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Pitt coach Jamie Dixon has kept Pitt among the top teams in the Big East without recruiting McDonald's All-American type players to stock his roster.


Yes because you can look at Duke and see all the championships they have over the past 10 years with 7 and 8 of the McNuggets on the team.

FootballGuru | 07/15/08, 09:14 AM

Awesome!

gameon | 07/15/08, 09:30 AM

Another Maryland kid goes elsewhere. I'm not a Terrapin fan but if I was, I would have to question the effectiveness of Gary Williams.

J. HOVA: BROOKLYN'S OWN | 07/15/08, 09:40 AM

6-9, 230....can this kid even run the floor???

AFScott | 07/15/08, 10:29 AM

Dixon and Pitt MUST have thrown some cash and chicks at this kid to get him over Kansas and Memphis.

AFScott | 07/15/08, 10:30 AM

Another Maryland kid goes elsewhere. I'm not a Terrapin fan but if I was, I would have to question the effectiveness of Gary Williams.
J. HOVA: ES MUY BIEN | 07/15/08, 09:40 AM
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Actually. he is a New York kid going to basketball factory in Christian academy.. His star has risen risen fast in the last year. He went from being a very good prospect to top prospect. Pitt had been on him early and hard.

Perhaps Pitt DOESN'T throw the chicks and the cash like some of the other programs....that is why they have been unable to land this type player til now.

Last Call | 07/15/08, 11:53 AM

Thanks for that Last Call. In that case why didn't he come home to St. Johns?

I'm just busting chops.

J. HOVA: BROOKLYN'S OWN | 07/15/08, 12:24 PM

Taylor, a 6-foot-9, 230-pound senior from National Christian Academy in Fort Washington, Md.,

That's alot of weight to chug up and down the floor.

FootballGuru | 07/15/08, 01:07 PM

Cash and Chicks in Pittsburgh? hahahahahaha

mmorty03 | 07/15/08, 01:09 PM

Cash and Chicks in Pittsburgh? hahahahahaha

mmorty03 | 07/15/08, 01:09 PM
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True. My bad.

AFScott | 07/15/08, 02:08 PM

Let's give Dixon some credit. He may be the best recruiter in college basketball. He doesn't have the name (UNC, Kansas, UCLA) or the location (Florida, Arizona, USC) to draw talent to his school. He does have this unbelievable ability to get kids to come to a cold, small city and play top tier Big East b-ball. There have been way too many McDonald's all americans who have never made it at the college level, they are irrelevant. I think Dixon knows true talent by know.

mikeinpittsburgh | 07/15/08, 03:17 PM

When I saw the headline, I knew you'd have a comment about Gary's inability to get Maryland kids, J HOV. You do have a point.

arejaydub Sept. 13,'08 | 07/15/08, 05:30 PM

230 is a lot of weight??? At 6 foot 9, he is very, very skinny if he only weighs 230.

gbmontgo25 | 07/15/08, 06:37 PM

as long as he doesn't come with an all-american ego i'll be psyched...pitt has a good thing going with the true team first play, especially again recently after Krauser left so it'll be interesting to see what happens with a "star" in the mix

dibbly | 07/15/08, 08:53 PM

Pitt plays well in the BIG EAST, but always falls on their face in the NCAA tourney...hardly what you call a "national championship contender".

BWD | 07/15/08, 09:26 PM

Pitt plays well in the regular season but ALWAYS falls on its face in the NCAA tourney....hardly what you would call "a national championship contender", more like a pretender.

BWD | 07/15/08, 09:27 PM

"He may be the best recruiter in college basketball"? Seriously? He's not even the best recriuter in a 100-mile radius. Bob Huggins is Dixon's daddy. I think Dixon's a fine coach but let's not get carried away...

DiamondDave | 07/15/08, 09:35 PM

"He may be the best recruiter in college basketball"? Seriously? He's not even the best recriuter in a 100-mile radius. Bob Huggins is Dixon's daddy. I think Dixon's a fine coach but let's not get carried away...

DiamondDave | 07/15/08, 09:36 PM

Actually...assistant Tom Herrion should get the credit. He is the one that has been recruiting Taylor from the start. A big reason why Dixon hired him was his ties to the DC/Baltimore areas.

DiamondDave is right. Huggins has a better track record for getting some pretty good talent....and he did lure in Ebanks to WVU.

Last Call | 07/16/08, 12:54 AM

T&R is contractually obligated to show the coaches LOSING IT in 80%+ of the photos.

YODA | 07/16/08, 02:46 AM