The Duquesne Dukes(8-15, 3-9) look for their first Atlantic 10 road win Wednesday night, facing La Salle (14-11, 6-6) at 7:00 pm ET at the Tom Gola Arena in Philadelphia, Pa. Both teams are coming off Saturday losses; the Dukes are reeling from an 82-74 loss at UMass while La Salle recovers from a 77-69 decision to Davidson at home. Despite their record, including 0-6 in road conference play, Duquesne has been outscoring Atlantic 10 opponents by +3.0 ppg at home, with three of the Dukes’ ... Read More
2015 NCAA Tournament: Breaking down the ACC’s bubble teams
With the 2015 NCAA Tournament only weeks away, Pitt Panthers fans are left wondering if the Panthers will be dancing when the tournament field is announced in March. With the likes of Virginia, Duke, Louisville, Notre Dame and North Carolina all locks to be in the field of 68, there are a couple questions that will need to be answered the final few weeks of the regular season. Those questions being: Who will be the ACC’s sixth team in the tournament, and does the ACC even deserve six ... Read More
Sheldon Jeter has Pitt thinking NCAA Tournament
The Pitt Panthers basketball team has made it a habit of winning some big games the past three weeks. That could be enough to send them to another NCAA Tournament. If the Panthers do go dancing in March, they may have one man to thank for it- forward Sheldon Jeter. Since receiving a bump in minutes the past few weeks, Jeter has begun to emerge as the player Pitt head coach Jamie Dixon thought he would have at the beginning of the season. Sometimes you just need an opportunity and Jeter ... Read More
Despite five players in double-digits, Duquesne falls to UMass
Duquesne (8-15, 3-9) suffered a 82-74 loss yesterday to UMass (16-9, 9-3) at the Mullins Center in Amherst, Ma. Five Dukes reached double-digits in the effort, led by junior guard Micah Mason with 20 points. Junior guard Jeremiah Jones put up 11 points, in addition to grabbing nine rebounds and providing seven assists. Junior guard Derrick Colter scored all 11 of his points in the second half. Freshman forward Jordan Robinson and senior forward Dominique McKoy each scored 10 points. The ... Read More
Pitt defeats No. 12 UNC, honors Dean Smith
The Pittsburgh Panthers (17-9, 6-6) defeated No. 12 North Carolina (18-7, 8-4) in an 89-76 upset Saturday at the Peterson Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pa. Sophomore forward Sheldon Jeter led the court with 22 points. Also scoring for the Panthers were redshirt senior guard Cameron Wright with 15 points and 10 assists, junior guard James Robinson with 12 points and eight assists, sophomore forward Michael Young with 13 points, sophomore forward Jamel Artis with 11 points and five assists, and ... Read More
Duquesne upsets George Washington with wire-to-wire win
“Energy and aggressiveness.” Those are the words that Duquesne’s junior guard Jeremiah Jones used to describe his team’s 78-62 wire-to-wire win Wednesday night against George Washington (17-7, 7-4) at the A.J. Palumbo Center. The Dukes are now 8-14 and 3-8 in conference play. Junior guard Micah Mason led the court with a career-high 24 points, followed by junior guard Derrick Colter with 18 points. Also contributing for the Dukes was Jones with 10 points, seven rebounds and seven assists; ... Read More
Dukes look to get on winning track against George Washington
Duquesne (7-14, 2-8) looks to rebound from a 95-69 decision to Davidson (15-6, 6-4) Saturday as they take on George Washington (17-6, 7-3) tonight at 7:00 pm ET at the A.J. Palumbo Center. George Washington leads the series 46-27 and is 40-22 in Atlantic 10 regular season games. The Colonials were picked to finish second in the Atlantic 10 preseason poll. The Dukes lead 18-17 in games played at Pittsburgh, having won three of the past four meetings at the Palumbo Center. Head coach Jim ... Read More
Pitt faces critical stretch starting Wednesday night at Louisville
Fresh off an emotional home win against Syracuse on Saturday evening, the Pitt Panthers (16-8, 5-5 ACC) are working their way back into the discussion as a potential NCAA tournament team. In order for the Panthers to make the NCAA tournament for 11th time in 12 seasons under Jamie Dixon, they will need to continue to build upon their current three-game winning streak that now has them sitting at .500 in the ultra-competitive Atlantic Coast Conference. The next test will come this Wednesday ... Read More
Duquesne looking for first road win since November against Davidson
The Duquesne Dukes (7-13, 2-7) take on the Davidson Wildcats (14-6, 5-4) tonight at 7:00 p.m. ET at the Belk Arena in Davidson, North Carolina in an attempt to stop the highest scoring team in the Atlantic 10. The Wildcats were picked to finish 12th in the A-10 preseason poll and lead the conference in averaging 80.3 ppg. This is the first meeting between Duquesne and Davidson, a first-year A-10 member. Davidson has five players averaging double digits, led by senior guard Tyler Kalinoski ... Read More
James Robinson helps lift Pitt to upset over Notre Dame
Pitt Panthers’ junior guard James Robinson scored the Panthers first five points of the game, but it was what Robinson did at the end of the game that meant the most as Pitt put an end to a three-game losing streak with a 76-72 upset of No. 8 Notre Dame Saturday afternoon at the Petersen Events Center. Pitt watched an eight-point lead disappear throughout the game’s final three minutes and trailed by one with 12 seconds left after Robinson missed a free throw and Jerian Grant knocked down a ... Read More