Pittsburgh and Connecticut Thoughts

So you want to play NBA general manager and take Hasheem Thabeet as the number one pick? Before you decide to do that, I’d play the tape Pittsburgh and Connecticut contest over and over again before making up my mind. You can defend the fact he was in foul trouble, yet the fact is the Pittsburgh game plan was to go right at him and it succeeded. DeJuan Blair so outplayed him (22 points and a career-high 23 rebounds), Thabeet looked like another tall stiff against a REAL All-American.

In the game write-up, I mentioned the Huskies really didn’t have anybody to match up with Sam Young and did that turn out to be true. Pittsburgh just had more options to score and was tougher-minded throughout.

I really like what Kemba Walker brings at guard and I believe he is going to have to be the player to take Jerome Dyson’s place. The huge advantage UConn had over opponents has disappeared in the backcourt.

Both teams are certainly capable of making it to the Final Four and already the season ending matchup on March 7 is something to look forward to.