Pitt met West Virginia on the hardwood in Morgantown for the first time since Jan. 30, 2012, over the weekend, and the result was something of a disappointment. In a contest that was chippy from the start and subject to some questionable officiating, the Panthers fell to the Mountaineers 69-59. However, it wasn’t the officials who cost Pitt the game. It was the team’s lack of frontcourt talent and the failure of its upperclassmen to rise to the occasion.
Turnovers were a constant issue for both teams, and they were bemoaned by ESPN’s announcers throughout the game. However, when addressing Pitt’s, there was a tendency to blame the team’s youth, and those who did so were pointing fingers in the wrong direction.