With Monday's news that Jamie Dixon is now the former head coach of the University of Pittsburgh, it brought plenty of emotion from Pitt fans. A lot of that sentiment was negative as many are glad that Dixon is headed to TCU. While it is true that Dixon's teams have underachieved in recent seasons, the reality is that Dixon will be missed at Pitt. Hands down, Dixon is the classiest individual I have ever had the privilege of covering and I wish him nothing but the best at TCU. I for one ... Read More
Jamie Dixon accepts TCU job
For the first time in his 13 years as the head basketball coach at Pitt, Jamie Dixon had another job offer he seriously considered. Apparently heading back to his alma mater was enough to lure Dixon away from the place he called home for the last decade plus. Once rumors swirled Sunday about Dixon seriously considering an offer from TCU, it didn't take long for Dixon to accept the position to be the Horned Frogs next head coach. Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports was the first to report that ... Read More
Jamie Dixon reportedly considering TCU job
Almost the instant that the Pitt basketball season ends every season, Panthers head coach Jamie Dixon's name is floated around for other job openings. Right on cue Dixon is being linked to an open job and is reportedly considering it. According to Gary Parrish of CBS Sports, Dixon is considering an offer to become the next head coach of TCU, which just happens to be Dixon's alma mater. Dixon, 50, played at TCU from 1984-87. Parish notes that despite Dixon's lucrative contract with ... Read More
Pitt gets signature win; crushes No. 15 Duke
The Pitt Panthers basketball team has spent all season looking for a signature win, having gone 0-6 against ranked teams prior. Sunday afternoon at the Petersen Events Center they got one against No. 15 Duke and they got it in a big way. Led by Jamel Artis with 17, five Panthers players scored in double figures as Pitt led wire-to-wire in a 76-62 rout of the defending national champions. “We may have had our two best practices of the year the past couple of days,” said Artis. “We knew ... Read More
Pitt desperate for win as tournament in jeopardy
Rewind the calendar just a couple of weeks and the Pitt Panthers were in a pretty solid spot. Despite not having a real good win on the season, Pitt sat 17-4 overall and more importantly 6-3 in a very tough ACC. That left them in a solid spot for the NCAA Tournament as three weeks ago Jamie Dixon's team was being viewed at best as a No. 5 seed. My how times have changed in just a couple short weeks. Pitt sits at 6-6 in the ACC and 17-7 overall and while that isn't bad, they still don't have ... Read More
Pitt caught sleeping in loss to NC State
If you thought the Louisville game was bad you have another thing coming. Pitt, playing its third game in six days, did its best to set the game of basketball back decades for the second time in that span in a 78-61 loss to visiting North Carolina State Tuesday night at the Petersen Events Center. North Carolina State (11-8, 1-5 ACC) entered the contest winless in ACC play, but delivered the knockout punch from the opening tip, as the led by as many as 28 in the first half. Pitt (15-3, ... Read More
Pitt bounces back with dominating win over Boston College
The Pitt Panthers had a couple of days to think about their worst performance of the season in a loss against Louisville Thursday night. Luckily for the Panthers it was a quick turnaround as Pitt bounced back nicely with a dominating 84-61 victory of Boston College. Jamel Artis led four Pitt scorers in double figures with 22. Cameron Johnson chipped in 20 off the bench while Michael Young added 13 and James Robinson 10 for the Panthers. No. 20 Pitt (15-2, 4-1 ACC) bounced back shooting ... Read More
James Robinson taking game to new level
A rare occurrence happened late in Pitt's victory over Georgia Tech on Wednesday night. So rare that if you blinked you would have missed it. That was the fact that Panthers' point guard James Robinson committed a turnover. For most guards in the country that would be no big deal, but Robinson, and the Panthers entire team for that fact, has been so good with the basketball this season that it is eye popping on those few instances where he makes the wrong play. A big reason that the ... Read More
Pitt holds off charging Georgia Tech for ninth straight win
The Pitt Panthers had a fight on their hands Wednesday night at the Petersen Events Center in the form of visiting Georgia Tech. But while the Yellow Jackets gave the Panthers everything they had, ultimately Pitt had too much firepower as the Panthers improved to 13-1 on the season and 2-0 in ACC play in an 89-84 ACC victory. Jamel Artis and James Robinson each finished with 18 points, leading five Pitt players in double figures in the win. Pitt used an early 10-1 first-half run to gain ... Read More
Pitt getting it done from the free-throw line
If there seems like one major problem that has plagued the Pitt Panthers throughout the Jamie Dixon era, it likely has been poor free-throw shooting. On more than one occasion the Panthers inability to knock down big free throws during crunch time has cost them in a major way. That's not the case any longer. One of this Pitt teams biggest strengths is being able to go to the line and knock down free throws. It hasn't just been one guy either as the entire roster is built with very good ... Read More