You know how badly you have to play to lose a game on your home floor by 56 points?
You know how badly you have to play in order to be a part of the worst loss by your program in 111 years?
Do you know how long ago 111 years was? It was 1906. Hawaii and Alaska were not a part of the United States. Neither were Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico. The Ottoman Empire had its groove going on the other side of the world. Albert Einstein published his first theory on special relativity. Satchel Paige and Samuel Beckett were born that year. Major League Baseball was three years old, and the other three major professional sports leagues were decades from being founded. Teddy Roosevelt was the president. The word "allergy" was coined, and the first air-conditioned building came into existence. The NCAA Tournament was 33 years from being a reality.
And in 1906, Pittsburgh's men's basketball team got defamed by Westsminster College, losing a game by 93 points. Fortunately for Pittsburgh, the game wasn't on television. TV would not come along for another 21 years.
Louisville put on one of the most impressive performances of the season on Tuesday night, smearing Pittsburgh into paste, 106-51.
Louisville, which was playing without one its best players, Quentin Snider, scored 1.4 points per possession. The Cardinals made 12 3-pointers and grabbed 48 rebounds. Pitt was 13-of-51 from the field and 3-of-22 from beyond the arc. In the second half, Panthers coach Kevin Stallings got lucky: He was ejected and therefore not mandated to watch any more of the game.
Per Elias Sports, the 55-point margin is the third-biggest in the history of the ACC. It's the largest margin of victory in league play ever for a road team.
Pittsburgh finished with 51 points. Louisville finished with 52 points in the paint.
Louisvillen, ranked 13th in America, is now 17-4 and looking like it can get to the Final Four. Pittsburgh is yet to be ranked this season, and drops to 1-6 in the ACC with a 12-8 record overall.
