And things really heated up in the final 10 minutes of regulation, which saw five fouls called and a yellow card issued to a Hokie. During that stretch, Virginia Tech midfielder Danny Flores played a game of keepaway with Noel after a foul and got thrown to the ground by Noel in response. And in the last second of the half, Pitt midfielder Jackson Walti put a gem of a shot on target, but it bounced off the hand of Martino, setting up overtime.
The first overtime period came and went with the score unchanged. However, two minutes and 18 seconds into the second overtime period, Pitt forward Bertin Jacquesson centered a pass in front of Noel, and Noel would drive the ball into the back of the net to seal a victory for the Panthers.
With the win, the Panthers advance to the semifinals of the ACC tournament, where they will play the winner of the matchup between fifth-seeded Notre Dame and fourth-seeded Louisville on Nov. However, at the time, Pitt appeared to have the match well in hand, as it kept the ball on the Irish side of the field for significant chunks of time and came up with the majority of the early scoring chances. The second half looked destined for a similar fate for the first half-hour, but the Irish began to attack with more urgency and that would quickly pay off.
Then, 14 seconds later, Irish forward Daniel Russo scored on a breakaway to make it Still, despite Pitt showing plenty of fight until the end, the team fell to Notre Dame , ending its ACC tournament run as well as a game winning streak at Ambrose Urbanic Field that dated back to Oct. With the loss, Pitt falls to and will now turn its focus to the NCAA tournament, which it should have a part in as the No.
Is that really how we want to known? We are already objectified by our foreign counterparts as "greedy Americans" or "capitalist pigs" or whatever they call us, but now our universities of higher education are becoming involved in this money grab? I don't want to say that basketball only schools in the Big East are looked down upon, but in all honesty, they aren't exactly considered to be on the same level as the all-sports universities. Basketball only schools are a dying breed.
They play big time on the court but can't exactly compete on that same level with their other sports, particularly football. They really have no capability to go conference shopping like some of their mates who are all-sports. Their basketball-only status makes them officially a leper to the other power conferences.
Losing their status as members of the best basketball conference more than hurts these universities, it kills their chances at finding anywhere else to play. The NCAA can't handle having that kind of drama on their hands.
It looks bad not only for the league, but for the sport in general. It is nationally televised, highly viewed, and one of the most storied rivalries in college basketball. As the two greatest, most durable squads in the conference, every season's matchup is just as important as the last. There is no off-year where one of these two universities isn't good enough to upset the other. For years now, the Big East has been known as the best basketball conference in the nation.
When it came to football, things may have been much worse off but at least the league always had their winter sport to support them. With a founding member and powerhouse basketball university jumping ship, the Big East not only lost them, but lost much more. Their reputation, other universities, and clout among other conferences are all slipping away and there seems to be nothing they can do about it.
Overall, it is worse for college hoops being that centralization of talent seems to make everything less exciting. If you know who is the best beforehand, why watch? For example, the SEC has won the last five football national championships and will most certainly win the next one. It has become not only expected of them but takes the excitement out of watching the sport for the fans due to the fact that we already know the result.
In the NCAA Tournament, we have strayed from who has the best record and moved onto the who did the best with who they had to play. A lot of that has to do what conference they play in.
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