Just when you thought you’d seen everything during the ACC football season now basketball is upside down. At least, for Tobacco Road enthusiasts that is. It’s a new day in the conference and what once was is no longer. Pitt men’s basketball, behind the leadership of a former starting guard at Duke may be turning the corner after a couple of rough years. The unfortunate side of rebuilding a program is that you often have to dive into a pond full of excrement that you’ve inherited and then hit rock bottom before you rise to the top.

Jeff Capel has been pummeled left and right while looking for the right combination of players. To add insult to injury the personnel that could have ultimately turned things around sooner have either departed, been injured or taken themselves out of the equation in some form or another.

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Corey Crisan of DK Pittsburgh Sports joins us and talks about the journey that Capel, the Panthers and their fans have taken thus far and why they are the top team in the ACC college basketball standings.

Who are the players that are making this turn-around happen? We share some eye-opening stats that may help explain the rise of Pitt men’s basketball this season.

Can the Panthers hold on over the next few weeks to own the regular season title? Let’s talk about the ACC Basketball Tournament and if they’ll get a double-bye. Crisan gives us his thoughts on a team that was picked to finish 14th, yes you read that right, 14th in the preseason by writers and what they may be able to do in the NCAA’s.

We look at Jason Carmello’s Big Underdog bracket, the latest NCAA NET Rankings and toss aside other rankings that just don’t seem as relevant as they once were in the eyes of fans.

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