Never had an under 4:00 timeout in that game

Never had an under 4:00 timeout in that game
by Kayo (2020-05-06 07:29:30)
Edited on 2020-05-06 10:57:42

In reply to: 2003 versus Pitt was at the game posted by Ajax

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No fouls called in the last 4:00. No balls out of bounds to stop the clock. Just a couple of 30-second timeouts that weren't turned into full timeouts for media in thse days.

It was continuous basketball with no lead greater than 4 points from the media timeout with 7:21 left until the end of the game.

That was a seriously tough Pitt team - Jaron Brown, Brandin Knight, Carl Krauser, Ontario Lett, Julius Page, Chevon Troutman... a bunch of badasses. Clean players, but tough.

The Irish had their own tough guys - Dan Miller, Torrian Jones, Matt Carroll, and of course Tom Timmermans.

Tough, physical basketball without sacrificing the beauty of the game.

Addendum:

I wonder if Francis would have caught the ball and turned it into a shot so smoothly later in his career. He was not the same guy after his back injury. His movements were not as fluid, and he dropped a lot of passes and rebounds which are ways a serious back injury shows itself.