Betcha never thought you’d read something here about the University of Pittsburgh basketball team….but here it is, my $.02 about the new team’s new coach. While it’s good for Jamie Dixon that he was named head coach (and the players, who lobbied hard for him), it’s a bit odd that a team that is now considered a national power (despite their early exit from the NCAA tournament) would almost immediately hire an untested coach who was passed over by two smaller colleges. But Dixon comes with Ben Howland’s stamp of approval, so perhaps he won’t be all that bad.

Posted on 15 April 2003