Jamie Dixon's Pitt Panthers still have a while to wait before they begin their first season of ACC competition, but at least they know who they will be playing. The ACC announced its opponents and game sites for the 2013-14 University of Pittsburgh men’s basketball season on Tuesday and the highlight of the Panthers schedule features home games against Duke and Syracuse. Pitt will open ACC play next year with an 18-game regular season schedule and will face each of the possible 14 ... Read More
Leao, Kromka, Renkin named to Winter Top Ten Honorees
The PSAC sports information directors released their Winter Top Ten Honorees this week and three PSAC West basketball players were on it. Among the list were Luis Leao of Mercyhurst, Mike Kromka of Clarion, and Scooter Renkin of IUP. Leao, a first-team Academic All-American, is the only male selected who has received the award before. He maintains a 3.87 GPA while majoring in biology. He scored 18.6 points per game this season, which was good enough for 3rd in the PSAC. He also pulled down ... Read More
Steven Adams Declares for 2013 NBA Draft
When he was recruited to come to Pitt, many expected Steven Adams to be a one-and-done player. Despite a less than spectacular freshman campaign, that's become a reality. According to a University of Pittsburgh press release, Adams announced on Tuesday that he will make himself available for the 2013 NBA Draft. Adams intends to sign with an agent, which means he can't change his mind and return to school. “In discussing options with my family and Coach Dixon, I feel that it is in my ... Read More
Reaction to the Jamie Dixon extension
After yet another early exit from the NCAA Tournament, there was a lot of speculation that Pitt head coach Jamie Dixon would elect to head out west to USC following his 10th season on the Panthers bench. But Dixon quickly put an end to any speculation by signing a 10-year extension that will keep him with the university until the 2022-23 season. He stated that he wanted to "finish his career at the University of Pittsburgh," and that “Pitt and Pittsburgh are home.” If there is one coach ... Read More
Yinzer of the Week: Marcel Souberbielle
Last week, Pittsburgh Penguins winger Chris Kunitz took home the Yinzer of the Week for the second straight week. This week, however, he was dethroned by a junior forward from IUP. Even though IUP fell short of advancing in the NCAA D2 Tournament this past weekend, Marcel Souberbielle had a fantastic showing in the three games that IUP played in. In the first round of the tournament, he scored 16 points on 5-9 shooting. His only misses came from behind the three point line. He went a ... Read More
Let the speculation on Jamie Dixon’s future begin
Coming off yet another early exit in the NCAA Tournament, it's the time of year where everyone can speculate on the future of Pitt head coach Jamie Dixon. Dixon has been rumored for the past couple of years for job openings around the country, but this year the speculation could be closer to turning into reality. As Pitt prepares to head to the ACC next season, the only question remaining is will Dixon be accompanying them? It's been highly rumored that Dixon and USC are a perfect fit, but ... Read More
Panthers “Shocked” by Wichita State in NCAA Tournament
Many thought the Pitt Panthers were slighted a bit from the selection committee when they only received a No. 8 seed, As it turns out, the committee had it spot on. Instead of using the low seed as possible motivation for a tournament run, Jamie Dixon's team came out as flat as possible and played as poorly as they have all season long, watching their season come to an end in a 73-55 embarrassing loss to Wichita State. The story of the game was shooting, or to be exact, the lack of ... Read More
Wichita State vs. Pitt NCAA Tournament preview
The Pitt Panthers basketball team has been busy preparing for their second round opponent in the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the Wichita State Shockers. The Shockers are familiar to Jamie Dixon and his staff as Pitt played Wichita State three years ago in a tournament in Kansas City during the 2009-10 season. "As soon as I saw we were going to play them I knew how they played," said Dixon. "I know Coach Marshall and how he has played over the years. Without seeing them you can get a good idea of ... Read More
It’s Lamar Patterson’s time to shine for Pitt
As Jamie Dixon and the Pitt Panthers basketball team prepares to take on Wichita State Thursday in "second round" action of the 2013 NCAA Tournament, many are still trying to figure out exactly who this Pitt team is. This Panthers team can beat any team in the nation, but at the same time can lose to any team in the field as well. Talent wise the Panthers can win a couple games in this tournament or even surprise a few people and go on a run. But to do so, one man in particular must step ... Read More
John Calipari classy in defeat as Robert Morris upsets Kentucky
Wherever he goes, University of Kentucky head coach John Calipari usually has a bad reputation that follows him around. That's due large in part to seeing Final Four appearance while at U Mass and Memphis erased from the history books thanks to recruiting violations. But the real Calipari is a classy guy in victory or defeat, whether it's winning his first National Championship with the Wildcats or seeing that team lose in the first round of the NIT just a year later. While Robert Morris made ... Read More