Pitt’s rally against No. 18 West Virginia fell short on Saturday as the Panthers lost to the Mountaineers in the Backyard Brawl, 69-60. But despite the defeat, there were quite a few encouraging things from the game.
Typically I’m not much of a moral victories kind of guy. But this season, that’s changing and you have to look more about how much they improve over the course of the year and less to the actual win-loss results.
In no particular order, here were five things I liked tonight.
Rebounding
I’m sure some casual fans didn’t notice but Pitt big man Kene Chukwuka missed tonight’s game as he was a late scratch with an illness.