Inside Pitt Postgame Report: Outmuscled by Florida

The Pitt Panthers were beat soundly by a physical Florida team.

Stephen Thompson | Nov 23, 2023

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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers lost in ugly fashion to the Florida Gators in the opening round of the NIT Season Tip-Off, making it the second season in a row that the Barclays Center in Brooklyn has become a house of horrors for this program.

But the Panthers have some reasons for optimism despite the loss. Head coach Jeff Capel said their two losses in New York last season marked a turning point in their season and this defeat has the same potential to work as a spring board towards better things.

Pitt's stars were inefficient, the bench was a non-factor and the team as a whole did not meet the physical challenge Florida posed. But all of their mistakes are fixable and the Panthers have an immediate chance to right the ship against Oregon State in two days.

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Published Nov 23, 2023

STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper. He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press. During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general. You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work: