Zoo Crew falls in first-round upset in TBT

For the second year in a row, Pitt was represented in The Basketball Tournament by the Zoo Crew, and for the second year in a row, the Zoo Crew fell in an upset in the first round of the competition. In 2017, it was a 100-87 loss as a fifth seed to 12th-seeded Sideline Cancer. On Saturday, the seventh-seeded Zoo Crew fell to the 10th-seeded Jackson TN Underdawgs 86-77.

Last year, the knock on the Zoo Crew was its one-dimensional offense, which was heavily reliant on former Pitt standout Levance Fields. When all was said and done, he had accounted for 35 points against Sideline Cancer, and only two of his teammates had posted double-digit point totals. Those two players were non-Pitt alums…