I know the title may have gotten your attention and may be a little harsh considering it is Kevin Stallings first season at the helm.  But, when you talk to most PITT fans you would think the ship was sinking and there is no way to right it.

But, this was not a good basketball team even last season.  Jamie Dixon’s recruiting was below average and he was starting to rely on graduate transfers to help the program rather than building the team with recruiting and a player improving each year for all 4 years they were with the program.  Now, could that be because the pressure of being a top tier Head Coach was getting to Dixon, Maybe?  But, the way he recruited his last 3 years at PITT we all should of saw this downturn coming.

When Kevin Stallings was hired to the dismay of a majority of Panthers fans because of the false reports of Sean Miller being in the Pittsburgh area.  He was already coming into the program fighting an uphill battle with the fans and then add on the fact his team was not very good.  The cabinets were not bare, but they were aging with very little young talent left in them.

Stallings has 2 NBA caliber talents on this roster in Michael Young and Jamel Artis and that led to a part of the fan base believing they can sneak into the NCAA Tournament, if not at least get an NIT berth.

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