The Pitt Panthers are keeping their basketball games close, but it’s not enough for the win column. The Pitt men’s basketball team (12-10) was narrowly defeated by the No. 12 University of North Carolina Tar Heels (20-4) on Tuesday night, 80-78, as Panthers senior forward Jamel Artis missed the go-ahead 3-pointer with time expiring. This loss is Pitt's seventh in a row. “I’m really disappointed for my guys,” head coach Kevin Stallings said after the game. “I thought that, under the ... Read More
Pitt thoroughly embarrassed by No. 13 Louisville in 106-51 loss
Pitt Panthers head coach Kevin Stallings wouldn't comment on his ejection during the first half of the Panthers’ 106-51 loss to the No. 13 University of Louisville, but he was vocal about the crushing defeat. “That’s about as disappointing of a performance that I possibly could imagine,” Stallings said in his postgame press conference. “A lot of things I could say, that I’d like to say, but that was embarrassing, unacceptable, and it’s my responsibility to have them prepared to play better, ... Read More
JUCO big man Rozelle Nix, latest Pitt commit for Class of 2015
With the 2014-15 season to begin shortly, Pitt Panthers coach Jamie Dixon was busy over the weekend landing a big body on Sunday for the Class of 2015. Dixon landed a verbal commitment from another junior college player, this one being 7-footer Rozelle Nix who is ranked among the best junior college prospects in the Class of 2015. Nix, a Cincinnati native who’s a sophomore at Pensacola State College in Florida is the latest in line of JUCO players that Dixon has targeted ... Read More