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Let's take a minute or two of cool reflection to discuss the problems that beset the Pitt basketball program after yet another enormously disappointing performance in the NCAA tournament. I've read and listened quite a bit since Pitt was thrashed by Wichita State yesterday and haven't seen or heard a whole lot that makes sense.
Let's start with the most ridiculous charge made against Dixon, whose teams have gone to nine NCAA tournaments in his 10 years as head coach.
He should just let them play.
Oh, really! With no disrespect intended for the people who have suggested this strategy, it is about the stupidest thing that possibly could be said about the Pitt program. The last thing Pitt wants to do is get into a basketball free-for-all with its Big East opponents.
In Dixon's tenure, Pitt is 115-57 in Big East play. Had he allowed his teams to "just play," my guess is they would have been 57-115.
Just consider how well Pitt has done against Syracuse in recent years. I...