold down the fort again, he likely could.