For Jamie Dixon and the Pitt Panthers basketball team, the trip to Okinawa, Japan for the Armed Forces Classic against No. 9 Gonzaga was to be an early measuring stick on how the new look Panthers would measure up against good competition after a disappointing 2014-15 campaign. Unfortunately, Pitt only got half the chance to find out. After one half of play, the officials decided to cancel the rest of the game due to unsafe floor conditions. At the time of the decision to stop the ... Read More
Pitt to face Gonzaga in 2015 Armed Forces Classic
The Pitt basketball team is doing something that they have never done in program history this season when they head to Hawaii to take part in the Maui Classic. Next season the Panthers will add another first to program history as well. Pitt will open its 2015-16 season in the Armed Forces Classic against Gonzaga in Okinawa, Japan, ESPN announced Friday morning. The game will be played on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 at Camp Smedley D. Butler Marine Corps Base in Okinawa, Japan and will be ... Read More