It was indeed a matter of shaking off the holiday dust. I've always felt that the Christmas break was often a great equalizer in college basketball. Pitt wasn't doing anything great, but Duquesne couldn't hit a shot to save their lives. Missed a lotta easy lay-ups & put-backs, had to have been at least a half dozen shots that rolled around the rim & rolled back out, & an equal number of rebounds that went directly into a Duquesne player's hands, only to be dropped. Very frustrating. I think we could play Pitt 10 more times & win all of 'em.

My wife bought a 4-game Pitt package that included the Duquesne game. So I'll get the pleasure of witnessing Notre Dame whipping Susie's butt at a later date.

I have no doubt that Susie will build a great program at Pitt. After all, she did it at Duquesne---why wouldn't she do it at Pitt, with Pitt's resources & the ACC brand name at her disposal? And if she doesn't, she can always go somewhere else & justify it with more malarkey about new challenges & the next level & so forth. However, like Mark McGwire didn't go before Congress to talk about the past, I wasn't talking about the future.

Right now, much like her first team at Duquesne, Susie has a good point guard & little else. As can be expected, she has 'em playing hard. Other than Kiesel, she doesn't have the same caliber players as Duquesne. She doesn't have players like Wumi, Orsi, or Raegan. Wumi is 1st-team preseason all-A-10. Pitt has nobody on the preseason all-ACC 1st or 2nd team. Raegan is 6th in the country in 3-point FG % as I write this, 39th in 3-pointers per game, & has tied the school record with 9 3-pointers in one game. Pitt has no shooter like her. Orsi is one of the few women in the country with a triple-double as I write this. Pitt has nobody like her. These are facts. I was at the game & I'm just telling you what I saw. Notwithstanding the glowing reports about Susie's coaching in today's papers, Duquesne beat themselves more than Pitt beat them.

Well, if you think Pitt's athletic programs are strong now, they're really gonna get good in 2017 when they finally pay off the last of Tony Dorsett's parking tickets!