Wow, that is a really tough one. I did see most of both games.
Given the entire season so far, I would have a no-doubt vote for Pitts. SM has had some good games but lost a head-scratcher with BM while Pitts smoked them.
Both teams performed very well Friday night. And I was impressed by both teams. Neither team appeared to fall into the subtle intimidation mindset that sometimes happens when playing a superior team. And in a way, SM has DLS' inside ticket based on past performances together.
Here's the trending data presented by CP for these two games. Pitts has a current rating of 56.6 and their performance rating with SJB was 62.2 which is almost a 6 point margin. SM has a current rating of 38.6 and the performance rating with DLS was 56.5 creating a 14 point margin. So CalPreps suggests SM had a more unexpected outcome.
SM had an impressive and surprising near loss with DLS. Pitts also had an impressive performance in its wider margin loss to SJB. If the question was which team had the most surprising performance, hands down, that was SM. In fact that might be one way to interpret the the word impressive. But I think of impressive as being a series of consistent great plays and when comparing SM best plays against Pitts best plays, and considering their opponents, I am leaning towards Pitts being more impressive Friday night than SM.
