SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Perhaps it was a hangover from a win in front of Saturday’s sellout crowd. Maybe it was the added motivation from the home team to send its head coach out with a victory? Or it could’ve been just plain old shamrock luck — on the first day of March.
Regardless of the reason, the Pitt men’s basketball team walked off the court in South Bend shaking its head in confusion Wednesday evening, after suffering an inexcusable 88-81 road loss to Notre Dame in ACC play.
While a victory would’ve guaranteed at least a share of the ACC title for the No. 25 Panthers (21-9, 14-5), it was the Fighting Irish (11-19, 3-16) that came out playing inspired basketball, jumping out to a 14-point lead in the first half, highlighted by an 11-0 run in the final three and a half minutes before the two squads went into the locker room.
