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Pitt Basketball Gets Roasted For Its Terribly Thought-Out Slogan That Implies Poor Shooting

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Pittsburgh basketball has not won more games than it lost since the 2015-16 season when it made the NCAA Tournament and lost in the First Round. Maybe that was factored into its recent slogan for its recent promotional hype video.

Probably not. At least, it shouldn’t have been. They blew it.

With a video posted on Tuesday that was intended to provide a positive look at the program, the tweet was captioned “brick by brick.” That expression, of course, is supposed to mean that they are rebuilding the program with patience and proper diligence. The foundation is being built with one brick at a time.

Had the school used the “brick by brick” slogan in any other sport, it would have worked. Just not for basketball.

In basketball, a brick is a bad shot. So, basically, the school was saying that the basketball program is being built one bad shot at a time.

Obviously, it was an unintentional blunder. Someone didn’t catch the alternative implications of the “brick by brick” slogan.

But it doesn’t matter. It was posted.

And as is with anything, the internet proceeded to have a field day. Pittsburgh basketball got flambéed online.

The jokes about Pittsburgh basketball’s “brick by brick” slogan literally write themselves.

https://twitter.com/ChaseBabington/status/1526742571267117060?s=20&t=1sxu_ZKMFzghRT__j1-ddg

https://twitter.com/hammertime1414/status/1526654245705072645?s=20&t=1sxu_ZKMFzghRT__j1-ddg

It was a big miss by Pittsburgh. The social media team fumbled the bag on this one. Credit to them, however, for keeping the tweet up and taking the lumps instead of deleting it and trying to pretend like it never happened.