The ball went inside more than with most teams we faced. Our defense doubled and helped way too much. So many of Pitt’s shots were wide open as a result of it. The more they went in the more confident they became.
^THIS.
While watching the game, it struck me that Pitt figured out how to dump the ball into the paint, watch us double or triple team the ball, and make one or two more passes back out to the perimeter for an uncontested three ball. Sadly they made more of these open 3s than were reasonable, and like Gato Louco said - they gained immense confidence as the game progressed.
The uninformed conclusion was that we simply had no perimeter defense, but in reality, Pitt deserved credit understanding how to exploit the defense - probably Capel’s familiarity in the Duke philosophy and O/D sets. We were also probably a bit slow on the defensive rotations (in the paint, and back out on the perimeter). Anyways, a good loss to experience in the OOC schedule and prepare us for the BIG conference schedule.
