9:05 pm (or so) on ESPN. Karl Ravech and Seth Greenberg have the call.
One of the nice things about Jamie Dixon being at Pitt this long, is that he has actually relaxed and come close to being comfortable with the media. He’s never going to have the charm and ease of a Rick Pitino, John Calipari or Bruce Pearl; nor is he cantankerously amusing like a Jim Boeheim.
But he is more relaxed these days. He seems to have his tongue planted firmly in his cheek for half his responses to questions.
Last week, for example when asked about the team being more uptempo than in years past, he made the point that it has as much to do with the type of players on the team as it does the style with a simple quip: “You can only tell Aaron Gray to run faster so many times.