Pitt nearly overcame a night where Jamel Artis was an ineffective jump shooter. A night where Mike Young did very little. A night where the second half officiating was one-sided.
For all the effort Young and Artis have given. For all the work they have done, it sucks to say how much this loss was on them. Not simply because of the weak offensive effort. But the effort overall.
Neither showed much desire to attack. To go inside. Young is arguably Pitt’s best rebounder but only had 4 in the game. And his lack of effort — and failing to box 0ut to allow 5-11 Angel Rodriguez to leap through and tip in the uncorralled rebound in the final seconds — cost the team at the end.