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FAN FEST/MAGGIE DIXON HEART HEALTH FAIR BLUE-GOLD SCRIMMAGE SLIPPERY ROCK (EXH.) COKER COLLEGE, S.C. (EXH.)
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YOUNGSTOWN STATE(ESPN-R/FSN) NOON vs. Duquesne (CBS-CS) 7 P.M. NEW HAMPSHIRE 7 P.M.
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KENT STATE (ESPN-U) 2 P.M. MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA OHIO (ESPN-R/FSN) 7 P.M. *DEPAUL (ESPN-U) 7 P.M. at *Syracuse (ESPN-R/WTAE) NOON at *Cincinnati (ESPN) 7 P.M. at *Connecticut (ESPN2) 7 P.M. *LOUISVILLE (ESPN-R/WTAE) NOON *GEORGETOWN (ESPN-U) 7 P.M. at *Seton Hall (ESPN-R/FSN) 2 P.M. *ST. JOHN’S (ESPN-U) 7 P.M. at *South Florida (ESPN-R/FSN) 1 P.M. at *West Virginia (ESPN-R/FSN) 7 P.M. *SETON HALL (ESPN-R/FSN) 6 P.M. *ROBERT MORRIS (ESPN-R/FSN) 8 P.M. *WEST VIRGINIA (ESPN) 9 P.M. at *Marquette (ESPN) 9 P.M. *VILLANOVA (CBS) NOON at *Notre Dame (ESPN2) 7 P.M. at *St. John’s (ESPN-R/FSN) NOON *PROVIDENCE (ESPN) 9 P.M. *RUTGERS (ESPN-R/FSN) 4:30 P.M. at Big East Championship (ESPN) TBA NCAA First & Second Rounds (CBS) TBA NCAA Regionals (CBS) TBA NCAA Final Four (CBS) TBA
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All Times Eastern. All home games in CAPS and BOLD. Television games in parentheses. All game times are subject to change. *Indicates Big East Conference games. All home games played in the Petersen Events Center on the University of Pittsburgh campus. For ticket information, please call (800) 643-PITT or (412) 648-PITT.
BIG EAST’S BEST PROGRAMS OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS Totals are as of April 15, 2009.
School PITT Connecticut Louisville Syracuse Marquette Villanova Notre Dame Cincinnati Georgetown West Virginia Providence Seton Hall DePaul St. John’s Rutgers South Florida
COLLEGE BASKETBALL’S WINNINGEST PROGRAMS OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS (Where Pitt ranks among national winning percentage leaders and top programs over the last eight seasons; updated as of April 15, 2009).
School 2008-09 Kansas 27-8 Duke 30-7 PITT 31-5 Connecticut 31-5 Florida 25-11 Illinois 24-10 North Carolina 34-4 Louisville 31-6 Texas 23-12 Wisconsin 20-13 Oklahoma 30-6 Syracuse 28-10 Kentucky 22-14 Marquette 25-10 Michigan State 31-7 UCLA 26-9 Arizona 21-14
2001-09 205-44 195-44 189-51 177-58 182-57 179-63 169-69 169-67 179-62 173-60 157-67 171-69 171-63 160-68 157-77 157-76 159-70
Total 232-52 225-51 220-56 207-63 207-68 203-73 203-73 200-73 202-74 193-73 187-73 199-79 193-77 185-78 188-84 183-85 180-84
Pct. .817 .815 .797 .767 .753 .736 .736 .733 .732 .726 .719 .716 .715 .703 .691 .683 .682
Big East Overall W-L Pct. W-L Pct. 96-36 .727 220-56 .797 96-36 .727 207-63 .767 48-20 .706 200-73 .733 81-51 .614 199-79 .716 43-25 .632 185-78 .703 77-55 .583 178-91 .662 76-56 .576 167-92 .645 28-40 .412 163-94 .634 72-60 .545 159-92 .633 62-70 .474 153-89 .632 58-74 .439 130-116 .528 56-76 .424 127-115 .525 20-48 .294 119-124 .490 42-90 .318 112-131 .461 44-88 .333 112-133 .457 11-57 .161 95-144 .397
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Pitt Basketball: CULTURE OF SUCCESS Pitt Basketball achievements in establishing its “Tradition of Excellence”: ■ Compiled a 220-56 record over the past eight seasons (2001-09) and .797 winning percentage, which ranks among the nation’s top-five best winning percentages during that span. ■ Advanced to the NCAA Tournament for a school-record eight consecutive seasons. The eight consecutive appearances rank as the most in the Big East Conference. The next closest program has five straight appearances. ■ Advanced to the NCAA Regional Final/Elite Eight for the first time since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64-teams. ■ Advanced to NCAA Sweet Sixteen play five times in the last eight seasons. Only two programs have advanced to more Sweet Sixteens during that span (Duke-6 and Kansas-6) and two others have tied that achievement (Texas-5 and Connecticut-5). ■ Became one of only eight schools nationwide to advance to the NCAA Tournament in each of the past eight seasons (2001-09). The eight schools include: Arizona, Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Michigan State, Pitt, Texas and Wisconsin. ■ Claimed three straight Big East regular season titles (2002, 2003, 2004). ■ Captured two Big East Tournament titles (2003 and 2008). ■ Ascended to the nation’s No. 1 ranking for the first time in school history (2008-09). ■ Awarded with a No. 1 seed upon entering the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history (2008-09). ■ Surpassed both 20 wins overall and 10 wins in Big East regular season play for a school-record eight consecutive seasons. Pitt is the only Big East program to have won over 20 overall games and 10 league games in each of the past eight seasons. ■ Achieved a school-record eight straight 10-win Big East regular seasons. Over the last eight years, Pitt owns a 96-36 record and .727 winning percentage in Big East regular season games, which ranks first in the conference during that period. ■ Completed five of the last eight seasons ranked among the nation’s top-10 programs and seven seasons ranked among the nation’s top-25. ■ Concluded its seventh year in the Petersen Events Center with a 115-10 record and .920 winning percentage (16-0 in 2002-03, 19-1 in 2003-04, 13-4 in 2004-05, 16-1 in 2005-06, 16-2 in 2006-07, 16-2 in 2007-08 and 19-0 in 2008-09). The 115-10 record and .920 winning percentage ranks among the nation’s top-10 best marks since the arena opened in 2002. Pitt won 40 consecutive home games from 2002-04, a streak which spanned two years and 68 days. ■ Sold out the Petersen Events Center in each of its first seven seasons and has enjoyed a string of 132 consecutive home sellouts dating back to the 2002 season. Tickets are at a premium as the Petersen Events Center has a waiting list of approximately 5,000 members. ■ Attracted over one million fans and currently has had 1,356,436 fans attend games since the Petersen Events Center opened in 2002-03. ■ Appeared on national/regional television in 217 games during the last eight seasons, an average of over 27 times per year (ESPN-60, ESPN2-17, CBS-30, ABC-4, ESPN-U-7, ESPN-Classic-1, FSN National-2, HDNet-2, ESPN Regional-94). ■ Graduated a total of 22 players over the last seven seasons (Griffin Abel, Marcus Bowman, Jaron Brown, Sean Brown, Mike Cook, John DeGroat, Yuri Demetris, Antonio Graves, Doyle Hudson, Levon Kendall, Brandin Knight, Carl Krauser, Ontario Lett, Chad Johnson, Mark McCarroll, Julius Page, Maurice Polen, Ronald Ramon, Charles Small, Chevon Troutman, Austin Wallace, Donatas Zavackas).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS
THIS IS PITT BASKETBALL This is Pitt Basketball ...................... 4-5 Big East Champions ........................ 6-7 Gateway to the NBA ....................... 8-9 Big East Basketball ..................... 10-11 The Big East Tournament ............ 12-13 International Panthers ................. 14-15 Jamie Dixon ................................ 16-17 The Petersen Events Center ........ 18-21 Men’s Basketball Facilities .......... 22-23 Television Exposure ...................... 24-25 Game Atmosphere ...................... 26-27 Oakland Zoo ................................ 28-29 Homecourt Advantage ................ 30-31 Offensive Efficiency ..................... 32-33 Devastating Defense ................... 34-35 Pitt Basketball Family .................. 36-37 Pitt Basketball: The Place to Be . 38-39 Player Development .................... 40-41 Pittsburgh Basketball Fever ......... 42-43 Season Ending Banquet .............. 44-45 The University of Pittsburgh ......... 46-47 City of Pittsburgh ......................... 48-49 Pitt Sports Town .......................... 50-51 Panther Game Plan ..................... 52-53 Academic Emphasis .................... 54-55 Strength & Conditioning .............. 56-57 Athletic Training .......................... 58-59 Media Spotlight ........................... 60-62
The 2009-10 Pitt Men’s Basketball Media Guide is a publication of the University of Pittsburgh Athletic Media Relations Office and was managed, written, created, designed and edited by Greg Hotchkiss. n EDITOR: Greg Hotchkiss n CONTRIBUTING EDITORS E.J. Borghetti, Mendy Nestor, Sophia Duck, Paul Pancoe, Celeste Welsh n PRINTING Geyer Printing, Pittsburgh, Pa. n GRAPHIC/COVER DESIGN Vance Wright Adams, Ocreations Pitt’s Oakland Zoo, has become one of the nation’s finest student cheering sections.
OPPONENTS
Season Preview ........................... 64-67 Preview Story .............................. 64-67 Preseason Storylines ......................... 64 What Pitt Returns in 2009-10 ........... 65 Personnel Breakdown ....................... 67 2009-10 Rosters ................................ 68
Binghamton, Cincinnati .................. 106 Connecticut, DePaul, Duquesne E. Kentucky, Georgetown, Indiana Iowa, Kent State Louisville, Marquette ....................... 107 Mt. St. Mary’s, UNH, Notre Dame Ohio, Providence, Robert Morris Rutgers, St. John’s Seton Hall, USF, Syracuse .............. 108 Villanova, Texas, West Virginia Wichita St., Wofford, YSU CBE Classic/Jimmy V Classic .......... 108 2010 Big East Championship .......... 109 2010 NCAA Tournament ................. 110
COACHING STAFF
2008-09 IN REVIEW
Head Coach Jamie Dixon ........... 70-74 Tom Herrion ....................................... 75 Pat Sandle ......................................... 76 Brandin Knight .................................. 77 Brian Regan ...................................... 78 Basketball Support Staff ............ 79-80
2008-09 Season in Review ...... 112-114 2008-09 Honors and Awards .......... 112 School Records ............................... 113 Milestone Achievements ................. 113 2008-09 Accomplishments ............. 113 Pitt in the NCAA Statistics .............. 114 Record When in 2007-08 ................ 114 Pitt in the National Rankings ........... 114 NCAA/Conference Stats ................. 114 2008-09 Statistics/Results ....... 115-116 Game Highs and Lows .................... 117 Points/Rebounds/Assists .................. 118 2008-09 Big East Results ................ 118 2008-09 Final Big East Stats .......... 119 Game-by-Game Reviews ......... 119-128
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PLAYER PROFILES Jermaine Dixon ........................... 82-85 Brad Wanamaker ........................ 86-89 Gary McGhee .............................. 90-92 Ashton Gibbs ............................... 92-94 Chase Adams .................................... 95 Nasir Robinson ............................ 96-97 Dwight Miller ..................................... 98 Travon Woodall .................................. 99 Lamar Patterson .............................. 100 J.J. Richardson ............................... 101 Dante Taylor .................................... 102 Talib Zanna ...................................... 103 Tim Frye .......................................... 104 Nick Rivers ...................................... 104
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1,000-Point Club ...................... 145-150 Performance Records ..................... 151 Field Goal Leaders .......................... 152 Three-Point Field Goal Leaders ....... 153 Free Throw Leaders ........................ 154 Rebound Leaders ............................ 155 Assists Leaders ............................... 156 Blocked Shots Leaders ................... 157 Steals Leaders ................................ 158 Participation Leaders ...................... 159 Year-by-Year Statistics ............. 160-161 Team Season Highs ................. 162-163 Winning Streaks .............................. 163 Postseason History .......................... 164 NCAA Tournament Records ..... 165-166 NCAA Tournament Game History .... 167 Big East Championship History ....... 168 Big East Championship Records ..... 169 National Polls ................................... 170 Attendance Records ....................... 171 100-Point Games ............................ 172 Margin of Victory Records ............... 172 Comeback Wins .............................. 173 Halftime Leads/Deficits ................... 173 All-Time Overtime Games ............... 174 Petersen Events Center Records ..... 174 All-Time Letterwinners ............. 175-177 All-Time Opponents ........................ 178 All-Time Scores ....................... 179-194
THE UNIVERSITY Chancellor Mark Nordenberg ... 196-197 A.D. Steve Pederson ................ 198-199 The University of Pittsburgh ............. 200
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
MEDIA INFORMATION
National Honors ............................... 130 All-America Players .................. 131-132 Regional Honors .............................. 133 Conference Honors .................. 134-135 Panthers in the NBA ........................ 136 Coaching Records ........................... 137 General Records ....................... 138-142 Individual/Team Success ................. 142 Scoring Leaders ....................... 143-144
Memo to the Media ................. 202-203 Petersen Events Center Map ........... 202 Network TV Information .................. 203 University of Pittsburgh Map ........... 204 Parking and Directions .................... 204 Pitt ISP Sports Radio Network ........ 205 2008-09 Travel Headquarters .......... 205 Primary Media Outlets ..................... 206 Pittsburgh Service Directory ............ 207
n RECRUITING SECTION DESIGN Grant Hawkins Design n LAYOUT AND DESIGN Greg Hotchkiss n PHOTOGRAPHY Harry Bloomberg; Michael Drazdzinski; Pete Madia; Sean Patrick Brady; Will Babin, Image Point; Joe Kapelewski; Chaz Palla; Dave Arrigo; Patricia Nagle; Herb Ferguson; Matt Freed, Gary Guydosh; Michael E. Haritan; Jason Hillman; Hail to Pitt: A Sports History of the University of Pittsburgh by Jim O’Brien and Marty Wolfson; Panther Pride: University of Pittsburgh Men’s Basketball; Houston Chronicle, Sam Sciullo, Jr.; Sue Wrbican, Brian Spurlock; Stephen C. Parker; Brian Tirpak; Mitchell Layton; Shawn Sullivan; Pittsburgh Pirates; Pittsburgh Steelers; Pittsburgh Convention and Visitors Bureau; Stephen Slade, USA Basketball; NBA Photo Services; CBS; CoSIDa; Mike Humes, ESPN. n SPECIAL THANKS Ray Scheib, Charlie Stage, Geyer Printing; Melanie Prisco, Vance Wright Adams; Sam Sciullo, Jr.; Terry Beckwith, Fort Worth, Texas; Bobby Pugh, Fort Worth, Texas. n ON THE COVER/BACK COVER Pitt’s “Tradition of Excellence” over the last nine seasons. Depicted on the cover is a compilation of great moments, great players, outstanding plays, stellar accomplishments and championship moments.
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A variety of outstanding players have contributed to Pitt’s success and helped build the program over the past 10 years. The 11 players depicted have been the standouts in terms of superlative production, honors earned and awards received. Those 11 standouts include DeJuan Blair, Jaron Brown, Levance Fields, Aaron Gray, Brandin Knight, Carl Krauser, Julius Page, Ronald Ramon, Chris Taft, Chevon Troutman and Sam Young.
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The team’s lone returning starter, senior Jermaine Dixon returns to the Panthers for his final season. The younger brother of NBA player and former Maryland guard Juan Dixon, Jermaine emerged as the Panthers’ starting off-guard after transferring in from Tallahassee Junior College (Fla.). A natural and reliable scorer and Pitt’s top perimeter defender, Dixon averaged 8.4 points and 2.0 assists per game, contributed a 2.00 assist:turnover ratio and converted 32 3-pointers while starting all 36 of Pitt’s games last year. He also ranked second on the squad in steals with 51. Look for the lefthanded Dixon to emerge as a top scoring option and leader.
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SEASON PREVIEW Pitt returns one starter from record-breaking 200910 team that advanced to Elite Eight and finished 31-5; Panthers look to find emerging new stars Pitt’s 2008-09 season proved to be one of the greatest in its illustrious 102-year basketball history. Pitt won a school best three NCAA Tournament games and advanced to its first NCAA Regional Final since 1974. The Panthers tied a school record with a 31-5 overall record and 15-3 Big East slate. Pitt earned the school’s first-ever No. 1 national ranking and held the rating for three weeks. Pitt received its first-ever No. 1 seed upon entering the NCAA Tournament. Pitt defeated the nation’s No. 1 ranked team two times during the season, becoming just the ninth team in NCAA Division I history to achieve such a feat. The Panthers also finished the year with an undefeated 19-0 record at home. Gone from that accomplished team are four of its five starters—DeJuan Blair, Sam Young, Levance Fields and
Tyrell Biggs. The impact of that foursome was enormous. A consensus First Team All-American, Blair developed into an unstoppable doubledouble machine who led the nation in offensive rebounding. Young proved to be one of the best scorers in school history, along with one of its most athletic and entertaining players of alltime. Fields emerged as one of the top clutch scorers, playmakers and leaders in school history. Biggs proved to be an experienced, versatile performer with multiple skills. All four are playing basketball professionally including two in the NBA (Blair and Young). Three of the four earned All-America honors. Three surpassed the 1,000-point mark for a career. The foursome also accounted for 286 total career starts, 4,714 points, 2,282 rebounds and 932 assists.
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n Pitt begins its quest for a ninth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and ninth straight season with 20 or more wins. n Pitt must find a way to replace four departed starters including NBA players in center DeJuan Blair and small forward Sam Young, power forward Tyrell Biggs and point guard Levance Fields. Over the last four seasons, the foursome combined for 286 starts, 4,714 points, 2,282 rebounds and 932 assists. Blair, Fields and Young each finished with over 1,000 points apiece. n Last season, Pitt finished with a school-record tying 31-5 overall record, advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight/Regional Final for the first time in 35 years, ascended to the nation’s No. 1 national ranking for the first time in school history and earned a No. 1 seed upon entering the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. n Pitt returns one starter in senior off guard Jermaine Dixon. The Panthers also return several letterwinners with experience including junior guard Brad Wanamaker, junior center Gary McGhee, sophomore guard Ashton Gibbs and sophomore forward Nasir Robinson. Freshmen Dwight Miller and Travon Woodall also return to the mix after redshirting the 2008-09 season. n Head Coach Jamie Dixon enters his seventh season at Pitt with a 163-45 overall record. The 163 victories set an NCAA Division I all-time record for most wins after the first six seasons as a head coach. Dixon also became the first coach in school history to guide Pitt to six straight NCAA Tournaments, six consecutive 20-win seasons and six straight 10plus league win years. This summer he guided the USA Basketball Under-19 Team to the FIBA World Championship title with an undefeated 9-0 record. Pitt’s Ashton Gibbs also played on the title-winning squad. n Once again, Pitt will play a difficult schedule in 2009-10. Combining the last seven seasons, Pitt has ranked No. 4 nationally in average RPI. The Panthers will play an 18-game Big East schedule for the third consecutive season. Pitt will also play 21 games against opponents advancing to postseason play in 2008-09 and 10 contests versus teams advancing to the 2009 NCAA Tournament. Opponents highlighting Pitt’s nonconference slate include Indiana in the Jimmy V Classic, Texas, Iowa and Wichita State in the O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic and the final basketball played game in Mellon Arena against Duquesne. n Pitt welcomes five newcomers including a four-member freshman class of Lamar Patterson, J.J. Richardson, Dante Taylor and Talib Zanna. The four-member class has been ranked among the nation’s top-25 recruiting classes by Scout.com, Rivals.com, ESPN-U and hoopscooponline. Pitt also adds a transfer in senior Chase Adams from Centenary. A Baltimore native, Adams is eligible to compete immediately because Centenary is moving from NCAA Division I competition to NCAA Division III.
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Senior Jermaine Dixon is the lone returning starter back from last year. In 36 starts, Dixon finished the 2008-09 season with 15 double figure scoring games and ranked second on the squad with 51 steals.
Never before in recent history has the Pitt Basketball program had to replace this much collective experience and talent. Pitt enters the 2009-10 season with a youthful and talented team. Head Coach Jamie Dixon must find the next set of stars to lead the program. Here is a position-by-position look at the 2009-10 Pitt Panthers.
FORWARDS Pitt must replace three veteran frontcourt players in Blair, Young and Biggs, but the Panthers return several players with experience and a talented four-member freshman class.
Sophomore Nasir Robinson returns to the mix at small forward. The versatile Robinson, who saw action in 29 games last year at multiple positions, scored 34 points and grabbed 35 rebounds in 186 minutes of action. He is an athletic, high-energy, aggressive and hard-nosed competitor who excels at rebounding, passing and defense. Freshman Dwight Miller, a Bahamas native, is back after redshirting the 2008-09 season. The burly, athletic and hard working Miller owns a variety of skills. He is an aggressive rebounder and physical performer who can play either on the outside or inside.
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WHAT PITT RETURNS IN 2009-10 Category Percent Returning Last year’s starters: ...................................................................... 20% (1 of 5) Last year’s total starts: .......................................................... 21% (37 of 180) Team’s top-10 in minutes played: .............................................. 70% (7 of 10) Total minutes played: ...................................................... 42% (3075 of 7200) Points scored: .................................................................... 34% (945 of 2801) Field goals made: .............................................................. 32% (330 of 1040) Field goal attempts: .......................................................... 35% (751 of 2173) 3-point FG made: ................................................................ 47% (105 of 225) 3-point FG attempts: ........................................................... 48% (306 of 639) Offensive rebounds: ............................................................. 22% (115 of 533) Defensive rebounds: ............................................................ 39% (354 of 899) Total rebounds: .................................................................. 33% (469 of 1432) Personal fouls: ..................................................................... 52% (302 of 585) Assists: ................................................................................. 40% (256 of 633) Turnovers: ............................................................................. 45% (197 of 436) Blocked shots: ....................................................................... 40% (55 of 139) Steals: .................................................................................. 47% (115 of 246)
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UPPER LEFT: Teamwork remains the key to Pitt’s success in 2009-10 as the Panthers must replace four departed starters: center DeJuan Blair, forward Sam Young, forward Tyrell Biggs and point guard Levance Fields. Blair and Young were both selected in the 2009 NBA Draft, while Biggs and Fields are playing professionally overseas. ABOVE: Ashton Gibbs, Brad Wanamaker, Gary McGhee, Nasir Robinson and Travon Woodall will all enter the 2009-10 season with expanded roles. FAR LEFT: Brad Wanamaker showed flashes of stellar offensive production last season off the bench. He concluded the 2008-09 season with five double figure scoring games including a 15point effort at Rutgers, a 13-point outing vs. Connecticut and 13 points vs. Notre Dame. His role will expand this season. LEFT: Nasir Robinson contributed at three different positions last season off the bench. He will be counted upon to produce at both small forward and power forward.
Freshman power forward Dante Taylor is in his first season at Pitt after earning McDonald’s All-America honors last year. A highly skilled, tough and physically imposing performer, the 6foot-9-inch Taylor averaged 24 points, 13 rebounds per game and converted 65 percent of his field goals last year as a senior at National Christian Academy. The Washington Post All-MET Player of the Year, Taylor won the McDonald’s All-American Skills
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Competition and was ranked as a consensus top-30 recruit nationally. He will contribute immediately. Providing a different look at the low post positions is 6-foot-8-inch Talib Zanna. Described as a strong, quick athlete, the Kaduna, Nigeria native starred at Bishop McNamara H.S. (Md.) for the last three seasons where he averaged a double-double (14.6 ppg./11.8 rpg) as a senior. Also entering the mix at the post positions is underrated freshman J.J. Richardson. The 6-foot-7-inch Richardson arrives at Pitt from Missouri City, Texas and Fort Bend Hightower H.S. where he caught the Pitt coaching staff’s eye at several AAU Tournaments prior to his senior year. Freshman Lamar Patterson will be asked to contribute immediately at small forward. The younger brother of former Syracuse quarterback Perry Patterson, he owns a smooth jumper and stellar perimeter skills. He played his senior season at nationally acclaimed St. Benedict’s Prep (N.J.) where he helped lead his team to a No. 7 national ranking and berth in the ESPN Rise National High School Invitational.
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After serving two seasons as a backup center off the bench, junior Gary McGhee returns as the team’s lone true center. The 6-foot-10, 250pounder offers size and a more traditional post-up look on both the offensive and defensive ends. McGhee has seen action in 52 career games. His playing style has been compared to former Pitt All-America center Aaron Gray.
GUARDS Pitt must make up for the loss of four-year point guard Levance Fields, but the Panthers return players with experience to fill the void. As Pitt’s lone returning starter, senior Jermaine Dixon is back after averaging 8.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and ABOVE RIGHT-CORNER: Guard Ashton Gibbs led the Big East Conference in 3-point field goal percentage last season. He hit 44 percent of his 3-pointers and provided clutch shooting off the bench for Pitt as a freshman. ABOVE FAR RIGHT: Freshman Travon Woodall spent the 2008-09 season as a redshirt. He will contribute at point guard in the coming season. ABOVE RIGHT: Junior Brad Wanamaker has played in 66 career games and 1,014 minutes. He will be counted upon for leadership and scoring. IMMEDIATE RIGHT: Ashton Gibbs played on Jamie Dixon’s USA Basketball Under-19 National Team this summer. The squad captured the FIBA World Championships with an undefeated 9-0 record. FAR RIGHT: Junior Gary McGhee has seen action in 52 career games as a backup center. He will counted upon to contribute in the coming season.
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2.0 assists per game. He also reached double figure scoring 15 times and contributed a 2.00 assist:turnover ratio. The lefthanded off guard contributed slashing ability, stellar outside shooting and emerged as Pitt’s top perimeter defender. A natural scorer and penetrator, he was the perfect complement to Fields in the backcourt as he effectively was assigned the burden of guarding the opponent’s top scoring guard. This season, he will be counted upon for scoring and leadership. Also returning with experience and leadership ability is junior Brad Wanamaker. The 6-foot-4, 210pounder offers a combination of size, strength, quickness and versatility. As a key contributor off the bench last year, Wanamaker showed remarkable improvement in his shooting and scoring as the junior hit 44 percent of his 3-pointers in Big East play and reached double figure scoring five times. Last year he averaged 5.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists per contest. Sophomore combination guard Ashton Gibbs returns to the Pitt backcourt following a stellar freshman year. Utilized primarily for shooting and ball handling off the bench, Gibbs led the Big East Conference in 3-point
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PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN PLAYERS RETURNING (7) Player Pos. 2008-09 Statistics Jermaine Dixon (SR) ................... G ...... 8.4 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 2.0 apg Notes: Started all 36 games at off guard last year...Contributed a 2.00 assist:turnover ratio...Ranked second on team in steals (51)...Reached double figure scoring in 15 games on year...Over the season’s final 22 games, averaged 9.2 points and hit 37.9 percent (25-66) of his 3-point attempts. Brad Wanamaker (JR) ................. G ...... 5.8 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2.1 apg Notes: Backup at off guard...Two-year letterwinner...Played in all 36 games off the bench, averaging 19.0 minutes per game...Converted 44.4 percent (16-36) of 3-point field goals...Registered five double figure scoring games last year...Career statistics: 66 GP, 4.2 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 1.36 assist:turnover ratio. Gary McGhee (JR) ........................ C ...... 1.2 ppg, 1.5 rpg, .517 FG Pct Notes: Backup at center for last two seasons...Saw action in 31 games off the bench at center, logging 207 minutes...Career statistics: 52 GP, 1.3 ppg, 1.5 rpg in 310 minutes. Ashton Gibbs (SO) ...................... G ...... 4.3 ppg, .439 3FG Pct, 36 3FGM Notes: Backup at both guard positions...Led the Big East in 3-point percentage (.439, 36-82) on the year...Played on the USA Basketball Under-19 National Team that captured the FIBA World Championship this summer...Started six games, led squad in minutes played (202), averaged 9.8 points and dished out 20 assists in nine games with USA. Nasir Robinson (SO) ................... F ...... 1.2 ppg, 1.2 rpg, .484 FG Pct Notes: Played in 29 games and 186 minutes off the bench...Saw action at several different positions last season...Converted 15-31 field goals. Travon Woodall (RS-FR) .............. G ...... 1.7 ppg, 1.7 apg, 1.0 rpg Notes: Earned a medical hardship for the 2008-09 season...Played in 10 games before suffering through several injuries and incurring sickness. Dwight Miller (RS-FR) ................ F ...... Redshirted season Notes: Redshirted the 2008-09 season...Did not see any game action. Tim Frye (JR) ................................ G ...... 0.7 ppg, 0.1 rpg Notes: Junior walk-on who is a senior academically. PLAYERS LOST (4) Player Pos. 2008-09 Statistics DeJuan Blair (SO) ........................ C ...... 15.7 ppg, 12.3 rpg, 54 steals Notes: Consensus First Team All-America selection...Big East Most Valuable Player...All-Big East First Team honoree...Led nation in offensive rebounding (195) and ranked among national leaders in rebounding (4th) and field goal percentage (19th)...Two career 20-20 performances...35 career double-doubles, 17 20-point scoring games...Career statistics: 72 GP, 71 starts, 979 points (13.6 ppg), 769 rebounds (10.7 rpg), 116 steals, 339 offensive rebounds (4.7 orpg). Sam Young (SR) ........................... F ...... 19.2 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 54 3FGM Notes: Consensus All-America selection...Two-time All-Big East First Team pick...Set school record for points in season (690 points)...Ranked fourth on school’s all-time career scoring list...Scored over 30 points in three games and over 20 points in 23 contests...Career statistics: 143 GP, 78 starts, 1884 points (13.2 ppg), 712 rebounds (5.0 rpg), .498 FG pct. (716-1438), 109 blocks, 10 double-doubles, 97 double figure scoring games. Levance Fields (SR) .................... G ...... 10.7 ppg, 7.5 apg, 3.80 a:toratio Notes: All-America selection...Three-time Bob Cousy Award finalist...Career assist:turnover ratio of 2.89 stands as the school record...Set school’s season records for assists and assist:turnover ratio...Tied school record for game assists (16 vs. DePaul)...Eight pointassist double-doubles...Three-year starting point guard...Career statistics: 131 GP, 100 starts, 1247 points (9.5 ppg), 646 assists (4.9 apg), 391 rebounds (3.0 rpg). Tyrell Biggs (SR) ......................... F ...... 6.4 ppg, 4.3 rpg, .495 FG Pct Notes: Started all 36 games at power forward...Played in 109 consecutive games...Eight double figure scoring games in 2008-09 and 16 for career...Career statistics: 141 GP, 604 points (4.3 ppg), 410 rebounds (2.9 rpg), .476 FG pct. NEWCOMERS (6) Player Pos. Hometown/Previous School Chase Adams ....................... SR-G ....... Baltimore, Md./Centenary Transfer Lamar Patterson ............... FR-G/F ....... Lancaster, Pa./St. Benedict’s Prep J.J. Richardson ................... FR-F ....... Missouri City, Texas/FB Hightower Nick Rivers ........................... JR-G ....... Walk-on from Phoenix, Ariz. Dante Taylor ......................... FR-F ....... Greenburgh, N.Y./Nat. Christ. Acad. Talib Zanna ........................... FR-F ....... Kaduna, Nigeria/Bishop McNamara
Dwight Miller is a physical, versatile power forward. He redshirted the 2008-09 campaign and will compete for playing time in the coming season.
Lone returning senior Jermaine Dixon provided a perfect defensive complement to Levance Fields in the backcourt last year. He will be counted upon for scoring in 2009-10.
percentage (.439), averaged 4.3 points and 1.0 3-pointers made per contest. This summer, Gibbs starred for Dixon’s USA Basketball Under-19 Team, which won the FIBA World Championships with an undefeated 9-0 record. He started six of the team’s nine games, led the squad in minutes played and averaged 9.8 points per game. Look for Gibbs to play a key role in 2009-10. Redshirt freshman Travon Woodall also is back after completing a full season at Pitt. The quick, multitalented Woodall saw action in 10 games last year before suffering a knee injury. He will see action at point guard. In August, Pitt added a transfer in senior Baltimore native Chase Adams. The quick, versatile and experienced Adams will see action at point guard. He arrives at Pitt after he earned Summit League Defensive Player of the Year honors, finished eighth in the nation in steals (83) and averaged 14.6 points and 4.5 assists per game last year at Centenary. He is eligible to compete immediately since Centenary opted to move from NCAA Division I to NCAA Division III. Also contributing at the guard positions are junior walk-ons Tim Frye and Nick Rivers.
ESPN’s Joe Lunardi, Pitt ranks fourth nationally in average RPI combining the last eight years (2002-09), trailing only Duke, Kansas and North Carolina. Pitt’s RPI ranking is proof that it continues to play top-notch competition. Overall, Pitt will play 21 games against teams who advanced to postseason play last season and 10 contests against schools advancing to the 2009 NCAA Tournament. Pitt will play its annual 18-game Big East Conference schedule and face each of the 15 league opponents at least once. Pitt’s three repeat opponents include St. John’s, Seton Hall and West Virginia. Pitt will play nine home games and nine away contests. Home opponents at the Petersen Events Center will include DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Providence, Rutgers, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Villanova and West Virginia. The Panthers’ 2009-10 road opponents include Cincinnati, Connecticut, Marquette, Notre Dame, St. John’s, Seton Hall, South Florida, Syracuse and West Virginia. Highlighting Pitt’s 13-game nonconference schedule are two contests in the O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic at the Sprint Center in Kansas City against Wichita State and either Iowa or Texas, and the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden against Indiana. Pitt will also play Duquesne at Mellon Arena in the final basketball game in the 50-year old facility.
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2009-10 ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER No. 1 3 11 12 14 21 22 24 25 35 42 44 52 55
Name Pos. Travon Woodall G Chase Adams G Dante Taylor F Ashton Gibbs G Nick Rivers G Lamar Patterson G/F Brad Wanamaker G Jermaine Dixon G Dwight Miller F Nasir Robinson F Talib Zanna F Tim Frye G Gary McGhee C J.J. Richardson F/C * By class denotes redshirt year
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Cl. FR* SR FR SO JR FR JR SR FR* SO FR JR JR FR
Exp. RS TR HS 1L SQ HS 2L 1L RS 1L HS 2L 2L HS
Hometown/Previous School Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Anthony (N.J.) Baltimore, Md./Centenary/Mt. St. Joseph Greenburgh, N.Y./National Christian Academy (Md.) Scotch Plains, N.J./Seton Hall Prep Phoenix, Ariz./Brophy Prep Lancaster, Pa./St. Benedict’s/J.P. McCaskey Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic Baltimore, Md./Tallahassee C.C./Maine Central Inst./Blake Nassau, Bahamas/St. Pius X (Houston, Texas) Chester, Pa./Chester Kaduna, Nigeria/Bishop McNamara (Md.) Mars, Pa./Mars Anderson, Ind./Highland Senior Missouri City, Texas/Fort Bend Hightower
Head Coach: Jamie Dixon (TCU, 1987), begins 7th Year as Head Coach, 11th year at Pitt, 163-45 overall; Associate Head Coach: Tom Herrion (Merrimack, 1989); Assistant Coach: Pat Sandle (San Francisco State, 1987); Assistant Coach: Brandin Knight (Pittsburgh, 2005); Director of Basketball Operations: Brian Regan (Saint Vincent, 1988); Video Coordinator: Rasheen Davis (St. Thomas Aquinas, 2002); Athletic Trainer: Tony Salesi (Pittsburgh, 1980); Strength & Conditioning Coach: Tim Beltz (Northern Colorado, 1995); Academic Coordinator: Mike Farabaugh (Pittsburgh, 1987); Equipment Manager: Brian Brigger (Xavier, 2004); Assistant Video Coordinator: Jordan Marks (Pittsburgh, 2008); Student Assistant: Austin Wallace; Head Team Managers: Kevin Funston, Dan O’Brien; Team Managers: Ben Blount, Quinn Cozzens, Jared Dorfman, Matt Falcon, Zach Hess, Brendan Kozlowski, Shamus McNulty, Elan Sternberg, Melanie Wilmot; Administrative Assistant: Beth Schoedel.
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Name Pos. Chase Adams G Jermaine Dixon G Tim Frye G Ashton Gibbs G Lamar Patterson G/F Gary McGhee C Dwight Miller F J.J. Richardson F/C Nick Rivers G Nasir Robinson F Dante Taylor F Brad Wanamaker G Travon Woodall G Talib Zanna F * By class denotes redshirt year
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Nasir Robinson ................. Na-seer Travon Woodall ................. Tray-vahn Talib Zanna ....................... Ta-leeb Zah-nah
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Cl. SR SR JR SO FR JR FR* FR JR SO FR JR FR* FR
Exp. TR 1L 2L 1L HS 2L RS HS SQ 1L HS 2L RS HS
Hometown/Previous School Baltimore, Md./Centenary/Mt. St. Joseph Baltimore, Md./Tallahassee C.C./Maine Central Inst./Blake Mars, Pa./Mars Scotch Plains, N.J./Seton Hall Prep Lancaster, Pa./St. Benedict’s/J.P. McCaskey Anderson, Ind./Highland Senior Nassau, Bahamas/St. Pius X (Houston, Texas) Missouri City, Texas/Fort Bend Hightower Phoenix, Ariz./Brophy Prep Chester, Pa./Chester Greenburgh, N.Y./National Christian Academy (Md.) Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Anthony (N.J.) Kaduna, Nigeria/Bishop McNamara (Md.)
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Total Players: 14 Seniors: 2 (Chase Adams, Jermaine Dixon) Juniors: 4 (Tim Frye, Gary McGhee, Nick Rivers, Brad Wanamaker) Sophomores: 2 (Ashton Gibbs, Nasir Robinson) Redshirt Freshmen: 2 (Dwight Miller, Travon Woodall) Freshmen: 4 (Lamar Patterson, J.J. Richardson, Dante Taylor, Talib Zanna)
Arizona: 1 (Nick Rivers, Phoenix) Bahamas: 1 (Dwight Miller, Nassau) Indiana: 1 (Gary McGhee, Anderson) Maryland: 2 (Chase Adams, Baltimore; Jermaine Dixon, Baltimore) New Jersey: 1 (Ashton Gibbs, Scotch Plains) New York: 2 (Dante Taylor, Greenburgh; Travon Woodall, Brooklyn) Nigeria: 1 (Talib Zanna, Kaduna) Pennsylvania: 4 (Tim Frye, Mars; Lamar Patterson, Lancaster; Nasir Robinson, Chester; Brad Wanamaker, Philadelphia). Texas: 1 (J.J. Richardson, Missouri City)
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Beginning his 11th year at Pitt and seventh as head coach, the 2009 Naismith National Coach of the Year Jamie Dixon has made his mark on the Pitt Basketball program. Dixon has compiled a 163-45 record, won two Big East Championships (2004 regular season and 2008 tournament) and guided Pitt to six consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. Last year he set an NCAA Division I record for most wins after six seasons as a head coach (163) and his current .698 league winning percentage ranks No. 1 among all-time Big East coaches. This past summer, Dixon guided the USA Basketball Under-19 Team to the FIBA World Championship Gold Medal, the squad’s first title in 18 years. Dixon has put together an outstanding coaching staff. With the staff’s unique blend of experience, contacts, talent, technical knowledge and personality, Pitt’s coaching staff of Tom Herrion, Pat Sandle, Brandin Knight, Brian Regan and Rasheen Davis rates among the nation’s best.
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Beginning his seventh season as the University of Pittsburgh’s head men’s basketball coach, Jamie Dixon has certainly made his mark on the Pitt program. Dixon, who is in his 11th year at Pitt, has compiled several coaching milestones: n Set an all-time NCAA Division I record for most wins after six seasons as a head coach in 2009 with his 163 career victories. n Guided Pitt to its first-ever NCAA Regional Final and Elite Eight appearance, a school-best 31-5 record, the school’s first-ever No. 1 national ranking and the program’s first-ever No. 1 seed upon entering the NCAA Tournament in 2008-09. n Named the 2009 Naismith National Coach of the Year. n Led the USA Basketball Under-19 Team to the 2009 FIBA World Championship Gold Medal and 9-0 record after inheriting an overhauled roster and assuming head coaching duties a month before the competition began. n Concluded the 2008-09 season as the winningest coach in Big East history with a current .698 winning percentage in league games (8135), while besting several legendary names including John Thompson, Jim Calhoun, Jim Boeheim and Lou Carnesseca. n Became the first head coach in school history to guide Pitt to six consecutive 20-win seasons, six straight 10-plus win Big East regular seasons and six straight NCAA Tournaments. Dixon has also guided Pitt to three NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances (2004, 2007 and 2009). n Guided Pitt to its second all-time Big East Championship title in 2008. The Panthers became just the second squad in league history to capture the crown after winning four consecutive games. n Guided Pitt to the Big East Championship Final in four of his first five seasons as head coach. n Is one of only nine coaches in NCAA Division I history to win over 100 games during the first four seasons of a coaching career. n Reached 100 wins at Pitt faster than any other head coach in school history. Dixon needed only 126
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games to reach the milestone. Only 14 coaches in the history of college basketball reached 100 career victories faster than Dixon. n Amassed a six-year 70-30 Big East regular-season record, the best mark in school history. n Tallied a 99-10 home record in his first six seasons. n Became the first rookie head coach in Big East history to both guide his team to the league’s regular season title and earn Big East Coach of the Year honors in 2003-04. Dixon earned those accolades after leading the Panthers to their third consecutive Big East regular season title and second all-time overall Big East title, third straight NCAA Tournament “Sweet Sixteen” appearance and to a school-record 31 wins. In addition, the 31 victories rank as the third highest total in NCAA Division I history for a firstyear head coach. Dixon also led Pitt on an 18-game win streak to begin the 2003-04 season, a streak which ranks as the third-best start for a rookie head coach in NCAA Division I history. An outstanding talent evaluator who is nationally recognized for his coaching know-how, unquestioned character and integrity, recruiting skills, rapport with players and work ethic, Jamie Dixon was introduced as the University of Pittsburgh’s 14th head basketball coach on April 15, 2003. Dixon, who has spent 10 seasons as both the head coach and assistant at Pitt, is a basketball coach who is intelligent, honest, confident, wellspoken and true to his word. He is a family man and complete coach who cares for his players and program to the highest degree. For Dixon, basketball is a lifestyle, not a job. He believes teamwork, offensive efficiency, defense, rebounding and taking good shots are the key ingredients to winning championships. That philosophy has paid off as Pitt consistently ranks among the nation’s top offensive, defensive and rebounding squads. Dixon’s six-year head coaching tenure at Pitt has seen the Panthers compile a remarkable 163-45 record, accumulate a 70-30 Big East regular
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THE JAMIE DIXON FILE n Birthdate: November 10, 1965 in Burbank, Calif. n Hometown: North Hollywood, Calif. n Education: Notre Dame High School graduate (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), 1983; Bachelor of Business Administration–Finance, Texas Christian University, 1987; Master of Science–Economics, University of CaliforniaSanta Barbara, 1992. n Date announced as Pitt Head Coach: Tuesday, April 15, 2003. n Family: Wife, Jacqueline, son Jack Connor (born June 2, 2002), daughter Shannon Iwalani (born Feb. 25, 2004); son of Jim & Marge Dixon who reside in Los Angeles; has two sisters: Julie, who is an attorney in Los Angeles and the late Maggie Dixon, who served as head women’s basketball coach at the United States Military Academy (200506) and as an assistant at DePaul. n Coaching Career Head Coach, University of Pittsburgh, 2003-present; Associate Head Coach, University of Pittsburgh, 1999-2003; Assistant Coach, University of Hawaii, 1998-99; Assistant Coach, Northern Arizona University, 199498; Assistant Coach, University of Hawaii, 1992-94; Graduate Assistant Coach, University of California-Santa Barbara, 1991-92; Assistant Coach, Los Angeles Valley Junior College, 1989-91. n Playing Career Notre Dame High School, Sherman Oaks, Calif.; Texas Christian University, 1984-87 (Named All-SWC in 1987 and SWC All-Academic honoree), led SWC in assists as a senior; Inducted into the TCU Athletic Hall of Fame, 2007; Played professionally in the Continental Basketball Association (Lacrosse Catbirds) and overseas (New Zealand). n Noteworthy Awards 2009 Naismith National Coach of the Year; 2009 USA Basketball Under19 Head Coach, FIBA World Championship Gold Medal; 2009 USBWA District 2 Coach of the Year; 2009 Woodlands Foundation Spirit Award; 2008 Bob Prince Award winner recipient at Art Rooney Awards Dinner, Catholic Youth Foundation; 2007 TCU Athletic Hall of Fame inductee; 2004 Big East Coach of the Year; 2004 YMCA “Person of the Year. season record and earn six NCAA Tournament berths, including three Sweet Sixteen appearances (2004, 2007 and 2009) and one NCAA Regional Final (2009). His 163 victories established an NCAA Division I all-time record for best start to a coaching career after six seasons and his .784 career winning percentage currently stands third nationally and among the best among active Big East coaches. His .698 Big East winning percentage ranks as the best all-time in league play, surpassing such names as Georgetown’s John Thompson, Connecticut’s Jim Calhoun, Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim and St. John’s Lou Carnesseca. Over the past 10 seasons, Dixon has been the constant and essential figure in the Panthers’ dramatic rise to national prominence. The three-year span from 2001-04 produced the winningest period in school history as Pitt won three consecutive Big East regular-season titles, advanced to three straight NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances, captured the program’s first-ever Big East Tournament title in 2003 and compiled one of the nation’s three best winning percentages (.846 with an 88-16 record) from 2001-04 including a 51-2 home record over those three years. In addition, the program opened its sparkling, 12,508seat Petersen Events Center, the
nation’s best on-campus basketball venue. Dixon has 18 years of major NCAA Division I coaching experience, including stints at Pitt (10 years), Northern Arizona (four years), Hawaii (three years) and UC-Santa Barbara (one year). Additionally, he has served as an assistant under a school’s winningest coach in four different stints (winning percentage). His teams have won 10 conference titles, advanced to the postseason in 13 different seasons and his student-athletes have earned five league player of the year awards. He helped turn destitute programs at Pitt, Hawaii and Northern Arizona into winners and has experienced a high level of accomplishment at several different levels. Facing a major rebuilding project, he joined the Pitt staff in 1999 as associate head coach and recruiting coordinator. In four short years, he helped turn the Pitt basketball program into a consistent national power. In 2000-01, the Panthers surged through the conference tournament, earning a surprising Big East Championship title game berth while winning five of their last seven contests. It was that year in Madison Square Garden that the college basketball world first took notice of the emerging Pitt program as the Panthers upset nationally ranked Syracuse, Notre Dame and a surging
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Coach Pct. Roy Williams, No. Carolina ... .808 Mark Few, Gonzaga ............. .801 JAMIE DIXON, PITT .......... .784 Bruce Pearl, Tennessee ........ .774 Bo Ryan, Wisconsin .............. .767 John Calipari, Kentucky ....... .761 Mike Krzyzewski, Duke ........ .752 Thad Matta, Ohio State ........ .751 Rick Pitino, Louisville ............ .737 Jim Boeheim, Syracuse ....... .735
Coach Wins JAMIE DIXON, PITT ........... 163 Everett Case, NC State ......... 161 Roy Williams, Kansas ............ 159 Mark Few, Gonzaga .............. 159 Bruce Stewart, WV-W/MT ..... 149 Thad Matta, BU/XU/OSU ....... 148 Tom Izzo, Michigan State ..... 148 Fred Schaus, WVU ................ 146 Larry Brown, UCLA/Kansas ... 145 Pete Gillen, Xavier .................. 141
Miami team to earn the school’s firstever championship game berth. That strong finish concluded with a National Invitation Tournament berth, the school’s first postseason appearance in four years. The 2001-02 Pitt team built upon that momentum as it finished 29-6 and surpassed the school-record of 25 victories set in 1973-74. Pitt won the Big East West championship, the school’s first league title of any kind since the 1987-88 campaign, and made its first NCAA Tournament appearance in nine seasons (1992-93). The squad also became the first Pitt team to advance to an NCAA Sweet Sixteen since 1973-74 with two NCAA tournament wins over Central Connecticut State and California. With all five starters and nine letterwinners back, the 2002-03 Pitt squad captured the school’s first-ever Big East Tournament championship while making its third straight appearance in the title game. It finished 28-5 on the year and advanced to its second consecutive NCAA Sweet Sixteen. The Panthers also won their second straight Big East West title and co-Big East regularseason title with a second consecutive 13-3 league record. In addition, the Panthers concluded the inaugural season in the Petersen Events Center with a perfect 16-0 home record and
ended the season on a 22-game home win streak. In his first season as head coach at Pitt (2003-04), Dixon guided the Panthers to a school-record 31-5 slate which included the Big East regular season championship, a third consecutive NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance and the program’s fourth straight Big East Tournament title game appearance. He became the first rookie head coach in league history to earn both Big East Coach of the Year honors and guide his team to the regular season title. He led Pitt to a school record 27-3 regular season and its first Big East Tournament No. 1 seed in 16 years. Dixon also won the first 18 contests of his coaching career, a mark that ranks third in NCAA Division I history for most wins to begin a coaching career. His second season as Pitt’s head coach saw Dixon guide the Panthers to a school-record fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance and the program’s fourth consecutive 20-plus win season (20-9). In 2005-06, Dixon guided Pitt to a fifth straight NCAA Tournament appearance, 25-8 record and fifth berth in the Big East Championship Final over the last six seasons. The year marked Dixon’s third straight 20-win season since taking over the coaching helm.
DIXON IN THE COMMUNITY n Maggie Dixon Foundation. n CARE Foundation which sponsors the Maggie Dixon Classic, the premier women’s college basketball event at Madison Square Garden. n Sponsors Coaches vs. Cancer Auction and dinner evening in Pittsburgh each May. n Big Brothers/Big Sisters. n Kennometal United Way. n Campaign Chairman-Junior Achievement. n 2004 YMCA Person of the Year Award winner. n Boy Scouts of America. n Frank McGuire Foundation Speaker. n Bob Prince Award, Art Rooney Dinner and Catholic Youth Association. n Woodlands Foundation Spirit of Golf Award.
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n American Heart Association. n Raises funds for The Caring Place, a community supported center that helps grieving children and families cope with the loss of a loved one. n HOPE Network Hoops Classic, a charitable event that raises funds to support sports, fitness and recreation programs for disabled children and adults. n Charity work with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. n Attends the American Diabetes Association Expo with the entire Pitt basketball team. n Variety Club-recognition for outstanding community service and fundraising in Pittsburgh. n Coach Dixon’s Timeout program. n Keynote speaker at numerous non-profit organizations.
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The 2006-07 Panthers ranked among the nation’s top-10 teams all season and ended with a 29-8 record. Pitt advanced to NCAA Sweet Sixteen play for the fourth time in six seasons and achieved its sixth straight 20-win overall and 10-win league year. Additionally, Dixon reached 100 career wins faster than any other coach in school history and concluded the year with 105 career wins, the second-most wins accumulated over the first four seasons of a head coaching career. The 2007-08 season saw Dixon’s Panthers overcome the incredible adversity of losing two starters (Mike Cook and Levance Fields) and four total players to serious injuries. Nevertheless, under Dixon’s leadership, the undermanned Panthers continued on. Fields returned for the team’s final 13 games and Pitt went on to a successful season. Pitt captured the school’s second Big East Tournament title, becoming just the second team in league history to win the tourney by registering four straight wins, advanced to its seventh straight NCAA Tournament and finished 27-10 overall. The recently completed 2008-09 season was Pitt’s most successful to date as the Panthers achieved numerous program milestones including a school-record tying 31-5 record, the school’s first-ever appearance in the NCAA Regional Final and Elite Eight, the program’s first-ever No. 1 national ranking (for three weeks) and Pitt’s first-ever No. 1 seed upon entering the NCAA Tournament. In addition, the 2008-09 team led by veterans Levance Fields, Sam Young and DeJuan Blair, compiled a perfect 19-0 home record and set school records for attendance. Prior to Pittsburgh, Dixon served as an assistant coach at the University of Hawaii under legendary head coach Riley Wallace for the 1998-99 season
BIG EAST’S ALL-TIME WINNINGEST COACHES (PCT.) Coach Pct. JAMIE DIXON, PITT .......... .698 John Thompson, GU ............. .653 Jim Calhoun, UConn ............ .650 Jim Boeheim, Syracuse ....... .637 Lou Carnesecca, SJU .......... .635 Mike Jarvis, SJU .................. .613 Ben Howland, Pitt ................. .613 Rollie Massimino, VU ............ .572 (league regular season games and championship games combined)
and previously was an assistant under Ben Howland at Northern Arizona University (1994-98). He also coached as an assistant with Howland at the University of California-Santa Barbara (1991-92) under Jerry Pimm before moving on to the University of Hawaii for two seasons (1992-94). While at Northern Arizona, Dixon helped lead the Lumberjacks to a 4217 record over his last two years, including back-to-back 21-win seasons and a pair of Big Sky regular season championships. Northern Arizona led the nation for three consecutive seasons (1997-99) in 3-point field goal percentage and ranked among the nation’s top two schools in overall field goal percentage during that span. In addition, Northern Arizona won 20-plus games in three consecutive seasons and advanced to postseason play two times, including the 1997 National Invitation Tournament and the school’s first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 1998. The 1998 Lumberjack squad was one of two teams to reach the NCAA Tournament and carry a team grade point average of 3.0 or better. Howland and Dixon arrived at Northern Arizona for the 1994-95 season. After suffering through back-
YEAR BY YEAR WITH JAMIE DIXON Year 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Career
W-L 31-5 20-9 25-8 29-8 27-10 31-5 163-45
Overall Pct. .861 .689 .758 .783 .730 .861 .784
Big East W-L Pct. 13-3 .813 10-6 .625 10-6 .625 12-4 .750 10-8 .556 15-3 .833 70-30 .700
BET W-L Pct. 2-1 .667 0-1 .000 3-1 .750 2-1 .667 4-0 1.000 0-1 .000 11-5 .688
W-L 2-1 0-1 1-1 2-1 1-1 3-1 9-6
NCAA Pct. .667 .000 .500 .667 .500 .750 .600
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FASTEST TO 100 COACHING WINS IN PITT HISTORY Coach Games to 100 JAMIE DIXON 126 H.C. Carlson 140 Paul Evans 156
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to-back 9-17 and 7-19 seasons, the staff guided Northern Arizona to the 10th all-time best one-year turnaround in NCAA Division I basketball history, improving the Lumberjacks to a 21-7 record in 1996-97. Dixon completed his first stint as an assistant coach at the University of Hawaii from 1992-94 under head coach Riley Wallace. In 1993-94, he helped lead the Rainbows to their firstever WAC championship and first NCAA Tournament appearance in nearly 30 years. Dixon was also instrumental in developing the Rainbows’ perimeter players, including former Phoenix Suns guard and Buffalo, N.Y. native Trevor Ruffin. In his second stint at Hawaii (1998-99), he worked with the perimeter players including Denver Nugget Predrag Savovic and concentrated on recruiting both nationally and abroad. At UCSanta Barbara, Dixon helped lead the Gauchos to an NIT appearance in 1992. Dixon began his coaching career in 1989 as the head coach at TeAute College in New Zealand before serving as an assistant coach from 1989-91 at Los Angeles Valley Junior College where he helped head coach Jim Stephens lead the school to a Western States Conference Championship. A North Hollywood, Calif. native, Dixon attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Calif., where he earned All-Del Rey League and AllCalifornia Interscholastic Federation honors. Dixon enjoyed a successful four-year career at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas where he played for Jim Killingsworth and led the Horned Frogs to two Southwest Conference titles both as a junior and senior. He earned All-SWC honors in 1987 and was an All-SWC Academic performer. Additionally, he led the SWC in assists as a senior, earned the Henry Iba Award as MVP of the All-College Tournament and was voted TCU’s Senior Male Scholar-Athlete Award recipient. He was inducted into the TCU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007. Dixon received his bachelor’s degree in finance from TCU in 1987 and earned a master’s degree in economics from UC-Santa Barbara in 1992. Dixon was selected in the 1987 NBA draft by the Washington Bullets. He went on to play professionally with the Lacrosse Catbirds of the Continental Basketball Association and also in New Zealand before getting involved with collegiate coaching. Dixon is extremely active in the Pittsburgh community. His many charitable events and affiliations include the CARE Foundation, Coaches vs. Cancer, Big Brothers/Big Sisters,
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Kennometal United Way, HOPE Network Hoops Classic, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and Boy Scouts of America. Dixon has also served as a featured speaker at a variety of community-related functions and nonprofit organizations. He was honored as the YMCA’s “Person of the Year” at its awards banquet in 2004 and received the Woodlands Foundation Spirit Award in 2009. Dixon is married to the former Jacqueline Corteway. The couple has one son, Jack Connor, born June 2, 2002, and a daughter, Shannon Iwalani, born Feb. 25, 2004. His wife earned a Masters Degree in speech language pathology at the University of Pittsburgh in 2003. The son of New York City natives Jim and Marge, Dixon spent much of his childhood in the Bronx. He has two sisters: the late Maggie Dixon, who served as head women’s basketball coach at the United States Military Academy, and Julie Dixon, who is a Los Angeles attorney.
The Dixon family: Jacqueline, Shannon Iwalani (born Feb. 25, 2004), Jack Connor (born June 2, 2002), and Jamie.
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TOM HERRION ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH Merrimack ‘89 n Third Season at Pitt An East Coast native with over 19 years of collegiate coaching experience, Tom Herrion begins his third season at the University of Pittsburgh as its Associate Head Basketball Coach. Herrion’s main responsibilities include recruiting student-athletes, game preparation and on-floor coaching. Herrion arrived at Pitt in May, 2007 with an impressive resume, including four seasons as the head coach at the College of Charleston. From 2002-06, Herrion compiled an 80-38 four-year record, earned a national top-25 ranking, guided his team to the 2003 National Invitation Tournament and achieved the best winning percentage in the Southern Conference during that period. His first Cougar team in 2002-03 finished 25-8, captured the Great Alaska Shootout title and advanced The Rice Family: Mike, Katie, to the NIT.andHis 25 victories marked Michael Kerry. the highest total of any first-year NCAA Division I head coach during the 2002-03 season. Herrion also guided the Cougars to a 20-9 finish in 2003-04, 18-10 performance in
2004-05 and 17-11 record in 2005-06. Herrion spent the 2006-07 year working as a television commentator for both ESPN Regional and Comcast, providing analysis for Conference USA games. He also worked as a collegiate player development consultant at the Nike All-American Camp and Michael Jordan Flight School. “Over the past three years, Tom has proved to be an outstanding and valuable addition to our staff,” Dixon said. “Tom is a well-rounded coach and has assisted us in recruiting, scouting and player development. We are extremely fortunate to have a coach with his background. He also has the experience of coaching in several different environments and is familiar with the Big East region.” Herrion’s widespread collegiate coaching experience includes assistant stints at the University of Virginia (1999-2002), Providence College (1994-98) and NCAA Division II Merrimack College (1989-
94). He spent eight seasons under Pete Gillen at both Virginia and Providence. In his four seasons at Virginia, Herrion helped Gillen orchestrate a 70-50 record and three postseason appearances. His main responsibilities included recruitment of student-athletes, scheduling and scouting of opponents and assisting with practice planning and game preparation. Additionally, the Cavaliers’ recruiting classes were ranked among the nation’s top-10 in three of his four seasons with the program. At Providence under Gillen, the Friars put together a 7253 four-year record including a berth in the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight and two NIT appearances. Herrion also served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Merrimack College, from 1989-94. During that time, he helped guide Merrimack to two NCAA Division II tournament appearances. Herrion received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Merrimack in 1989. As an undergrad at Merrimack, he
competed in both basketball and baseball and worked as a student assistant coach in 1986-87. He also served two seasons as the junior varsity coach at Cambridge Ridge and Latin High School in Cambridge, Mass. A native of Oxford, Mass., Herrion was a three-year letterwinner in both basketball and baseball at Oxford High School. Herrion hails from a coaching family. His father, the late Jim Herrion, was a successful high school coach in the New York City Catholic League before becoming an assistant coach at Holy Cross and later the head coach at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. His older brother Bill is currently the head basketball coach at the University of New Hampshire (2005-present). Bill has also served head coaching stints at both East Carolina (19992005) and Drexel University (199199). Herrion resides in Wexford with his wife, the former Leslie Tysinger of Hampton, Va. and their son, Robert James. Leslie is a former athletic administrator.
THE TOM HERRION FILE n Birthdate: November 13, 1967. n Hometown: Oxford, Mass. n Education: Bachelor of Arts–Psychology, Merrimack College, 1989; Oxford High School (Oxford, Mass.), 1985. n Family: Wife Leslie and son Robert James. Brother Bill Herrion is the head basketball coach at New Hampshire (2005-present) and served as head coach at both East Carolina (1999-2005) and Drexel (1991-99). Father Jim Herrion coached in the New York City Catholic League, as an assistant at Holy Cross and as head coach at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. n Coaching Career Associate Head Coach, University of Pittsburgh, 2008-current; Assistant Coach, University of Pittsburgh, 2007-08; Head Coach, College of Charleston, 2002-06; Assistant Coach, University of Virginia, 1998-2002; Assistant Coach, Providence College, 1994-98; Assistant Coach, Merrimack College, 1989-94; Assistant Varsity Basketball Coach, Cambridge Ridge and Latin School, 1987-89.
The Herrion family: Tom, son Robert James and Leslie.
n Playing Career Student Assistant Coach, Merrimack College, 1986-87; Merrimack College, 1985-86 (basketball and baseball); Oxford High School (basketball and baseball).
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PAT SANDLE ASSISTANT COACH San Francisco State ‘87 n Seventh Season at Pitt
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Known for scouting ability, work ethic, defense, intensity and successful guard play, Pat Sandle begins the seventh year of his second stint as an assistant coach at Pitt. Along with head coach Jamie Dixon, Sandle came to the University of Pittsburgh in 1999. Sandle’s primary responsibilities include overseeing guard play and scouting opponents. Sandle has played a key role in helping lead Pitt Basketball to national prominence. Since Sandle arrived back at Pitt in 2003, the Panthers have compiled a 163-45 record and .784 winning percentage, advanced to the 2009 Elite Eight, earned the school’s firstever No. 1 national ranking and No. 1 seed upon entering the NCAA Tournament in 2009, won a Big East regular season title (2003-04), captured a Big East Championship title in 2008 and advanced to six straight NCAA Tournaments. In 2003-04, the Panthers set a school record with a 31-5 mark, captured the Big East regular season title and advanced to NCAA Sweet Sixteen play. Pitt finished 25-8, earned a berth in the Big East Championship final and advanced to its fifth
straight NCAA Tournament in 200506. In 2006-07, the Panthers went 29-8, advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen and appeared in their sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament. In 2007-08, Pitt overcame several injuries to finish 27-10 and win its second all-time Big East title. The 2008-09 year saw Pitt finish with a school record tying 31-5 record, first-ever Elite Eight appearance and first-ever No. 1 ranking. Sandle came back to Pitt from UCLA, where he served as an assistant basketball coach from 2001-03. At UCLA, Sandle helped guide the Bruins to an NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance and 20-plus win season under Steve Lavin in 2001-02. During his tenure, he assisted in the development of NBA players Dan Gadzuric, Matt Barnes and Jason Kapono. “We’re fortunate to have Pat Sandle at the University of Pittsburgh,” Head Coach Jamie Dixon said. “Pat and I have known each other for a number of years. From the start, he was instrumental in building this program.” During a five-year coaching tenure with Dixon on Ben Howland’s staffs at both Pitt and Northern
THE PAT SANDLE FILE n Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif. n Education: Bachelor of Arts–Communications, San Francisco State, 1987; Los Angeles Crenshaw High School, 1980. n Coaching Career Assistant Coach, University of Pittsburgh, 2003-current; Assistant Coach, UCLA, 2001-03; Assistant Coach, University of Pittsburgh, 1999-01; Assistant Coach, Northern Arizona University, 1996-99; Assistant Coach, Sonoma State University, 1994-96; Assistant Coach, San Rafael High School, 1992-94; Assistant Coach, Fresno State University, 1991-92; Assistant Coach, St. Mary’s College, 1989-90; Assistant Coach, Santa Barbara City College, 1989-90; Assistant Coach, San Rafael High School, 1988-89; Assistant Coach, Skyline Junior College, 1987-88; Assistant Coach, Cuesta Junior College, 1986-87. n Playing Career San Francisco State, 1980-82 Member of SFSU Athletic Hall of Fame. Cuesta College, 1980-82 All-California Junior College and All-North Coast California honoree.
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Arizona (1996-99), Sandle has been responsible for guard play, scouting, conditioning and player development, on-campus recruiting and academic progress. He also served as director of the school’s summer basketball camps. During Sandle’s 2000-01 season on Pitt’s staff, the Panthers advanced to the National Invitation Tournament, their first postseason appearance in four years. While at Northern Arizona, the Lumberjacks enjoyed their most successful three-year period in school history (63-23, .733), won back-to-back Big Sky Conference titles and advanced to the 1997 NIT and 1998 NCAA Tournament. Sandle owns 22 years of coaching experience, including 11 seasons at the NCAA Division I level. He has served NCAA Division I stints at Pitt (1999-2001, 2003-current), UCLA (2001-03), Northern Arizona (1996-99), Fresno State (1991-92) and Saint Mary’s College, Calif. (1990-91). Additionally, Sandle has coached at Sonoma State (199496), Santa Barbara City College (1989-90), Skyline (Calif.) Junior College (1987-88) and Cuesta College (1986-87). He also coached two stints at San Rafael (Calif.) High
School in 1988-89 and from 199294. A standout at San Francisco State University from 1982-84, Sandle is a member of the school’s athletic hall of fame. A two-time AllCalifornia North Conference selection, Sandle is the school’s alltime career assist leader and ranks third in career steals (120). He also held the single-season assists record for seven years with 138 in 1983-84. Sandle began his basketball career at Los Angeles Crenshaw High School while playing for legendary prep coach Willie West. As a six-foot-one-inch senior guard, Sandle helped lead Crenshaw to back-to-back Los Angeles city championships. Sandle was a standout junior college performer at Cuesta College (1980-82), earning All-California and All-North Coast Conference honors. He played his final two seasons at San Francisco State (1982-84), where he earned his undergraduate degree in communications in 1987. Sandle resides in Pittsburgh with his family: Desiree, Derek, Kruz, Pierrce and dog Haley.
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BRANDIN KNIGHT ASSISTANT COACH Pittsburgh ‘05 n Fourth Season at Pitt Former University of Pittsburgh star and retired No. 20 jersey honoree Brandin Knight begins his second year as an assistant basketball coach at Pitt. In his fourth season on Pitt Head Coach Jamie Dixon’s coaching staff, Knight served the 2006-07 year as its Program Assistant/Video Coordinator and the 2007-08 season as Director of Men’s Basketball Operations. In his role as an assistant coach, Knight is responsible for recruiting student-athletes, scouting opponents, game preparation and on-floor coaching. “Brandin has always been a tremendous asset for our program,” Dixon said. “As a player, Brandin proved to be a coach on the floor and he has developed through the years into an outstanding basketball coach. He has been a terrific role model for our players and he was instrumental in turning our program around. In addition, he has always remained loyal to Pitt.”
Following his Pitt career, Knight played two seasons with the NBDL’s Asheville Altitude. He helped lead the Altitude to back-to-back league titles in both 2003-04 and 200405. In 2005, he signed a contract with the NBA’s Houston Rockets, but suffered a knee injury two weeks later. Knight spent the following two years in Pittsburgh rehabbing the injury. Knight has coached several AAU teams, including a squad that captured the Under-16 Pittsburgh Jamfest title in 2006. A Pitt point guard from 19992003, Knight’s leadership was largely responsible for Pitt’s recent basketball renaissance. The transformation of Pitt’s basketball program into a national power can be traced directly through Knight who led the dramatic turnaround. Pitt finished 13-15 during his freshman year, improved to 19-14 with a surprise Big East Championship Finals appearance and NIT berth as a sophomore, then
burst onto the national stage with a 29-6 record, Big East West regular season title, national top-10 ranking and NCAA Sweet Sixteen berth during his junior season in 200102. As a senior in 2002-03, Knight’s Panthers maintained that success with a 28-5 record, co-Big East West title and second straight NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance. In the end, Knight helped lead Pitt to two consecutive Big East regular season titles (2001-02 and 2002-03), two NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances (2002 and 2003), the program’s first-ever Big East Tournament title (2003), three consecutive appearances in the Big East Tournament final (2001, 2002, and 2003) and an 89-40 (.690) four-year record. A 2003 Wooden All-America team selection, 2002 Associated Press All-America team member and two-time All-Big East honoree, Knight concluded his career with 1,440 points, 785 assists, 492 rebounds and 298 steals. He earned the Big East’s co-
Most Valuable Player and Most Improved Player awards in 200102. Knight still holds school records for career assists (785), career assist average (6.2 apg.), career steals (298) and season minutes played (1,284 in 2001-02). Knight’s No. 20 jersey was retired in a ceremony prior to the Panthers’ Marquette game on March 6, 2009. Knight, who graduated with a History degree from Pitt in June, 2005, is a native of East Orange, N.J. His brother Brevin, a 12-year NBA veteran who currently plays for the Utah Jazz, was a consensus AllAmerica point guard at Stanford (1994-97). His father Melvin is a former Seton Hall assistant basketball coach (1978-82) and player (1968-71) who currently serves as basketball coach and athletic director at Essex County College in New Jersey. Knight resides in Pittsburgh with his girlfriend Michelle Gonzalez and daughter Kylah Knight (6).
THE BRANDIN KNIGHT FILE n Birthdate: December 16, 1981. n Hometown: East Orange, N.J. n Education: Bachelor of Arts–History, University of Pittsburgh, 2005; Seton Hall Prep, 1999. n Coaching Career Assistant Coach, University of Pittsburgh, 2008-current; Director of Men’s Basketball Operations, University of Pittsburgh, 2007-08; Program Assistant/Video Coordinator, University of Pittsburgh, 2006-07. n Playing Career University of Pittsburgh, 1999-2003 Fourth jersey retired (No. 20) in school history; Retired prior to Pitt’s game vs. Marquette on March 6, 2009; Four-year starter at point guard; scored 1,440 points, finished with 785 assists and 492 rebounds; Pitt’s career recordholder in assists (785), assist average (6.2), steals (298) and season minutes played (1,284); selected to the 2003 Wooden AllAmerica team, 2002 AP All-America; two-time All-Big East team member; named the Big East Most Valuable Player and Most Improved Player in 2001-02; guided Pitt to its first-ever Big East Tournament title in 2003, two NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances (2002 and 2003) and back-to-back Big East regular season titles in 2001-02 and 2002-03. NBDL’s Asheville Altitude, 2003-05 Guided the Altitude to back-to-back NBDL titles (2003-04 and 2004-05). Pitt point guards: Levance Fields and Brandin Knight.
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BRIAN REGAN DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Saint Vincent ‘88 n Third Season at Pitt
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A native of Pittsburgh’s Northside, Brian Regan is in his third season as the University of Pittsburgh’s Director of Basketball Operations. Regan’s association with the Pitt Basketball program goes back more than 30 years when he first attended the “Play Basketball Day Camps,” directed by former Pitt coach Tim Grgurich. As Director of Men’s Basketball Operations, Regan’s various responsibilities include day-to-day operations of the men’s basketball program, serving as a liaison to athletic department officials and coordinating the student-athletes’ practice, game-day and daily schedules. He also coordinates the program’s summer camp schedule and monitors academic progress. Regan spent the 2007-08 campaign as Pitt’s Video Coordinator. “We are excited to have Brian as our Director of Operations,” Pitt Head Coach Jamie Dixon said. “Brian has proved to be a valuable part of our program and has played a key role in our success. He brings with him extensive experience at several different levels. He is also thrilled to be working at Pitt and in his hometown of Pittsburgh.” Regan has a combined 21 years of college coaching experience. He
spent five seasons (2002-07) as an assistant basketball coach at Colgate University under Head Coach Emmett Davis. As a top assistant at Colgate, Regan’s responsibilities included recruiting, scouting and coordinating the Raiders’ summer basketball day and elite prospect camps. He also served as academic coordinator for the program. Prior to his stint at Colgate, Regan served three years (1999-2002) as an associate head coach at Assumption College under Head Coach Tom Ackerman. In 2001-02, Assumption posted one of its most successful seasons in school history, advancing to the NCAA Division II Tournament Sweet Sixteen, capturing the Northeast-10 regular season championship and compiling a 24-6 record. All accomplishments were achieved after the Greyhounds were picked to finish dead last in the league’s preseason coaches’ poll. Three of Regan’s recruits played key roles in that success, including league defensive player of the year Shahar Golan, All-America selection and league rookie of the year Brian Robinson and first team allconference pick Shane O’Donoghue. Regan is no stranger to the Western Pennsylvania coaching
THE BRIAN REGAN FILE n Birthdate: August 13, 1965. n Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa. (Northside). n Education: Bachelor of Arts–Communications, Saint Vincent College (Latrobe, Pa.), 1988; Kiski School (Saltsburg, Pa.), 1984. n Family: Wife Catherine and daughter Sophia. n Coaching Career Director of Basketball Operations, University of Pittsburgh, 2008-current; Video Coordinator, University of Pittsburgh, 2007-08; Assistant Coach, Colgate University, 2002-07; Associate Head Coach, Assumption College, 1999-2002; Assistant Coach, Slippery Rock University, 1994-99; Assistant Coach, LaRoche College, 1993-94; Assistant Coach, Robert Morris University, 1990-93; Graduate Assistant Coach, University of Pittsburgh, 1988-90.
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ranks after having served assistant coaching stints at Slippery Rock University (1994-99), LaRoche College (1993-94) and Robert Morris University (1990-93). During his tenure at Robert Morris, the Colonials won the Northeast Conference title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 1992 before dropping their first round matchup to UCLA in Tempe, Ariz. At Robert Morris, Regan oversaw guard play including Northeast Conference Player of the Year and Aliquippa native Myron Walker. Regan began his college coaching career as a graduate assistant coach at Pitt, serving two seasons (1988-90) under Head Coach Paul Evans. He helped guide the Panthers to a 17-13 record and NCAA Tournament berth in 1989. One of six siblings, Regan and his brothers regularly attended the
Pitt basketball camps. Two of his brothers served as Pitt ballboys and both went on to compete collegiately at New York University. His father, the late “Baldy” Regan, served as a Pittsburgh city councilman. A 1988 graduate of Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa., Regan earned his degree in communications. At Saint Vincent, he worked as a student under legendary coach Bernie Matthews. Regan also attended the Kiski School in Saltsburg, Pa. A member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, Basketball Coaches Association of New York and Western Pennsylvania Coaches Association, he earned the NABC’s 15-year merit award for service. Regan resides in Pittsburgh with his wife Catherine and daughter Sophia.
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BASKETBALL SUPPORT STAFF TONY SALESI
DR. ROBIN WEST
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE
TEAM PHYSICIAN
Pitt’s athletic trainer and team confidant, Tony Salesi begins his 24th season as a member of the Panthers' basketball staff. He was appointed Coordinator for Athletic Training for Olympic Sports in 2005. A 1980 University of Pittsburgh graduate, Salesi began his athletic training career at Frazier High School. He then served three years as a head trainer for the Keystone Rehabilitation Center in Indiana, Pa., working with the IUP football team. Salesi, who earned his Master’s degree from Miami University (Ohio) in 1981, returned to his alma mater in August of 1986, when he was appointed a clinical instructor for the University of Pittsburgh sports medicine department and head trainer for the Panthers men’s basketball, men’s soccer and tennis teams. In addition to his basketball responsibilities, Salesi serves as the Coordinator of Clinical Services for Olympics Sports. Born April 9, 1957, Salesi and his wife Kathleen (Pitt grad, MBA ‘85) have five children: Lauren Ashley (22), who is a Pitt senior, Andrew Louis (21), Anthony Alexander (19), Matthew Aaron (16) and Joseph William (11).
Dr. Robin West begins her seventh season of service as a team physician and orthopaedic surgeon with the University of Pittsburgh Athletic Department and men’s basketball team. An assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dr. West also serves as head team physician at Carnegie Mellon and as an assistant team physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Dr. West earned her bachelor’s degree in biology at The Johns Hopkins University and went on to receive her M.D. from George Washington University. While at George Washington, Dr. West completed her surgical internship and orthopaedic surgery residency. She worked with the GW men’s basketball team and supervised care of several District of Columbia high school football teams. She completed her training with a sports medicine and shoulder fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh. Born and raised in Santa Monica, Calif., Dr. West competed on the Santa Monica High School Swim Team and advanced to the California State Swimming Finals. Dr. West and her husband, Mark have two daughters: Jordan (4) and Peyton (2).
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MIKE FARABAUGH
RASHEEN DAVIS
DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES FOR STUDENT-ATHLETES
VIDEO COORDINATOR
Mike Farabaugh is in his 17th year at Academic Support Service for Student-Athletes. As Director, Farabaugh oversees the operation of the academic support program that assists the academic and personal development for the student-athletes. In addition, Farabaugh also serves as the liaison between the academic and athletic community concerning the interests of student-athletes. His career in Academic Support began in 1990 as a graduate student, overseeing the math and science program. After a two-year stint as a graduate student, Farabaugh moved into a permanent role in the department as a learning skills specialist for the unit. In his current capacity as Director, Farabaugh serves as the academic counselor for the men’s basketball team, providing the necessary services and resources to the student-athletes and coaches. Farabaugh is also responsible for the coordination of the mathematics and science program for the unit. Over the years, Farabaugh has conducted numerous time management, study skills, communication skills and goal setting workshops and seminars in academic settings. A 1987 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Farabaugh went on to receive his master’s degree in 1992. In addition to his duties at the University, Farabaugh also serves on the learning disabilities and Two-Year college committee with the National Association of Athletic Advisors as well as previously acting as the chair of the research committee.
Rasheen Davis begins his second year with the Pitt men’s basketball program as its Video Coordinator. Davis has a diverse coaching background both at the collegiate and high school levels. He served the 2007-08 season as a program assistant for the men’s basketball team at the University of Louisville. Among his many duties with the Cardinals, Davis assisted in opponent scouting and film breakdown, monitored on-campus recruiting efforts and facilitated the program’s daily schedules. Prior to his stint at Louisville, Davis served as the assistant boy’s varsity basketball coach at national power Rice High School in New York City for two seasons (2005-07) under coach Maurice Hicks. During his two seasons at Rice, the program captured back-to-back New York State Archdiocesan championships and one city title in 2005-06, totaled a combined 57-9 overall record and finished both seasons ranked among the nation’s top-25 teams. Additionally, he worked extensively with the New York Gauchos AAU Basketball program, assisting Coach Dwayne Mitchell with the Under-17 boy’s team for three years. Combining his high school coaching tenure, Davis has coached one McDonald’s All-American, three Jordan Brand National All-Americans and six Jordan Brand Regional AllAmericans. Davis worked three years as an assistant coach at his alma mater St. Thomas Aquinas College (2002-05) in Sparkill, N.Y. where he played for two years and coached under 500-game winner Dennis O’Donnell. He earned a bachelor’s degree in social science from STA in 2002. A Bronx, N.Y. native, Davis earned a Master’s degree in guidance and counseling from the College of New Rochelle (N.Y.) in 2005. Davis resides in Pittsburgh with his wife Evelyn and has a son Isaiah (6).
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BASKETBALL SUPPORT STAFF TIM BELTZ
BRIAN BRIGGER
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COORDINATOR
EQUIPMENT MANAGER
Tim Beltz begins his 10th season as a strength and conditioning coach for the Pitt men’s basketball program. Beltz also serves as the strength coach for the Pitt women’s basketball, baseball and softball squads. Originally from Denver, Colo., Beltz attended the University of Northern Colorado where he earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology in 1995. Upon graduation, Beltz began working as an operations manager at the Amelia Wellness Center in Amelia Island, Fla. While in Florida, he additionally served as a consultant for competitive triathletes for two years. Beltz returned to school to earn a master’s degree in exercise physiology, from Akron in 1998. During his two year-stint at Akron, he began competing as an Olympic weightlifter. Beltz was also employed at the Fast Program in Boca Raton, Fla., where he worked with numerous NFL, MLB and NBA athletes. Most notably, he prepared Ron Artest (former St. John’s standout) for the 1999 NBA Draft. Beltz also assisted the Toronto Raptors strength coach and developed weight training programs for the team. Beltz is married to the former Trish Andrews, a 1994 University of Pittsburgh graduate. The couple has a daughter Alyssa and son T.J.
Brian Brigger begins his third season as equipment manager for the Pitt basketball program. Brigger is responsible for the day-to-day equipment operations of both the men’s and women’s basketball teams as well as several Olympic sports. His duties include distributing practice gear, game uniforms and equipment for the student-athletes and coaching staff. Brigger is in his fifth year at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to arriving at Pitt, Brigger served equipment internships at both the University of Central Florida (2004-05) and William & Mary (2005). At UCF, Brigger was primarily responsible for the Knights baseball team. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Brigger earned a sports management degree from Xavier University in 2004. At Xavier he served as a men’s basketball manager for four years under coaches Skip Prosser and Thad Matta. Brigger has completed four marathons.
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JORDAN MARKS ASSISTANT VIDEO COORDINATOR
STUDENT MANAGERS
AUSTIN WALLACE STUDENT ASSISTANT KEVIN FUNSTON Manager 4th year
SHAMUS McNULTY Manager 3rd year
DAN O’BRIEN Manager 3rd year
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BEN BLOUNT Manager 1st year
QUINN COZZENS Manager 1st year
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JARED DORFMAN Manager 2nd year
MATT FALCON Manager 2nd year
ZACH HESS Manager 1st year
BRENDAN KOZLOWSKI Manager 2nd year
ELAN STERNBERG Manager 2nd year
MELANIE WILMOT Manager 3rd year
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Brad Wanamaker and Gary McGhee both return to the Panthers with experience. One of Pitt’s most improved players, Wanamaker emerged last season as a scoring and defensive spark off the bench. He saw action in all 36 games, averaged 5.8 points and 2.3 rebounds per game and reached double figure scoring five times on the year. He has played in a total of 66 career games and adds experience at both guard positions. McGhee, a 6-foot-10, 250 pound center, plays with aggressiveness and tenacity. He has seen action in 52 career games, averaging 1.3 points and 1.5 rebounds per game. Look for McGhee to play a key role in 2009-10.
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JERMAINE DIXON 6-3 n 200 n Senior n Guard
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Senior Jermaine Dixon is Pitt’s lone returning senior starter from the 2008-09 team. The lefthander proved to be a mentally and physically tough competitor, quick slasher and efficient shooter last year as a junior. Dixon is a natural scorer who can penetrate and attack the basket. He uses his quickness to create shots on the offensive end. He also emerged as Pitt’s lock-down perimeter defender as his assignment often included guarding the opponent’s best perimeter player. Last year, Dixon emerged as Levance Fields’ backcourt counterpart after transferring to Pitt following two seasons at Tallahassee Junior College. This season, Dixon’s experience and leadership will prove valuable to the Panthers.
2008-09 Started all 36 games at off guard...Averaged 8.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game on year...Averaged 10.1 points per game and hit 35.5 percent of his 3point attempts in Big East play... Accumulated a 2.00 assist:turnover ratio...Earned team’s Best Defensive Player Award at team banquet... Reached double figure scoring in 15 games on year...Over the season’s final 22 games and since a shooting workout led by his brother Washington Wizards guard Juan Dixon, converted 46.4 percent (73-
DIXON’S CAREER STATISTICS OVERALL Year 2008-09 Total
GP 36 36
GS 36 36
Min 885 885
Avg 24.6 24.6
FG 113 113
Total FGA 257 257
Pct .440 .440
Three-Point 3FG 3FGA Pct 32 109 .294 32 109 .294
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GP 18 18
GS 18 18
Min 465 465
Avg 25.8 25.8
FG 67 67
FGA 137 137
Pct .489 .489
3FG 3FGA 22 62 22 62
BIG EAST REGULAR SEASON Pct FT FTA Pct Off .355 25 39 .641 8 .355 25 39 .641 8
Def 39 39
Year 2009 Total
GP 1 1
GS 1 1
Min 35 35
Avg 35.0 35.0
FG 2 2
FGA 5 5
Pct .400 .400
3FG 3FGA 0 1 0 1
BIG EAST TOURNAMENT Pct FT FTA Pct Off .000 1 2 .500 0 .000 1 2 .500 0
Year 2009 Total
GP 4 4
GS 4 4
Min 84 84
Avg 21.0 21.0
FG 4 4
FGA 22 22
Pct .182 .182
3FG 3FGA 0 7 0 7
Pct .000 .000
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FT 46 46
FTA 70 70
Pct .657 .657
NCAA TOURNAMENT FT FTA Pct 7 8 .875 7 8 .875
Rebounds Off Def Tot 19 73 92 19 73 92
Off 3 3
Avg 2.6 2.6
PF 70 70
FO 1 1
Ast 72 72
TO 36 36
Blk 25 25
Stl 51 51
Pts 304 304
Avg 8.4 8.4
Tot 47 47
Avg 2.6 2.6
PF 40 40
FO 1 1
Ast 43 43
TO 12 12
Blk 13 13
Stl 29 29
Pts 181 181
Avg 10.1 10.1
Def 2 2
Tot 2 2
Avg 2.0 2.0
PF 2 2
FO 0 0
Ast 2 2
TO 1 1
Blk 1 1
Stl 1 1
Pts 5 5
Avg 5.0 5.0
Def 10 10
Tot 13 13
Avg 3.3 3.3
PF 9 9
FO 0 0
Ast 5 5
TO 5 5
Blk 1 1
Stl 4 4
Pts 15 15
Avg 3.8 3.8
PLAYER PROFILES
DIXON’S CAREER HIGHS Points: 19, Louisville, 1/17/09. FG made: 7, St. John’s, 1/11/09. FG attempts: 13, Duquesne, 12/3/ 08. 3FG made: 3, four times, last vs. DePaul, 2/21/09. 3FG attempts: 5, six times- last vs. Marquette, 3/4/09. FT made: 5, Washington State, 11/29/08. FT attempts: 7, at Louisville, 1/17/ 09. Rebounds: 6, vs. Oklahoma State, 3/22/09. Off. Rebs.: 3, Duquesne, 12/3/09. Def. Rebs.: 5, vs. Oklahoma State, 3/22/09. Assists: 5, two times- last at Connecticut, 2/16/09. Steals: 6, at Villanova, 1/28/09. Blocks: 3, Belmont, 11/25/08. Minutes: 32, at Seton Hall, 2/28/ 09.
157) of his field goals, 37.9 percent (25-66) of his 3-point attempts and scored 204 points (9.2 ppg.)... Finished with 13 points (5-9 FG), hit 2-5 3-pointers with four rebounds vs. Marquette, 3/4...Tied his careerhigh with five rebounds and scored 14 points at Seton Hall, 2/28...Finished with 11 points (3-5 3FG) vs. DePaul, 2/21...Tied his career-high for assists (five) and scored 11 points at Connecticut, 2/16...Finished with 14 points (6-10 FG) vs. Cincinnati, 2/14...Finished with 15 points (5-7 FG, 3-4 3FG) and three steals vs. Robert Morris, 2/2...Scored 16 points, was a perfect 3-3 on 3 pointers and grabbed a career-high five rebounds vs. Notre Dame, 1/ 31...Registered a career-high six steals in 31 minutes at Villanova, 1/ 28. The six steals rank as the 10th all-time best performance in school history...Finished with a career-high tying three 3-pointers (3-5 3FG), four assists and 11 points at West Virginia, 1/25...Set a career-highs for points (19), minutes (31), 3-point field goals made (3) and free throw attempts (7) at Louisville, 1/17... Scored 17 points and registered career highs for field goals made (7) and steals (4) against St. John’s, 1/ 11...Scored 10 points at Rutgers, 12/31...Finished with 11 points (2-5 3FGM) at Florida State, 12/21... Scored 12 points (5-13 FG) with four rebounds and three steals vs. Duquesne, 12/3...Scored 10 points (4-10 FG) with a career-high three blocks and four rebounds in 31 minutes vs. Belmont, 11/25...Scored 14 points (6-9 FG) with two assists in 27 minutes vs. Miami, Ohio, 11/ 17...Made first career start with four assists vs. Fairleigh Dickinson, 11/ 14.
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Played two seasons at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla. for Head Coach Eddie Barnes...Two-time AllPanhandle Conference First Team selection...First Team Junior College All-America selection by The Sporting News as a sophomore... Named a First Team “Super Sophomore” by The Sporting News…Led the Eagles to a 17-10 record as a sophomore...Scored 1,050 career points in two-year junior college career and ranked among school leaders in points per game (18.1), field goals made (372), field goal attempts (855), free throws made (252), free throw attempts (335), assists (219) and steals (142)…One of only two players in school history to finish a career with over 1,000 points, 300 rebounds, 200 assists and 100 steals (Bootsy Thornton was the other player)…As a sophomore, became the first player in school history to lead Tallahassee C.C. in scoring (20.9 ppg.), rebounding (6.7 rpg.) and assists (98) in the same season...Also led the team in steals (76) and set a single season school record with 157 free throws made (78 percent, 157-201)... Preseason Second Team JUCO AllAmerica selection by the NJCAA... Named the NJCAA Player of the Week (Dec. 12)...Scored a careerhigh 36 points vs. Chipola J.C.... Won game on two free throws and scored 20 points in win vs. Pensacola J.C....Scored 30 points and grabbed 10 rebounds vs. New Shoals C.C....Scored 28 points vs. Middle Georgia...Registered doubledouble (17 points/10 assists) vs. Surry C.C....Earned First Team AllPanhandle Conference team and Freshman of the Year honors in 2006-07...Led team in scoring (15.7 ppg.), steals (2.3 spg.) and assists (4.1 apg.) and also averaged 4.5 rebounds per game as a freshman...Scored a then careerhigh 31 points vs. the nation’s No. 1 ranked JC team Chipola...Recorded first career double-double with 16 points and 14 rebounds vs. North Florida...Scored 26 points vs. Pensacola...Ranked the nation’s No. 8 junior college recruit by JucoJunction...Rated the nation’s No. 23 junior college player and No. 4 off guard by Hoopmasters.
HIGH SCHOOL Played at Maine Central Institute for Head Coach Ed Jones...Averaged 19.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game at MCI...Attended James Hubert Blake High School in Baltimore, Md. where
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DIXON’S NUMBERS Double-Doubles: ........................ 0 Points-Rebounds: ................. 0 Points-Assists: ....................... 0 20+ point games: ..................... 0 10+ point games: ................... 15 10+ assist games: ..................... 0 10+ rebound games: ................ 0 5+ rebound games: .................. 4 5+ assist games: ....................... 2 30+ minute games: .................. 7 40+ minute games: .................. 0
he was coached by Damon Pigrom...Guided Blake to a state title game appearance...Averaged 16.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game as a senior...Second Team All-State selection and First Team All-Gazette selection...Played for the Baltimore Select AAU squad.
PERSONAL Born Jermaine Cooper Dixon on April 15, 1987...Son of Juanita Dixon and Robert Cooper...One of four children: Phil III, Juan, Nicole and Jermaine...Raised by his brothers Phil and Juan after his mother passed away at an early age...Basketball became the family’s therapy...Younger brother of current Washington Wizards player and former University of Maryland guard Juan Dixon...Dixon helped guide Maryland to the 2002 national championship title...Phil Dixon played basketball at NCAA Division III Shenandoah College (Va.)...He shattered multiple school records in his college career...Nickname is “Maine”...Person he admires most: his brother Juan...Aunt is Sheila Dixon, current Mayor of Baltimore... Switched to jersey No. 24 after wearing No. 3 as a junior last year...Considered Arkansas, UNLV, Kansas State, Maryland and George Mason in the recruiting process... Majors in administration of justice.
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BRAD WANAMAKER 6-4 n 210 n Junior n Guard Philadelphia, Pa. n Roman Catholic H.S.
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2008-09
One of Pitt’s most improved players, Brad Wanamaker returns to the squad primed for a breakout junior season. Last year, he emerged as a scoring and defensive spark off the bench, saving his best performances for the Big East portion of the schedule. He also developed into one of Pitt’s best 3point shooters as he converted 44 percent and averaged 7.1 points per game in Big East play. Wanamaker is a versatile, underrated and athletic competitor with strong ball handling skills and the ability to take it to the basket. Known as a relentless worker and winner who will do whatever it takes for his team to be successful, Wanamaker has also proved to be a tough, strong and physical guard with a reputation of being a superb team player. His style of play has drawn comparisons to Mitch Richmond and Dwyane Wade. Look for Wanamaker to make an important contribution in 2009-10.
Played in all 36 games off the bench at guard...Averaged 5.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game and shot 39 percent (2359) from 3-point range...In Big East games, averaged 7.1 points and 3.7 rebounds per game...Improved his 3-point shooting from 16.7 percent as a freshman to 39 percent as a sophomore...Reached double figure scoring five times on the year... Played 20-plus minutes in 17 games on year...Earned team’s Most Inspirational Player Award at team banquet...Scored 13 points (5-9 FG) with four rebounds in 24 minutes vs. Connecticut, 3/7...Finished with nine points, hit two 3-pointers and had six assists and five rebounds in a career-high 27-minute performance at Seton Hall, 2/28...Grabbed a career-high eight rebounds vs. Cincinnati, 2/14...Scored 13 points and was perfect from behind the arc (3-3) at DePaul, 2/7...Scored 13 points with a career high six rebounds vs. Notre Dame, 1/31... Finished with 13 points and a career-high 6-7 field goal shooting night in 19 minutes at Villanova, 1/ 28...Scored eight points (2-3 3FG) in a career-high 26 minutes vs. South Florida, 1/14...Played 21 minutes, scored five points and grabbed four rebounds at Georgetown, 1/3...Set or tied career-highs for points (15),
CAREER Played in 66 career games with 274 points, 153 rebounds and 120 assists.
WANAMAKER’S CAREER STATISTICS OVERALL Year 2007-08 2008-09 Total
GP 30 36 66
GS 0 0 0
Min 331 683 1014
Avg 11.0 19.0 15.4
FG 24 66 90
Total FGA 73 143 216
Pct .329 .462 .417
Three-Point 3FG 3FGA Pct 3 18 .167 23 59 .390 26 77 .338
Year 2007-08 2008-09 Total
GP 17 18 35
GS 0 0 0
Min 180 373 553
Avg 10.6 20.7 15.8
FG 11 42 53
FGA 32 85 117
Pct .344 .494 .453
3FG 3FGA 1 6 16 36 17 42
BIG EAST REGULAR SEASON Pct FT FTA Pct Off .167 10 18 .556 6 .444 27 35 .771 9 .405 37 53 .698 15
Def 14 58 72
Year 2008 2009 Total
GP 2 1 3
GS 0 0 0
Min 16 19 35
Avg 8.0 19.0 11.7
FG 0 2 2
FGA 3 4 7
Pct .000 .500 .286
3FG 3FGA 0 0 0 1 0 1
BIG EAST TOURNAMENT Pct FT FTA Pct Off .000 0 2 .000 0 .000 3 3 1.000 0 .000 3 3 1.000 0
Year 2008 2009 Total
GP 1 4 5
GS 0 0 0
Min 5 85 90
Avg 5.0 21.3 18.0
FG 0 4 4
FGA 2 15 17
Pct .000 .267 .236
3FG 3FGA 0 0 1 8 1 8
Pct .000 .125 .125
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FT 15 53 68
FTA 31 71 102
Pct .484 .746 .667
NCAA TOURNAMENT FT FTA Pct 0 0 .000 9 13 .692 9 13 .692
Rebounds Off Def Tot 10 26 36 13 104 117 23 130 153
Off 1 1 2
Avg 1.2 3.3 2.3
PF 32 83 115
FO 0 3 3
Ast 43 77 120
TO 28 60 88
Blk 3 8 11
Stl 12 28 40
Pts 66 208 274
Avg 2.2 5.8 4.2
Tot 20 67 87
Avg 1.2 3.7 2.5
PF 18 46 64
FO 0 1 1
Ast 21 48 69
TO 13 28 41
Blk 2 6 8
Stl 3 14 17
Pts 33 127 160
Avg 1.9 7.1 4.5
Def 2 1 3
Tot 2 1 3
Avg 1.0 1.0 1.0
PF 1 5 6
FO 0 1 1
Ast 0 0 0
TO 0 2 2
Blk 0 0 0
Stl 0 1 1
Pts 0 7 7
Avg 0.0 7.0 2.3
Def 1 12 13
Tot 2 13 15
Avg 2.0 3.3 3.0
PF 0 8 8
FO 0 1 1
Ast 1 4 5
TO 0 7 7
Blk 0 1 1
Stl 0 2 2
Pts 0 18 18
Avg 0.0 4.5 3.6
PLAYER PROFILES
WANAMAKER’S CAREER HIGHS Points: 15, at Rutgers, 12/31/08. FG made: 6, at Villanova, 1/28/09. FG attempts: 7, two times- at Villanova, 1/28/09; at Rutgers, 12/31/08. 3FG made: 3, at DePaul, 2/7/09. 3FG attempts: 5, at Rutgers, 12/ 31/08. FT made: 8, Notre Dame, 1/31/09. FT attempts: 8, Notre Dame, 1/31/ 09. Rebounds: 8, Cincinnati, 2/14/09. Off. Rebs.: 2, two times, last at Providence, 2/14/09. Def. Rebs.: 7, Cincinnati, 2/14/09. Assists: 8, Houston Baptist, 11/9/ 07. Steals: 4, Vermont, 12/6/08. Blocks: 2, two times, last vs. West Virginia, 2/9/09. Minutes: 29, vs. Villanova, 3/28/ 09.
2008-09 SEASON HIGHS Points: 15, at Rutgers, 12/31. Rebounds: 8, Cincinnati, 2/14. Assists: 6, at Seton Hall, 2/28. Steals: 4, Vermont, 12/6. Blocks: 2, two times. Minutes: 29, vs. Villanova, 3/28.
field goals made (4), field goal attempts (7), 3-point FG made (2), 3point FG attempts (5) and rebounds (5), scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half at Rutgers, 12/31... Set career-highs for minutes played (25), steals (4) and rebounds (5) along with four assists vs. Vermont, 12/6...Scored eight points (2-5 FG) with a career-high five rebounds in 15 minutes vs. Duquesne, 12/3... Finished with seven points (2-2 FG) with a 3-pointer, two rebounds and two assists in nine minutes vs. Texas Tech, 11/28...Scored a career-high nine points (3-5 FG) with four rebounds vs. Indiana, Pa., 11/22.
2007-08 Played in 30 games, 331 minutes and scored 66 points (2.2 ppg.) with 43 assists off the bench at off guard...Played 10-plus minutes in 19 games on year...Saw action in 17 Big East Conference regular season games and averaged 10.6 minutes per game...Earned team co-Most Improved Player Award at team banquet...Played five minutes of NCAA Tournament First Round game vs. Oral Roberts, 3/20... Played 13 minutes in Big East Quarterfinal vs. Louisville, 3/13... Scored a career-high tying seven points (1-2 FG) and hit a careerhigh 5-6 free throws in 15 minutes at West Virginia, 3/3...Scored six points (3-4 FG) with four assists and two rebounds in 18 minutes vs. Providence, 2/12...Scored a career-
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high tying seven points (3-4 FG) with two assists in 23 minutes vs. West Virginia, 2/7...Played 10 minutes with three assists at South Florida, 1/9...Played in a careerhigh 23 minutes, scored five points (2-3 FG) with two assists and two rebounds vs. Lafayette, 1/2... Finished with six points (3-5 FG) in eight minutes vs. Toledo, 12/1... Scored seven points (3-5 FG) with four assists in 17 minutes vs. Mississippi Valley State, 11/15... Finished with four points and three assists in 12 minutes vs. North Carolina A&T, 11/10...Dished out eight assists, scored four points and grabbed four rebounds in 19 minutes of career debut vs. Houston Baptist, 11/9. His eight assists ranked as the second highest total in a freshman debut game since Sean Miller finished with 10 assists on Nov. 28, 1987.
HIGH SCHOOL A 2007 graduate of Philadelphia’s Roman Catholic High School where he played basketball for Head Coach Dennis Seddon‌ Selected to compete for a roster spot on the 2007 USA Basketball Under-19 World Championship team from June 28-30, 2007... Selected to the PIAA All-State First Team...Named Philadelphia Daily News Player of the Year as a senior...Selected the Philadelphia Inquirer Southeastern Pennsylvania Player of the Year...Concluded career with 1,306 career points and a 76-18 three-year varsity record... Scored 552 points, averaged 17.8 points, 8.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.1 steals in guiding Roman Catholic to a 29-3 overall record, league title and consensus top-20 national ranking...Guided the Cahillites to the Alhambra Catholic Invitational Tournament title and earned MVP honors after he rallied his team from 10 points down to register a 59-56 win over Neumann-Goretti...Finished with 17
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points, six rebounds, six assists and four steals in the title game...Earned Philadelphia Daily News All-City First Team and All-Catholic Team honors...Team ended season on a 16-game win streak...Played on USA Junior All-Star squad that toured Europe with former teammate DeJuan Blair...Roomed with Blair during the five-game swing which included a championship game win over Russia...Averaged 16 points per game, six rebounds per game and dished out four assists in guiding Roman Catholic to a 26-6 record as a junior…Second Team All-Catholic League South Division selection as a junior…Helped lead the Eagles to the Philadelphia Catholic League finals where they lost to St. John Neumann on a basket in the closing seconds…Ranked the No. 88 player nationally by Rivals.com...Rated the No. 90 player nationally by HoopScoop...Ranked the No. 91 player nationally by Scout.com… Ranked the No. 112 player nationally by USA Today...Competed at the Las Vegas Big Time Tournament…Rated 11th out of 160 prospects at the ABCD Camp at Fairleigh Dickinson after he shot 61 percent during the event...Rated the No. 56 player in the country at the ABCD Camp…Played AAU basketball for Positive Image and coaches Larry Waiters and his mentor Rasal Hajj.
WANAMAKER’S NUMBERS Double-Doubles: ........................ 0 Points-Rebounds: ................. 0 Points-Assists: ....................... 0 20+ point games: ..................... 0 10+ point games: ..................... 5 10+ assist games: ..................... 0 10+ rebound games: ................ 0 5+ rebound games: .................. 9 5+ assist games: ....................... 5 30+ minute games: .................. 0 40+ minute games: .................. 0
PERSONAL Born Bradley D. Wanamaker on July 25, 1989...Son of Bradley Wanamaker, Sr. and Deborah Samuel...Immediate family includes two sisters Latisha and Crystal Samuel, two brothers- James Samuel and Brian Wanamaker and nephew James Samuel...His twin brother Brian, who played on his high school team and played at Central Connecticut State as a freshman and is now at Texas Wesleyan...2007-08 Pitt senior Mike Cook and Philadelphia native also played in his AAU program Positive Image…Style of play has been compared to Cook…Made his verbal commitment to Pitt on August 24, 2006...Had 13 scholarship offers including Villanova, Xavier, Virginia, Penn State, Rutgers, Virginia Tech, Dayton, George Washington and Temple...Majors in communications.
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GARY McGHEE 6-10 n 250 n Junior n Center Anderson, Ind. n Highland Senior H.S.
season with 38 points, 48 rebounds and eight blocked shots in 207 minutes of action...Finished with Gary McGhee is a burly center three points and six rebounds vs. who plays with intensity and DePaul, 2/21...Scored five points aggressiveness. At six-feet-10and grabbed four rebounds vs. inches tall and 250 pounds, McGhee takes up space inside, loves Robert Morris, 2/2...Grabbed four rebounds (three offensive) vs. Siena, to rebound and play defense. 12/17...Scored six points and set or Combining his first two seasons at Pitt, McGhee has served as backup tied career-highs for rebounds (8), at center, seeing action in 52 career offensive rebounds (4) and defensive rebounds (4) vs. UMBC, 12/13... games. Last year he saw action in 31 games as a backup center. As a Made first career start vs. Belmont freshman in 2007-08, McGhee saw and saw action in 16 minutes... Scored a career-high seven points action in 21 games. A player with much promise, his most memorable (3-5 FG) with a career-high seven rebounds (three offensive) in 17 contest was a six-point, fourminutes vs. Indiana, Pa., 11/22... rebound performance at South Played a career-high 19 minutes, Florida in which he sparked the finished with two blocks vs. Miami, Panthers to victory. McGhee gives Ohio, 11/17. Pitt a different look on both offense and defense. Watch for McGhee to 2007-08 see increased playing time and contribute valuable minutes, Played in 21 games, 103 rebounding and defense this year. minutes and scored 31 points (1.5 ppg.) with 30 rebounds (1.4 rpg.) CAREER on season...Earned team co-Most Improved Player Award at team Played in 52 career games with banquet...Scored three points, one start at center...Saw action in registered field goal and rebound in 310 career minutes. three minutes of NCAA Tournament First Round game vs. Oral Roberts, 2008-09 3/20...Scored four points with a career-high six rebounds in 10 Earned team’s Coaches Award at minutes vs. Providence, 2/12... team banquet for outstanding Scored four points (2-4 FT) in seven attitude...Played in 31 of 36 games minutes vs. West Virginia, 2/7... with one start (Belmont)...Finished
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McGHEE’S CAREER STATISTICS OVERALL Year 2007-08 2008-09 Total
GP 21 31 52
GS 0 1 1
Min 103 207 310
Avg 4.9 6.7 6.0
FG 12 15 27
Total FGA 23 29 52
Pct .522 .517 .519
Three-Point 3FG 3FGA Pct 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000
Year 2007-08 2008-09 Total
GP 16 15 31
GS 0 0 0
Min 80 61 141
Avg 5.0 4.1 4.5
FG 10 3 13
FGA 19 6 25
Pct .526 .500 .520
3FG 3FGA 0 0 0 0 0 0
BIG EAST REGULAR SEASON Pct FT FTA Pct Off .000 5 13 .385 9 .000 3 6 .500 6 .000 8 19 .421 15
Year 2008 2009 Total
GP 0 1 1
GS 0 0 0
Min 0 4 4
Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0
FG 0 0 0
FGA 0 0 0
Pct .000 .000 .000
3FG 3FGA 0 0 0 0 0 0
BIG EAST TOURNAMENT Pct FT FTA Pct Off .000 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 .000 0
Year 2008 2009 Total
GP 1 2 3
GS 0 0 0
Min 3 5 8
Avg 3.0 2.5 2.7
FG 1 0 1
FGA Pct 1 1.000 0 .000 1 1.000
3FG 3FGA 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pct .000 .000 .000
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FT 7 8 15
FTA 17 18 35
Pct .412 .444 .429
NCAA TOURNAMENT FT FTA Pct 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500
Rebounds Off Def 12 18 23 25 35 43
Off 1 0 1
Tot 30 48 78
Avg 1.4 1.5 1.5
PF 17 32 49
FO 0 0 0
Ast 3 1 4
TO 5 15 20
Blk 3 8 11
Stl 1 2 3
Pts 31 38 69
Avg 1.5 1.2 1.3
Def 13 7 20
Tot 22 13 35
Avg 1.4 0.9 1.3
PF 15 13 28
FO 0 0 0
Ast 3 0 3
TO 4 8 12
Blk 3 1 4
Stl 1 1 2
Pts 25 9 34
Avg 1.6 0.6 2.3
Def 0 0 0
Tot 0 0 0
Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0
PF 0 1 1
FO 0 0 0
Ast 0 0 0
TO 0 0 0
Blk 0 0 0
Stl 0 0 0
Pts 0 0 0
Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0
Def 0 0 0
Tot 1 0 1
Avg 1.0 0.0 0.3
PF 0 1 1
FO 0 0 0
Ast 0 0 0
TO 0 1 1
Blk 0 0 0
Stl 0 0 0
Pts 3 0 3
Avg 3.0 0.0 1.0
PLAYER PROFILES
Grabbed three rebounds in seven minutes at Connecticut, 2/2... Scored three points at St. John’s, 1/ 23...Provided key spark off the bench with a career-high six points (3-5 FG) and a career-high four rebounds in 12 minutes at South Florida, 1/9...Scored first career field goal with three rebounds in four minutes vs. Boston U., 11/27... Grabbed three rebounds in nine minutes vs. Mississippi Valley State, 11/15...Saw action in four minutes with one offensive rebound in career debut vs. North Carolina A&T, 11/10.
HIGH SCHOOL A 2007 graduate of Highland Senior High School in Anderson, Ind. where he played for Head Coach Phil Spoljaric...Named the Anderson Herald Bulletin Player of the Year following his senior season...Three-time Hoosier Basketball Magazine All-State selection...Three-time Anderson Herald-Bulletin All-Madison County squad honoree…Three-time AllOlympic Athletic Conference selection…Averaged 20.6 points, 11.6 rebounds and 4.2 blocks as a senior...Area leader in rebounds, blocks and ranked second in scoring...Concluded his career with 1,177 points and set school records with 835 rebounds and 287 blocks...Registered 37 points and 11 rebounds in leading Highland to the Madison County title with a 6865 win over Anderson...Recorded near triple-double with 22 points, 13 rebounds and eight blocks in sectional game vs. Muncie Southside...Scored a career-high 40 of Highland’s 64 points on 14-17
McGHEE’S CAREER HIGHS Points: 7, Indiana, Pa., 11/22/08. FG made: 3, three times- UMBC, 12/13/08; Indiana, Pa., 11/22/08; at South Florida, 1/9/08. FG attempts: 6, Providence, 2/12/08. 3FG made: None. 3FG attempts: None. FT made: 3, DePaul, 2/21/09. FT attempts: 4, West Virginia, 2/7/08. Rebounds: 8, UMBC, 12/13/08. Off. Rebs.: 4, UMBC, 12/13/08. Def. Rebs.: 4, three timesDePaul, 2/21/09; UMBC, 12/13/ 08; Indiana, Pa., 11/22/08. Assists: 1, four times. Steals: 1, two times. Blocks: 2, Miami, Ohio, 11/27/08. Minutes: 19, Miami, Ohio, 11/27/ 08.
2008-09 SEASON HIGHS Points: 7, Indiana, Pa., 11/22. Rebounds: 8, UMBC, 12/13. Assists: 1, Siena, 12/17. Steals: 1, Washington State, 11/ 29. Blocks: 2, Miami, Ohio, 11/17. Minutes: 19, Miami, Ohio, 11/17.
shooting and grabbed 13 rebounds vs. Westfield...Grabbed 23 rebounds and scored 21 points vs. Lapel...Finished with 37 points and 18 rebounds vs. Broad Ripple... Averaged 16.7 points and a statehigh 13.1 rebounds per game as a junior in leading Highland Senior to an 11-12 record in 2005-06… Recorded rare triple-double with 29 points (11-17 FG), 17 rebounds and 10 blocked shots in 78-54 victory over Liberty Christian…Scored 21 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and blocked five shots in sectional vs.
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Richmond...Averaged 14.6 points per game and ranked 17th in the state in rebounding with a 10.4 average as a sophomore…Scored a season-high 25 points as a sophomore…Attended the 2006 All-America Camp…Rated the No. 2 center at Boo Williams Camp in 2006…Played in the AAU Orlando Showcase and the AAU Nationals… Rated the No. 130 player nationally by HoopScoop...Ranked the No. 139 player nationally by Rivals.com… Ranked the No. 130 player nationally by Scout.com…Ranked the No. 139 recruit nationally by USA Today...Ranked the No. 15 recruit in Indiana in 2006…Played AAU basketball with the Gary-based SYF Players squad.
PERSONAL Born Gary Jerome McGhee on October 28, 1988...Son of Gary, Sr.
and Charlotte McGhee…Has one sister Mariah (17), who competes in track and field at Highland Senior... Father Gary competed in track and field at Indiana University (198182)…Cousin Aaron McGhee started at power forward and helped lead Oklahoma to the NCAA Final Four in 2002…Favorite movie is Paper Soldiers...Committed to Pitt on September 3, 2006 after attending Pitt’s football game against Virginia…Hero is his father who first put a basketball in his hands and taught him how to play...Spent his official visit weekend with current Chicago Bulls center and former Pitt star Aaron Gray...Became interested in Pitt after visiting with his family during the summer...Nickname is “Big G”...Favorite sports figure is Shaquille O’Neal...Also considered Indiana, Wisconsin, Oklahoma State, Michigan, Wake Forest and South Florida...Majors in communications.
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Scotch Plains, N.J. n Seton Hall Prep
THE STORYLINE Ashton Gibbs returns for his sophomore season after completing a stellar 2008-09 season. As Pitt’s top shooter off the bench, Gibbs led the Big East in 3-point percentage (.439). A proven winner and competitor, Gibbs showed his versatility in contributing at both the point and off guard positions as a freshman. He is described as a heady combination guard who can shoot and handle the ball. Gibbs,
who has played in many pressure packed games, is also a clutch performer and cool under pressure. A steady all-around player, he has the ability to change the game with his shooting skills.
USA BASKETBALL Helped guide the Under-19 USA Basketball Team to the Gold Medal and undefeated 9-0 record at the FIBA World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand, July, 2009...Pitt Head Coach Jamie Dixon
served as head coach for the team...Over Team USA’s nine-game summer, averaged 9.8 points, dished out 20 assists and led the squad in minutes played (202) and minutes per game (22.4)...Also made six starts, hit 12 3-pointers, hit 82.4 percent (14-17) of his free throw attempts and finished the tourney with a 3.00 assist-turnover ratio...Scored 13 points in USA’s 8880 Gold Medal victory over Greece... Scored 11 points vs. Croatia...Scored an international-high 18 points (8-11 FG) with six assists and hit 2-4 3-
pointers in a win over Egypt... Finished with 10 points in his international debut vs. Iran.
2008-09 Played in 35 games off the bench...Led the Big East in 3-point field goal percentage (.439). Hit 36 of his 82 3-point attempts on the season...Named a Big East Academic All-Star...Six double figure scoring games on year...Hit at least one 3pointer in 19 of his 35 games played...Earned team’s Free Throw
GIBBS’ CAREER STATISTICS OVERALL Year 2008-09 Total
GP 35 35
GS 0 0
Min 373 373
Avg 10.7 10.7
FG 50 50
Total FGA 117 117
Pct .427 .427
Three-Point 3FG 3FGA Pct 36 82 .439 36 82 .439
Year 2008-09 Total
GP 18 18
GS 0 0
Min 163 163
Avg 9.1 9.1
FG 23 23
FGA 53 53
Pct .434 .434
3FG 3FGA 16 40 16 40
BIG EAST REGULAR SEASON Pct FT FTA Pct Off .400 3 5 .600 3 .400 3 5 .600 3
Def 9 9
Year 2009 Total
GP 1 1
GS 0 0
Min 11 11
Avg 11.0 11.0
FG 1 1
FGA 2 2
Pct .500 .500
3FG 3FGA 0 1 0 1
BIG EAST TOURNAMENT Pct FT FTA Pct Off .000 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 .000 0
Year 2009 Total
GP 4 4
GS 0 0
Min 48 48
Avg 12.0 12.0
FG 5 5
FGA 14 14
Pct .357 .357
3FG 3FGA 5 11 5 11
Pct .455 .455
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FT 16 16
FTA 20 20
Pct .800 .800
NCAA TOURNAMENT FT FTA Pct 4 4 1.000 4 4 1.000
Rebounds Off Def Tot 6 18 24 6 18 24
Off 2 2
Avg 0.7 0.7
PF 27 27
FO 0 0
Ast 30 30
TO 22 22
Blk 1 1
Stl 5 5
Pts 152 152
Avg 4.3 4.3
Tot 12 12
Avg 0.7 0.7
PF 11 11
FO 0 0
Ast 15 15
TO 9 9
Blk 1 1
Stl 3 3
Pts 65 65
Avg 3.6 3.6
Def 1 1
Tot 1 1
Avg 1.0 1.0
PF 2 2
FO 0 0
Ast 1 1
TO 1 1
Blk 0 0
Stl 0 0
Pts 2 2
Avg 2.0 2.0
Def 3 3
Tot 5 5
Avg 1.3 1.3
PF 3 3
FO 0 0
Ast 3 3
TO 5 5
Blk 0 0
Stl 1 1
Pts 19 19
Avg 4.8 4.8
PLAYER PROFILES
GIBBS’ CAREER HIGHS Points: 15, at Providence, 2/24/ 09. FG made: 5, three times- last at Providence, 2/24/09. FG attempts: 9, two times- last vs. Notre Dame, 1/13/09. 3FG made: 4, at Providence, 2/24/ 09. 3FG attempts: 7, two times- last Robert Morris, 2/2/09. FT made: 5, Indiana, Pa., 11/22/ 08. FT attempts: 5, Indiana, Pa., 11/ 22/08. Rebounds: 2, four times, last at DePaul, 2/7/09. Off. Rebs.: 2, at Louisville, 1/17/ 09. Def. Rebs.: 3, vs. East Tennessee State, 3/20/09. Assists: 4, Indiana, Pa., 11/22/08. Steals: 2, at Connecticut, 2/16/09. Blocks: 1, at Villanova, 1/28/09. Minutes: 24, Indiana, Pa., 11/22/ 08.
Shooting Award at team banquet for best free throw percentage on the year (80.0 percent)...Averaged 4.8 points (5-14 FG), hit 5-11 3-pointers (45.5 percent) in Pitt’s four NCAA Tournament games...Scored nine points off the bench, hit 3-4 3pointers in 16 minutes of NCAA Tournament Second Round game vs. Oklahoma State, 3/22...Finished with 10 points, hit 2-2 3-pointers and 4-4 free throws in NCAA Tournament First Round vs. East Tennessee State, 3/20...Scored a career-high 15 points including a career-high four 3-pointers (4-6 from behind the arc) in 14 minutes at Providence, 2/24...Hit three 3pointers, scored nine points vs. Robert Morris, 2/2...Recorded 13 points, hit a career-high two 3pointers in a career-high seven
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attempts in 17 minutes vs. Notre Dame, 1/31...Scored six points (2-2 3FG) in seven minutes vs. St. John’s, 1/11...Set or tied career-highs for points (13), field goals made (5) and 3-point field goals made vs. UMBC, 12/13...Finished with a career-high 11 points (4-9 FG), hit a career-high 3-5 3-pointers in 15 minutes vs. Vermont, 12/6...Scored a careerhigh 10 points, hit 5-5 free throws with four assists vs. Indiana, Pa., 11/ 22...Scored eight points in career debut vs. Fairleigh Dickinson, 11/14.
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A 2008 graduate of Seton Hall Prep in East Orange, N.J. where he played four seasons for Head Coach Bob Farrell...Guided Seton Hall Prep to a 23-6 record as a senior... Concluded his career as Seton Hall Prep’s all-time leading scorer with 1,882 career points surpassing the previous total held by 1974 graduate Keven McDonald...First Team Associated Press All-State selection after averaging 23.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.0 steals while converting 113 3-pointers (48.1 percent) as a senior...Earned Newark Star-Ledger Area Player of the Year honors... Scored 30 of team’s 45 points, hit seven 3-pointers in a 53-45 loss to Immaculata in the NJSIAA North Jersey Non-Public A Tournament... Scored 28 points and grabbed eight rebounds in SHP’s 60-38 defeat of DePaul in North Public A competition...Selected MVP at the NJSCA All-Star Classic after scoring 15 points to lead the North squad to a 137-120 victory over the South...Led the Pirates to a 31-1 record and third consecutive NonPublic Class A state title as a junior...Named an underclass AllAmerica top-20 selection by Student Sports Magazine...Second Team All-State selection as a junior...Two-time Newark StarLedger All-Area team selection and three-time All-Essex County Team
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selection...Scored 19 points in leading the Pirates to a 56-45 win over Christian Brothers Academy in the state final...Also guided team to the NJSIAA North Jersey title...Team won 30 consecutive games before falling to St. Benedict’s Prep in the Tournament of Champions... Averaged 16.9 points, 3.0 assists and shot 85 percent from the free throw line as a junior...Averaged 17.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game in helping guide the Pirates to a 28-3 record as a sophomore...Selected as a “Fabulous Freshman” and competed in the MetroHoops All-Star game...Helped guide team to the Tournament of Champions title as a freshman...Hit nine 3-pointers and scored 41 points for New Heights in the IS8 Tournament following his senior season...Invited to compete at the prestigious ABCD Camp in Hackensack, N.J. as a sophomore... Played AAU basketball with Team New York, MetroHawks and Playaz Basketball Club.
PERSONAL Born Ashton Gibbs on January 19, 1990...Son of Temple and Jacqueline Gibbs...Has two younger brothers: Sterling and T.J....Father Temple Gibbs played football at Temple and roomed with future NFL All Pro cornerback Kevin Ross... Visited Pitt on an unofficial visit prior to his junior year and committed to the Panthers on June 15, 2007... Earned the nickname “Microwave” after he continually came off the bench to hit 3-pointers...Has known fellow Pitt player Travon Woodall since the seventh grade...Played on an AAU team with Woodall...Chose Pitt because of the “Big East’s tradition, location, family atmosphere and familiarity”...Played at same high school as current Pitt assistant coach and former Panthers point guard Brandin Knight...Outstanding student... Communications major.
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CHASE ADAMS 5-10 n 190 n Senior n Guard Baltimore, Md. n Centenary n Mount St. Joseph H.S.
THE STORYLINE Chase Adams transfers to Pitt from Centenary prior to his senior season. He is eligible to compete immediately for Pitt because Centenary is on probation and plans
to move from NCAA Division I to NCAA Division III.
83…Ranked eighth in the nation in steals per game (2.7 spg)...AllSummit League honorable mention 2008-09 selection…Named to All-Louisiana State Writers Association honorable Named the Summit League mention…Ranked 11th in the league Defensive Player of the Year after in scoring (14.6 ppg.), third in leading the conference in steals with assists (4.5 apg.), first in steals (2.7 spg.) and second in assist:turnover ratio (2.24)…Also averaged 4.2 rebounds and 34.5 minutes per game, converted 39.8 percent (72181) of his 3-point field goals and 70.3 percent (97-138) of his free throws…Played in all 31 games with 29 starts…Scored in double figures in 16 straight games from Dec. 23-Feb. 21…High a seasonhigh nine field goals at Texas Tech (Dec. 23) and North Dakota State (March 7)…Converted a seasonbest five 3-point field goals against Oakland (Jan. 8 and Feb. 7)… Scored a season-high 26 points vs. North Dakota State…Pulled down a season-high nine rebounds at LSU…Centenary finished 8-23 in 2008-09.
2007-08 Started 29 of Centenary’s 31 games as a sophomore…Led the Gents in assists (146) and steals (75)…Led the Summit League in steals per game (2.43)…Also ranked among league leaders in free throw percentage, assists, assist:turnover ratio and minutes played…Averaged 8.2 points and 3.6 rebounds per game…Finished with three double figure assist games on the year…Dished out 12 assists two times against both SMU and NSU…Scored a career-high 28 points vs. North Dakota State… Grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds vs. IUPUI...Centenary was 10-21 in 2007-08.
2006-07
played…Led the Mid-Continent Conference in steals with a 1.79 steals per game average (52)…Also finished with 90 assists and led the league in assist:turnover ratio…Also averaged 5.7 points and 3.1 assists per game…Reached double figure scoring six times…Scored a season-high 17 points vs. Utah State…Dished out eight assists two times…Finished with a season-high six steals in a win over Western Illinois.
HIGH SCHOOL A 2008 graduate of Mount St. Joseph High School in Baltimore, Md. where he lettered for Head Coach Pat Clatchey…Two-time AllBaltimore City League and All-MIAAA Conference selection…Led Mount St. Joseph to a No. 5 and No. 8 national rankings by USA Today… Helped guide the Gaels to a threeyear 92-8 record, three MIAA-A and BCL regular season titles and two MIAA-A and BCL tournament championships…Concluded his career ranked among the school’s all-time top-10 in steals…Also earned three varsity letters in football.
PERSONAL Born Chase Adams on December 30, 1988 in Washington, D.C…. Son of Tangita Adams…Has one older sister Shayla…Plans to play professional basketball overseas after graduating…Signed on to play his senior year at Pitt after playing his first three seasons at Centenary…Centenary plans on moving from NCAA Division I status to NCAA Division III non-scholarship status next year…Pitt has had great luck with late signees: Ontario Lett, Donatas Zavackas, Antonio Graves are a few of Pitt’s late signees… Social Sciences major.
As a freshman at Centenary, started 18 of the squad’s 29 games
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NASIR ROBINSON 6-5 n 220 n Sophomore n Forward Chester, Pa. n Chester H.S.
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Nasir Robinson (pronounced Naseer) is described as a hard-nosed and aggressive competitor who can play multiple positions. A passionate player who brings outstanding energy, Robinson spent the 200809 season coming off the bench at three different positions: power forward, small forward and center. He is a strong, hard-working and fearless player who has a sturdy body and excels at passing and slashing to the hoop. A workhorse and natural floor leader who attacks the basket, the relentless and versatile Robinson can handle the ball, is explosive off the dribble, powerful off the glass and is a rebounding machine. He rebounds far better than his size indicates.
A 2008 graduate of Chester High School where he played for Head Coach Fred Pickett...Named an EA Sports Second Team All-America selection...Two-time PIAA Class 4A All-State First Team selection while leading Chester to a 58-7 two-year record and two state title game appearances...Guided Chester to a school-best 33-1 overall record, No. 3 national ranking by USA Today and the PIAA Class 4A state title as a senior...Concluded season on a 24game winning streak...Selected First Team All-State after averaging 16.5 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.1 blocks per game...Won state title with an 81-77 win over Norristown in the championship game...Registered double-double (14 points/15 rebounds) in state title game...Selected to the Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Inquirer All-Area First Team...Scored 10 points in the fourth quarter to lead Chester to a 65-56 win over Pennsbury in the state semifinal...Registered 22 points and 18 rebounds in a win over Methacton...Named MVP for the Hoop Group Festival...Earned AllTournament Team honors at the City of the Palms Tournament in Fort Myers, Fla. after scoring 26 points and grabbing 11 rebounds... Named First Team All-State after averaging 18.0 points and 11.0 rebounds per game as a junior...
2008-09 Played in 29 games and 186 minutes off the bench as a small forward...Finished season with 34 points and 35 rebounds...Shot 48.4 percent (15-31) from the floor on year...Earned team’s Most Improved Player Award at team banquet... Played 16 minutes, grabbed four rebounds and dished out three assists vs. Belmont, 11/25...Played a career-high 21 minutes vs. Indiana, Pa., 11/22...Scored six points (3-6 FG) with four rebounds vs. Miami, Ohio, 11/17...Scored four points and grabbed four rebounds in career debut vs. Fairleigh Dickinson, 11/14.
ROBINSON’S CAREER STATISTICS OVERALL Year 2008-09 Total
GP 29 29
GS 0 0
Min 186 186
Avg 6.4 6.4
FG 15 15
Total FGA 31 31
Pct .484 .484
Three-Point 3FG 3FGA Pct 0 0 .000 0 0 .000
Year 2008-09 Total
GP 15 15
GS 0 0
Min 61 61
Avg 4.1 4.1
FG 5 5
FGA 11 11
Pct .455 .455
3FG 3FGA 0 0 0 0
BIG EAST REGULAR SEASON Pct FT FTA Pct Off .000 0 1 .000 4 .000 0 1 .000 4
Def 9 9
Year 2009 Total
GP 1 1
GS 0 0
Min 1 1
Avg 1.0 1.0
FG 1 1
FGA Pct 1 1.000 1 1.000
3FG 3FGA 0 0 0 0
BIG EAST TOURNAMENT Pct FT FTA Pct Off .000 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 .000 0
Year 2009 Total
GP 1 1
GS 0 0
Min 1 1
Avg 0.0 0.0
FG 0 0
FGA 0 0
3FG 3FGA 0 0 0 0
Pct .000 .000
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Pct .000 .000
FT 4 4
FTA 10 10
Pct .400 .400
NCAA TOURNAMENT FT FTA Pct 0 0 .000 0 0 .000
Rebounds Off Def Tot 14 21 35 14 21 35
Off 0 0
Avg 1.2 1.2
PF 19 19
FO 0 0
Ast 16 16
TO 14 14
Blk 4 4
Stl 7 7
Pts 34 34
Avg 1.2 1.2
Tot 13 13
Avg 0.9 0.9
PF 8 8
FO 0 0
Ast 4 4
TO 8 8
Blk 2 2
Stl 2 2
Pts 10 10
Avg 0.7 0.7
Def 0 0
Tot 0 0
Avg 0.0 0.0
PF 0 0
FO 0 0
Ast 0 0
TO 0 0
Blk 0 0
Stl 0 0
Pts 2 2
Avg 2.0 2.0
Def 0 0
Tot 0 0
Avg 0.0 0.0
PF 0 0
FO 0 0
Ast 0 0
TO 0 0
Blk 0 0
Stl 0 0
Pts 0 0
Avg 0.0 0.0
PLAYER PROFILES
Guided Chester to a 28-6 overall record and led the Clippers to the PIAA Class 4A state title game where it lost a 78-71 decision to DeJuan Blair’s Schenley team...Scored 15 points in the state title game... Finished with a game-high 22 points (11-13 FG) in the state semifinal win over Souderton (8557)...Scored 33 points (16-21 FG) and grabbed 12 rebounds in a state quarterfinal win over West Lawn Wilson...Selected to the Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Inquirer All-Area Second Team... Named All-Area by the Delaware County Times and Bucks County Times as a junior...Transferred to Chester after playing his first two years at American Christian Academy...Averaged 19.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game as a sophomore while leading ACA to a 22-9 record...Played in the Eddie Griffin Challenge (New Jersey vs. Philadelphia area All-Star preps)... Played AAU basketball with Team Final, who is coached by Rob Brown...Helped team win an AAU national title in 2004...One of only 10 underclassmen.
PERSONAL Born Nasir Robinson on March 15, 1989...Son of Taron Robinson... Close to his grandmother Terri...Has two younger brothers Laquan and Kareem who both play basketball at
ROBINSON’S CAREER HIGHS Points: 6, Miami, Ohio, 11/17/08. FG made: 3, Miami, Ohio, 11/17/ 08. FG attempts: 6, Miami, Ohio, 11/ 17/08. 3FG made: None. 3FG attempts: None. FT made: 2, Belmont, 11/25/08. FT attempts: 2, two times, lastBelmont, 11/25/08; Miami, Ohio, 11/17/08. Rebounds: 4, three timesBelmont, 11/25/08; Miami, Ohio, 11/17/08; FDU, 11/14/08. Off. Rebs.: 2, three times. Def. Rebs.: 3, Belmont, 11/25/08. Assists: 3, two times- Belmont, 11/25/08; Indiana, Pa., 11/22/08. Steals: 2, two times. Blocks: 2, Robert Morris, 2/2/09. Minutes: 21, Indiana, Pa., 11/22/ 08.
Chester High...Chester High School alums include current Orlando Magic player and former Saint Joseph’s standout Jameer Nelson and Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan (mid-1960’s)...Nickname is “Nas” and “The Warrior”...Name “Nasir” is Arabic for “helper” or “success and victory”...Has known fellow Pitt players Ashton Gibbs and Travon Woodall since the seventh grade... Selected Pitt because of its school, campus, coaching staff, academics and basketball program...Enrolled in the School of Arts and Sciences.
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DWIGHT MILLER 6-8 n 240 n Redshirt Freshman n Forward Nassau, Bahamas n St. Pius X H.S. (Houston, Texas)
THE STORYLINE Dwight Miller redshirted the 2008-09 season. He is described as a tenacious rebounder and defender who displays outstanding desire and passion for playing basketball. A quick learner, the agile Miller also has the ability to make shots away from the basket and get up and down the floor.
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PERSONAL
Born Dwight R. Miller on May 25, 1989...Son of Nouelland and Kasa Hanna of Nassau, Bahamas...Has a younger brother Deuonte…Visited HIGH SCHOOL Pitt on the weekend of Nov. 2, 2007...Becomes the second A 2008 graduate of St. Pius X Bahamas native to play at Pitt High School in Houston, Texas following Doyle Hudson (2005where he played his senior season 07)...Carries a ragged FIBA for Head Coach Laurence Woods... Guided the St. Pius X Panthers to a basketball everywhere he goes because he says, “You never know 22-8 record, No. 4 state ranking when you’ll find a game or open and TAPPS 6A District 3 championship with a 9-0 record as basket”…Played baseball as a a senior...Averaged 15.8 points as a youngster...Played four years of organized basketball since coming senior...Registered double-double to the United States...Guardian, with 12 points and 10 rebounds along with five blocked shots in 63- guide and father figure is Frank 52 loss to Nolan Catholic to conclude Rutherford, the first Bahamas native to win an Olympic medal (1992 season...Scored 25 points vs. Christian Life Center...Finished with bronze medal in the triple jump)... Rutherford operates the Frank 23 points vs. Kountze...Nominated Rutherford Elite Athlete for the McDonald’s High School AllAmerica Game...Named the Nassau Development Foundation (FREAD), an organization which develops and Gaurdian Athlete of the Year... assists Bahamian student-athletes Transferred to St. Pius X from in their quest to obtain a college Westbury Christian following his education in the United States... junior season...Helped guide the Some of FREAD’s success stories Wildcats to a 22-11 season as a include Baltimore Ravens and junior...Selected TAPPS 4-5A AllWashington State wide receiver District and named to the Houston Devard Darling, the late Florida Chronicle All-Area Second Team State defensive tackle Devaughn after averaging 8.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game Darling, USC forward Jeremy Barr for Westbury Christian as a junior... and Miami (Fla.) offensive lineman Ian Symonette...Trained with former Season highs were 17 points (vs. Kinkaid H.S.) and 12 rebounds (vs. Houston Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon...Entertained more than Concordia Lutheran H.S.)...Burst onto the national recruiting scene at 25 scholarship offers during the the 2007 ReebokU Camp from July recruiting process...Enrolled in the School of Arts and Sciences. 7-10 in Philadelphia...Averaged Redshirted the 2008-09 season.
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10.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game at the ReebokU Camp and earned the prestigious Dante Anderson Memorial Award for the unsung player who “made the biggest impression”...Played AAU basketball with the Houston Elite club coached by Rick Nelson... Ranked the nation’s No. 65 player by hoopscoop.com.
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TRAVON WOODALL 5-11 n 190 n Redshirt Freshman n Guard Brooklyn, N.Y. n St. Anthony H.S.
CAREER Travon Woodall (pronounced Tray-von) has been described as a tough, physical defender, great passer and scorer who causes matchup problems. The quick and multi-talented Woodall is an experienced big-game player who guards, scores and has the ability to become a natural floor leader.
Woodall is quick with the ball, athletic and is an effective penetrator. He has an opportunity to make an impact this year.
rebounds vs. Miami, Ohio, 11/17... Played 15 minutes, totaled five assists and hit first 3-point field goal in career debut vs. Fairleigh Dickinson, 11/14.
2008-09 HIGH SCHOOL Earned a medical redshirt for the 2008-09 season after suffering a severe knee injury...Played in the season’s first 10 games off the bench...Grabbed a career-high five
A 2008 graduate of St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, N.J. where he lettered four seasons for head coach Bob Hurley...Guided St. Anthony to a perfect 32-0 record, No. 1 national ranking and national championship by USA Today...Led the Friars to the New Jersey NonPublic B state title as a senior... Second Team Associated Press AllState selection after averaging 10.0 points and 3.0 assists per game as a senior...Helped St. Anthony defeat Newark Science Park 69-36 in the Tournament of Champions title game...Registered 16 points and seven rebounds in leading the Friars to a 76-41 win over Immaculata in the Tournament of Champions semifinal...Earned Most Valuable Player honors after scoring 22 points and guiding Team USA to a 120-115 win over Team Florida at the Senior Showcase...As a junior, guided St. Anthony to a 28-1 record and appearance in the New Jersey state Non-Public Class B state final before losing to No. 2 nationally ranked St. Patrick...St. Anthony finished ranked No. 7 by USA Today...Averaged 10 points and three assists per game as a junior... Three-time Newark Star-Ledger AllArea team selection...Averaged 10 points and 3.0 assists while helping guide St. Anthony’s to the New Jersey North Public B final as a sophomore...Selected as a “Fabulous Freshman” and competed in the MetroHoops NorthSouth All-Star game...Played at the AAU JamFest in Pittsburgh, the first time he stepped foot on campus in
2007...Played in the Eddie Griffin Challenge (New Jersey vs. Philadelphia area All-Star preps)... Earned All-Star honors at the prestigious ABCD Camp in Hackensack, N.J. and 5-Star Camp following his sophomore season... Played on the New Jersey Playaz AAU team coached by Jimmy Salmon...Invited to compete at “Camp Next” as only a freshman... Competed in the Jordan Brand Classic All-Star Game in April, 2008.
PERSONAL Born Travon Woodall on April 14, 1989...Son of Theresa Ratliff...Has one sister Shataya Ratliff…Lives with his godfather and godmother Jorge and Samar Fontan... Godbrother is Jiovanni Fontan, who plays basketball at Fordham… Began playing basketball while living in Brooklyn, N.Y....Introduced to basketball by his cousin Khalief Woodall, who suffered a tragic death at age 11...Teammates call him a “born leader”...Played a starring role in the documentary movie The Street Stops Here, a movie about Bob Hurley and the St. Anthony basketball program... Has known fellow Pitt players Ashton Gibbs and Nasir Robinson since the seventh grade...Played on an AAU team with Gibbs...One of six players from his high school senior class to sign with NCAA Division I schools: Mike Rosario (Rutgers), Tyshawn Taylor (Kansas), Jiovanni Fontan (Fordham), Alberto Estwick (Fordham) and A.J. Rogers (Saint Joseph’s)...Selected Pitt for its graduation rate, environment and coaching staff...Also selected Pitt because of the lineage of point guards and opportunity to learn from Levance Fields and assistant Brandin Knight...Enrolled in the School of Arts and Sciences.
WOODALL’S CAREER STATISTICS OVERALL Year 2008-09 Total
GP 10 10
GS 0 0
Min 97 97
Avg 9.7 9.7
FG 7 7
Total FGA 25 25
Pct .280 .280
Three-Point 3FG 3FGA Pct 1 12 .083 1 12 .083
FT 2 2
FTA 4 4
Pct .500 .500
Rebounds Off Def Tot 0 10 10 0 10 10
Avg 1.0 1.0
PF 16 16
FO 0 0
Ast 17 17
TO 6 6
Blk 0 0
Stl 6 6
Pts 17 17
Avg 1.7 1.7
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LAMAR PATTERSON 6-5 n 220 n Freshman n Guard/Forward Lancaster, Pa. n St. Benedict’s Prep n McCaskey H.S.
Jordan Brand Classic All-Star Game played at Madison Square Garden on April 18, 2009…Played in the Lamar Patterson is a physical Capital Area Classic All-Star Game… perimeter player who has a high Played the previous three seasons skill level, can shoot, pass and has at Lancaster McCaskey High School stellar court vision. He is described where he competed for Head Coach as an “excellent” fit for the Pitt Steve Powell...Named Class 4A program. He has an NBA caliber Second Team All-State selection as a body, has good size, is a pure shooter and can handle the ball. He junior after averaging 20.3 points per game...Named the Lancaster runs the floor well and can create New Era Area Player of the Year... off the dribble. A strong, versatile Voted the Lancaster-Lebanon and athletic wing player with a League’s Most Valuable Player... talented handle, long arms and explosiveness, Patterson can attack Guided McCaskey to a 22-5 overall record, undefeated 16-0 L-L League the rim. record and third straight Section One title...Concluded junior season HIGH SCHOOL ranked as the area’s second leading scorer at 20.3 ppg....Guided A 2009 graduate of St. McCaskey to three straight Benedict’s Prep (N.J.) where he Lancaster-Lebanon League played his senior season for Head basketball titles...Scored 12 points Coach Dan Hurley...Averaged 10 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals and grabbed 14 rebounds in helping McCaskey claim its third per game in helping lead St. straight Lancaster-Lebanon League Benedict’s to a 24-3 record, No. 7 final national ranking by USA Today title with a win over Lancaster and semifinal finish in the first-ever Catholic...Hit a buzzer beating, game-winning shot from 35-feet ESPN Rise National High School out, scored 22 points and grabbed Invitational…The Gray Bees were 11 rebounds in a 61-58 victory over ranked No. 3 in the East Region by Hempfield...Scored a career-high 40 USA Today…Scored 12 points in a semifinal 74-66 loss to No. 1 ranked points in a win over Conestoga Valley...All-L-L League selection as a Oak Hill Academy…Defeated sophomore...Averaged 15.0 points Baltimore St. Frances, 74-65, in and 10.0 rebounds per game as a NHSI quarterfinal action…St. Benedict’s won its first 19 games of sophomore...After he became a starter, guided the Red Tornado to a the season…Finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds in a 77-67 36-2 L-L record...Gave up football to concentrate on basketball after his win over Marietta Wheeler (Ga.)… sophomore year...Invited to the Scored a team-high 23 points, prestigious Top-100 NBA Camp… including 10 in the fourth quarter, to help defeat fellow Pitt signee Talib Ranked the nation’s No. 109 recruit by USA Today…Ranked the nation’s Zanna’s Bishop McNamara team, No. 15 small forward by ESPN80-70…Scored 14 points and U…Ranked the nation’s No. 78 grabbed seven rebounds vs. player and No. 23 best small Miramar H.S. (Fla.)…Named Most forward by Hoopscoop.com... Valuable Player of Primetime Game Ranked the nation’s No. 94 recruit and scored 15 points vs. Mountain by ESPN-U…Rated the nation’s No. State Academy…Played in the 85 player by Dave Telep…Rated the nation’s No. 109 recruit by Bob
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Gibbons Report…Ranked the nation’s No. 112 player by Scout.com...Played AAU basketball with Team Final.
PERSONAL Born Lamar Patterson on August 12, 1991...Son of Perry, Sr. and Loreen Patterson of Lancaster, Pa....Younger brother of Perry Patterson, who played quarterback at Syracuse (2004-07) and was a Second Team All-State honoree in basketball at McCaskey...The Patterson brothers are two of only four players in school history to
earn All-State honors...His other brother Lorne Creighton starred at McCaskey and played collegiately at Kuntztown University...Favorite basketball player is Magic Johnson...Made his official visit to Pitt on Dec. 15, 2007 and committed to the Panthers after Pitt’s win against Duke at Madison Square Garden...Chose Pitt because of its facilities and coaching staff... Selected Pitt over Arizona, Arizona State, Miami, Fla., Minnesota, Virginia Tech, Virginia, Michigan, Penn State, Rutgers, Temple and Syracuse...Enrolled in the School of Arts and Sciences.
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J.J. RICHARDSON 6-7 n 235 n Freshman n Forward/Center Missouri City, Texas n Fort Bend Hightower H.S.
THE STORYLINE One of the nation’s most underrated players, J.J. Richardson is described as a strong and athletic post-player who has an array of “back-to-the-basket” moves. He is an excellent post player with a strong body who moves well to the ball and has a soft touch inside of 10-feet. He also shows a high basketball IQ, has good hands, uses his body well, is an excellent passer out of the post and plays with
energy. A player who does all the little things to help his team win, Richardson sprints the floor with regularity, can rebound on the defensive end and has excellent timing when blocking shots. He is most known for his blue collar style and constant energy and effort in the paint.
HIGH SCHOOL A 2009 graduate of Fort Bend Hightower High School where he played two seasons for Head Coach
David Green…Averaged 8.6 points, 5.1 rebounds and shot 57.9 percent (73-126) from the floor as a senior…Helped guide Fort Bend Hightower to a 28-10 overall record, 13-0 league record and 20-game win streak as a senior…Reached double digit scoring in nine games and double figure rebounding in three contests on year…Saw action in 22 games on the year…Scored a season-high 19 points vs. Austin…Scored 16 points (10-16 FG) vs. Bush… Finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds vs. Katy Taylor…Scored 12 points with 12 rebounds vs. Bush…Grabbed 12 rebounds vs. Lufkin…The Hightower Hurricanes entered the season ranked No. 35 nationally by ESPN Rise Magazine and No. 2 in the state of Texas…Preseason All-Houston selection by ESPN Rise Magazine prior to his senior year…Helped guide the Hurricanes to a 27-10 record in Class 3-5A as a junior…Averaged eight points and eight rebounds per game as a junior…Played with the Houston Elite AAU team for head coach Rick
Nelson…Guided Houston Elite to the Reebok Summer Championship semifinals… Impressed at AAU tournaments in both Philadelphia and Las Vegas prior to his senior year…Averaged 15 points and 14 rebounds per game during summer 2008… Helped guide team to Memorial Day Great American Shootout title in 2008.
PERSONAL Born Johnny Richardson on February 6, 1991…Son of Johnny and Bridget Richardson…Has an older sister Jalesa, who is 10 months older...Grew up in Troy, Ohio before moving to Texas following his freshman year of high school…Played in same AAU program as current Pitt redshirt freshman Dwight Miller… Committed to Pitt on September 17, 2008, two weeks after his visit…Also considered Oklahoma State, Minnesota, Penn State and Utah...Enrolled in the School of Arts and Sciences.
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DANTE TAYLOR 6-9 n 240 n Freshman n Forward Greenburgh, N.Y. n National Christian Academy (Md.)
Post and earned Independent private school all-league honors… Scored over 30 points eight times A consensus top-30 ranked recruit, Dante Taylor is described as and finished with 20 or more 19 times…Registered 23 doublea highly skilled, athletic post player doubles in 28 contests on the who can shoot. His strengths are year…Scored 30 points and his quickness and athleticism around the basket. A raw talent with converted 18-24 free throws in NCA’s season finale vs. Mount Zion great upside, Taylor is very fast up (NC)…Scored season-high 34 and down the court, exhibits points two times against both Mount expanded range with his jumper Zion (NC) and Jericho Christian… and is a big-time post-player. A Scored 31 points with a career-high sturdy power forward who knows 21 rebounds vs. Theodore how to score and has the ability to Roosevelt…Finished with 33 points play with both skill and athleticism, and 15 rebounds vs. Friendship Taylor is a physically gifted player who runs, rebounds and prefers to Collegiate…Named Most Valuable Player after scoring 33 points and play facing the basket. He has an totaling 11 rebounds vs. Oak Hill impressive mid-range game and exceptional ball-handling skills for a Academy…Hit four 3-pointers, scored 31 points and pulled down big man. 11 rebounds vs. Living Faith… Named the game MVP after scoring HIGH SCHOOL 26 points and grabbing nine rebounds in the Reebok AllA 2009 graduate of National American All-Star Game…Averaged Christian Academy in Fort 18 points and 11 rebounds per Washington, Md. where he played game as a junior…Named Second four seasons of basketball for Head Team All-MET by the Washington Coach Trevor Brown…Named a Post and earned Independent McDonald’s All-American and private school all-league honors… participated in the McDonald’s AllGuided National Christian Academy America Game (April 1 in Miami, Fla.)…Became the fifth Pitt signee in to a 22-7 record and No. 11 ranking in the Washington D.C. school history to earn McDonald’s metro area as a junior…Averaged All-America team honors joining Charles Smith (1984), Jerome Lane 8.6 points per game as a sophomore…Transferred to (1985), Bobby Martin (1987) and National Christian Academy Brian Shorter (1987)…Scored 15 following his freshman season… points (6-11 FG) and grabbed six Ranked the nation’s No. 4 recruit by rebounds for the East All-Stars in hoopscooponline and Clark the 2009 McDonald’s All-America Francis…Ranked the nation’s No. Game...Won the McDonald’s All14 recruit nationally by Bob Gibbons American Skills Competition, in Report…Rated the No. 16 recruit which he completed a full-court dribbling and shooting course in 37 nationally by ESPN-U…Ranked the seconds…Named to the Parade All- No. 17 recruit nationally by Scout.com’s Dave Telep…Rated the America Second Team… nation’s No. 16 player by Washington Post All-MET Player of Scout.com…Ranked the nation’s the Year…Averaged 23.8 points (665 total points), 13 rebounds and No. 24 player by Rivals.com… Ranked the No. 24 player nationally three blocked shots per game and hit 65 percent (161-247) of his free by USA Today…Rated the nation’s throws as a senior…Guided NCA to No. 28 player by PrepStars a 26-6 overall record…Named First Magazine…Ranked the nation’s No. 36 recruit by Rise Magazine… Team All-MET by the Washington
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Named to The Sporting News Washington D.C. All-Metro team… Named one of the top performers at the LeBron James United States Skills Academy…Voted Best Post Player at the NBA Top-100 Camp... Played AAU basketball with NCA... Visited Pitt when his AAU team competed at the Pittsburgh Jam Fest.
PERSONAL Born Dante Taylor on March 18, 1990…Son of Lisa Sharpe of White Plains, N.Y., located 20 miles north of New York City…Has a sister Michelle and brother Michael... Committed to Pitt at the 2008 summer Triple S. Harley Davidson Shootout in Morgantown, W.Va…. Honored by his hometown of Greenburgh as being a “native son” during halftime of the Frankie Williams All-Star game in June, 2009...Named MVP of the game after scoring 32 points...2008 NBA draft picks Patrick Ewing, Jr., Kevin Durant and Deron Washington all played basketball recently at National Christian Academy…Pitt recruited him since his sophomore season…With
hard work, claims that he went from a “raw, chubby kid to a McDonald’s All-American”… Developed and improved over his four years at NCA…Earned honor roll academic status two times as a high school student…Chose Pitt because of its continued loyalty, style of play, coaching staff, academic support, family atmosphere, Big East Conference and proximity to his home of New York…Selected Pitt over Kansas, Maryland, Florida, Connecticut, Villanova, West Virginia, Syracuse, Georgetown, Indiana and Memphis...Enrolled in the School of Arts and Sciences.
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TALIB ZANNA 6-9 n 225 n Freshman n Forward Kaduna, Nigeria n Bishop McNamara H.S. (Md.)
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HIGH SCHOOL
Talib Zanna (pronounced Ta-leeb Zah-nah) is described as a raw and strong athlete who combines skill and athleticism to create matchup problems with the opposition. He possesses a good mid-range jumper, unique and rare post-up skills and is capable of playing with his back to the basket as well as blocking shots on the defensive end. He loves to attack off the dribble from the outside and is an aggressive rebounder. He has done a terrific job of maturing his game from primarily being a defensive player and rebounder to developing a flowing offensive game where he can handle the ball on the break, pull-up and shoot jumpers. He looks to be a cross between an interior and wing player. Able to score with either hand, he plays in the mold of Tim Duncan.
A 2009 graduate of Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Md. where he played three seasons for Head Coach Marty Keithline…Helped guide Bishop McNamara to a 21-12 record and No. 3 ranking in the state…Named First Team All-MET by the Washington Post and earned Independent private school allleague honors…Averaged 14.6 points and 11.8 rebounds as a senior...Reached double figure scoring in 22 of 27 games, scored over 20 points five times and finished with 10 double-doubles on the year…Named to the AllTournament Team at the Bojangles Shootout…Scored a season-high 27 points and grabbed 12 rebounds vs. St. Mary’s Ryken… Scored 21 points, including four thunderous dunks along with 15 rebounds vs. fellow Pitt signee
Lamar Patterson’s St. Benedict’s Prep team…Finished with 26 points and 11 rebounds vs. White Station…Scored 21 points and grabbed 15 rebounds vs. Carroll… Grabbed a season-high 16 rebounds two times on the year vs. Good Council and St. Mary’s Ryken…Earned Most Valuable Player honors in the Capital Area Classic Regional All-Star Game after totaling 21 points and 14 rebounds…Bishop McNamara entered the 2008-09 season ranked No. 30 nationally by ESPN Rise Magazine…Named First Team AllPrince George’s County by the Montgomery Gazette and Second Team All-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference…Averaged 15.0 points, 13.5 rebounds, 3.4 blocks, 1.5 assists and 1.4 steals per game as a junior…Led the WCAC in blocked shots with 3.4 per game…Selected Most Valuable Player of the High School Hoops Showcase…Named to the Benedictine Classic All-Tournament Team…Guided McNamara to a 1712 record as a junior…Recorded triple double with 15 points, 16 rebounds and 12 blocks vs. Coolidge at the Gonzaga D.C. Classic…Season-highs included 26 points vs. Georgetown Prep and 22 rebounds vs. Miami Killian…Scored 14 points, pulled down 20 rebounds and blocked four shots in a 61-56 win over Good Counsel… Two-year starter…Played for the District All-Star team in the I-95 Elite Challenge following his junior season…Averaged 10.0 points and 11.0 rebounds per game as a sophomore before being sidelined in December 2006 with a broken ankle…His team finished 18-10 during his sophomore year… Named an honorable mention AllWCAC selection and Prince George’s County team member as a sophomore…Recorded seasonhighs of 17 points and 18 rebounds vs. Paul VI…Scored 25 points vs. DeMatha in a 56-52 loss in The Rock Summer League Championship…Ranked the nation’s No. 53 recruit nationally by
Bob Gibbons Report…Rated the No. 63 player nationally by Scout.com… Ranked by ESPN-U as the nation’s 10th best center prospect…Played AAU basketball with the D.C. Blue Devils and Triple Threat AAU teams…Competed with the Blue Devils for coach Keith Stevens… Competed at the Super Showcase... Competed in the Top-100 Africans With Borders NBA Camp in South Africa and was named the Most Valuable Player in the All-Star Game.
PERSONAL Born Talib Zanna on October 1, 1990…Son of Zanna Awami and Maimuna Zanna...Has three brothers (Nura, Awalu, Ibrahim) and two sisters (Habiba, Maryam)...His father, a successful businessman, passed away not long after he committed to Pitt...Nigerian native who moved to the United States in 2006…Fluent in four different languages and could speak English before arriving in the United States…Began playing basketball in Nigeria when he was 10 years old…Early on, he had a goal of traveling to the United States to play basketball…His workout regimen in Nigeria included running mountains to increase his speed, vertical leap and fitness…Discovered by American high school coaches at a big man camp in Lagos…Devout Muslim...Early in his childhood he played soccer but following a growth spurt he switched to basketball...Visited Pitt on the weekend of Sept. 19 with fellow signees Lamar Patterson and Dante Taylor…Added 30 pounds in his three years in the United States... Has not traveled back to Nigeria since arriving in the United States...Chose Pitt for its coaching staff, playing time and educational opportunities…Selected Pitt over Villanova, Virginia, Oklahoma, Georgetown, Clemson, Virginia Tech, Colorado, Providence, West Virginia, Connecticut, Oklahoma and Boston College..Enrolled in the School of Arts and Sciences with an interest in international business.
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TIM FRYE 6-4 n 205 n Junior n Guard Mars, Pa. n Mars, H.S.
THE STORYLINE Tim Frye is a walk-on guard who owns junior athletic and senior academic status. He was originally set to walk-on to the team during his freshman season but an ACL injury forced him to use the year as rehabilitation. He returned to tryouts as a sophomore and has spent the last two years on the squad.
CAREER Two-year letterwinner...Walk-on who has played in 19 career games and 26 career minutes...Shot .556 (5-9 from 3-point range.
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2008-09 Named a Big East Academic AllStar...Played in nine games and 11
minutes on year...Scored six points and hit 2-5 3-point attempts on season...Hit 3-pointer in one minute vs. DePaul, 2/21...Hit 3-pointer in three minutes of action vs. Maryland-Baltimore County, 12/13.
2007-08 Saw action in 10 games on season...Scored 11 points and converted 75 percent (3-4) of his 3point attempts on year...Hit 3pointer in two minutes at St. John’s, 1/23...Hit 3-pointer in two minutes vs. Lafayette, 1/2...Hit first career field goal (3-pointer) vs. Houston Baptist, 11/9.
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Concluded his career as the Mars High School all-time leading scorer with 1,261 points during his fouryear varsity career...Scored 400 points during his senior season... Topped the 1,000-point career mark with a 21-point performance vs. Kittaning...Scored 29 points as a senior against Ringgold High School...Named a Pittsburgh PostGazette Player to Watch...Named All-Allegheny Conference and AllCounty...Finished with over 500 points as a sophomore...Also competed in track & field and football...Placed fourth in the WPIAL Class 2A meet with a 6-foot high jump...Named All-Conference in football as a wide receiver...Caught 20 passes for 403 yards and four touchdowns as a senior.
A 2006 graduate of Mars High School in Mars, Pa. where he played for Head Coach Rob Carmody...
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PERSONAL Born Paul Timothy Frye on August 28, 1987 in Latrobe, Pa....Son of Paul Frye, stepfather Steve Tritch and Tami Tritch...Has a sister Liz...Uncle Dave Frye played basketball at Providence and uncle Tom Albright played football at Indiana State...Most gratifying moment in sports was breaking his high school’s career scoring record...Person in history he would most like to meet: Muhammad Ali...Became the first Pitt player to wear No. 24 since Marcus Bowman (2002-05)...Switched his jersey from No. 24 to 44 prior to his junior season...Best athletes he has ever competed against include Greg Oden and Greg Paulus at a Houston AAU Tournament...Majors in business/marketing.
NICK RIVERS 6-0 n 180 n Junior n Guard Phoenix, Ariz. n Brophy Prep
THE STORYLINE A walk-on, Nick Rivers earned a roster spot after serving as men’s basketball team manager for two seasons. He will contribute at both guard positions.
HIGH SCHOOL A 2008 graduate of Brophy College Prep in Phoenix, Ariz. where he played two years of varsity basketball for Head Coach Tony Fuller…Two-time First Team AllRegion selection…Over his varsity
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career, averaged 12.5 points, 5.0 assists and three rebounds per game…Averaged 15.1 points per game while leading Brophy to the state tournament as a senior… Guided Brophy to the state’s Elite Eight after averaging 10.2 points per game as a junior…Also competed in track and field… Competed in the high jump and recorded a personal-best 6-4 high jump in the Arizona State Track and Field Meet…Four-year Honor Roll student.
PERSONAL Born Nicholas Rivers on July 11, 1989 in Berkeley, Calif….Son of Angelo and Audrea Rivers…Has a brother Ryan and sister Miranda… Father Angelo Rivers played basketball at UC-Davis (1982-86) and was inducted into the UC-Davis Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006…A former point guard, he is the school’s career recordholder in assists (467) and ranks second in career steals (180)…Favorite food is his mother’s Mexican rolled tacos…Person in history he would like to meet: Martin Luther King…
Happiest and most gratifying moment in sports was seeing himself on ESPN…Role model is his father because he is humble, honorable, responsible and a leader…Best job ever held was a baseball umpire…Served as a student manager with the Pitt Basketball team during his first two years in Pittsburgh…Performs a dance routine, a blend of hip-hop and break dancing in the team huddle prior to home games…The team discovered his dancing talent in the lockerroom and encouraged him to perform the routine before games…Majoring in economics.
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Sophomores Ashton Gibbs and Nasir Robinson both return for their second season at Pitt after enjoying a productive 2008-09 season. A versatile, smooth shooting and reliable ballhandler, Gibbs contributed at both guard positions. He led the Big East in 3-point percentage (.439) and averaged 4.3 points in 35 games played on the year. In addition, Gibbs spent his summer with the USA Basketball Under-19 team that captured the Gold Medal at the FIBA World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand. Over Team USA’s nine-game schedule, Gibbs averaged 9.8 points and led the Americans in minutes (202) and minutes played per game (22.4). He also made six starts, hit 12 3-pointers and hit 82.4 percent (14-17) of his free throw attempts. A hard-nosed and fierce competitor, Robinson contributed primarily at both forward positions off the bench for Pitt in 2008-09. He saw action in 29 games, pulled down 35 rebounds and scored 34 points in 186 minutes. Look for Robinson to make a significant impact in the new year.
2009-10 OPPONENTS
BINGHAMTON
CINCINNATI
CONNECTICUT
DePAUL
DUQUESNE
Nov. 17 n 5:30 p.m.
Jan. 4 n 7 p.m.
Jan. 13 n 7 p.m.
Dec. 28 n 7 p.m.
Dec. 2 n 7 p.m.
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Vestal, N.Y. Enrollment: 14,373 Nickname: Bearcats Colors: Dark Green, Black & White Conference: America East Home Arena: Events Center (5,142) Website: bubearcats.com COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Kevin Broaddus School Record: 37-25 (3rd year) Overall Record: 37-25 (3rd year) 2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 23-9/13-3/1st/NCAA Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 8/4 MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: John Hartrick Office Phone: (607) 777-6800 SID Cell: N/A E-Mail Address: hartrick@binghamton.edu
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Enrollment: 36,518 Nickname: Bearcats Colors: Red & Black Conference: Big East Home Arena: Fifth Third Arena (13,176) Website: GoBearcats.com
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Storrs, Conn. Enrollment: 28,677 Nickname: Huskies Colors: Blue & White Conference: Big East Home Arena: Gampel Pavilion (10,167), XL Center (16,294) Website: uconnhuskies.com
COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Mick Cronin School Record: 42-52 (4th year) Overall Record: 111-76 (7th year)
COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Jim Calhoun School Record: 557-205 (24th year) Overall Record: 805-342 (38th year)
2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 18-14/8-10/Tie-10th Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 8/3
2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 31-5/15-3/2nd Place/ NCAA Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 6/5
MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Michael Harris Office Phone: (513) 240-8884 SID Cell: (513) 240-8884 E-Mail Address: michael.harris@uc.edu
MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Kyle Muncy Office Phone: (860) 486-3531 SID Cell: (860) 208-8624 E-Mail Address: kyle.muncy@unconn.edu
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Chicago, Ill. Enrollment: 24,352 Nickname: Blue Demons Colors: Royal Blue & Scarlet Conference: Big East Home Arena: Allstate Arena (18,500) Website: depaulbluedemons.com
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Pittsburgh, Pa. Enrollment: 10,160 Nickname: Dukes Colors: Red & Blue Conference: Atlantic-10 Home Arena: A.J. Palumbo Center (5,358) Website: goduquesne.com
COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Jerry Wainwright School Record: 52-72 (5th year) Overall Record: 238-216 (16th year)
COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Ron Everhart School Record: 48-45 (5th year) Overall Record: 222-217 (16th year)
2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 9-24/0-18/16th Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 8/3 MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Greg Greenwell Office Phone: (773) 325-7546 SID Cell: (773) 343-3722 E-Mail Address: ggreenwe@depaul.edu
2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 21-13/9-7/Tie-5th Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 8/1 MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Dave Saba Office Phone: (412) 396-5861 SID Cell: (412) 225-5317 E-Mail Address: saba@duq.edu
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EKU
GEORGETOWN
INDIANA
IOWA
KENT STATE
Nov. 19 n 7 p.m.
Jan. 20 n 7 p.m.
Dec. 8 n 9 p.m.
*Nov. 24 n TBA
Dec. 12 n 2 p.m.
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Iowa City, Iowa Enrollment: 30,561 Nickname: Hawkeyes Colors: Gold & Black Conference: Big Ten Home Arena: Carver Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Website: hawkeyesports.com
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Kent, Ohio Enrollment: 34,000 Nickname: Golden Flashes Colors: Navy Blue & Gold Conference: Mid-American Athletic Home Arena: Memorial Athletic & Convocation Center (6,327) Website: kentstatesports.com
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Richmond, Ky. Enrollment: 16,500 Nickname: Colonials Colors: Maroon & White Conference: Ohio Valley Home Arena: McBrayer Arena (6,500) Website: EKUSports.com COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Jeff Neubauer School Record: 67-47 (5th year) Overall Record: 67-47 (5th year) 2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 18-13/10-8/5th Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 9/2 MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Michael Clark Office Phone: (859) 622-6170 SID Cell: N/A E-Mail Address: michael.clark@eku.edu
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Washington, D.C. Enrollment: 15,318 Nickname: Hoyas Colors: Blue & Gray Conference: Big East Home Arena: Verizon Center (20,600), McDonough Arena (2,400) Website: guhoyas.com COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: John Thompson III School Record: 116-51 (6th year) Overall Record: 184-93 (10th year) 2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 16-15/7-11/12th Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 7/14 MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Bill Shapland, Mex Carey Office Phone: (202) 687-2492 SID Cell: (202) 687-2475 E-Mail Address: shaplanw@georgetown.edu mbc32@georgetown.edu
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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Bloomington, Ind. Enrollment: 40,354 Nickname: Hoosiers Colors: Red & White Conference: Big Ten Home Arena: Assembly Hall (17,357) Website: iuhoosiers.com COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Tom Crean School Record: 6-25 (2nd year) Overall Record: 196-121 (11th year) 2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 6-25/1-17/11th Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 9/5 MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: J.D. Campbell Office Phone: (812) 855-9794 SID Cell: (812) 322-1437 E-Mail Address: jc56@indiana.edu
COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Jim Lickliter School Record: 28-36 (3rd year) Overall Record: 159-97 (9th year) 2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 15-17/5-13/10th Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 7/6 MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Matt Weitzel Office Phone: (319) 335-9411 SID Cell: (319) 430-8176 E-Mail Address: matthewweitzel@uiowa.edu
COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Geno Ford School Record: 19-15 (2nd year) Overall Record: 70-47 (5th year) 2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 19-15/10-6/T-3rd East Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 8/3 MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Todd Vatter Office Phone: (330) 672-8467 SID Cell: (330) 329-5248 E-Mail Address: tvatter1@kent.edu
2009-10 OPPONENTS
LOUISVILLE
MARQUETTE
MT. ST. MARY’S
UNH
NOTRE DAME
Jan. 16 n Noon
Feb. 18 n 9 p.m.
Dec. 19 n TBA
Dec. 4 n 7 p.m.
Feb. 24 n 7 p.m.
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Louisville, Ky. Enrollment: 22,000 Nickname: Cardinals Colors: Red & Black Conference: Big East Home Arena: Freedom Hall (18,865) Website: UofLSports.com
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Milwaukee, Wis. Enrollment: 11,516 Nickname: Golden Eagles Colors: Blue & Gold Conference: Big East Home Arena: Bradley Center (18,600) Website: GoMarquette.com
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Emmitsburg, Md. Enrollment: 2,100 Nickname: Mountaineers Colors: Blue & White Conference: Northeast Home Arena: Knott Arena (3,121) Website: mountathletics.com
COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Rick Pitino School Record: 200-73 (8th year) Overall Record: 552-197 (23rd year)
COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Buzz Williams School Record: 25-10 (2nd year) Overall Record: 25-10 (2nd year)
COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Milan Brown School Record: 79-105 (7th year) Overall Record: 79-105 (7th year)
2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 31-6/16-2/1st/NCAA Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 8/5
2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 25-10/12-6/5th/NCAA Starters Returning/Lost: 1/4 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 6/6
2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 19-14/12-6/2nd Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 9/2
MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Kenny Klein Office Phone: (502) 852-6581 SID Cell: (502) 599-7865 E-Mail Address: kenny.klein@louisville.edu
MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Scott Keykendall Office Phone: (414) 288-4794 SID Cell: (414) 807-3490 E-Mail Address: scott.keykendall@ marquette.edu
MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Mark Vandergrift Office Phone: (301) 447-5384 SID Cell: (717) 357-3326 E-Mail Address: vandergrift@msmary.edu
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Durham, N.H. Enrollment: 14,200 Nickname: Wildcats Colors: Blue & White Conference: America East Home Arena: Lundholm Gymnasium (3,500) Website: www.unhwildcats.com
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: South Bend, Ind. Enrollment: 11,733 Nickname: Fighting Irish Colors: Gold & Blue Conference: Big East Home Arena: Joyce Center (TBA) Website: und.com COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Mike Brey School Record: 188-101 (10th year) Overall Record: 287-153 (15th year)
COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Bill Herrion School Record: 45-73 (5th year) Overall Record: 282-242 (20th year) 2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 14-16/8-8/Tie-5th Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 9/4 MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Eric Coplin Office Phone: (603) 862-0717 SID Cell: N/A E-Mail Address: eric.coplin@unh.edu
2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 21-15/8-10/Tie-9th/NIT Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 8/4 MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Bernadette Cafarelli Office Phone: (574) 631-7516 SID Home: (574) 273-2390 E-Mail Address: cafarelli.1@nd.edu
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OHIO
PROVIDENCE
RMU
RUTGERS
ST. JOHN’S
Dec. 22 n 7 p.m.
March 4 n 9 p.m.
Feb. 8 n 8 p.m.
March 6 n 4:30 p.m.
Jan. 28 n 7 p.m. Feb. 27 n Noon
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Athens, Ohio Enrollment: 28,751 Nickname: Bobcats Colors: Hunter Green & White Conference: Mid-American Athletic Home Arena: Convocation Center (13,080) Website: ohiobobcats.com
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Providence, R.I. Enrollment: 3,966 Nickname: Friars Colors: Black, White & Silver Conference: Big East Home Arena: Dunkin’ Donuts Center (12,600) Website: friars.com
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Moon Township, Pa. Enrollment: 5,000 Nickname: Colonials Colors: Blue, Red & White Conference: Northeast Home Arena: Charles L. Sewell Center (3,056) Website: rmucolonials.com
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Piscataway, N.J. Enrollment: 52,471 Nickname: Scarlet Knights Colors: Scarlet Conference: Big East Home Arena: Louis Brown Athletic Center (8,000) Website: scarletknights.com
COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Mike Rice School Record: 50-11 (3rd year) Overall Record: 50-11 (3rd year)
COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Fred Hill School Record: 32-60 (4th year) Overall Record: 32-60 (4th year)
2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 24-11/15-3/1st/NCAA Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 9/3
2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 11-21/2-16/15th Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 9/4
MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Jim Duzyk Office Phone: (412) 397-4314 SID Cell: (412) 498-8359 E-Mail Address: duzyk@rmu.edu
MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Kevin Lorincz Office Phone: (732) 445-7812 SID Cell: (732) 801-4067 E-Mail Address: klorincz@scarletknights.com
COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: John Groce School Record: 15-17 (2nd year) Overall Record: 15-17 (2nd year) 2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 15-17/7-9/6th East Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 6/6 MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Cory Walton Office Phone: (740) 597-1837 SID Cell: (740) 590-4225 E-Mail Address: waltonc@ohio.edu
COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Keno Davis School Record: 19-14 (2nd year) Overall Record: 47-19 (3rd year) 2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 19-14/10-8/7th/NIT Starters Returning/Lost: 1/4 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 6/9 MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Arthur Parks Office Phone: (401) 865-2759 SID Cell: (401) 378-7334 E-Mail Address: aparks@providence.edu
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Queens, N.Y. Enrollment: 20,086 Nickname: Red Storm Colors: Red & White Conference: Big East Home Arena: Madison Square Garden (19,786), Carnesecca Arena (5,602) Website: redstormsports.com COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Norm Roberts School Record: 64-85 (6th year) Overall Record: 64-85 (6th year) 2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 16-18/6-12/13th Starters Returning/Lost: 5/0 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 9/3 MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Mark Fratto Office Phone: (718) 990-1520 SID Cell: (718) 698-0865 E-Mail Address: frattom@stjohns.edu
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SETON HALL
USF
SYRACUSE
TEXAS
VILLANOVA
Jan. 24 n 2 p.m. Feb. 6 n 6 p.m.
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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Tampa, Fla. Enrollment: 45,244 Nickname: Bulls Colors: Green & Gold Conference: Big East Home Arena: USF Sun Dome (10,411) Website: gousfbulls.com
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Syracuse, N.Y. Enrollment: 12,440 Nickname: Orange Colors: Orange Conference: Big East Home Arena: Carrier Dome (33,633) Website: suathletics.com
COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Stan Heath School Record: 21-41 (3rd year) Overall Record: 133-118 (9th year)
COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Jim Boeheim School Record: 799-288 (34th year) Overall Record: 799-288 (34th year)
2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 9-22/4-14/14th Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 4/2
2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 28-10/11-7/6th/NCAA Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 5/7
MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Amy Woodruff Office Phone: (813) 974-4087 SID Cell: (813) 410-1194 E-Mail Address: woodruff@admin.usf.edu
MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Pete Moore Office Phone: (315) 443-2608 SID Cell: (315) 952-5011 E-Mail Address: pimoore@syr.edu
WEST VIRGINIA
WICHITA STATE
Feb. 3 n 7 p.m. Feb. 12 n 9 p.m.
Nov. 23 n 7:30 p.m.
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: South Orange, N.J. Enrollment: 9,700 Nickname: Pirates Colors: Blue & White Conference: Big East Home Arena: Prudential Center (9,800), Walsh Gym (2,600) Website: SHUpirates.com COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Bobby Gonzalez School Record: 47-46 (4th year) Overall Record: 176-123 (11th year) 2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 17-15/7-11/11th Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 7/4 MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Matt Sweeney Office Phone: (973) 761-9493) SID Cell: N/A E-Mail Address: matthew.sweeney@shu.edu
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Austin, Texas Enrollment: 49,984 Nickname: Longhorns Colors: Burnt Orange & White Conference: Big 12 Home Arena: Frank Erwin Center (16,734) Website: TexasSports.com
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Villanova, Pa. Enrollment: 6,240 Nickname: Wildcats Colors: Blue & White Conference: Big East Home Arena: The Pavilion (6,500), Wachovia Center (20,056) Website: villanova.com
COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Rick Barnes School Record: 270-105 (12th year) Overall Record: 472-239 (23rd year)
COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Jay Wright School Record: 178-91 (9th year) Overall Record: 300-176 (15th year)
2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 23-12/9-7/Tie-4th/NCAA Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 9/3
2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 30-8/13-5/4th/NCAA Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 9/4
MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Scott McConnell Office Phone: (512) 471-1345 SID Cell: (512) 748-9313 E-Mail Address: Scott.McConnell@ athletics.utexas.edu
MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Mike Sheridan Office Phone: (610) 519-4120 SID Cell: N/A E-Mail Address: michael.sheridan@villanova.edu
WOFFORD
YSU
CBE CLASSIC
Nov. 13 n 7 p.m.
Nov. 28 n Noon
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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Morgantown, W.Va. Enrollment: 28,840 Nickname: Mountaineers Colors: Old Gold & Blue Conference: Big East Home Arena: WVU Coliseum (14,000) Website: msnsportsnet.com COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Bob Huggins School Record: 49-23 (3rd year) Overall Record: 639-234 (28th year) 2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 23-12/10-8/7th Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 10/4 MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Bryan Messerly Office Phone: (304) 293-2821 SID Cell: N/A E-Mail Address:: bryan.messerly@mail.wvu.edu
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Wichita, Kansas Enrollment: 14,612 Nickname: Shockers Colors: Black & Yellow Conference: Missouri Valley Home Arena: Charles Koch Arena (10,502) Website: www.goshockers.com COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Gregg Marshall School Record: 28-37 (3rd year) Overall Record: 222-120 (12th year) 2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 17-17/8-10/Tie-5th Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 7/5 MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Larry Rankin Office Phone: (316) 978-3265 SID Home: (316) 788-6078 E-Mail Address: lrankin@goshockers.com
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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Spartanburg, S.C. Enrollment: 1,400 Nickname: Terriers Colors: Old Gold & Black Conference: Southern Home Arena: Benjamin Johnson Arena (3,500) Website: woffordterriers.com
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Youngstown, Ohio Enrollment: 14,425 Nickname: Penguins Colors: Red, White & Black Conference: Horizon League Home Arena: Beeghley Center (6,571) Website: www.YSUsports.com
COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Mike Young School Record: 90-116 (8th year) Overall Record: 90-116 (8th year)
COACHING INFORMATION Head Coach: Jerry Slocum School Record: 41-82 (5th year) Overall Record: 621-403 (35th year)
2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 16-14/12-8/4th Starters Returning/Lost: 5/0 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 11/2
2009-10 OUTLOOK 2008-09 Records: 11-19/7-11/Tie-6th Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 11/1
MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Brent Williamson Office Phone: (864) 597-4093 SID Cell: (864) 809-8900 E-Mail Address: williamsondb@wofford.edu
MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact: Jamie Hall Office Phone: (330) 941-1581 SID Cell: N/A E-Mail Address: jehall@ysu.edu
REGIONAL ROUNDS Pittsburgh, Pa. Petersen Events Center Nov. 17, 2009 Pitt vs. Binghamton, 5:30 p.m. Nov. 19, 2009 Pitt vs. Eastern Kentucky, 7 p.m. CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS Kansas City, Mo. Sprint Center Nov. 23, 2009 Pitt vs. Wichita State, 7:30 p.m. Texas vs. Iowa, 10 p.m. Nov. 24, 2009 Consolation Game, 7:45 p.m. Championship Game, 9:50 p.m.
JIMMY V CLASSIC
Pitt vs. Indiana Dec. 9, 2009 Madison Square Garden, 9 p.m.
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2010 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION GENERAL INFORMATION Date: March 9-13, 2010. Location: New York, N.Y. Arena: Madison Square Garden (19,528) Commissioner: John Marinatto Year began: 1980 Total Years: 30 Pitt in BET:: 28th year in 200910. BIG EAST MEDIA INFORMATION Media Coordinator: John Paquette, Chuck Sullivan Office Phone: (401) 453-0660 Fax: (401) 751-8540 Switchboard: (401) 272-9108 Scoreline: (212) 465-6536 Press Row B: (212) 631-5202 E-mail Address: jpaquette@bigeast.org Mailing Address: The BIG EAST Conference, 222 Richmond Street, Suite 110, Providence, R.I. 02903 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN INFORMATION Director, Sports Production: Josephine Traina Office Phone: (212) 465-6731 Fax: (212) 465-6022 Switchboard: (401) 272-9108 MSG Overnight Address: Madison Square Garden 8 Penn Plaza New York, N.Y. 10001 CREDENTIALS Media credentials are authorized and issued by the BIG EAST Conference office. Attending media members must submit a form provided by the BIG EAST Conference during the last several weeks of the regular season. Media members who miss the deadline must call John Paquette immediately. Credentials are not mailed, but are issued during Championship week at the headquarters hotel, the Grand Hyatt, and at the Madison Square Garden “Tower B.” Access Tower B through the Main Box Office Lobby of MSG (7th Avenue) and follow signs to the left to Tower B.
2010 BIG EAST MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST ROUND Tuesday March 9
SECOND ROUND Wednesday March 10
SEMIFINALS Friday March 12
CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday March 13
No. 1 seed
No. 9 seed Noon No. 16 seed
QUARTERFINALS Thursday March 11
Noon ESPN Noon ESPN No. 8 seed 7 p.m. ESPN No. 4 seed
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No. 11 seed 9 p.m. No. 14 seed
9 p.m. ESPN 9 p.m. ESPN No. 6 seed
FUTURE BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP DATES Year Date 2011 March 8-12
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2010 NCAA TOURNAMENT SITES FIRST & SECOND ROUND SITES n March 18 & 20: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, La. (Tulane); Dunkin Donuts Arena, Providence, R.I. (Providence); HP Pavilion, San Jose, Calif. (San Jose State); Ford Center, Oklahoma City, Okla. (Big 12).
n March 19 & 21: HSBC Arena, Buffalo, N.Y. (MAAC/Canisius/Niagara); Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Fla. (Jacksonville); Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wis. (Marquette); Veterans Memorial Arena, Spokane, Wash. (Washington State)
REGIONAL SITES n March 25 & 27: East: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y. (Syracuse); West: Energy Solutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah (Utah). n March 26 & 28: Midwest: Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Mo.
2010 NCAA TOURNAMENT HOST MEDIA CONTACTS Host Phone Number Big 12 ...................... (469) 564-1007 Butler ....................... (317) 940-9414 Canisius ................... (716) 888-2978 Dayton ..................... (937) 229-4419 Houston ................... (713) 743-9404 Jacksonville ............. (904) 256-7409 Marquette ................ (414) 288-5287
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Host Phone Number MVC ......................... (314) 244-2319 Providence ............... (401) 865-2759 San Jose State ....... (408) 924-1208 Syracuse .................. (315) 443-2608 Tulane ...................... (504) 862-8240 Utah ......................... (801) 581-3511 Washington State .... (509) 335-4294
(Missouri Valley Conference); South: Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas (Houston/ Rice). NCAA FINAL FOUR n April 3-5: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Ind. (Butler/ Horizon League)
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Arena, City Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas Superdome, New Orleans, La. Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga.
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Pitt enjoyed one of its most successful seasons in school history in 2008-09 as it advanced to the NCAA East Regional Final, ascended to the nation’s No. 1 ranking for the first time in school history, earned its first-ever No. 1 seed and finished with a school record tying 31-5 record. Pitt also became the only Big East program to advance to the NCAA Tournament for an eighth straight season, win at least 20 overall games (31-5) and 10 league games (15-3) in each of the last eight seasons. Tyrell Biggs, Sean Brown, Levance Fields and Sam Young comprised Pitt’s all-time winningest class as the foursome finished with a four-year 112-31 overall record. The foursome guided Pitt to an undefeated 19-0 record at the Petersen Events Center and said farewell to Pitt fans with a 70-60 win over No. 1 ranked Connecticut on Senior Day. Pitt earned the school’s first-ever No. 1 seed upon entering the NCAA Tournament on Selection Sunday, March 15, 2009. Pitt spent three weeks during the 2008-09 season as the nation’s No. 1 ranked team. The achievement marked the first-ever No. 1 ranking in Pitt Basketball history. Pitt retired current assistant coach Brandin Knight’s jersey No. 20 in a ceremony prior to the Marquette game on March 4, 2009. DeJuan Blair was named the Big East’s co-Most Valuable Player prior to the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden. Pittsburgh native DeJuan Blair earned consensus All-America First Team honors after a superb 2008-09 season which saw him average 15.7 points and 12.3 rebounds per game.
2008-09 REVIEW
SEASON IN REVIEW Pitt finishes 31-5, advances to the NCAA Regional Final, earns the first No. 1 ranking and first No. 1 NCAA Tournament seed in school history
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From the season opener’s tipoff to its heartbreaking loss in the NCAA Regional Final, the 2008-09 Pitt men’s basketball season marked a year of incredible achievement. Along the way, Pitt enjoyed several firsts. It advanced to the NCAA Regional Final and Elite Eight for the first time since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64-teams. Pitt earned the program’s first-ever No. 1 seed upon entering the NCAA Tournament. The Panthers also ascended to the nation’s consensus No. 1 national ranking for the first time in school history and held the top spot for three weeks during the season (Jan. 5, Jan. 12 and Feb. 23). Pitt also defeated the nation’s No. 1 ranked team for the first time in school history (76-68 win at Connecticut on Feb. 16), then became just the ninth team in NCAA history to defeat a No. 1 ranked team two different times in the same year with a 70-60 home win over Connecticut on March 7. In addition, Pitt also set school records for most victories in a season (31-5 record), most Big East regular season wins (15-3), most home wins (19) and total home attendance (212,682 in 19 games). The Panthers also completed their home schedule with an undefeated 19-0 record at the Petersen Events Center, the program’s fourth undefeated home slate in school history. Seniors Tyrell Biggs, Levance Fields and Sam Young set a school
record for most victories over a fouryear period with a 112-31 record. The 2009 Naismith National Coach of the Year, Pitt Head Coach Jamie Dixon set an NCAA Division I college basketball record for most victories over the first six years of a coaching career with his 163-45 record. He surpassed the previous record of 161 wins held by North Carolina State’s Everett Case from 1947-52. Individually, several Panthers achieved on a national scale. Sophomore center DeJuan Blair became the first player at Pitt to earn First Team All-America honors from the Associated Press since Don Hennon achieved that honor in 1957-58. The Big East’s co-Player of the Year, Blair earned consensus First Team AllAmerica honors from every granting organization and finished among the nation’s top-3 for the National Player of the Year awards. He also was named the Big East’s co-Most Valuable Player and consensus All-Region. Blair thrilled Panthers fans with two 20-20 performances against both Notre Dame and Connecticut, led the nation in offensive rebounding and averaged 15.7 points and 12.3 rebounds per game. Senior forward Sam Young, who became just the fourth player in school history to earn All-Big East First Team honors in two seasons, earned several All-America honors, set his own single
DeJuan Blair earned consensus First Team All-America honors in 2008-09. He entered the 2009 NBA Draft and is now a member of the San Antonio Spurs.
Senior Mike Cook hoists the Big East Tournament championship trophy after the Panthers became just the second team in league history to win the tourney with four straight wins. Cook went down with a season-ending knee injury on Dec. 20 vs. Duke, but still remained a key part of the team. Cook applied for a sixth year of eligibility but was denied by the NCAA in August.
2008-09 HONORS AND AWARDS ALL-AMERICA National Player of the Year Finalist, DeJuan Blair Naismith Trophy John R. Wooden Award USBWA Oscar Robertson Award Associated Press All-America First Team: DeJuan Blair (3rd overall in voting) Third Team: Sam Young Honorable Mention: Levance Fields Wooden All-America Team DeJuan Blair, Sam Young State Farm/NABC All-America Second Team: DeJuan Blair USBWA All-America First Team: DeJuan Blair Sports Illustrated All-America First Team: DeJuan Blair Second Team: Sam Young Third Team: Levance Fields The Sporting News All-America First Team: DeJuan Blair Third Team: Sam Young ESPN.com All-America First Team: DeJuan Blair Basketball Times All-America First Team: DeJuan Blair Naismith Lives All-America
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First Team: DeJuan Blair Second Team: Levance Fields Fourth Team: Sam Young Bob Cousy Award Finalist Levance Fields, three-time Lowes Senior CLASS Award Sam Young (finalist) Naismith Coach of the Year Jamie Dixon National Coach of the Year Finalist, Jamie Dixon Naismith Trophy Jim Phelan Award USBWA Henry Iba Award Skip Prosser Man of the Year
Basketball Times All-Region Coach of the Year: Jamie Dixon All-Region: Sam Young
Big East Academic All-Stars Tim Frye, Ashton Gibbs, Ryan Tiesi
ALL-CONFERENCE Big East Player of the Year (co) DeJuan Blair
OTHER AWARDS Legends Classic MVP Sam Young Legends Classic All-Tournament DeJuan Blair, Sam Young
ALL-REGION NCAA Tournament All-East Regional Team Sam Young, DeJuan Blair USBWA Region 2 Player of the Year DeJuan Blair USBWA Region 2 Coach of the Year Jamie Dixon USWBA All-Region 2 Team DeJuan Blair, Levance Fields, Sam Young NABC All-District 5 Team DeJuan Blair, Sam Young
Big East Statistical Champions Rebounds: DeJuan Blair (12.3) Assists: Levance Fields (7.5) 3-point field goal percentage: Ashton Gibbs (43.9) Assist:Turnover Ratio: Levance Fields (3.80) Offensive Rebounds: DeJuan Blair (5.6)
All-Big East First Team: DeJuan Blair, Sam Young Third Team: Levance Fields Preseason All-Big East First Team Sam Young
Big East Player of the Week Sam Young (Jan. 26) DeJuan Blair (Feb. 23) Sam Young (March 8)
TEAM AWARDS Most Valuable Player: Levance Fields, DeJuan Blair, Sam Young Most Improved Player: Nasir Robinson Best Defensive Player: Jermaine Dixon Captains Award: Tyrell Biggs, Levance Fields, Sam Young Team Rebounding Leader: DeJuan Blair (12.3) Free Throw Shooting Leader: Ashton Gibbs (80.0%) Most Inspirational Player: Brad Wanamaker Coaches Award: Gary McGhee Academic Excellence Award: Gilbert Brown Jaron Brown Pursuit of Academic Excellence Award: Tyrell Biggs
2008-09 REVIEW
SCHOOL RECORDS SET/MILESTONE ACHIEVEMENTS MILESTONES n Sam Young, finished career ranked fourth on all-time school scoring list (1,884 points). n Sam Young, became the fourth Pitt player to earn two All-Big East First Team honors. n Levance Fields, became just the sixth player in school history to score over 1,000 points and dish out over 500 assists in a career. n Levance Fields, became the 37th player in school history to score over 1,000 career points. n Tyrell Biggs, Levance Fields, Sam Young, became the ninth, 10th and 11th players in school history to compete in four straight NCAA Tournaments. n Jamie Dixon, first coach in school history to win 20-plus overall games and 10-plus Big East games in six consecutive seasons. n Jamie Dixon, first head coach in school history to guide Pitt to six straight NCAA Tournaments. INDIVIDUAL RECORDS n Career games played, Sam Young (143). n Career games played, Tyrell Biggs (141). n Career point-assist doubledoubles, Levance Fields (8). n Career assist:turnover ratio, Levance Fields (2.89). n Multiple 20-rebound gamescareer, DeJuan Blair (3) n Most points-season, Sam Young (690). n Most assists-season, Levance Fields (270). season scoring record and concluded his career ranked fourth on Pitt’s alltime career scoring list with 1,884 career points. Young entertained Panthers fans with his athleticism, scoring ability and improved ball handling. An All-America, All-Big East and three-time Bob Cousy Award nominee, senior point guard Levance Fields set Pitt’s single season assists record and led the nation for the majority of the season in both assists per game (7.5) and assist:turnover ratio (3.80). Fields proved to be Pitt’s floor general, winner and leader throughout the season. His clutch shots in key moments carried the Panthers. Panthers fans will forever remember his clutch shots against Xavier, Duke and VCU. Several other players contributed to Pitt’s monumental season. Senior Tyrell Biggs gave Pitt productive minutes at the power forward position. Junior college transfer Jermaine Dixon emerged as Fields’ starting backcourt mate and displayed stellar perimeter defense and slashing offensive ability. Sophomore Gilbert Brown contributed athleticism and defensive ability off the bench. Sophomore guard Brad Wanamaker came up with several key games off the bench. Freshman
n Most assists-Big East season, Levance Fields (147). n Best assist average-Big East season, Levance Fields (8.1). n Best rebound average-Big East career, DeJuan Blair (10.9). n Season assist:turnover ratio, Levance Fields (3.80). n Season point-assist doubledoubles, Levance Fields (8). n Season double figure assist games, Levance Fields (9). n Most assists-game, Levance Fields (16 at DePaul, Feb. 7) n Multiple 20-20 games-season, DeJuan Blair (2). n Multiple 20-rebound gamesseason, DeJuan Blair (2). n Most rebounds over a twogame stretch, DeJuan Blair (41 total\23-UConn, 18-DePaul). n Most career points-NCAA Tournament, Sam Young (177). n Most career assists-NCAA Tournament, Levance Fields (55). TEAM RECORDS n Most wins, season (31). n Most NCAA Tournament wins, season (3). n Best winning percentage, season (.861). n Most points, season (2,801) n Most field goals made, season (1,040). n Most rebounds, season (1,432) n Best field goal percentage, game (.674 vs. Cincinnati, 2/ 14/09). n Most rebounds, game (59 vs. Vermont, 12/6/08). n Most combined rebounds two teams, game (100 vs. Vermont, 12/6/08). Ashton Gibbs provided depth and reliable shooting at both guard positions. He ended up leading the Big East in 3-point percentage (.439). Sophomore Gary McGhee and freshman Nasir Robinson both saw spot minutes. Here a few of the monumental season’s highlights: n Pitt began with a 16-0 start to its season. Along the way, the Panthers claimed the Legends Classic title in Newark, N.J. with consecutive wins over Texas Tech and Washington State. Pitt also defeated Siena and Florida State on the road, two games that bolstered its RPI rating. n Pitt claimed a spectacular 16-point road victory at No. 11 Georgetown, which entered the contest fresh off a dominating performance at Connecticut. DeJuan Blair scored 20 points and pulled down 17 rebounds in a national statement win. The win, coupled with Boston College’s upset over No. 1 ranked North Carolina, vaulted Pitt into the nation’s No. 1 ranking for the first time in school history. n As the nation’s No. 1 ranked team, Pitt won two straight games (St. John’s and South Florida) and entered a high profile matchup at
2008-09 PITT BASKETBALL ACCOMPLISHMENTS n Advanced to the NCAA Regional Final/Elite Eight for the first time since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64-teams. The last time Pitt advanced to the Elite Eight was in 1973-74. Pitt won more NCAA Tournament games (3) than any other team in school history. n Appeared in its fifth NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen in the last eight seasons. Pitt ranks among the nation’s top-5 programs in most NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances over the last eight seasons. Only two programs nationally have advanced to more Sweet Sixteens during that span. Those programs include: Kansas-6 and Duke-6, while Pitt, Texas and Connecticut have advanced to five during that period. n Advanced to the NCAA Tournament for a school record eighth consecutive season and 21st time in school history. The eight consecutive appearances rank as the most in the Big East Conference during that span. Villanova ranks second with five appearances. n Became one of only eight schools nationwide to advance to the NCAA Tournament in each of the past eight seasons (2001-09). The eight schools include: Arizona, Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Michigan State, Pitt, Texas and Wisconsin, n Earned the nation’s consensus No. 1 ranking for the first time in school history. Pitt spent three weeks as the nation’s No. 1 ranked team (Jan. 5, Jan. 12 and Feb. 23). n Earned the school’s first-ever No. 1 seed upon entering the NCAA Tournament. Pitt had been a No. 2 seed two times (1988 and 2003). n Compiled a 220-56 record and .797 winning percentage over the past eight seasons (2001-09), which ranks among the nation’s top-five best winning percentages during that span. The .797 winning percentage ranks No. 1 in the Big East during that period. n Won 30 or more games for the second time in school history and tied the school record for most victories in a season (31-5). n Surpassed 20 wins overall and 10 wins in Big East regular season play for a school record eighth consecutive season. Pitt is the only Big East program to have won over 20 overall games and 10 league games in each of the past eight seasons. Additionally, Pitt is one of only three schools nationally to appear in the NCAA Tournament, win 20 overall and 10 league games in each of the last eight seasons: Gonzaga, Kansas and Pitt. n Set a school record for most league wins with a 15-3 Big East Conference regular season record. The 15 wins surpassed the previous record of 13 wins set three times: 2001-02, 2002-03 and 2003-04. n Achieved a school record and seventh straight 10-win Big East regular season (15-3). Over the last eight years, Pitt owns a 96-36 record and .727 winning percentage in Big East regular season games, which ranks tied for first in the conference during that period. n Defeated the nation’s No. 1 ranked team for the first time in school history. Pitt also became just the ninth team and seventh program in NCAA Division I basketball history to defeat the nation’s No. 1 ranked team on two different occasions during the same season, n Coach Jamie Dixon became the first coach in school history to guide Pitt to six straight NCAA Tournaments (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009) and six straight 20-win overall and 10-win league seasons, n With his 163 career wins, Jamie Dixon set the NCAA Division I all-time coaching record for most wins after six seasons as a head coach. He surpassed the previous record of 161 wins set by North Carolina State’s Everett Case from 1947-52. n Seniors Tyrell Biggs, Levance Fields and Sam Young set the school record for most wins over a four-year period (112-31). Biggs, Fields and Young became the ninth, 10th and 11th players at Pitt to compete in four straight NCAA Tournaments. n DeJuan Blair became Pitt’s first consensus First Team All-America selection since Don Hennon earned the honor in 1957-58. Sam Young and Levance Fields also earned various All-America honors. n Blair became the third player in school history to earn the Big East Player of the Year Award. Blair and Young both earned All-Big East First Team honors. Young became just the fourth player in school history to earn two All-Big East First Team honors. n Completed the school’s fourth all-time undefeated season at home with a perfect 19-0 home record. Pitt also went undefeated at home in 200203 (16-0), 1973-74 (13-0) and 1974-75 (10-0). Pitt’s 19 home victories also tied a school record for most home wins in a year (19 in 2003-04). n Concluded its seventh year in the Petersen Events Center with a 115-10 all-time record and .920 winning percentage (16-0 in 2002-03, 19-1 in 2003-04, 13-4 in 2004-05, 16-1 in 2005-06, 16-2 in 2006-07, 16-2 in 2007-08, 19-0 in 2008-09). The .920 winning percentage ranks among the nation’s top-5 best marks since the arena opened in 2002 (Kansas.941, Gonzaga-.935, Wisconsin-.922, Pitt-.920, Duke-.920). n Set school records for total home attendance (212,682 in 19 games) and average home attendance (11,194 per game). n Sold out the Petersen Events Center for the seventh consecutive season and has enjoyed a string of 132 consecutive home sellouts dating back to a January 12, 2002 game against Notre Dame.
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2008-09 RECORD WHEN... Controlling the tip: .................. 26-4 Scoring first: ........................... 24-4 Leading at the half: ................ 28-4 Trailing at the half: ................... 2-1 Tied at half: .............................. 1-0 Leading with 5:00 left: ........... 30-2 Trailing with 5:00 left: ............... 1-3 Tied with 5:00 left: ................... 0-0 In Overtime: .............................. 0-0 Double Overtime: ...................... 0-0 Pitt outrebounds opp.: ............ 27-2 Pitt is outrebounded: ................ 3-3 Rebounds are equal: ................ 1-0 Pitt commits more TO: ............. 8-4 Pitt forces more TO: ............... 18-1 Turnovers are equal: ................. 5-0
All-American Sam Young became the fourth player in school history to earn two All-Big East First Team honors.
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PITT IN THE INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL RANKINGS NATIONAL RANKINGS n Sam Young, 38th points per game (19.2). n DeJuan Blair, 19th field goal percentage (59.3). n Sam Young, 87th field goal percentage (50.2). n DeJuan Blair, 4th rebounds per game (12.3). n Levance Fields, 3rd assists per game (7.5). n Levance Fields, 2nd assist:turnover ratio (3.80).
Jermaine Dixon emerged as Pitt’s starting off guard. He started all 36 games and averaged 8.4 points per contest in his first season at Pitt.
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No. 20 Louisville with a perfect 16-0 record. Blair and Young powered Pitt past Syracuse with dual 20-point performances in an 18-point victory. Young then followed with a 22-point game, leading Pitt to a 79-67 win at West Virginia. Pitt played Villanova in the final basketball game at the historic Philadelphia Spectrum. A seven-game win streak vaulted Pitt back into the nation’s No. 1 ranking. It first defeated Notre Dame, 93-80, behind a 23-point, 22-rebound performance by Blair, notched a non-conference win over Robert Morris, then registered a 28point win at DePaul which saw Blair score 32 points and Fields match the school’s game assists record with 16. Pitt then claimed home wins over West Virginia and Cincinnati respectively. In a sparkling 76-68 win at Connecticut, Young led all scorers with 25 points, but it was Blair who captured the nation’s attention with his second 20-20 performance of the year (22 points/23 rebounds) and inadvertent flip of UConn’s Hasheem Thabeet. Pitt found itself back atop the rankings at No. 1 but the Panthers dropped an improbable loss at Providence. The Marquette win was especially special as Pitt found itself trailing by nine points midway through the second half, but stormed back with a 21-2 run to claim the win. Prior to the Marquette game, Pitt retired the jersey of assistant coach and former All-American Brandin Knight. In a much-anticipated rematch on senior day for Young, Fields and
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Biggs, Pitt sent the record-setting, energized crowd of 12,908 home with a spectacular 70-60 win. Young provided the spark as he scored 31 points and pulled down 10 rebounds in a memorable performance. Fields, who suffered an injury during the Marquette game, played the entire contest and scored 10 points and dished out 12 assists. Pitt earned its first-ever No. 1 seed upon entering the NCAA Tournament. The Panthers were also named the nation’s No. 2 seed behind Big East champion Louisville and concluded the year with a No. 2 ranking in the Ratings Percentage Index. First and second round wins in Dayton, Ohio over East Tennessee State and a red-hot Oklahoma State team vaulted Pitt into its fifth NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance in the last eight seasons. Pitt traveled to Boston where it would meet Xavier in NCAA Regional action. A hard-fought, physical game against the Musketeers came down to the contest’s last minute as Fields hit a go-ahead 3-pointer to give Pitt the lead, then made a steal and converted a layup with 24 seconds left to secure the win. Pitt advanced to the NCAA Regional Final for the first time since the tournament expanded to 64 teams. Its opponent was Big East rival Villanova. In a dramatic game that could have ended either way and typical of the league’s physical play, the contest came down to the final play as the Wildcats’ Scottie Reynolds drove a half-length of the floor and hit a buzzer-beating layup to defeat the Panthers.
Pitt has more FTA: .................. 22-1 Opp. has more FTA: ................. 8-4 FT attempts are equal: ............. 1-0 Pitt shoots better than 60% ...... 3-0 Pitt shoots better than 50%: .. 12-0 Pitt shoots less than 50%: ...... 18-5 Opp. shoots better than 50%: .. 3-0 Opp. shoots less than 50%: .... 25-5 Opp. shoots less than 40% ..... 14-1 Pitt outshoots opp. (FG%) ...... 27-2 Opp. outshoots Pitt (FG%) ........ 2-3 Shooting is tied (%) .................. 2-0 Pitt hits 40% of 3FG: .............. 11-0 Pitt hits less than 40%of3FG: . 19-5 Pitt outshoots opp. (3FG%): ... 14-1 Pitt hits at least 70% of FTA: .. 13-3 Pitt hits at least 60% of FTA: .. 25-2 Pitt bench outscores opp.: ..... 21-1 Opp. bench outscores Pitt: ....... 9-4 Bench scoring is equal: ............ 1-0 Following a Pitt win: ............... 26-5 Following a Pitt loss: ................. 4-0 3 score in double figures: ....... 15-2 4 score in double figures: ......... 9-1 5+ in double figures: ................ 6-0 UNIFORMS White uniforms: ...................... 20-2 Blue uniforms: .......................... 9-3 Gold uniforms: .......................... 2-0 MONTHS OF THE YEAR In November: ............................ 7-0 In December: ............................ 6-0 In January: ................................ 6-2 In February: .............................. 7-1 In March: .................................. 5-2
WHERE PITT RANKED IN THE 2008-09 NCAA STATISTICS Category Rank AVG Scoring Offense .............. 29 .. 77.4 Scoring Defense ............. 87 .. 64.4 Scoring Margin .................. 6 .. 13.0 Field Goal Pct. ................ 20 .. 47.8 FG Pct. Defense .............. 51 .... 6.3 Three-Point FG PG ........ 158 .... 6.3 Three-Point FG Pct. ...... 118 .. 32.9 Free Throw Pct. ............ 216 .. 67.6 Rebound Margin ................ 2 .... 9.3 Assists Per Game .............. 6 .. 17.6 Blocked Shots PG ........... 79 .... 3.9 Steals Per Game ........... 134 .... 6.8 Won-Loss Pct. ................... 3 .. 86.1 Turnovers Per Game ........ 34 .. 12.1 Personal Fouls PG ........... 35 .. 16.3
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2008-09 STATISTICS/RESULTS OVERALL GAMES (31-5) Record: Overall Home Away Neutral All Games ............................ 31-5 ........ 19-0 ......... 7-3 .......... 5-2 Big East Conference ........... 15-3 .......... 9-0 ......... 6-3 .......... 0-0 Non-Conference .................. 13-0 ........ 10-0 ......... 1-0 .......... 2-0 ## 23 45 02 03 05 22 11 12 01 52 35 24 21 14
Player Sam Young DeJuan Blair Levance Fields Jermaine Dixon Tyrell Biggs Brad Wanamaker Gilbert Brown Ashton Gibbs Travon Woodall Gary McGhee Nasir Robinson Tim Frye Ryan Tiesi Sean Brown TEAM................ Total.......... Opponents......
TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF .502 54 145 .372 114 154 .740 69 156 225 6.3 60 .593 0 0 .000 98 162 .605 195 237 432 12.3 95 .398 47 138 .341 79 111 .712 23 68 91 2.5 47 .440 32 109 .294 46 70 .657 19 73 92 2.6 70 .495 19 48 .396 25 40 .625 70 84 154 4.3 79 .462 23 59 .390 53 71 .746 13 104 117 3.3 83 .434 11 39 .282 37 53 .698 40 60 100 3.1 52 .427 36 82 .439 16 20 .800 6 18 24 0.7 27 .280 1 12 .083 2 4 .500 0 10 10 1.0 16 .517 0 0 .000 8 18 .444 23 25 48 1.5 32 .484 0 0 .000 4 10 .400 14 21 35 1.2 19 .333 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.1 1 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 61 42 103 2.9 2 36 7200 200.0 1040 2173 .479 225 639 .352 482 713 .676 533 899 1432 39.8 585 36 7200 200.0 831 2040 .407 229 695 .329 429 608 .706 391 708 1099 30.5 630
GP GS Min 36 36 1146 35 35 955 36 36 1165 36 36 885 36 36 855 36 0 683 32 0 621 35 0 373 10 0 97 31 1 207 29 0 186 9 0 11 10 0 12 4 0 4 36 36
Avg 31.8 27.3 32.4 24.6 23.8 19.0 19.4 10.7 9.7 6.7 6.4 1.2 1.2 1.0
FG FGA 261 520 226 381 130 327 113 257 93 188 66 143 62 143 50 117 7 25 15 29 15 31 2 6 0 5 0 1
Score by Periods: 1st 2nd OT 2OT Total Pitt ................................... 1336 ... 1451 .... -- ...... -- ... 2787 Opponents ....................... 1122 ... 1198 .... -- ...... -- ... 2320
FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 1 40 88 30 35 690 19.2 3 42 44 34 54 550 15.7 0 270 71 2 28 386 10.7 1 72 36 25 51 304 8.4 2 25 35 18 14 230 6.4 3 77 60 8 28 208 5.8 0 42 35 9 16 172 5.4 0 30 22 1 5 152 4.3 0 17 6 0 6 17 1.7 0 1 15 8 2 38 1.2 0 16 14 4 7 34 1.2 0 1 3 0 0 6 0.7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 6 10 633 436 139 246 2801 77.8 - 460 461 115 193 2356 65.4
Deadball Rebounds: Off. Def. Total Pitt ........................................ 108 ........... 10 .......... 118 Opponents .............................. 88 ........... 13 .......... 103
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Overall: 31-5 n Home: 19-0 n Away: 7-3 n Neutral: 5-2 Date 11/14/08 11/17/08 11/21/08 11/22/08 11/25/08 11/28/08 11/29/08 12/03/08 12/06/08 12/13/08 12/17/08 12/21/08 12/31/08 01/03/09 01/11/09 01/14/09 01/17/09 01/19/09 01/25/09 01/28/09 01/31/09 02/02/09 02/07/09 02/09/09 02/14/09 02/16/09 02/21/09 02/24/09 02/28/09 03/04/09 03/07/09 03/12/09 03/20/09 03/22/09 03/26/09 03/28/09
Time 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:50 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. Noon Noon 7:00 p.m. 6:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Noon 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:04 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Noon 7:00 p.m. 2:55 p.m. 2:50 p.m. 7:27 p.m. 7:05 p.m.
Opponent (TV) FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON MIAMI, Ohio (ESPN-R) ^AKRON (ESPN-R) ^INDIANA (PA) BELMONT %vs. Texas Tech (HDNet) %vs. Washington State (HDNet) DUQUESNE (Pitt-TV) VERMONT (Pitt-TV) UMBC (ESPN-R) SIENA (ESPN2) at Florida State (FSN National) *at Rutgers (ESPN-R) *at Georgetown (ESPN) *ST. JOHN’S (ESPN-R) *SOUTH FLORIDA (ESPN-U) *at LOUISVILLE (ESPN) *SYRACUSE (ESPN) *at West Virginia (ESPN-R) *at Villanova (ESPN-U) *NOTRE DAME (ESPN) ROBERT MORRIS *at DePaul (ESPN-R) *WEST VIRGINIA (ESPN) *CINCINNATI (ESPN) *at CONNECTICUT (ESPN) *DEPAUL (ESPN-R) *at Providence (ESPN-R) *at Seton Hall (ESPN-R) *MARQUETTE (ESPN) *CONNECTICUT (CBS) +vs. West Virginia (ESPN) $vs. East Tennessee State (CBS) $vs. Oklahoma State (CBS) &vs. Xavier (CBS) &vs. Villanova (CBS)
W/L W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W L W W L W W W W W W W L W W W L W W W L
Score 86-63 82-53 86-67 86-60 74-60 80-67 57-43 78-51 80-51 91-56 79-66 56-48 78-72 70-54 90-67 75-62 63-69 78-60 79-67 57-67 93-80 92-72 92-69 70-59 85-69 76-68 80-61 73-81 89-78 90-75 70-60 60-74 72-62 84-76 60-55 76-78
Attend. 10043 10072 10133 9003 9595 3510 2991 10387 10122 10188 10045 6522 6308 19397 12508 12508 20082 12508 14329 17491 12508 10122 9814 12508 12508 16294 12508 11887 9800 12508 12908 19375 12499 12596 18831 18871
High Points (17) DeJuan Blair (14) Dixon/Young (26) Sam Young (27) DeJuan Blair (33) Sam Young (24) Sam Young (15) Sam Young (23) Sam Young (28) Sam Young (19) Sam Young (21) DeJuan Blair (21) Sam Young (18) Sam Young (20) DeJuan Blair (23) DeJuan Blair (16) Tyrell Biggs (19) Jermaine Dixon (22) Sam Young (22) Sam Young (14) Sam Young (23) DeJuan Blair (23) Sam Young (32) DeJuan Blair (20) Sam Young (18) Sam Young (25) Sam Young (20) DeJuan Blair (17) DeJuan Blair (29) Sam Young (23) DeJuan Blair (31) Sam Young (15) Sam Young (27) DeJuan Blair (32) Sam Young (19) Sam Young (28) Sam Young
High Rebounds (13) DeJuan Blair (9) DeJuan Blair (13) DeJuan Blair (18) DeJuan Blair (7) Sam Young (11) DeJuan Blair (10) DeJuan Blair (17) DeJuan Blair (16) DeJuan Blair (8) Blair/McGhee (16) DeJuan Blair (12) DeJuan Blair (10) Tyrell Biggs (17) DeJuan Blair (15) DeJuan Blair (18) DeJuan Blair (10) DeJuan Blair (12) DeJuan Blair (11) DeJuan Blair (9) Sam Young (22) DeJuan Blair (8) DeJuan Blair (14) DeJuan Blair (9) DeJuan Blair (8) Brad Wanamaker (23) DeJuan Blair (18) DeJuan Blair (8) Young/Blair (10) Young/Blair (9) DeJuan Blair (10) Sam Young (6) Levance Fields (16) DeJuan Blair (12) DeJuan Blair (17) DeJuan Blair (10) DeJuan Blair
*Big East Conference game; ^Legends Classic (Pittsburgh, Pa.); %Legends Classic (Newark, N.J., Prudential Center; +Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden); $NCAA First & Second Rounds (Dayton, Ohio); &NCAA Regionals (Boston, Mass.)
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BIG EAST CONFERENCE GAMES (15-3) ## 23 45 02 03 22 05 11 12 35 52 24 21 14
Player Sam Young DeJuan Blair Levance Fields Jermaine Dixon Brad Wanamaker Tyrell Biggs Gilbert Brown Ashton Gibbs Nasir Robinson Gary McGhee Tim Frye Ryan Tiesi Sean Brown TEAM................ Total.......... Opponents......
GP GS 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 0 18 18 18 0 18 0 15 0 15 0 6 0 7 0 2 0 18 18
Min 568 491 600 465 373 457 348 163 61 61 5 6 2
Avg FG FGA 31.6 122 247 27.3 118 207 33.3 71 176 25.8 67 137 20.7 42 85 25.4 48 95 19.3 37 79 9.1 23 53 4.1 5 11 4.1 3 6 0.8 1 3 0.9 0 0 1.0 0 1
18 3600 200.0 537 1100 18 3600 200.0 439 1009
TOTAL 3-PTS Pct 3FG FGA Pct .494 25 67 .373 .570 0 0 .000 .403 24 69 .348 .489 22 62 .355 .494 16 36 .444 .505 9 28 .321 .468 5 18 .278 .434 16 40 .400 .455 0 0 .000 .500 0 0 .000 .333 1 3 .333 .000 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 .000 .488 118 323 .435 111 322
REBOUNDS FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF 49 67 .731 32 81 113 6.3 41 53 79 .671 96 125 221 12.3 51 35 56 .625 11 34 45 2.5 28 25 39 .641 8 39 47 2.6 40 27 35 .771 9 58 67 3.7 46 10 15 .667 36 38 74 4.1 40 11 18 .611 23 31 54 3.0 24 3 5 .600 3 9 12 0.7 11 0 1 .000 4 9 13 0.9 8 3 6 .500 6 7 13 0.9 13 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 34 19 53 2.9 0 .365 216 321 .673 262 451 713 39.6 304 .345 229 335 .684 180 345 525 29.2 292
FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 1 15 49 10 18 318 17.7 2 20 22 21 20 289 16.1 0 147 38 1 13 201 11.2 1 43 12 13 29 181 10.1 1 48 28 6 14 127 7.1 1 11 17 10 4 115 6.4 0 22 17 4 6 90 5.0 0 15 9 1 3 65 3.6 0 4 8 2 2 10 0.7 0 0 8 1 1 9 0.6 0 0 2 0 0 3 0.5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 4 6 325 215 69 110 1408 78.2 - 235 215 59 95 1218 67.7
Deadball Rebounds: Off. Def. Total Pitt .......................................... 56 ............. 2 ............ 58 Opponents .............................. 43 ............. 5 ............ 48
Score by Periods: 1st 2nd OT Total Pitt ..................................... 659 ..... 749 .... -- ...... 1408 Opponents ......................... 603 ..... 615 .... -- ...... 1218
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TOTAL 3-PTS FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct 6 17 .353 0 3 .000 4 5 .800 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 3 10 .300 0 1 .000 2 5 .400 0 1 .000 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 23 23
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FT FTA Pct Off Def 3 4 .750 2 3 6 8 .750 4 1 3 3 1.000 0 1 0 0 .000 2 3 0 0 .000 2 4 1 2 .500 0 2 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 .000 0 0 1 1 14 19 .737 11 16 24 27 .889 14 19
Score by Periods: 1st 2nd OT Total Pitt ....................................... 34 ....... 26 .... -- .......... 60 Opponents ........................... 36 ....... 38 .... -- .......... 74
REBOUNDS Tot Avg 5 5.0 5 5.0 1 1.0 5 5.0 6 6.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 2 2.0 27 27.0 33 33.0
PF 0 5 5 3 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 20 18
FO 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -
A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 0 1 1 0 15 15.0 0 1 0 1 14 14.0 0 2 0 1 7 7.0 2 0 0 0 6 6.0 7 5 0 1 6 6.0 2 1 1 1 5 5.0 0 2 0 0 3 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 1 1 0 0 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 12 13 2 4 74 74.0 15 9 1 6 110110.0
Deadball Rebounds: Off. Def. Total Pitt ............................................ 2 ............. 0 .............. 2 Opponents ................................ 2 ............. 0 .............. 2
NCAA TOURNAMENT GAMES (3-1) ## 23 45 02 11 12 22 03 05 52 35
Player Sam Young DeJuan Blair Levance Fields Gilbert Brown Ashton Gibbs Brad Wanamaker Jermaine Dixon Tyrell Biggs Gary McGhee Nasir Robinson TEAM................ Total.......... Opponents......
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Avg 38.5 34.0 35.5 20.8 12.0 21.3 21.0 15.8 2.5 0.0
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TOTAL 3-PTS Pct 3FG FGA Pct .524 12 25 .480 .551 0 0 .000 .375 7 22 .318 .412 1 4 .250 .357 5 11 .455 .267 1 8 .125 .182 0 7 .000 .444 1 3 .333 .000 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 .000 .432 .382
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REBOUNDS FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg 15 16 .938 7 24 31 7.8 13 27 .481 23 32 55 13.8 6 11 .545 6 3 9 2.3 13 16 .813 7 9 16 4.0 4 4 1.000 2 3 5 1.3 9 13 .692 1 12 13 3.3 7 8 .875 3 10 13 3.3 0 2 .000 2 6 8 2.0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 5 5 10 2.5 67 97 .691 56 104 160 40.0 54 69 .783 55 87 142 35.5
PF 5 12 6 8 3 8 9 7 1 0 0 59 79
FO 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 -
A TO Blk Stl Pts 3 13 5 1 93 7 5 3 8 67 26 8 0 2 43 8 5 2 1 28 3 5 0 1 19 4 7 1 2 18 5 5 1 4 15 1 3 2 1 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 52 14 20 292 48 41 16 24 271
Deadball Rebounds: Off. Def. Total Pitt .......................................... 14 ............. 3 ............ 17 Opponents ................................ 7 ............. 3 ............ 10
Score by Periods: 1st 2nd OT Total Pitt ..................................... 138 ..... 154 .... -- ........ 292 Opponents ......................... 141 ..... 130 .... -- ........ 271
ATTENDANCE SUMMARY OVERALL ATTENDANCE Attendance Games Home ........................... 19 Away ............................ 10 Neutral ........................... 7 Total ............................. 36
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Totals Avg/Game ......... 212682 ............ 11194 ......... 220597 ............ 13192 ........... 88676 ............ 12668 ......... 521955 ............ 14499
CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE Attendance Games Totals Avg/Game Home ............................. 9 ......... 112972 ............ 12552 Away .............................. 9 ......... 125402 ............ 13934 Neutral ........................... 0 ................... 0 .................... 0 Total ............................. 18 ......... 238374 ............ 13243
Avg 23.3 16.8 10.8 7.0 4.8 4.5 3.8 2.3 0.0 0.0 73.0 67.8
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2008-09 HIGHS & LOWS PITT TEAM HIGHS & LOWS Points: Field Goals Made: Field Goal Attempts: Field Goal Percentage: 3-Point FG Made: 3-Point FG Attempts: 3-Point FG Percentage: Free Throws Made: Free Throw Attempts: Free Throw Percentage: Rebounds: Assists: Steals: Blocked Shots: Turnovers: Fouls:
High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low
93 56 38 17 74 45 .674 .333 14 0 28 8 .556 .000 27 3 37 6 .889 .500 59 27 27 7 16 1 8 0 23 6 26 8
Notre Dame (01/31/09) at Florida State (12/21/08) at DePaul (02/07/09) vs. Washington State (11/29/08) Vermont (12/06/08) Belmont (11/25/08) Cincinnati, 31-46 (02/14/09) at Florida State, 21-63 (12/21/08) UMBC (12/13/08) vs. West Virginia (03/12/09) vs. Oklahoma State (03/22/09) vs. West Virginia (03/12/09) South Florida, 10-18 (01/14/09) vs. West Virginia (03/12/09) Akron (11/21/08) at Georgetown (01/03/09) Akron (11/21/08) two times DePaul, 8-9 (02/21/09) two times Vermont (12/06/08) two times Fairleigh Dickinson (11/14/08) vs. Washington State (11/29/08) Duquesne (12/03/08) South Florida (01/14/09) three times two times at Seton Hall (02/28/09) two times at Louisville (01/17/09) two times
OPPONENT HIGHS & LOWS Points: Field Goals Made Field Goal Attempts: Field Goal Percentage: 3-Point FG Made: 3-Point FG Attempts: 3-Point FG Percentage: Free Throws Made: Free Throw Attempts: Free Throw Percentage: Rebounds: Assists: Steals: Blocked Shots: Turnovers: Fouls:
PITT INDIVIDUAL HIGHS Points:
33 32 32 31 29 FG Made: 14 13 FG Attempts: 25 23 FG Pct: 1.000 .929 3FGM: 4 3FG Attempts: 10 10 3FG Pct. 1.000 FT Made: 12 9 FT Attempts: 14 13 FT Pct: 1.000 1.000 Rebounds: 23 22 Assists: 16 13 13 13 Steals: 6 6 6 Blocked Shots: 4 4 Turnovers: 6
Sam Young vs. Belmont (11/25/08) Sam Young vs. Oklahoma State (03/22/09) DeJuan Blair at DePaul (02/07/09) Sam Young vs. Connecticut (03/07/09) Sam Young at Seton Hall (02/28/09) DeJuan Blair at DePaul (02/07/09) three times Sam Young vs. Texas Tech (11/28/08) two times DeJuan Blair, 9-9, vs. Villanova (03/28/09) DeJuan Blair, 13-14, vs. Indiana, Pa. (11/22/08) five times Sam Young vs. Oklahoma State (03/22/09) Sam Young at Louisville (01/17/09) three times, 3-3 Levance Fields vs. Akron (11/21/08) three times Levance Fields vs. Akron (11/21/08) DeJuan Blair vs. East Tennessee State (03/20/09) Brad Wanamaker, 8-8, vs. Notre Dame (01/31/09) eight times, 5-5 DeJuan Blair at Connecticut (02/16/09) DeJuan Blair vs. Notre Dame (01/31/09) Levance Fields at DePaul (02/07/09) Levance Fields vs. Cincinnati (02/14/09) Levance Fields vs. Robert Morris (02/02/09) Levance Fields vs. South Florida (01/14/09) Jermaine Dixon at Villanova (01/28/09) Sam Young at DePaul (02/07/09) Levance Fields at Louisville (01/17/09) DeJuan Blair vs. Marquette (03/04/09) DeJuan Blair vs. Syracuse (01/19/09) three times
High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low
81 43 30 14 75 44 .574 .274 12 1 29 5 .588 .167 24 2 29 4 1.000 .333 44 20 24 6 15 0 8 0 25 8 30 9
at Providence (02/24/09) vs. Washington State (11/29/08) at Seton Hall (02/28/09) at Florida State (12/21/08) vs. E. Tennessee State (03/20/09) South Florida (01/14/09) Robert Morris, 27-47 (02/02/09) Vermont, 17-62 (12/06/08) two times St. John’s (01/11/09) two times St. John’s (01/11/09) Robert Morris, 10-17 (02/02/09) at DePaul, 3-18 (02/07/09) vs. West Virginia (03/12/09) DePaul (02/21/09) two times two times vs. Okla. St., 12-12 (03/22/09) two times two times UMBC (12/13/08) Robert Morris (02/02/09) at Florida State (12/21/08) at Seton Hall (02/28/09) West Virginia (02/09/09) at Connecticut (02/16/09) three times Duquesne (12/03/08) two times Akron (11/21/08) two times
OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL HIGHS Points:
27 25 24 23 23 FG Made: 11 10 FG Attempts: 25 24 FG Pct: .857 .857 3FGM: 6 5 3FG Attempts: 15 12 12 3FG Pct. 1.000 FT Made: 10 10 FT Attempts: 14 12 FT Pct: 1.000 1.000 Rebounds: 14 13 Assists: 10 8 8 8 Steals: 6 5 Blocked Shots: 5 Turnovers: 8 8
Luke Harangody vs. Notre Dame (01/31/09) Jeremy Hazell at Seton Hall (02/28/09) Trevor Cook vs. Texas Tech (11/28/08) Jerel McNeal vs. Marquette (03/04/09) Brett McKnight vs. Akron (11/21/08) Luke Harangody vs. Notre Dame (01/31/09) Augustus Gilchrist vs. South Florida (01/14/09) Luke Harangody vs. Notre Dame (01/31/09) Jerel McNeal vs. Marquette (03/04/09) Larry Davis, 6-7, vs. Cincinnati (02/14/09) Anthony Farmer, 6-7, at Rutgers (12/31/09) Luke Zeller vs. Notre Dame (01/31/09) four times Jeremy Hazell at Seton Hall (02/28/09) Jerel McNeal vs. Marquette (03/04/09) Andy Rautins vs. Syracuse (01/19/09) Bateko Francisco, 3-3, vs. Robert Morris (02/02/09) Devin Ebanks vs. West Virginia (03/12/09) Reggie Redding at Villanova (01/28/09) Dominique Jones vs. South Florida (01/14/09) Kevin Tiggs vs. East Tennessee State (03/20/09) Reggie Redding, 10-10, at Villanova (01/28/09) Kenny Hayes, 9-9, vs. Miami, Ohio (11/17/08) Marquis Blakely vs. Vermont (12/06/08) Hasheem Thabeet vs. Connecticut (03/07/09) Byron Eaton vs. Oklahoma State (03/22/09) A.J. Price at Connecticut (02/16/09) Jeremy Chappell vs. Robert Morris (02/02/09) John Roberson vs. Texas Tech (11/28/08) Eugene Harvey at Seton Hall (02/28/09) two times three times Quincy Roberts vs. St. John’s (01/11/09) Taylor Rochestie vs. Washington State (11/29/08)
2009-10 PITT BASKETBALL
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2008-09 REVIEW
POINTS-REBOUNDS-ASSISTS Opponent
118
FDU Miami, Ohio Akron Indiana, Pa. Belmont vs TexasTech vs WSU Duquesne Vermont UMBC Siena at Florida St. at Rutgers at Gtown St.John’s South Florida at Louisville Syracuse at WVU at Villanova Notre Dame Robert Morris at DePaul WVU Cincinnati at UConn DePaul at Providence at SetonHall Marquette UConn vs WVU vs ETSU vs OklaSt. vs Xavier vs Villanova
1 2 3 5 Travon Levance Jermaine Tyrell Date Woodall Fields Dixon Biggs 11/14/08 11/17/08 11/21/08 11/22/08 11/25/08 11/28/08 11/29/08 12/03/08 12/06/08 12/13/08 12/17/08 12/21/08 12/31/08 01/03/09 01/11/09 01/14/09 01/17/09 01/19/09 01/25/09 01/28/09 01/31/09 02/02/09 02/07/09 02/09/09 02/14/09 02/16/09 02/21/09 02/24/09 02/28/09 03/04/09 03/07/09 03/12/09 03/20/09 03/22/09 03/26/09 03/28/09
3-0-5 2-5-2 2-0-2 4-0-2 0-0-2 4-1-1 0-1-0 2-1-0 0-2-1 0-0-2 DNP DNP DNP 70-54 90-67 75-62 63-69 78-60 79-67 57-67 93-80 92-72 92-69 70-59 85-69 76-68 80-61 73-81 89-78 90-75 70-60 60-74 72-62 84-76 60-55 76-78
15-1-8 12-2-12 19-2-7 5-4-5 17-5-6 3-1-4 14-2-2 8-1-11 6-2-8 11-0-4 11-4-6 3-3-4 11-4-6 6-4-8 13-2-9 11-3-13 8-2-7 15-5-6 13-0-5 11-1-4 17-2-7 12-4-13 13-2-16 13-2-7 11-1-13 10-5-5 5-3-6 7-2-3 10-1-10 17-1-10 10-5-12 6-6-7 6-1-5 13-3-9 14-2-6 10-3-6
6-2-4 14-0-2 4-3-1 5-0-1 10-4-2 8-3-0 7-5-1 12-4-1 0-1-2 5-1-2 6-3-5 11-3-1 10-2-2 2-1-1 17-1-1 7-0-0 19-4-2 4-3-4 11-2-4 4-4-4 16-5-2 15-1-0 8-1-1 9-4-3 14-2-1 11-0-5 11-1-3 5-4-3 14-5-1 13-4-4 6-4-2 5-2-2 0-3-3 6-6-0 4-3-0 5-1-2
8-4-2 10-3-0 6-11-1 10-2-0 6-3-1 9-8-1 8-3-0 8-7-0 10-7-0 4-2-2 14-6-2 5-9-0 6-10-1 14-2-0 2-4-0 16-3-0 8-8-1 8-5-2 4-3-1 0-3-0 2-2-1 2-2-2 2-3-0 5-6-1 7-0-0 5-2-1 13-5-0 10-3-1 9-6-0 4-3-1 0-6-1 6-5-2 3-2-0 6-1-1 0-3-0 0-2-0
11 Gilbert Brown
12 Ashton Gibbs
21 Ryan Tiesi
22 Brad Wnmkr
23 Sam Young
24 Tim Frye
DNP DNP DNP DNP 2-4-1 10-8-2 6-3-0 2-0-1 7-5-0 13-3-4 7-5-2 2-1-1 11-4-0 9-6-1 8-2-3 4-3-1 0-3-1 2-4-0 4-2-0 6-3-0 4-6-1 2-1-1 6-5-4 2-0-0 12-2-1 0-7-2 5-0-0 0-1-0 6-3-5 11-3-3 0-0-0 3-0-0 8-3-2 5-5-3 7-6-1 8-2-2
8-0-1 5-1-1 5-0-0 10-2-4 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-1-1 DNP 11-2-1 13-0-0 2-0-1 3-0-0 3-2-0 0-0-1 6-0-1 0-0-1 3-2-0 2-0-1 3-2-1 2-0-2 13-2-1 9-0-1 6-2-2 7-0-1 0-0-1 0-1-2 0-1-1 15-0-0 3-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 2-1-1 10-4-2 9-0-1 0-0-0 0-1-0
DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
6-2-2 5-3-2 4-1-0 9-4-1 2-2-3 7-2-2 0-0-0 8-5-0 2-5-4 3-3-3 4-2-4 1-5-2 15-5-4 5-4-2 7-5-5 8-2-3 2-4-0 3-1-2 2-2-5 13-1-1 13-6-2 5-2-2 13-2-2 6-5-3 6-8-2 1-1-0 4-4-5 3-5-3 9-5-6 4-3-1 13-4-2 7-1-0 4-4-1 3-4-1 6-4-0 5-1-2
15-3-2 14-7-1 26-6-0 9-3-4 33-7-1 24-8-4 15-8-2 23-5-0 28-9-3 19-3-3 14-4-1 21-7-1 18-4-0 14-8-0 12-3-2 14-5-1 14-4-3 22-6-0 22-4-1 14-9-2 5-4-1 23-6-0 10-10-0 20-7-0 18-4-1 25-3-0 16-6-1 16-8-2 29-10-0 18-8-0 31-10-1 15-5-0 14-13-0 32-8-2 19-3-1 28-7-0
DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 3-0-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 3-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
35 45 Nasir DeJuan Robinson Blair 4-4-2 6-4-1 4-0-0 0-2-3 2-4-3 0-0-0 DNP 0-2-0 3-2-1 2-2-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 2-2-1 DNP 0-1-0 2-1-1 4-2-0 0-2-1 0-0-1 1-2-1 0-0-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 2-1-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 2-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP
52 Gary McGhee
17-13-1 10-9-0 16-13-2 27-18-1 DNP 15-11-1 7-10-1 14-17-3 13-16-1 12-8-0 21-16-3 10-12-0 2-2-0 20-17-3 23-15-2 13-18-1 9-10-0 20-12-2 16-11-1 7-8-1 23-22-0 18-8-2 32-14-1 8-9-0 17-7-2 22-23-2 20-18-1 17-8-0 9-10-1 23-9-3 8-8-0 14-5-0 27-16-3 10-12-1 10-17-1 20-10-2
4-4-0 4-3-0 0-1-0 7-7-0 2-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-3-0 6-8-0 0-4-1 0-0-0 2-3-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 2-1-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 5-4-0 2-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-6-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP
2008-09 BIG EAST RESULTS 2008-09 BIG EAST FINAL STANDINGS Louisville Pitt Connecticut Villanova Marquette Syracuse West Virginia Providence Cincinnati Notre Dame Seton Hall Georgetown St. John’s South Florida Rutgers DePaul
W-L 16-2 15-3 15-3 13-5 12-6 11-7 10-8 10-8 8-10 8-10 7-11 7-11 6-12 4-14 2-16 0-18
Pct. .889 .833 .833 .722 .667 .611 .556 .556 .444 .444 .389 .389 .333 .222 .111 .000
Conference H A 8-1 8-1 9-0 6-3 7-2 8-1 7-2 6-3 7-2 5-4 7-2 4-5 6-3 4-5 6-3 4-5 5-4 3-6 6-3 2-7 4-5 3-6 4-5 3-6 5-4 1-8 3-6 1-8 2-7 0-9 0-9 0-9
W-L 31-6 31-5 31-5 30-8 25-10 28-10 23-12 19-14 18-14 21-15 17-15 16-15 16-18 9-22 11-21 9-24
Pct. .838 .861 .861 .789 .714 .737 .657 .576 .563 .583 .531 .516 .471 .290 .344 .273
Overall H 16-2 19-0 14-2 15-2 16-2 16-3 11-3 13-5 13-5 15-3 10-7 11-5 13-7 7-7 8-10 7-9
A 8-1 7-3 9-1 8-3 6-4 5-5 7-5 4-6 4-7 3-8 4-6 3-8 1-10 1-11 3-10 1-11
2009 NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS N Streak 7-3 Lost 1 5-2 Lost 1 8-2 Lost 1 7-3 Lost 1 3-4 Lost 1 7-2 Lost 1 5-4 Lost 2 2-3 Lost 2 1-2 Lost 4 3-4 Lost 1 3-2 Lost 1 2-2 Lost 2 2-1 Lost 2 1-4 Lost 2 0-1 Lost 1 1-4 Lost 1
March 19 n NCAA First Round No. 1 UConn 103, No. 16 Chattanooga 47 No. 3 Villanova 80, No. 14 American 67 March 20 n NCAA First Round No. 3 Syracuse 59, No. 14 Steph.F.Austin 44 No. 6 Marquette 58, No. 11 Utah State 57 No. 11 Dayton 68, No. 6 WVU 60 No. 1 Pitt 72, No. 16 E. Tenn. State 62 No. 1 Louisville 74, No. 16 Morehead St. 54 March 21 n NCAA Second Round No. 3 Villanova 88, No. 6 UCLA 69 No. 1 UConn 92, No. 9 Texas A&M 66 March 22 n NCAA Second Round No. 3 Syracuse 78, No. 6 Arizona State 67 No. 1 Pitt 84, No. 8 Oklahoma State 76 No. 3 Missouri 83, No. 6 Marquette 79 No. 1 Louisville 79, No. 9 Siena 72
March 26 n NCAA Regionals No. 1 UConn 72, No. 5 Purdue 60 No. 1 Pitt 60, No. 4 Xavier 55 No. 3 Villanova 77, No. 2 Duke 54 March 27 n NCAA Regionals No. 1 Louisville 103, No. 12 Arizona 64 No. 2 Oklahoma 84, No. 3 Syracuse 71 March 28 n NCAA Regional Finals No. 1 UConn 82, No. 3 Missouri 75 No. 3 Villanova 78, No. 1 Pitt 76 March 29 n NCAA Regional Finals No. 2 Michigan State 64, No. 1 Louisville 52 April 4 n Final Four Michigan State 82, UConn 73 North Carolina 83, Villanova 69
2008-09 ALL-BIG EAST SELECTIONS POSTSEASON AWARD WINNERS Player of the Year: DeJuan Blair, Pitt, Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut Coach of the Year: Jay Wright, Villanova Rookie of the Year: Greg Monroe, Georgetown Defensive Player of the Year: Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut Most Improved Player: Dante Cunningham, Villanova Sportsmanship Award: Alex Ruoff, West Virginia
2009-10 PITT BASKETBALL
Sixth Man Award: Corey Fisher, Villanova Big East Scholar-Athlete Award: Alex Ruoff, West Virginia All-BIG EAST First Team Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut; Terrence Williams, Louisville; Jerel McNeal, Marquette; Luke Harangody, Notre Dame; DeJuan Blair, Pitt; Sam Young, Pitt.
All-BIG EAST Second Team A.J. Price, Connecticut; Wesley Matthews, Marquette; Jonny Flynn, Syracuse; Dante Cunningham, Villanova; Da’Sean Butler, West Virginia.
All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention Weyinmi Efejuku, Providence; Dominique Jones, USF; Scottie Reynolds, Villanova; Alex Ruoff, West Virginia.
All-BIG EAST Third Team Deonta Vaughn, Cincinnati; Jeff Adrien, Connecticut; Earl Clark, Louisville; Levance Fields, Pitt; Jeremy Hazell, Seton Hall.
BIG EAST All-Rookie Team Yancy Gates, Cincinnati; Kemba Walker, Connecticut; Greg Monroe, Georgetown; Samardo Samuels, Louisville; Mike Rosario, Rutgers; Devin Ebanks, West Virginia.
2008-09 REVIEW
FINAL BIG EAST STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS SCORING Player, Team GP Points PPG 1. Luke Harangody, UND ...... 34 ....... 792 ... 23.3 4. Sam Young, Pitt ............. 36 ....... 690 ... 19.2 13. DeJuan Blair, Pitt .......... 36 ....... 550 ... 15.7
SCORING MARGIN Player, Team GP Off:Def Mar. 1. Connecticut ............. 36 .... 78.3-64.2 .. +14.1 2. Pitt ......................... 36 .... 77.4-64.4 .. +13.0
REBOUNDING MARGIN Player, Team GP Reb. Mar. 1. Pitt ......................... 36 .. 1433-1099 .... +9.3 2. Connecticut ............. 36 .. 1559-1237 .... +8.9
BLOCKED SHOTS Player, Team GP Total BPG 1. Hasheem Thabeet, UConn . 36 ....... 152 ... 4.22
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Player, Team GP FGM-A Pct. 1. Syracuse ................ 38 .. 1110-2277 ..... .487 2. Pitt ......................... 36 .. 1040-2174 ..... .478
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS Player, Team GP Total RPG 1. West Virginia ........... 35 ............ 532 ..... 15.2 2. Pitt ......................... 36 ............ 534 ..... 14.8
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE DEFENSE Player, Team GP FGM-A Pct. 1. Connecticut ............. 36 .... 888-2353 ..... .377 5. Pitt ......................... 36 .... 831-2040 ..... .407
DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS Player, Team GP Total RPG 1. Connecticut ............. 36 .......... 1048 ..... 29.1 6. Pitt ......................... 36 ............ 899 ..... 24.9
3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Player, Team GP 3FGM-A Pct. 1. Notre Dame ............. 36 ...... 319-802 ..... .398 4. Pitt ......................... 36 ...... 225-640 ..... .352
ASSISTS Player, Team GP Total APG 1. Syracuse ................ 38 ............ 687 ... 18.08 2. Pitt ......................... 36 ............ 633 ... 17.58
3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE DEFENSE Player, Team GP 3FGM-A Pct. 1. Syracuse ................ 38 ...... 277-939 ..... .295 10. Pitt ....................... 36 ...... 229-695 ..... .329
BLOCKED SHOTS Player, Team GP Total BPG 1. Connecticut ............. 36 ............ 280 ..... 7.78 7. Pitt ......................... 36 ............ 139 ..... 3.86
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE Player, Team GP FTM-A Pct. 1. Villanova ................. 38 ...... 692-919 ..... .753 10. Pitt ....................... 36 ...... 482-713 ..... .676
STEALS Player, Team GP Total SPG 1. Louisville ................ 37 ............ 335 ..... 9.05 9. Pitt ......................... 36 ............ 246 ..... 6.83
REBOUNDING OFFENSE Player, Team GP Reb, RPG 1. Connecticut ............. 36 .......... 1559 ..... 43.3 2. Pitt ......................... 36 .......... 1433 ..... 39.8
TURNOVER MARGIN Player, Team GP TM-Opp. Mar. 1. West Virginia ........... 35 ...... 420-541 .. +3.46 7. Pitt ......................... 36 ...... 436-461 .. +0.69
REBOUNDING DEFENSE Player, Team GP Reb, RPG 1. Pitt ......................... 36 .......... 1099 ..... 30.5 2. West Virginia ........... 35 .......... 1136 ..... 32.5
ASSIST:TURNOVER RATIO Player, Team GP Total Ratio 1. Notre Dame ............. 36 ...... 601-343 ..... 1.75 2. Pitt ......................... 36 ...... 633-436 ..... 1.45
ASSIST:TURNOVER RATIO Player, Team GP A:TO Ratio 1. Levance Fields, Pitt ........ 36 .. 270:71 ... 3.80 2. Dominic James, MU ......... 29 .. 144:54 ... 2.67
REBOUNDING Player, Team GP Reb. RPG 1. DeJuan Blair, Pitt ........... 35 ....... 432 ... 12.3 2. Luke Harangody, UND ...... 34 ....... 401 ... 11.8 20. Sam Young, Pitt ........... 36 ....... 225 .... 6.3
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS Player, Team GP Total RPG 1. DeJuan Blair, Pitt ........... 35 ....... 195 ... 5.57 2. Mac Koshwal, DePaul ....... 32 ....... 120 ... 3.75
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Player, Team GP FG-A Pct. 1. Arinze Onuaku, PC ........... 38 178-267 ... .667 6. DeJuan Blair, Pitt ........... 35 226-381 ... .593
DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS Player, Team GP Total RPG 1. Luke Harangody, UND ...... 34 ....... 282 ... 8.29 4. DeJuan Blair, Pitt ........... 35 ....... 237 ... 6.77
3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Player, Team GP 3FG-A Pct. 1. Ashton Gibbs, Pitt ......... 35 .... 36-82 ... .439 2. Preston Knowles, UL ........ 37 .. 48-111 ... .432
TEAM STATISTICS
3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE Player, Team GP 3FGM 3FG 1. Kyle McAllarney, UND ...... 36 ....... 124 ... 3.44
SCORING OFFENSE Player, Team GP Points PPG 1. Syracuse ................ 38 .......... 3046 ..... 80.2 5. Pitt ......................... 36 .......... 2787 ..... 77.4
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE Player, Team GP FTM-A Pct. 1. Sharaud Curry, PC ........... 33 .... 82-97 ... .845
SCORING DEFENSE Player, Team GP Points PPG 1. West Virginia ........... 35 .......... 2163 ..... 61.8 5. Pitt ......................... 36 .......... 2320 ..... 64.4
ASSISTS Player, Team GP Total APG 1. Levance Fields, Pitt ........ 36 ....... 270 ... 7.50 2. Jonny Flynn, SU ............... 38 ....... 254 ... 6.68
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STEALS Player, Team GP Total SPG 1. Paul Gause, SHU .............. 32 ......... 85 ... 2.66 13. DeJuan Blair, Pitt .......... 35 ......... 54 ... 1.54
GAME-BY-GAME REVIEW 2
No. 6 PITT 82, MIAMI, Ohio 53
November 14, 2008 n Petersen Events Center n Pittsburgh, Pa.
November 17, 2008 n Petersen Events Center n Pittsburgh, Pa.
After being listed as questionable several days prior to the game, Levance Fields made a surprise start as Pitt notched a 23-point victory over Fairleigh Dickinson and set a school record with its 29th consecutive win over a non-conference opponent...Pitt also won its 12th straight season opener...DeJuan Blair sparked Pitt with eight points during a 16-2 run in the game’s first seven minutes...Pitt led 61-36 in the second half before it emptied its bench...Pitt improved to 65-0 all-time against Northeast Conference opponents...Blair totaled his 15th career double-double...Several Panthers made their first career appearance...Prior to the game, Pitt lowered a banner in honor of the 2008 Big East Championship team. FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 63 (0-1) tot-fg Player fg fga GALVIN, John-f 5 8 MOFUNANYA, Alvin-f 5 10 STASYSZYN, Jordan-g 1 4 TYLER, Cameron-g 0 1 BAPTISTE, Sean-g 3 9 GRIER, Terence 2 7 MOORE, Eric 5 10 TEAM Totals.............. 21 49
fg 0 1 1 0 3 1 3
ft 4 2 0 2 0 0 4
fta 4 2 0 2 0 0 5
9
19
12
13
rebounds of de tot 2 0 2 1 4 5 0 5 5 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 3 7 17 24
13 63 11 20
rebounds of de tot 2 2 4 0 3 3 7 6 13 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 4 1 1 2 14 21 35
pf 3 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 1 16
pf tp 3 14 3 13 2 3 1 2 0 9 3 5 1 17
a 0 0 2 2 3 1 3
to blk 4 0 5 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0
s 0 0 0 1 2 0 2
min 40 31 28 24 27 23 27
1
5
200
to blk 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 86 27 12 0
s 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
min 17 25 27 25 26 15 19 15 18 13
9
200
PITT 86 (1-0) tot-fg fg fga 4 6 7 14 8 13 4 6 3 6 1 4 3 7 2 2 2 3 2 4
3-pt fg fga 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 4 0 3 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
ft 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0
fta 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 2 1 0
36
5
9
12
65
17
tp 8 15 17 15 6 3 8 6 4 4
a 2 2 1 8 4 5 1 2 2 0
Percentages: FG%: 55.4%; 3FG%: 29.4%; FT%: 75.0%. Officials: Bob Donato (R), Brent Barnaky, Bill McCarthy; Technical fouls: FDU-None. PITT-TEAM; Attendance: 10043. Score by Periods Fairleigh Dickinson Pitt
Fueled by two Jermaine Dixon 3-pointers, Pitt used a 16-2 run to begin the second half in building a 20-point lead (54-34) with 13:21 left in the game...Pitt shot 64 percent from the floor (18-28) and limited Miami to 25 percent shooting in the second half...Levance Fields registered his first career double-double...He finished with a career-high 12 assists...Pitt took a 9-0 lead in the game’s opening four minutes but Miami trimmed the lead to three points late in the first half...Pitt improved to 3-10 all-time vs. Miami and 32-26 all-time vs. MAC opponents. MIAMI (OH) 53 (1-2)
3-pt fga 0 2 4 0 5 2 6
Percentages: FG%: 42.9%; 3FG%: 47.4%; FT%: 92.3%.
Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-c FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g WOODALL, Travon GIBBS, Ashton WANAMAKER, Brad ROBINSON, Nasir McGHEE, Gary TEAM Totals..............
119
No. 5 PITT 86, FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 63
1st 2nd Total 29 34 63 45 41 86
Player DIERKERS, Tyler-f WINBUSH, Nick-f BRAMOS, Michael-f FLETCHER, Adam-c HAYES, Kenny-g HADDIX II, Rodney MAVUNGA, Julian RICHBURG, Carl CARSON, Isiah SODERBERG, Kramer POLLITZ, Eric BALLARD, Antonio TEAM Totals..............
fg 6 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 3
tot-fg fga 13 4 6 4 12 2 5 1 1 0 4 6
18
58
fg 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
3-pt fga 0 1 3 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 5
ft 0 0 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
fta 0 0 2 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
4
18
13
16
rebounds of de tot 3 2 5 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 4 1 4 5 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 6 1 2 3 12 18 30
pf tp 0 12 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 18 0 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 1 10
a 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
to blk 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
s 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
min 34 9 22 25 31 5 18 7 4 7 17 21
18 53
8 13
1
8
200
to blk 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 2
s 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
min 27 26 19 28 27 8 14 1 14 1 16 19
6
200
Percentages: FG%: 31.0%; 3FG%: 22.2%; FT%: 81.3%. PITT 82 (2-0) Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-c FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g WOODALL, Travon GIBBS, Ashton TIESI, Ryan WANAMAKER, Brad FRYE, Tim ROBINSON, Nasir McGHEE, Gary TEAM Totals..............
fg 4 6 4 5 6 0 1 0 2 0 3 1
tot-fg fga 7 10 6 9 9 2 1 0 2 1 6 1
32
54
fg 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
3-pt fga 2 2 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
ft 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2
fta 1 2 3 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 2
7
17
11
17
rebounds of de tot 1 2 3 2 5 7 1 8 9 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 1 3 0 0 0 8 29 37
pf 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 3
tp a 10 0 14 1 10 0 12 12 14 2 2 2 5 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 6 1 4 0
15 82 21 14
3
Percentages: FG%: 59.3%; 3FG%: 41.2%; FT%: 64.7%. Officials: Tony Greene (R), John Gaffney, Reggie Greenwood; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 10072. Score by Periods Miami (OH) Pitt
1st 2nd Total 30 23 53 35 47 82
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No. 6 PITT 86, AKRON 67 November 21, 2008 n Petersen Events Center n Pittsburgh, Pa.
In Pitt’s first of four Legends Classic games, the Panthers outrebounded Akron 29-9 in the first half in building a 45-27 halftime advantage...Pitt assistant coach Brandin Knight was honored prior to tipoff as part of the Legends Classic...With his 26 points, Sam Young registered his 18th career 20-point game...He scored 11 of Pitt’s final 15 points before halftime...Levance Fields hit a career-high 12 free throws and Tyrell Biggs matched a career-high with 11 rebounds...Pitt grabbed 22 offensive rebounds...Pitt played its second straight Mid-American Conference opponent and improved to 33-26 all-time vs. MAC opponents.
fg 3 5 1 1 2 0 0 9 2 1 1
tot-fg fga 9 7 2 3 5 2 0 15 5 1 1
25
50
fg 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0
3-pt fga 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 4 5 0 0
ft 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 4 0 0 0
fta 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 6 0 0 0
6
18
11
14
rebounds of de tot 0 3 3 0 3 3 2 1 3 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 3 8 16 24
pf tp 4 7 5 11 3 4 2 2 3 8 1 2 0 0 1 23 3 6 3 2 5 2
a 1 4 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
to blk 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
30 67 11 12
4
s 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
min 29 31 14 24 24 15 4 30 11 4 14
2
200
Percentages: FG%: 50.0%; 3FG%: 33.3%; FT%: 78.6%. PITT 86 (3-0)
Player BROOKS, Gerald-f WEBB, Darryl-f POLEN, Maurice-c YOUNG, Thomas-g CHRISTIANSEN, Sean-g ROCCO, Joe ROBINSON, Ethan GARTNER, Justin SMITH, Ashton SANDERS, Julian TEAM Totals..............
tot-fg fg fga 2 8 2 10 2 4 2 10 3 5 0 0 1 3 1 1 5 11 3 11
3-pt fg fga 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 5 3 9
ft 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1
fta 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 2
21
9
9
10
63
26
rebounds of de tot 4 4 8 3 3 6 3 1 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 1 3 1 4 14 16 30
to blk 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 14 60 14 10 1
s 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
min 33 22 26 31 30 3 7 2 27 19
2
200
rebounds of de tot 1 1 2 1 2 3 8 10 18 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 4 7 4 1 5 19 28 47
pf tp 1 10 0 9 0 27 2 5 0 5 3 4 1 10 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 2 0 3 7
to blk 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
s 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
min 20 24 21 24 14 14 24 1 2 16 2 21 17
9
5
200
pf tp 3 6 3 5 2 4 1 4 3 9 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 16 0 10
a 1 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 4 0
Percentages: FG%: 33.3%; 3FG%: 34.6%; FT%: 90.0%. PITT 86 (4-0) tot-fg fg fga 3 6 4 10 13 14 2 7 2 4 2 5 2 5 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 2 0 1 3 5
3-pt fg fga 1 3 1 5 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
34
6
Percentages: FG%: 45.0%; 3FG%: 38.5%; FT%: 73.0%.
Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-c FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g WOODALL, Travon GIBBS, Ashton BROWN, Sean TIESI, Ryan WANAMAKER, Brad FRYE, Tim ROBINSON, Nasir McGHEE, Gary TEAM Totals..............
Officials: Tim Nestor (R), Tim Kelly, D.J. Carstensen; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 10133.
Percentages: FG%: 51.5%; 3FG%: 27.3%; FT%: 70.6%.
Score by Periods Akron Pitt
Officials: Alan Steinhour (R), Shawn Carpenter, Andrew Marotta; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 9003.
Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-c FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g WOODALL, Travon GIBBS, Ashton WANAMAKER, Brad ROBINSON, Nasir McGHEE, Gary TEAM Totals..............
120
In its second Legends Classic contest, Pitt won its 100th game in the Petersen Events Center...Pitt jumped out to a 20-0 lead after the game’s first seven minutes...IUP finally got on the board with a 3-pointer at the 13:29 mark...The Crimson Hawks trimmed Pitt’s lead to as few as nine points, but the Panthers put the contest out of reach by outscoring IUP 21-2 over the half’s final 7:50...DeJuan Blair registered his third doubledouble of the year and 17th of his career prior to halftime (20 points/16 rebounds)...He finished with a careerhigh 27 points...Pitt improved to 9-0 all-time vs. IUP...IUP center Maurice Polen was a former Pitt walk-on. INDIANA (PA) 60 (2-1)
AKRON 67 (2-1) Player McKNIGHT, Chris-f LINHART, Nate-f CVETINOVIC, Nikola-c STEWARD, Ronnie-g McNEES, Steve-g ROBERTS, Darryl CARROLL, Tim McKNIGHT, Brett HITCHENS, Anthony CONYERS, Jimmy BARDO, Mike TEAM Totals..............
No. 6 PITT 86, INDIANA, PA. 60 November 22, 2008 n Petersen Events Center n Pittsburgh, Pa.
5
tot-fg fg fga 2 8 9 14 6 11 3 8 2 8 1 3 1 4 1 1 2 2 0 1 27
60
fg 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
3-pt fga 1 3 0 2 3 1 2 1 0 0
ft 2 6 4 12 0 0 2 1 0 0
fta 2 7 10 14 0 0 2 2 0 0
5
13
27
37
rebounds of de tot 7 4 11 3 3 6 8 5 13 1 1 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 4 22 19 41
pf tp 1 6 1 26 3 16 1 19 2 4 2 2 2 5 2 4 1 4 1 0
a 1 0 2 7 1 2 0 0 0 0
16 86 13
to blk 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
s 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
min 29 31 33 29 27 11 13 9 11 7
7
7
200
4
1st 2nd Total 27 40 67 45 41 86
Score by Periods Indiana (PA) Pitt
No. 4 PITT 74, BELMONT 60 November 25, 2008 n Petersen Events Center n Pittsburgh, Pa.
6
66
22
ft 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 1
fta 6 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 0 0 2
12
17
a 0 4 1 5 1 2 4 0 0 1 0 3 0
13 86 21
6
1st 2nd Total 17 43 60 45 41 86
No. 4 PITT 80, TEXAS TECH 67 Nov. 28, 2008 n Legends Classic n Prudential Center n Newark, N.J.
Sam Young scored a career and Pitt Petersen Events Center high 33 points in leading the Panthers to a 14point win...Young sparked Pitt by scoring 12 points in the second half’s first 10 minutes to help Pitt build a 17-point lead (57-40)...Young, who registered a career-high 13 field goals, finished with 18 second half points...He became the first Pitt player to score 30-plus points since Carl Krauser scored 32 vs. Syracuse on Jan. 23, 2006 ...His 33 points tied a Jamie Dixon-Ben Howland Era individual scoring high as Ricardo Greer also scored 33 points in 2000...Pitt converted 71.4 percent (15-21) of its field goals in the second half...Belmont was limited to 28.8 percent shooting (12-32) for the game...Pitt improved to 101-10 all-time in the Petersen Events Center.
Pitt advanced to the Legends Classic championship game with a 13-point win over Texas Tech...Pitt closed the first half on a 13-0 run in building a 37-27 halftime lead...Texas Tech closed the deficit to 49-43 on an Alan Voskuil 3-pointer with 11:45 left, but the Panthers went on a 6-2 run and never let the Red Raiders get closer than seven points the rest of the way...A 9-4 run sparked by Sam Young put the Panthers up 16 points with three minutes left in the game...Young registered his 20th career 20-point night...DeJuan Blair finished with his fourth double-double on the year...The victory was Pitt’s 10th in its last 11 games played in the New Jersey-New York region...Pitt improved to 27-9 in games played in the region since 2000...The game maarked the first meeting between the two schools.
BELMONT 60 (1-2)
PITT 80 (6-0)
Player HOUSE, Jon-f DOTSON, Matthew-f WICKE, Andy-g CAMPBELL, Jordan-g HARRIS, Henry-g HANLEN, Drew BELCHER, Keaton RENFROE, Alex DEJWOREK, Mike HEDGEPETH, Mick TEAM Totals..............
tot-fg fg fga 2 7 6 15 3 9 2 8 1 2 0 2 3 12 4 16 0 1 0 1 21
73
fg 0 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
3-pt fga 1 8 7 5 0 0 5 3 0 0
ft 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 4 0 0
fta 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 9 0 0
9
29
9
17
rebounds of de tot 1 3 4 3 1 4 1 2 3 2 5 7 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 2 5 9 3 12 2 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 25 19 44
pf tp 3 4 3 16 3 9 1 8 1 3 2 0 2 8 3 12 3 0 1 0
a 2 2 3 2 1 3 0 2 0 0
to blk 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 0 0 0
22 60 15 13
2
s 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 0
min 30 23 36 26 12 9 24 25 11 4
8
200
Percentages: FG%: 28.8%; 3FG%: 31.0%; FT%: 52.9%. tot-fg fg fga 3 3 13 17 1 1 6 8 4 10 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1
fg 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
3-pt fga 0 2 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 0
ft 0 5 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 2
fta 0 10 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 2
28
6
12
12
21
tot-fg fg fga 3 6 9 25 5 8 1 9 4 6 2 3 4 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
3-pt fg fga 1 2 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
30
5
65
16
ft 2 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
fta 2 5 11 2 0 1 3 0 3 0 0
15
27
rebounds of de tot 2 6 8 2 6 8 5 6 11 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 3 5 8 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 7 16 33 49
pf tp 4 9 1 24 3 15 2 3 3 8 1 4 3 10 1 0 2 7 0 0 0 0
a 1 4 1 4 0 1 2 1 2 0 0
to blk 1 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1
s 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
min 32 35 24 32 22 7 25 9 9 1 4
3
4
200
to blk 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0
s 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
min 8 27 37 37 27 10 2 16 7 28 1
6
200
20 80 16 16
Percentages: FG%: 46.2%; 3FG%: 31.3%; FT%: 55.6%.
PITT 74 (5-0) Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f McGHEE, Gary-c FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g WOODALL, Travon BROWN, Gilbert GIBBS, Ashton WANAMAKER, Brad ROBINSON, Nasir TEAM Totals..............
Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-c FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g WOODALL, Travon BROWN, Gilbert GIBBS, Ashton WANAMAKER, Brad ROBINSON, Nasir McGHEE, Gary TEAM Totals..............
rebounds of de tot 1 2 3 2 5 7 0 1 1 0 5 5 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 4 0 4 4 5 29 34
TEXAS TECH 67 (5-1) pf tp 5 6 0 33 2 2 2 17 1 10 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 2
a 1 1 0 6 2 2 1 0 3 3
to blk 1 1 4 0 1 1 2 0 3 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 0
s 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2
min 22 36 16 34 31 6 15 9 16 15
8
200
tot-fg fg fga 1 2 7 13 3 11 2 10 4 15 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 9 0 0
3-pt fg fga 0 0 3 7 1 5 2 4 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
23
8
Percentages: FG%: 62.2%; 3FG%: 50.0%; FT%: 57.1%. Officials: Ray Perone (R), Paul Janssen, Brent Hampton; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 9595.
Percentages: FG%: 35.9%; 3FG%: 32.0%; FT%: 68.4%.
Score by Periods Belmont Pitt
Officials: Ray Natili, Sean Hull, Brian Dorsey; Technical fouls: Pitt-None. Texas Tech-TEAM; Attendance: 3510. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Pitt 37 43 80 Texas Tech 27 40 67
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1st 2nd Total 31 29 60 37 37 74
2009-10 PITT BASKETBALL
17 74 19 18
6
64
25
ft 0 7 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
fta 0 7 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 0
13
19
rebounds of de tot 1 2 3 2 3 5 1 7 8 0 4 4 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 2 6 9 22 31
Player ROBERTS, D’walyn-f COOK, Trevor-f VOSKUIL, Alan-g ROBERSON, John-g OKORIE, Nick-g GRAHAM, Tyree LEWANDOWSKI, Robert PRINCE, Michael COHADAREVIC, Darko SINGLETARY, Mike SULJAGIC, Damir TEAM Totals..............
pf tp 2 2 4 24 2 9 0 7 5 9 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 15 1 0
a 0 1 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
22 67 13 10
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No. 4 PITT 57, WASHINGTON STATE 43 Nov. 29, 2008 n Legends Classic n Prudential Center n Newark, N.J.
In a contest featuring two of the nation’s top defensive teams, Pitt claimed the Legends Classic Championship with a 14-point win over Washington State...Sam Young was named Legends Classic Most Valuable Player and DeJuan Blair earned all-tournament honors...Pitt led 26-23 at halftime fueled by Young’s 12 first half points...Levance Fields sparked Pitt in the second half with 11 points...Gilbert Brown’s dunk capped an 11-0 run that gave Pitt a 40-27 lead with 13:33 to go...WSU got within six points twice but were held to only three points over the game’s final 4:59...Pitt held WSU to 43 points, the lowest scoring output for an opponent since it yielded 41 points to Auburn on Dec. 4, 2005...Pitt improved to 7-0 for the seventh consecutive season...Jamie Dixon improved to 31-0 for his career in November games...The victory was Pitt’s 11th in its last 12 games played in the New Jersey-New York region...Pitt improved to 28-9 in games played in the region since 2000. PITT 57 (7-0) Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-f FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g WOODALL, Travon BROWN, Gilbert GIBBS, Ashton WANAMAKER, Brad McGHEE, Gary TEAM Totals..............
tot-fg fg fga 3 8 5 12 2 2 4 10 1 7 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 17
48
fg 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
3-pt fga 1 4 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 0
ft 2 3 3 5 5 0 2 0 0 0
fta 3 8 3 5 6 0 2 0 0 0
3
13
20
27
rebounds of de tot 2 1 3 1 7 8 3 7 10 0 2 2 2 3 5 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 23 34
pf tp 1 8 0 15 3 7 1 14 3 7 1 0 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 0
a 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
to blk 1 1 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
s 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1
min 27 33 32 31 28 7 23 5 9 5
12 57
7
8
8 11
200
Percentages: FG%: 35.4%; 3FG%: 23.1%; FT%: 74.1%. WASHINGTON STATE 43 (5-1) tot-fg Player fg fga HARMELING, Daven-f 4 9 BAYNES, Aron-c 3 8 THOMPSON, Klay-g 3 12 KOPRIVICA, Nikola-g 2 3 ROCHESTIE, Taylor-g 2 9 CAPERS, Marcus 1 1 LODWICK, Abe 0 1 CASTO, DeAngelo 2 4 FORREST, Caleb 0 1 TEAM Totals.............. 17 48
fg 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
3-pt fga 9 0 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 18
ft 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
fta 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
rebounds of de tot 1 1 2 1 4 5 0 6 6 1 1 2 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 2 2 2 1 3 6 23 29
pf tp 2 12 2 7 4 7 3 5 2 6 2 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 19 43
a 1 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 0
to blk 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 15 2
s 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
min 30 33 33 27 36 14 1 19 7 200
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No. 3 PITT 78, DUQUESNE 51 December 3, 2008 n Petersen Events Center n Pittsburgh, Pa.
Pitt used runs of 9-0 and 11-2 to pull away from Duquesne after the Dukes led 20-19 with just seven minutes to go before halftime...Pitt shot 51.6 percent and led by as many as 29 points late in the second half...Pitt won its eighth consecutive City Rivalry Game and won its 27th of the last 30 contests in the series...Pitt improved to 46-31 all-time vs. Duquesne...DeJuan Blair registered his fifth double-double of the year and tied careerhighs for offensive rebounds (10) and steals (5)...He had a double-double (10 points/10 rebounds) at halftime...Sam Young finished with his fourth 20-plus point game of the year...Pitt wore gold uniforms for the first time since Jan. 8, 2000. DUQUESNE 51 (4-2) Player BOLDING, Melquan-f CLARK, Bill-f SAUNDERS, Damian-c JACKSON, Aaron-g DUTY, Jason-g ROBINSON, Chase EVANS, Eric MILOVIC, Aleksandar MONTEIRO, B.J. LEWINSON, Oliver TEAM Totals..............
tot-fg fga 7 7 10 9 5 0 8 3 4 2
fg 2 3 6 3 1 0 2 0 2 1
20
55
fg 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
3-pt fga 2 6 4 4 4 0 6 2 1 0
ft 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
fta 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
7
29
4
12
rebounds of de tot 3 3 6 3 2 5 3 3 6 2 1 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 2 5 15 16 31
pf tp a to blk 4 7 2 4 0 4 8 2 5 0 2 15 1 7 4 1 6 5 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 16 51 13 25 5
s 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
min 28 19 37 37 18 3 20 19 8 11
8
200
rebounds of de tot 4 3 7 3 2 5 10 7 17 1 0 1 3 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 22 22 44
pf tp a 2 8 0 3 23 0 2 14 3 2 8 11 1 12 1 1 2 0 3 2 1 2 8 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
s 1 0 5 2 3 2 2 1 0 0
min 24 24 30 28 29 11 18 15 12 9
4 16
200
Percentages: FG%: 36.4%; 3FG%: 24.1%; FT%: 33.3%. PITT 78 (8-0) Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-c FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g WOODALL, Travon BROWN, Gilbert WANAMAKER, Brad ROBINSON, Nasir McGHEE, Gary TEAM Totals..............
tot-fg fga 7 14 13 7 13 3 3 5 1 0
fg 4 9 6 2 5 1 1 2 0 0
30
66
fg 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
3-pt fga 1 5 0 3 4 0 1 2 0 0
ft 0 3 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 1
fta 0 5 2 4 2 0 0 3 0 2
4
16
14
18
to blk 2 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
18 78 16 18
Percentages: FG%: 45.5%; 3FG%: 25.0%; FT%: 77.8%.
Percentages: FG%: 35.4%; 3FG%: 33.3%; FT%: 75.0%.
Officials: Tim Higgins (R), John Gaffney, Michael Stephens; Technical fouls: Duquesne-JACKSON, Aaron; TEAM. PITT-None; Attendance: 10387.
Officials: Sean Hull, Mike Wood, Brent Hampton; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 2991. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Pitt 26 31 57 Washington State 23 20 43
Score by Periods Duquesne Pitt
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No. 3 PITT 80, VERMONT 51 December 6, 2008 n Petersen Events Center n Pittsburgh, Pa.
Pitt jumped to out leads of 13-0 (after the first four minutes), 20-5 and 33-15 before taking a 41-19 lead into halftime...Vermont was limited to 27.4 percent field goal shooting, which ranked as the second lowest FG percentage for an opponent in Petersen Events Center history and third lowest in the Jamie Dixon Era...Pitt tied a school-record with 59 rebounds in the game...Sam Young scored 20-plus points for the fifth time on the year...DeJuan Blair notched his sixth double-double of the season...Ashton Gibbs scored a career-high 11 points...Pitt improved to 9-0 for the seventh straight season...Pitt won its ninth straight home game and improved to 3-0 vs. Vermont. VERMONT 51 (4-3) Player BLAKELY, Marqus-f McINTOSH, Colin-f VIER, Nick-g TRIMBOLI, Mike-g JOSEPH, Maurice-g ACCAOUI, Joey YOUNG, Garvey FJELD, Evan SHIELDS, Ryan KISSEL, Garrett TEAM Totals..............
tot-fg fg fga 5 14 2 6 1 4 3 10 1 8 4 7 0 5 1 7 0 0 0 1
3-pt fg fga 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 0 5 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
17
4
62
16
ft 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1
fta 11 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 2
13
19
rebounds of de tot 6 8 14 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 4 4 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 3 3 3 1 4 2 1 3 1 1 2 2 0 2 14 27 41
pf tp a to blk 3 19 5 4 5 5 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 5 0 2 8 3 5 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 19 51 13 17 7
s 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
min 39 8 21 36 24 17 21 17 13 4
8
200
Percentages: FG%: 27.4%; 3FG%: 25.0%; FT%: 68.4%.
Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-c FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g WOODALL, Travon BROWN, Gilbert GIBBS, Ashton WANAMAKER, Brad ROBINSON, Nasir McGHEE, Gary TEAM Totals..............
29
74
fg 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0
3-pt fga 2 4 0 3 2 1 3 5 2 0 0
ft 0 6 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0
fta 1 8 6 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 2
8
22
14
25
rebounds of de tot 4 3 7 4 5 9 7 9 16 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 3 5 0 2 2 1 4 5 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 2 5 24 35 59
pf 3 0 3 0 3 2 2 0 2 2 2
tp 10 28 13 6 0 0 7 11 2 3 0
a 0 3 1 8 2 1 0 1 4 1 0
to blk 1 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
19 80 21 13
s 0 3 1 1 0 1 3 0 4 0 0
min 22 31 23 30 11 10 16 15 25 9 8
5 13
200
Percentages: FG%: 39.2%; 3FG%: 36.4%; FT%: 56.0%. Officials: Ed Corbett (R), Frank Scagliotta, Gary Prager; Technical fouls: Vermont-TEAM. PITT-None; Attendance: 10122. Score by Periods Vermont Pitt
1st 2nd Total 19 32 51 41 39 80
121 No. 3 PITT 91, UMBC 56
December 13, 2008 n Petersen Events Center n Pittsburgh, Pa.
Pitt tied Petersen Events Center and Jamie Dixon Era records with 14 3-point field goals, reached seasonhighs for scoring (91 points) and field goals (36) in registering its largest win of the year, a 35-point win over UMBC...After trailing 5-0 in the contest, Pitt went on a 9-0 run to take the lead for good...Pitt led by as many as 38 points in the second half...Pitt improved to 10-0 for the sixth straight season...Jamie Dixon registered his sixth straight 10-0 start to a season...The 35-point win was the 16th 30-plus point win in Petersen Events Center history...Ashton Gibbs scored a career-high 13 points...Gary McGhee grabbed a career-high eight rebounds...Pitt won its 10th straight home game and 36th vs. a non-conference opponent at home. MARYLAND-BALTIMORE COUNTY 56 (5-4) tot-fg 3-pt fg fga fg fga 3 5 1 1 6 15 0 0 4 9 1 6 4 7 2 2 4 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player FRY, Justin-f PROCTOR, Darryl-f GREENE, Jay-g SPADAFORA, Matt-g GILLIAM, Chaucey-g SMITH, Bakari FLEMMING, Rich BURRIER, Brett WASCO, Jake TEAM Totals..............
24
49
5
10
ft 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
fta 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
3
4
rebounds of de tot 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 3 0 2 2 2 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 7 13 20
to blk 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 11 56 12 14 1
s 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
min 31 33 37 36 30 3 20 4 6
2
200
rebounds of de tot 1 1 2 1 2 3 4 4 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 4 8 2 1 3 17 16 33
pf 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
to blk 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
s 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
min 23 25 24 24 21 8 19 11 1 3 15 3 9 14
7
8
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pf tp 2 7 1 13 0 9 0 10 3 11 0 0 4 6 0 0 1 0
a 0 2 5 1 2 0 1 0 1
Percentages: FG%: 49.0%; 3FG%: 50.0%; FT%: 75.0%. PITT 91 (10-0)
PITT 80 (9-0) tot-fg fg fga 4 9 10 21 5 11 3 8 0 2 0 1 1 5 4 9 1 5 1 3 0 0
1st 2nd Total 28 23 51 36 42 78
Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-c FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g WOODALL, Travon BROWN, Gilbert GIBBS, Ashton BROWN, Sean TIESI, Ryan WANAMAKER, Brad FRYE, Tim ROBINSON, Nasir McGHEE, Gary TEAM Totals..............
fg 2 7 5 4 2 0 5 5 0 0 1 1 1 3
tot-fg fga 5 12 6 5 7 2 9 6 0 3 2 1 2 5
36
65
fg 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0
3-pt fga 1 6 0 3 4 0 4 4 0 2 2 1 0 0
ft 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
fta 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14
27
5
6
tp 4 19 12 11 5 0 13 13 0 0 3 3 2 6
a 2 3 0 4 2 2 4 0 0 0 3 1 1 0
8 91 22
5
Percentages: FG%: 55.4%; 3FG%: 51.9%; FT%: 83.3%. Officials: Bob Donato (R), Tim Clougherty, Reggie Greenwood; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 10188. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total UMBC 25 31 56 Pitt 42 49 91
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No. 3 PITT 79, SIENA 66 December 17, 2008 n Petersen Events Center n Pittsburgh, Pa.
Pitt scored 13 straight points to take a 15-4 lead...Pitt led by as many as 14 points in the first half...DeJuan Blair fueled Pitt with 15 first half points as the Panthers built an eight-point halftime lead (37-29)...Pitt led by 21 points with 5:50 to go...Siena cut the lead to as few as 11 points late in the second half, but couldn’t get any closer...Pitt finished the game with 25 assists on 30 field goals...Blair registered his seventh doubledouble of the year, 21st of his career and seventh 20-plus scoring contest...Tyrell Biggs hit a season-high 14 points...Pitt won its 37th conecutive home game vs. a non-conference opponent...Pitt improved to 11-0 for the second straight season. SIENA 66 (5-4) Player UBILES, Edwin-f FRANKLIN, Alex-f ROSSITER, Ryan-c MOORE, Ronald-g HASBROUCK, Kenny-g DOWNEY, Kyle DUELL, Josh JACKSON, Clarence WIGNOT, Owen TEAM Totals..............
tot-fg fga 14 8 3 8 6 5 3 17 1
fg 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1
3-pt fga 3 0 1 3 1 3 3 8 1
ft 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 2
fta 2 2 1 0 0 5 0 0 2
6
23
8
12
rebounds of de tot 1 4 5 3 2 5 2 3 5 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 5 3 8 13 23 36
pf 3 2 3 2 1 3 3 3 0 1 21
tp 12 7 5 8 0 11 6 12 5
a 5 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 0
to blk 2 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
s 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
min 35 27 20 26 25 17 20 17 13
4
200
With the game tied at 48-48 with 2:23 left, Pitt scored the game’s final six points to claim its first road win of the year...Sam Young scored on a tip-in, followed with a jumper on the next possession and Jermaine Dixon converted a layup to give Pitt the victory...Pitt used a 17-0 second half run to take a commanding 4334 lead with 8:53 left in the contest using two Dixon 3-pointers, a Young 3-pointer and DeJuan Blair dunk...Pitt battled back from a 34-26 deficit which saw Florida State score the first eight points of the second half...Pitt battled back with its 17-0 run...Young scored over 20 points for the sixth time on the year and 23rd time in his career...Blair totaled his eighth double-double of the year...Following the win, Pitt rose to No. 1 in the RPI rankings. PITT 56 (12-0)
tot-fg fg fga 2 5 7 16 5 11 1 10 4 8 1 2 1 6 0 5 0 0 0 0
3-pt fg fga 1 1 1 5 0 0 1 5 2 5 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
ft 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
fta 0 8 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0
21
6
8
13
Percentages: FG%: 40.0%; 3FG%: 26.1%; FT%: 66.7%.
Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-f FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g BROWN, Gilbert GIBBS, Ashton WANAMAKER, Brad ROBINSON, Nasir McGHEE, Gary TEAM Totals..............
PITT 79 (11-0)
Percentages: FG%: 33.3%; 3FG%: 28.6%; FT%: 61.5%.
Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-c FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g BROWN, Gilbert GIBBS, Ashton WANAMAKER, Brad ROBINSON, Nasir McGHEE, Gary TEAM Totals..............
122
fg 6 3 2 3 0 3 2 6 1
No. 3 PITT 56, FLORIDA STATE 48 December 21, 2008 n Donald L. Tucker Center n Tallahassee, Fla.
26
65
tot-fg fg fga 4 8 6 15 10 14 3 8 2 6 3 8 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 2
fg 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
3-pt fga 2 4 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 0
ft 4 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 0
fta 6 2 3 6 2 1 0 3 0 0
30
3
15
16
23
67
rebounds of de tot 1 5 6 2 2 4 8 8 16 1 3 4 0 3 3 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 4 3 0 3 19 28 47
pf 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 1 15
66 13 10
tp 14 14 21 11 6 7 2 4 0 0
a 2 1 3 6 5 2 1 4 0 1
79 25
3
to blk 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
s 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
min 26 30 30 32 19 25 9 21 2 6
7
6
200
1
FLORIDA STATE 48 (11-2) Player SINGLETON, Chris-f REID, Ryan-f ALABI, Solomon-c DeMERCY, Jordan-g DOUGLAS, Toney-g LOUCKS, Luke KITCHEN, Derwin ECHEFU, Uche TEAM Totals..............
63
21
tot-fg fg fga 1 9 1 5 1 3 1 5 6 15 0 0 2 4 2 6
3-pt fg fga 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 0 0 0 1 0 2
14
4
47
18
ft 3 1 0 2 5 1 3 1
fta 4 2 0 2 6 2 4 2
16
22
rebounds of de tot 4 5 9 4 3 7 5 7 12 0 3 3 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 17 25 42
rebounds of de tot 2 2 4 2 2 4 1 1 2 1 7 8 0 5 5 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 5 6 2 2 4 10 26 36
pf tp 2 5 3 21 4 10 0 3 1 11 3 2 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0
min 31 34 24 37 24 15 8 19 2 6
19 56
to blk s 3 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 5 1 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 16 4 11
pf tp 4 6 4 3 1 2 1 4 2 20 0 1 2 7 1 5
a 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0
s 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0
min 30 28 18 32 38 13 20 21
15 48
6 18
6
200
Percentages: FG%: 44.8%; 3FG%: 20.0%; FT%: 69.6%.
Percentages: FG%: 29.8%; 3FG%: 22.2%; FT%: 72.7%.
Officials: Pat Driscoll (R), Jim Haney, Ray Perone; Technical fouls: Siena-TEAM, PITT-TEAM; Attendance: 10045.
Officials: Karl Hess, Les Jones, Jim Burr; Technical fouls: None. Attendance: 6522.
Score by Periods Siena Pitt
Score by Periods Pitt Florida State
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1st 2nd Total 29 37 66 37 42 79
No. 3 PITT 78, RUTGERS 72 December 31, 2008 n Louis Brown Athletic Center n Piscataway, N.J.
Trailing 55-50 with 10:07 remaining, Brad Wanamaker scored five points in a 9-0 Pitt run to take control of the contest...Pitt never trailed again, led by as many as 11 points (70-59) and held off RU by converting 812 free throws in the final 1:27...Rutgers shot 62 percent (16-26) from the floor in the first half...In the second half, Pitt shifted to a 2-3 zone and held the Scarlet Knights to 27 percent shooting (10-37)...Rutgers shot 62 percent (16-26) from the floor in the first half...Wanamaker scored 13 of his career-high 15 points in the second half...Pitt’s bench outscored Rutgers 31-9...Pitt won the game despite DeJuan Blair’s foul trouble...Pitt won its fifth consecutive game at Rutgers and defeated the Scarlet Knights for the ninth time in the last 10 meetings...Pitt became the first team in 20 years to defeat Rutgers in five straight games at the RAC. PITT 78 (13-0, 1-0 Big East) tot-fg Player fg fga BIGGS, Tyrell-f 3 5 YOUNG, Sam-f 8 12 BLAIR, DeJuan-c 1 4 FIELDS, Levance-g 4 13 DIXON, Jermaine-g 3 7 BROWN, Gilbert 4 8 GIBBS, Ashton 1 2 WANAMAKER, Brad 4 7 ROBINSON, Nasir 0 0 McGHEE, Gary 1 1 TEAM Totals.............. 29 59
fg 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0
3-pt fga 0 2 0 3 3 1 2 5 0 0
ft 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 5 0 0
fta 0 1 0 2 6 4 0 6 0 0
7
16
13
19
rebounds of de tot 4 6 10 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 2 2 2 2 4 0 2 2 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 10 27 37
pf 3 3 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 1
tp 6 18 2 11 10 11 3 15 0 2
a 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 4 0 0
16 78 13
to blk 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
s 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
min 32 35 8 34 28 22 9 22 1 9
8
5
200
6
Percentages: FG%: 49.2%; 3FG%: 43.8%; FT%: 68.4%. RUTGERS 72 (9-5, 0-1 Big East) tot-fg Player fg fga ECHENIQUE, Gregory-f 2 8 NDIAYE, Hamady-c 0 0 CHANDLER, Corey-g 7 16 FARMER, Anthony-g 6 7 ROSARIO, Mike-g 8 20 PETTIS, Earl 0 1 INMAN, JR 2 8 COBURN, Mike 1 3 TEAM Totals.............. 26 63
to blk 0 3 4 1 1 1 3 0 6 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 7
200
1st 2nd Total 26 30 56 24 24 48
No. 3 PITT 70, No. 11 GEORGETOWN 54 January 3, 2009 n Verizon Center n Washington, D.C.
Pitt controlled the game from the outset and never trailed...Georgetown’s DaJuan Summers tied the game at 40-40 with a 3-pointer with 14:11 to go, but Pitt responded with two Sam Young buckets and the Panthers scored 26 of the game’s next 33 points to take a commanding 66-47 lead with 3:41 left...The rally was keyed by a 17-4 Pitt run and fueld by dunks from DeJuan Blair (off a pass from Levance Fields) and Gilbert Brown...Pitt outscored Georgetown 48-22 in the paint and outrebounded the Hoyas 48-23...Pitt’s victory ended Georgetown’s 28-game home win streak...With 20 points and 17 rebounds, Blair totaled his ninth double-double of the season and eighth career 20-plus scoring game...Tyrell Biggs matched a season-high with 14 points...Fields became the 37th player in school history to surpass the 1,000-point milestone...Pitt grabbed 20 offensive rebounds, the fourth time on the year that it had surpassed the 20-rebound mark...Over 4,000 Pitt fans attended the game. PITT 70 (14-0, 2-0 Big East) tot-fg Player fg fga BIGGS, Tyrell-f 7 10 YOUNG, Sam-f 6 13 BLAIR, DeJuan-c 9 16 FIELDS, Levance-g 3 9 DIXON, Jermaine-g 1 7 BROWN, Gilbert 4 7 GIBBS, Ashton 0 1 WANAMAKER, Brad 2 5 McGHEE, Gary 0 0 TEAM Totals.............. 32 68
3-pt fg fga 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0
ft 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
fta 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0
3
3
6
19
rebounds of de tot 1 1 2 4 4 8 7 10 17 1 3 4 1 0 1 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 0 1 2 3 5 20 28 48
pf tp 3 14 1 14 3 20 3 6 3 2 2 9 0 0 1 5 1 0
a 0 0 3 8 1 1 1 2 0
to blk 0 1 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
s 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
min 34 32 31 36 19 20 4 21 3
17 70 16
8
4
3
200
pf tp 3 22 2 7 2 15 1 5 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
to blk 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
s 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
min 39 38 34 37 29 9 5 1 8
8
4
200
Percentages: FG%: 47.1%; 3FG%: 15.8%; FT%: 50.0%. fg 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0
3-pt fga 0 0 7 1 10 1 1 0
ft 0 0 1 7 4 0 2 0
fta 0 0 1 9 4 0 2 0
6
20
14
16
rebounds of de tot 4 4 8 2 2 4 2 6 8 0 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 4 4 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 12 23 35
pf tp 0 4 4 0 2 17 3 20 4 22 1 0 2 7 1 2
a 1 1 1 3 4 0 1 3
17 72 14
to blk 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
s 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0
min 28 24 34 33 35 6 28 12
8
4
200
Percentages: FG%: 41.3%; 3FG%: 30.0%; FT%: 87.5%. Officials: Jim Burr (R), Joe Lindsay, James Breeding; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 6308. Score by Periods Pitt Rutgers
14
a 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 0
1st 2nd Total 39 39 78 43 29 72
5
GEORGETOWN 54 (10-2, 1-1 Big East) tot-fg 3-pt Player fg fga fg fga SUMMERS, DaJuan-f 7 11 4 5 FREEMAN, Austin-f 2 8 1 5 MONROE, Greg-c 6 13 0 1 WRIGHT, Chris-g 1 7 0 2 SAPP, Jessie-g 1 7 1 5 CLARK, Jason 1 2 0 1 VAUGHN, Julian 0 1 0 0 SIMS, Henry 0 1 0 0 WATTAD, Omar 0 1 0 1 TEAM Totals.............. 18 51 6 20
fta 6 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 0
12
17
rebounds of de tot 1 1 2 1 5 6 2 6 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 7 16 23
a 1 1 2 4 3 0 0 0 1
9 54 12
4
Percentages: FG%: 35.3%; 3FG%: 30.0%; FT%: 70.6%. Officials: Mike Kitts, Mike Roberts, Pat Driscoll; Technical fouls: Pitt-FIELDS, Levance. Georgetown-Summers, DaJuan; Attendance: 19397. Score by Periods Pitt Georgetown
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ft 4 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
1st 2nd Total 33 37 70 30 24 54
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No. 1 PITT 90, ST. JOHN’S 67 January 11, 2009 n Petersen Events Center n Pittsburgh, Pa.
No. 1 PITT 75, SOUTH FLORIDA 62 January 14 2009 n Petersen Events Center n Pittsburgh, Pa.
Pitt played its first contest in school history as the nation’s No. 1 ranked team...Pitt shot 58 percent from the floor in the second half and used runs of 15-2 and 15-4 to break the game open...Jermaine Dixon scored seven of Pitt’s first nine second half points as Pitt built a 50-40 lead...Despite shooting just 7-15 (47 percent) from the free throw line in the first half, Pitt led by five points at halftime...Pitt forced 24 turnovers and grabbed 20 offensive rebounds in the contest...With 23 points and 15 rebounds, DeJuan Blair registered his 10th double-double of the year and set a career-high for steals (6)...His 10 offensive rebounds tied a careerhigh...Dixon scored a career-high 17 points...The game served as a reunion for former Pittsburgh Schenley H.S. teammates Blair and St. John’s D.J. Kennedy...Pitt defeated St. John’s for the fifth straight home game and improved to 19-33 all-time vs. the Red Storm.
Pitt used a 15-4 run to build a 62-48 lead with 4:51 left in the game...The run was keyed by 3-pointers from Levance Fields and Brad Wanamaker, along with baskets from Sam Young and Tyrell Biggs...Pitt improved to 16-0, the school’s third-best start to a season...Biggs scored a season-high 16 points and led Pitt in scoring for the first time in his career...Fields totaled his second career double-double with a career-high 13 assists...DeJuan Blair registered his third consecutive double-double...With the win, Jamie Dixon moved into third place on Pitt’s all-time career coaching victories list surpassing Paul Evans...The game was delayed 25 minutes due to a rush-hour storm which caused South Florida to arrive to the game late.
ST. JOHN’S 67 (10-5, 1-2)
Player ESPINOSA, Eladio-f AJAYI, Mobolaji-f HOWARD, Chris-g JONES, Dominique-g VERDEJO, Jesus-g BELARDO, Gaby LEEMOW, Justin RIVAS, Alex GILCHRIST, Augustus WILLIAMS, Aris TEAM Totals..............
Player KENNEDY, D.J.-f EVANS, Sean-f BURRELL, Justin-f ROBERTS, Quincy-g HORNE, Paris-g EDMONDSON, TyShawn COKER, Dele THOMAS, Rob TEAM Totals..............
tot-fg fg fga 5 8 6 14 2 8 3 6 2 8 0 1 2 2 6 9 26
56
fg 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
3-pt fga 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
ft 8 1 0 3 1 0 0 1
fta 11 1 0 3 2 0 0 1
1
5
14
18
rebounds of de tot 1 6 7 5 4 9 0 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 4 6 2 1 3 14 20 34
pf tp 2 18 2 13 3 5 2 9 3 5 1 0 4 4 2 13
a 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 0
to blk 4 0 4 1 2 0 8 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0
19 67
7 24
2
s 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
min 40 32 18 32 37 11 14 16
5
200
PITT 90 (15-0, 3-0) tot-fg fg fga 1 5 5 15 7 13 5 10 7 12 3 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 6 1 1 0 0
3-pt fg fga 0 1 2 6 0 0 3 4 1 5 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
34
8
69
19
ft 0 0 9 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
fta 0 0 11 2 4 3 0 0 0 3 0 0
14
23
rebounds of de tot 2 2 4 1 2 3 10 5 15 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 5 20 19 39
pf 3 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0
tp 2 12 23 13 17 8 6 0 0 7 2 0
a 0 2 2 9 1 3 1 0 0 5 1 0
to blk 1 1 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0
14 90 24 15
s 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
min 23 29 26 33 22 21 7 1 1 22 7 8
5 13
200
Percentages: FG%: 49.3%; 3FG%: 42.1%; FT%: 60.9%.
Louisville erased a 10-point deficit and seized control of the game by outscoring Pitt 19-3 late in the contest...A Samardo Samuels dunk tied the game at 58-58 with 3:53 remaining...Earl Clark hit a jumper with the shot clock winding down to give Louisville a 64-58 lead with 45 seconds left...Taking advantage of a 70 run, Pitt built a 55-45 lead...Sam Young hit a 3-pointer, threw down a dunk and Jermaine Dixon finished off a layup to give Pitt its 10-point lead with 8:55 left...Pitt converted just one field goal the rest of the way...In the early going, Pitt jumped out to a 13-point lead as it converted 7-11 3-pointers in the first half...Jermaine Dixon scored a career-high 19 points for Pitt...Pitt battled foul trouble all evening as 46 total personal fouls were called...Pitt committed season-highs of 20 turnovers and 26 personal fouls...Pitt’s 16-game win streak and 16-0 start to a season ended...It was Pitt’s first loss as the nation’s No. 1 ranked team. ft 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 0
fta 2 0 1 0 7 0 2 4 0 0
10
9
16
26
rebounds of de tot 6 2 8 1 3 4 5 5 10 1 1 2 1 3 4 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 21 38
pf tp 5 8 3 14 5 9 2 8 2 19 3 0 2 3 3 2 1 0 0 0
a 1 3 0 7 2 1 0 0 0 0
to blk 2 1 4 0 1 0 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
26 63 14 20
1
s 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0
min 32 31 20 39 31 13 9 19 4 2
9
200
LOUISVILLE 69 (13-3, 4-0 Big East) tot-fg fg fga 7 12 5 15 3 6 2 9 0 0 3 6 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 2 22
56
3-pt fg fga 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
16
ft 3 6 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1
fta 5 8 4 6 0 2 0 0 2 2
19
29
13
20
pf tp 4 0 3 3 1 13 2 22 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 22 2 0
a 0 0 3 7 3 0 0 0 1 0
17 62 14
to blk 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 9 3
s 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
min 18 21 39 40 35 1 6 3 32 5
4
200
fg 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 2 0
3-pt fga 1 6 0 6 2 0 0 3 0
ft 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
fta 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 3
10
18
7
14
rebounds of de tot 2 1 3 4 1 5 9 9 18 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 17 20 37
pf 3 4 2 1 3 1 0 2 1
tp a 16 0 14 1 13 1 11 13 7 0 4 1 0 1 8 3 2 0
17 75 20
to blk 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 1
s 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
min 23 29 32 36 20 26 3 26 5
1
200
Officials: John Cahill (R), William Bush, Jim Haney; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 12508. 1st 2nd Total 37 25 62 41 34 75
No. 4 PITT 78, No. 8 SYRACUSE 60 January 19, 2009 n Petersen Events Center n Pittsburgh, Pa.
Pitt pulled away in the second half as it scored nine consecutive points to take a 42-35 lead with 15:21 left in the game...Pitt stretched its lead to 53-40 on a Levance Fields drive...Sam Young scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half to spark the Panthers...The 18-point final margin was Pitt’s largest of the evening...Using a 9-0 run, Pitt built a 20-11 lead in the first half, but Syracuse stormed back with a 9-0 run of its own to take a 28-27 lead just two minutes before the half...DeJuan Blair hit two free throws and Fields hit a driving layup to give Pitt a 31-28 halftime lead...Blair totaled his 12th double-double of the year and 26th of his career...Pitt won its 14th straight game at the Petersen Events Center...Pitt won its sixth of the last seven matchups and 11th of its last 14 contests against Syracuse...Pitt improved to 36-61 all-time vs. the Orange...Jamie Dixon improved to 27-9 in his career following a loss...Fields became the sixth player in school history to record over 1,000 points and 500 assists in a career. SYRACUSE 60 (17-3, 5-2 Big East) tot-fg fg fga 4 8 4 6 4 6 6 16 3 14 0 0 2 4 0 1
Player JACKSON, Rick-f HARRIS, Paul-f ONUAKU, Arinze-c RAUTINS, Andy-g FLYNN, Jonny-g ONGENAET, Kristof DEVENDORF, Eric JOSEPH, Kris TEAM Totals..............
23
55
fg 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 0
3-pt fga 0 1 0 12 5 0 2 0
ft 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
fta 2 0 5 0 9 0 0 0
7
20
7
16
rebounds of de tot 2 2 4 0 5 5 3 6 9 0 2 2 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 9 19 28
to blk 1 0 2 3 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 15 60 13 14 3
s 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
min 29 29 36 38 38 1 24 5
2
200
rebounds of de tot 0 5 5 2 4 6 4 8 12 1 4 5 1 2 3 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 12 28 40
pf tp 1 8 2 22 3 20 0 15 4 4 2 2 0 2 2 3 1 2
s 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0
min 32 32 33 32 22 17 7 20 5
6
200
pf tp 4 9 5 9 2 8 1 17 1 12 0 0 1 5 1 0
a 1 2 0 2 7 0 1 0
Percentages: FG%: 41.8%; 3FG%: 35.0%; FT%: 43.8%.
Percentages: FG%: 34.9%; 3FG%: 38.5%; FT%: 56.3%.
Player WILLIAMS, Terrence-f CLARK, Earl-f SAMUELS, Samardo-c SOSA, Edgar-g SMITH, Jerry-g KNOWLES, Preston KURIC, Kyle SWOPSHIRE, Jared JENNINGS, Terrence MCGEE, Andre TEAM Totals..............
14
rebounds of de tot 1 1 2 4 2 6 0 3 3 0 3 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 15 23
Percentages: FG%: 49.2%; 3FG%: 55.6%; FT%: 50.0%.
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January 17, 2009 n Freedom Hall n Louisville, Ky.
3-pt fg fga 2 2 2 10 0 0 2 7 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
7
fta 0 1 2 14 2 0 0 0 1 0
123
No. 20 LOUISVILLE 69, No. 1 PITT 63
PITT 63 (16-1, 4-1 Big East) tot-fg Player fg fga BIGGS, Tyrell-f 2 5 YOUNG, Sam-f 6 20 BLAIR, DeJuan-c 4 7 FIELDS, Levance-g 3 14 DIXON, Jermaine-g 6 10 BROWN, Gilbert 0 0 GIBBS, Ashton 1 3 WANAMAKER, Brad 0 3 ROBINSON, Nasir 0 1 McGHEE, Gary 0 0 TEAM Totals.............. 22 63
44
PITT 75 (16-0, 4-0 Big East) tot-fg Player fg fga BIGGS, Tyrell-f 7 10 YOUNG, Sam-f 4 14 BLAIR, DeJuan-c 6 13 FIELDS, Levance-g 4 8 DIXON, Jermaine-g 3 4 BROWN, Gilbert 2 4 GIBBS, Ashton 0 0 WANAMAKER, Brad 2 5 McGHEE, Gary 1 1 TEAM Totals.............. 29 59
Score by Periods South Florida Pitt
Officials: Ed Corbett (R), Michael Stephens, Doug Shows; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 12508. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total St. John’s 36 31 67 Pitt 41 49 90
17
21
ft 0 1 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 0
Percentages: FG%: 47.7%; 3FG%: 50.0%; FT%: 65.0%.
Percentages: FG%: 46.4%; 3FG%: 20.0%; FT%: 77.8%.
Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-c FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g BROWN, Gilbert GIBBS, Ashton BROWN, Sean TIESI, Ryan WANAMAKER, Brad ROBINSON, Nasir McGHEE, Gary TEAM Totals..............
SOUTH FLORIDA 62 (6-10, 1-3 Big East) tot-fg 3-pt fg fga fg fga 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 11 2 3 5 10 3 5 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 15 2 5 0 0 0 0
rebounds of de tot 1 6 7 4 7 11 4 3 7 1 3 4 0 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 17 25 42
pf 3 4 2 1 5 3 0 0 0 2
tp 20 16 10 8 0 10 2 0 2 1
a 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
to blk 2 0 5 3 3 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
20 69 11 19
s 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 2
min 29 38 31 26 17 23 11 2 9 14
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PITT 78 (17-1, 5-1 Big East) tot-fg Player fg fga BIGGS, Tyrell-f 3 6 YOUNG, Sam-f 7 12 BLAIR, DeJuan-c 9 14 FIELDS, Levance-g 7 11 DIXON, Jermaine-g 2 8 BROWN, Gilbert 1 6 GIBBS, Ashton 1 1 WANAMAKER, Brad 1 1 ROBINSON, Nasir 1 1 TEAM Totals.............. 32 60
fg 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
3-pt fga 2 4 0 3 3 2 0 1 0
ft 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
fta 2 8 3 4 0 0 0 0 0
5
15
9
17
a 2 0 2 6 4 0 1 2 1
to blk 0 1 3 0 2 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 15 78 18 11 8
Percentages: FG%: 53.3%; 3FG%: 33.3%; FT%: 52.9%. Percentages: FG%: 39.3%; 3FG%: 37.5%; FT%: 65.5%. Officials: Pat Driscoll, Ed Hightower, Brian O’Connell; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 20082.
Officials: Tim Higgins (R), Curtis Shaw, John Higgins; Technical fouls: Syracuse-HARRIS, Paul; JACKSON, Rick. PITT-None; Attendance: 12508.
Score by Periods Pitt Louisville
Score by Periods Syracuse Pitt
1st 2nd Total 32 31 63 30 39 69
1st 2nd Total 28 32 60 31 47 78
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No. 4 PITT 79, WEST VIRGINIA 67 January 25, 2009 n WVU Coliseum n Morgantown, W. Va.
Sam Young scored 16 of his game-high 22 points in the second half to lead Pitt to the win...West Virginia took a 45-43 lead on a De’Sean Butler 3-pointer, but Pitt went on an 18-5 run midway through the second half as Young scored 12 points during the rally...Young’s layup with 8:06 to go gave Pitt a 68-53 lead...DeJuan Blair totaled his 13th double-double of the year...Jamie Dixon won his 150th career game and became Pitt’s alltime winningest coach at WVU Coliseum with a school-best third win...Pitt defeated WVU for the fifth time in the last six meetings...Pitt improved to 83-93 all-time vs. WVU and 8-23 vs. the Mountaineers in the WVU Coliseum. PITT 79 (18-1, 6-1 Big East) tot-fg Player fg fga BIGGS, Tyrell-f 1 3 YOUNG, Sam-f 9 14 BLAIR, DeJuan-c 6 12 FIELDS, Levance-g 4 7 DIXON, Jermaine-g 4 8 BROWN, Gilbert 2 5 GIBBS, Ashton 1 2 TIESI, Ryan 0 0 WANAMAKER, Brad 1 1 FRYE, Tim 0 1 ROBINSON, Nasir 2 2 McGHEE, Gary 0 1 TEAM Totals.............. 30 56
fg 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
3-pt fga 0 2 0 1 5 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
ft 2 4 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
fta 2 4 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
4
13
15
20
rebounds of de tot 3 0 3 0 4 4 4 7 11 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 11 20 31
pf 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 0 4 0 1 0
tp 4 22 16 13 11 4 3 0 2 0 4 0
a 1 1 1 5 4 0 1 0 5 0 0 0
16 79 18
to blk 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
s 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0
min 25 25 29 33 32 19 8 0+ 21 0+ 7 1
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WEST VIRGINIA 67 (14-5, 3-3 Big East) tot-fg 3-pt fg fga fg fga 6 13 2 5 4 7 0 1 1 4 1 2 5 11 2 7 4 12 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
124
23
56
5
19
ft 7 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 16
fta 9 1 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 20
Villanova went on a 7-0 run using two Reggie Redding free throws, a Scottie Reynolds step back jumper and a Reynolds 3-pointer that gave the Wildcats a 55-48 lead with 5:26 left in the game...Pitt closed the deficit to 59-53 on a Levance Fields free throw with 2:32 left but the Wildcats converted eight of their final 10 free throws to seal the victory...Pitt scored just one field goal over the game’s final five minutes and was 0-10 from 3-point range in the second half...The foul differential of 10 was the largest of the season for Pitt...Jermaine Dixon swiped a career-high six steals...The six steals rank 10th all-time in school history....Brad Wanamaker reached double figure scoring for the second time in his career...The game marked the final college basketball game played at the Wachovia Spectrum. PITT 57 (18-2, 6-2 Big East) tot-fg Player fg fga BIGGS, Tyrell-f 0 3 YOUNG, Sam-f 6 15 BLAIR, DeJuan-c 2 3 FIELDS, Levance-g 4 11 DIXON, Jermaine-g 1 7 BROWN, Gilbert 2 4 GIBBS, Ashton 1 1 WANAMAKER, Brad 6 7 ROBINSON, Nasir 0 3 McGHEE, Gary 0 0 TEAM Totals.............. 22 54
3-pt fg fga 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 5 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
16
ft 0 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
fta 2 3 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
10
17
rebounds of de tot 0 3 3 1 8 9 3 5 8 0 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 2 6 13 25 38
pf tp 3 0 1 14 4 7 3 11 0 4 3 6 1 2 5 13 2 0 2 0
a 0 2 1 4 4 0 2 1 1 0
to blk 2 0 4 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0
24 57 15 17
rebounds of de tot 2 4 6 1 4 5 1 3 4 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 8 1 9 15 19 34
pf tp 0 21 1 9 3 3 2 16 1 12 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 0 1 0
a 1 3 1 1 6 1 0 0 2 0
to blk 2 0 4 1 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 67 15 13
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s 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
VILLANOVA 67 (16-4, 4-3 Big East) tot-fg 3-pt fg fga fg fga 1 3 0 0 6 10 0 0 3 11 2 6 4 6 0 0 2 7 2 4 3 5 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 4 1 3
min 38 34 22 39 31 5 17 0+ 11 3
Player PENA, Antonio-f CUNNINGHAM, Dante-f REYNOLDS, Scottie-g REDDING, Reggie-g ANDERSON, Dwayne-g FISHER, Corey CLARK, Shane STOKES, Corey TEAM Totals..............
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Percentages: FG%: 44.7%; 3FG%: 40.0%; FT%: 67.9%.
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6
15
ft 0 3 2 10 1 2 0 1
fta 0 6 2 10 2 4 2 2
19
28
rebounds of de tot 0 1 1 1 4 5 0 0 0 1 6 7 0 4 4 1 1 2 4 3 7 0 2 2 1 3 4 8 24 32
pf tp 1 2 0 15 4 10 3 18 0 7 2 9 3 0 1 6
min 15 33 23 33 31 23 7 19 12 4
6 10
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a 2 2 3 2 2 1 0 2
to blk 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 14 67 14 13 3
Percentages: FG%: 41.1%; 3FG%: 26.3%; FT%: 80.0%.
Officials: Jim Burr, Bob Donato, Michael Stephens; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 17491.
Officials: Ed Corbett, John Gaffney, Doug Sirmons; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 14329. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Pitt 39 40 79 West Virginia 37 30 67
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s 1 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 1
Percentages: FG%: 40.7%; 3FG%: 18.8%; FT%: 58.8%.
Percentages: FG%: 53.6%; 3FG%: 30.8%; FT%: 75.0%.
Player BUTLER, Da’Sean-f EBANKS, Devin-f SMITH, Wellington-f RUOFF, Alex-g BRYANT, Darryl-g THOROUGHMAN, Cam JONES, Kevin THOMAS, Will FLOWERS, John PROBY, Dee TEAM Totals..............
No. 21 VILLANOVA 67, No. 3 PITT 57 January 28, 2009 n Wachovia Spectrum n Philadelphia, Pa.
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No. 3 PITT 93, NOTRE DAME 80 January 31, 2009 n Petersen Events Center n Pittsburgh, Pa.
s 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1
min 14 34 24 34 35 18 17 24
8
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1st 2nd Total 31 26 57 26 41 67
No. 6 PITT 92, ROBERT MORRIS 72 February 2, 2009 n Petersen Events Center n Pittsburgh, Pa.
DeJuan Blair became the eighth player in school history to register a 20-20 performance in leading Pitt to a 93-80 victory...Blair finished the game with a career-high 22 rebounds and a career-high 11 offensive rebounds...His performance set a Big East school record for most rebounds in a game and ranked as the fourth-best rebounding performance in school history and fourth all-time in Big East history...Notre Dame hit 11 3-pointers in the first half to take a 45-39 halftime lead...Pitt began the second half on a 9-0 run which erased the six-point deficit using a Levance Fields 3-pointer, Sam Young 3-point play, Young layup and Blair tipin...Pitt pushed the lead to 10 points (61-51) on a Fields jumper...Pitt improved to 28-9 under Jamie Dixon following a loss...Pitt’s senior class of Fields, Young and Tyrell Biggs won their 100th career game...Pitt finished with 20-plus offensive rebounds for the sixth time on the year.
Pitt rolled to a 20-point halftime lead (53-33) fueled by 67 percent shooting and seven first half 3-pointers...The Panthers used a 29-11 run to take control...RMU outscored Pitt 17-3 and trimmed its deficit to as few as 11 points (76-65) with 6:33 to go...Pitt completed its third undefeated non-conference season in school history with a 13-0 record...Pitt also won 20 games for the eighth consecutive season...Pitt won its 16th straight home game and improved to 66-1 vs. non-conference opponents in the Petersen Events Center...Levance Fields registered his fourth career double-double and totaled a career-high tying 13 assists which ranked tied for the sixth-best assist performance in school history...RMU shot 57.4 percent from the floor, the best mark for an opponent against Pitt on the year...Pitt improved to 27-0 all-time vs. RMU and 66-0 all-time vs. NEC opponents.
NOTRE DAME 80 (12-8, 3-6) tot-fg Player fg fga ZELLER, Luke-f 6 9 HARANGODY, Luke-f 11 25 JACKSON, Tory-g 0 3 PEOPLES, Jonathan-g 1 2 MCALARNEY, Kyle-g 3 11 NASH, Tyrone 0 1 HILLESLAND, Zach 3 5 AYERS, Ryan 3 5 TEAM Totals.............. 27 61
ROBERT MORRIS 72 (15-8) fg 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 2
3-pt fga 9 2 1 2 9 0 0 4
ft 0 5 0 0 1 0 6 2
fta 0 6 0 0 1 0 9 2
12
27
14
18
rebounds of de tot 0 0 0 6 5 11 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 6 6 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 4 9 21 30
pf 2 1 4 0 2 3 4 3
tp 18 27 0 3 10 0 12 10
a 0 4 6 2 6 0 0 0
to blk 1 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
19 80 18 11
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s 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
min 21 39 31 12 37 12 25 23
4
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Percentages: FG%: 44.3%; 3FG%: 44.4%; FT%: 77.8%. PITT 93 (19-2, 7-2 Big East) tot-fg Player fg fga BIGGS, Tyrell-f 1 6 YOUNG, Sam-f 2 11 BLAIR, DeJuan-c 10 18 FIELDS, Levance-g 6 12 DIXON, Jermaine-g 5 7 BROWN, Gilbert 2 4 GIBBS, Ashton 5 9 WANAMAKER, Brad 2 5 ROBINSON, Nasir 0 0 McGHEE, Gary 0 0 TEAM Totals.............. 33 72
Player ROBINSON, Rob-f GREEN, Dallas-f FRANCISCO, Bateko-g LANGHURST, Jimmy-g CHAPPELL, Jeremy-g NWIQWE, Mezie EHIRIM, Ifeanyi WALLACE, Gary FOSTER, Khalif WHITEHEAD, Josiah TEAM Totals..............
tot-fg fg fga 6 10 3 4 5 6 2 5 8 12 0 1 0 0 3 5 0 1 0 3
3-pt fg fga 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 5 3 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0
ft 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0
fta 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 2 2
27
10
8
15
47
17
rebounds of de tot 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 3 3 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 21 23
to blk 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 72 24 19 2
s 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
min 28 24 26 22 33 21 9 20 3 14
6
200
rebounds of de tot 0 2 2 3 3 6 6 2 8 0 4 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 4 0 1 1 11 20 31
pf 1 1 2 0 3 2 0 3 1 1
s 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 0
min 15 32 23 31 22 18 15 23 8 13
8
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pf 5 3 2 1 3 2 0 4 0 1
tp 15 6 13 6 19 2 0 10 1 0
a 1 2 5 3 8 3 0 1 0 1
Percentages: FG%: 57.4%; 3FG%: 58.8%; FT%: 53.3%. fg 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 1 0 0
3-pt fga 1 2 0 3 3 0 7 4 0 0
ft 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 8 0 0
fta 0 2 6 7 4 0 0 8 0 0
9
20
18
27
rebounds of de tot 1 1 2 3 1 4 11 11 22 1 1 2 2 3 5 2 4 6 0 2 2 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 27 49
pf 3 4 3 1 1 1 0 3 0 1
tp 2 5 23 17 16 4 13 13 0 0
a 1 1 0 7 2 1 1 2 1 0
to blk 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
s 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
min 27 27 31 33 29 14 17 16 4 2
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6
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PITT 92 (20-2) tot-fg fg fga 0 2 8 13 8 11 3 6 5 7 0 2 3 7 2 4 0 0 2 4
3-pt fg fga 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 4 0 1 3 7 1 2 0 0 0 0
31
8
Percentages: FG%: 45.8%; 3FG%: 45.0%; FT%: 66.7%.
Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-c FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g BROWN, Gilbert GIBBS, Ashton WANAMAKER, Brad ROBINSON, Nasir McGHEE, Gary TEAM Totals..............
Officials: John Cahill (R), Jim Haney, James Breeding; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 12508.
Percentages: FG%: 55.4%; 3FG%: 44.4%; FT%: 66.7%.
Score by Periods Notre Dame Pitt
Officials: Joe Lindsay (R), Jeff Clark, Brent Barnaky; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 10122.
1st 2nd Total 45 35 80 39 54 93
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1st 2nd Total 33 39 72 53 39 92
18
ft 2 7 2 5 2 2 0 0 1 1
fta 2 8 5 5 4 4 0 0 2 3
22
33
tp a 2 2 23 0 18 2 12 13 15 0 2 1 9 1 5 2 1 1 5 0
to blk 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 92 22 11 5
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No. 4 PITT 92, DePAUL 69 February 7, 2009 n Allstate Arena n Rosemont, Ill.
Pitt closed out the first half on a 13-0 run to take a 42-33 halftime lead...Pitt trailed by six points (29-23) with five minutes left in the first half...Jermaine Dixon hit two 3-pointers in the rally...Pitt pushed the lead to 20 points (68-48) on Brad Wanamaker’s driving layup with 10 minutes left...Levance Fields tied a school game record with a career-high 16 assists...Fields tied the record held by Bob Shrewsbury, who had 16 assists vs. South Carolina on Feb. 14, 1976...DeJuan Blair scored a career-high 32 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for his 15th double-double of the year...Pitt scored 90 or more points in three straight games for the first time since December, 1990, 18-years ago...Pitt’s 11-22 3-point performance ranked as the second-best of the year...DePaul dropped its 11th consecutive game. PITT 92 (21-2, 8-2 Big East) tot-fg fg fga 1 4 4 7 14 23 6 12 3 5 2 4 2 5 0 0 5 6 0 0 0 0 1 2
Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-c FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g BROWN, Gilbert GIBBS, Ashton TIESI, Ryan WANAMAKER, Brad FRYE, Tim ROBINSON, Nasir McGHEE, Gary TEAM Totals..............
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68
3-pt fg fga 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 3 2 3 2 3 2 5 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
ft 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
fta 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11
5
7
22
rebounds of de tot 2 1 3 1 9 10 9 5 14 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 17 25 42
pf 2 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
tp a 2 0 10 0 32 1 13 16 8 1 6 4 6 2 0 0 13 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
to blk 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
s 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
min 21 27 32 31 20 21 13 1 24 1 1 8
0
7
200
to blk 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
s 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
min 33 10 37 27 35 14 3 21 3 17
7
200
14 92 26 13
ABOVE: Four of Pitt’s five-member starting lineup of Tyrell Biggs, Jermaine Dixon, Sam Young and DeJuan Blair.
Percentages: FG%: 55.9%; 3FG%: 50.0%; FT%: 71.4%. DePAUL 69 (8-16, 0-11 Big East) Player TUCKER, Dar-f POSCIC, Matija-f KOSHWAL, Mac-c BIZOUKAS, Michael-g WALKER, Will-g HILL, Devin STULA, Mario KELLY, Jeremiah FABER, Krys OBI, Kene TEAM Totals..............
tot-fg 3-pt fg fga fg fga ft 6 19 1 8 5 1 1 0 0 0 8 13 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 10 1 5 0 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 3
fta 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
28
15
59
3
18
10
rebounds of de tot pf 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 1 3 4 2 0 3 3 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 4 2 1 2 3 10 15 25 9
tp 18 2 18 2 11 6 0 3 0 9
a 2 0 5 3 0 0 0 3 1 0
69 14 11
0
LEFT: Pitt’s AllAmerica duo DeJuan Blair and Sam Young. The duo became the first tandem at Pitt to earn All-America honors since the 1987-88 season (Charles Smith and Jerome Lane).
Percentages: FG%: 47.5%; 3FG%: 16.7%; FT%: 66.7%. Officials: Mike Kitts, James Breeding, Ed Corbett; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 9814. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Pitt 42 50 92 DePaul 33 36 69
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No. 4 PITT 70, WEST VIRGINIA 59 February 9, 2009 n Petersen Events Center n Pittsburgh, Pa.
Pitt took control with a 13-3 run before the half to take a 29-24 halftime lead...Sam Young’s 3-point play gave Pitt a seven point lead...Pitt used a 10-1 run to take a 15-point second half lead and led by as many as 17 points (65-48) with 4:43 to go...Young reached the 20-point mark for the 10th time on the season...Both teams battled foul trouble as the two teams combined for 38 personal fouls...Pitt won its 17th straight home game and improved to 45-9 all-time vs. Big East opponents in the Petersen Events Center...Pitt defeated WVU for the sixth time in the last seven meetings and for the 10th time in the last 11 matchups played in Pittsburgh...Pitt improved to 84-93 all-time vs. WVU...Pitt wore gold uniforms for the second time on the year. WEST VIRGINIA 59 (16-8, 5-6 Big East) tot-fg 3-pt Player fg fga fg fga BUTLER, Da’Sean-f 2 12 0 4 EBANKS, Devin-f 6 9 0 2 SMITH, Wellington-f 2 4 1 3 RUOFF, Alex-g 4 9 4 7 BRYANT, Darryl-g 3 10 0 0 THOROUGHMAN, Cam 0 0 0 0 JONES, Kevin 3 5 0 0 THOMAS, Will 0 0 0 0 FLOWERS, John 1 3 0 0 TEAM Totals.............. 21 52 5 16
ft 0 4 1 5 2 0 0 0 0
fta 0 6 2 6 2 0 0 0 0
12
16
rebounds of de tot 0 0 0 1 6 7 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 2 2 4 19 23
pf tp 5 4 2 16 2 6 5 17 4 8 0 0 2 6 0 0 1 2
a 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 3
to blk 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0
21 59 10 10
5
s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
min 18 36 32 24 34 13 22 3 18
0
200
Percentages: FG%: 40.4%; 3FG%: 31.3%; FT%: 75.0%. PITT 70 (22-2, 9-2 Big East) tot-fg fg fga 2 3 7 12 4 8 4 10 4 7 1 2 2 5 0 0 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0
Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-c FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g BROWN, Gilbert GIBBS, Ashton TIESI, Ryan WANAMAKER, Brad FRYE, Tim ROBINSON, Nasir McGHEE, Gary TEAM Totals..............
26
54
3-pt fg fga 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
13
ft 1 6 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
fta 2 7 2 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
14
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No. 4 PITT 85, CINCINNATI 69 February 14, 2009 n Petersen Events Center n Pittsburgh, Pa.
Pitt gradually took control of the game in the first half, pushing its lead to as many as 13 points and concluding the half with an 11-point lead (43-32)...Jermaine Dixon scored 11 first half points for Pitt...Cincinnati cut the margin to five points (54-49) with 13:12 to go but Pitt went on a 9-0 run fueled by dunks from Gilbert Brown and Sam Young and two free throws from Brad Wanamaker...Pitt tied a school record with its 67.4 percent (31-46) field goal shooting...Pitt also shot 67.4 percent from the floor against Kent State on March 17, 2006...With its 10th league win, Pitt became the first and only Big East team to win 20 overall games and 10 league games in each of the last eight seasons. CINCINNATI 69 (17-9, 7-6 Big East) tot-fg fg fga 7 9 2 7 1 2 3 7 6 7 3 6 0 0 3 6 0 0 2 8
Player WILLIAMS, Mike-f BISHOP, Rashad-f TOYLOY, Steve-c VAUGHN, Deonta-g DAVIS, Larry-g DIXON, Dion MILLER, Branden MITCHELL, Alvin McCLAIN, Anthony GATES, Yancy TEAM Totals..............
27
52
fg 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0
3-pt fga 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 5 0 0
ft 3 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0
fta 5 0 2 4 1 5 0 0 0 0
6
13
9
17
rebounds of de tot 3 2 5 2 4 6 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 12 12 24
pf tp 3 17 5 4 3 3 3 9 0 13 1 10 0 0 3 9 1 0 3 4
a 2 3 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 0
to blk 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
s 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
min 33 28 18 37 20 19 2 16 2 25
0
1
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to blk 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
s 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
min 28 31 30 32 28 17 7 1 23 1 1 1
6
6
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22 69 13 11
Percentages: FG%: 51.9%; 3FG%: 46.2%; FT%: 52.9%. rebounds of de tot 2 4 6 2 5 7 3 6 9 0 2 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 3 11 28 39
pf tp 0 5 2 20 4 8 3 13 4 9 0 2 0 7 1 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
a 1 0 0 7 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
to blk 1 0 2 3 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
17 70 15 11
7
s 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
min 33 34 16 26 23 13 17 1 25 1 9 2
3
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Percentages: FG%: 48.1%; 3FG%: 30.8%; FT%: 73.7%.
PITT 85 (23-2, 10-2 Big East) tot-fg Player fg fga BIGGS, Tyrell-f 3 5 YOUNG, Sam-f 7 9 BLAIR, DeJuan-c 7 9 FIELDS, Levance-g 3 4 DIXON, Jermaine-g 6 10 BROWN, Gilbert 4 5 GIBBS, Ashton 0 1 TIESI, Ryan 0 0 WANAMAKER, Brad 1 3 FRYE, Tim 0 0 ROBINSON, Nasir 0 0 McGHEE, Gary 0 0 TEAM Totals.............. 31 46
fg 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3-pt fga 3 1 0 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
ft 0 3 3 4 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 0
fta 0 7 6 5 0 7 0 0 4 0 0 0
5
12
18
29
rebounds of de tot 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 6 7 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 8 19 27
pf 0 1 3 1 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
tp a 7 0 18 1 17 2 11 13 14 1 12 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 85 21
Officials: Karl Hess (R), Curtis Shaw, Joe Lindsay; Technical fouls: West Virginia-None. PITT-BLAIR, DeJuan; Attendance: 12508.
Officials: Tim Higgins (R), Les Jones, John Gaffney; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 12508.
Score by Periods West Virginia Pitt
Score by Periods Cincinnati Pitt
1st 2nd Total 24 35 59 29 41 70
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Percentages: FG%: 67.4%; 3FG%: 41.7%; FT%: 62.1%.
1st 2nd Total 32 37 69 43 42 85
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No. 4 PITT 76, No. 1 CONNECTICUT 68 February 16, 2009 n XL Center n Hartford, Conn.
Pitt erased Connecticut’s five-point lead (56-51 with 7:30 left) with three 3-pointers down the stretch to claim its first-ever win against a No. 1 ranked team...Jermaine Dixon’s 3-pointer gave Pitt a 59-58 lead with 4:30 to go, then Levance Fields followed with 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions to give the Panthers a sixpoint lead (67-61) with 2:20 remaining in the game...Pitt led for the majority of the game until UConn put together a 7-0 run to take a 52-49 advantage with 9:04 left...DeJuan Blair, who scored 15 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in the first half, registered his second career 20-20 performance and grabbed a career-high 23 rebounds...Blair and Sam Young (25 points) carried Pitt in the first half as they combined for 27 of Pitt’s 36 first half points...Pitt improved to 1-13 all-time vs. the nation’s No. 1 ranked team...The game featured the Big East’s top two winningest programs over the last eight seasons and marked Pitt’s third all-time meeting of top-5 teams in school history. PITT 76 (24-2, 11-2 Big East) tot-fg Player fg fga BIGGS, Tyrell-f 2 3 YOUNG, Sam-f 8 13 BLAIR, DeJuan-c 10 17 FIELDS, Levance-g 2 10 DIXON, Jermaine-g 3 8 BROWN, Gilbert 0 5 GIBBS, Ashton 0 2 WANAMAKER, Brad 0 6 ROBINSON, Nasir 1 1 McGHEE, Gary 0 0 TEAM Totals.............. 26 65
fg 1 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
3-pt fga 2 6 0 5 3 0 1 2 0 0
ft 0 5 2 4 4 0 0 1 0 0
fta 0 6 4 4 4 0 0 2 0 0
8
19
16
20
rebounds of de tot 1 1 2 0 3 3 6 17 23 3 2 5 0 0 0 4 3 7 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 5 18 30 48
pf 4 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3
tp 5 25 22 10 11 0 0 1 2 0
a 1 0 2 5 5 2 2 0 0 0
to blk 0 1 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
18 76 17 14
2
s 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
min 14 33 38 35 24 25 8 19 3 1
6
200
Percentages: FG%: 40.0%; 3FG%: 42.1%; FT%: 80.0%. CONNECTICUT 68 (24-2, 12-2 Big East) tot-fg 3-pt Player fg fga fg fga ADRIEN, Jeff-f 6 12 0 0 ROBINSON, Stanley-f 4 6 0 2 THABEET, Hasheem-c 1 5 0 0 PRICE, A.J.-g 6 16 4 9 AUSTRIE, Craig-g 2 9 1 5 BEVERLY, Donnell 0 0 0 0 WALKER, Kemba 5 10 0 1 EDWARDS, Gavin 2 2 0 0 TEAM Totals.............. 26 60 5 17
ft 1 0 3 2 0 0 3 2
fta 2 1 6 2 0 0 4 2
11
17
rebounds of de tot 0 9 9 1 9 10 2 2 4 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 7 24 31
pf tp 3 13 1 8 5 5 3 18 1 5 0 0 5 13 1 6
a 1 1 0 8 1 0 1 1
19 68 13
to blk 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 8
s 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
min 33 35 23 36 27 1 24 21
6
200
Percentages: FG%: 43.3%; 3FG%: 29.4%; FT%: 64.7%.
Score by Periods Pitt Connecticut
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February 24, 2009 n Dunkin’ Donuts Center n Providence, R.I.
On senior night, Providence used a 15-1 run over the first half’s final 5:50 to take an 18-point halftime lead...Geoff McDermott and Jon Kale scored four points apiece and a 3-pointer by Sharaud Curry gave the Friars their 18-point lead...PC led by as many as 20 points early in the second half (51-31 with 17:22 left), the largest deficit of the season for Pitt...Pitt trimmed the margin to as few as five points (75-70 with 50 seconds left) but could not get any closer...Ashton Gibbs scored a career-high 15 points and hit a careerhigh four 3-pointers...Pitt dropped to 2-2 as the nation’s No. 1 ranked team...Pitt’s eight-game win streak in the series was snapped...Jamie Dixon coached in his 200th career game as a head coach...Pitt’s sevengame win streak and six-game Big East win streak was snapped...PC fans stormed the floor following the win. fg 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
ft 1 1 5 2 1 0 1 1 0
fta 2 1 5 2 2 0 1 2 0
7
19
12
15
rebounds of de tot 2 1 3 2 6 8 4 4 8 1 1 2 0 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 2 12 21 33
pf 1 2 5 2 4 2 2 4 2
tp 10 16 17 7 5 0 15 3 0
a 1 2 0 3 3 0 0 3 0
to blk 1 0 4 0 5 1 1 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
24 73 12 18
4
s 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
min 28 36 30 37 28 14 14 13 0+
5
200
Percentages: FG%: 46.6%; 3FG%: 36.8%; FT%: 80.0%. PROVIDENCE 81 (17-11, 9-7 Big East) tot-fg 3-pt fg fga fg fga 4 5 0 0 5 10 0 0 2 7 2 5 5 7 2 2 3 9 1 3 3 6 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 10 0 0
24
57
3-pt fg fga 4 8 0 0 0 1 1 4 5 9 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
ft 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
fta 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
11
2
6
25
rebounds of de tot 2 6 8 1 3 4 0 4 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 5 20 25
pf 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0
tp 18 10 2 11 17 0 0 3 0 0
a 5 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0
to blk 3 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
s 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
min 35 29 24 34 36 6 14 9 6 7
11 61 14
9
3
2
200
pf 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
to blk 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
s 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
min 23 25 23 27 21 24 15 1 1 21 1 5 13
9
3
200
Percentages: FG%: 42.1%; 3FG%: 44.0%; FT%: 33.3%. PITT 80 (25-2, 12-2 Big East) tot-fg Player fg fga BIGGS, Tyrell-f 6 10 YOUNG, Sam-f 6 12 BLAIR, DeJuan-c 9 17 FIELDS, Levance-g 2 7 DIXON, Jermaine-g 4 6 BROWN, Gilbert 2 5 GIBBS, Ashton 0 4 BROWN, Sean 0 0 TIESI, Ryan 0 0 WANAMAKER, Brad 2 4 FRYE, Tim 1 1 ROBINSON, Nasir 0 2 McGHEE, Gary 0 1 TEAM Totals.............. 32 69
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PROVIDENCE 81, No. 1 PITT 73
3-pt fga 2 4 0 5 1 1 6 0 0
DEPAUL 61 (8-19, 0-14 Big East) tot-fg fg fga 7 18 4 8 1 4 5 9 6 13 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
Player TUCKER, Dar-f KOSHWAL, Mac-f POSCIC, Matija-c KELLY, Jeremiah-g WALKER, Will-g BIZOUKAS, Michael HILL, Devin STULA, Mario FABER, Krys OBI, Kene TEAM Totals..............
3-pt fg fga 1 4 1 3 0 0 1 5 3 5 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
ft 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
fta 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
8
8
9
23
rebounds of de tot 3 2 5 1 5 6 10 8 18 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 6 2 1 3 18 31 49
tp 13 16 20 5 11 5 0 0 0 4 3 0 3
a 0 1 1 6 3 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0
8 80 17
4
Officials: Jim Burr(R), Reggie Greenwood, Paul Janssen; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 12508. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total DePaul 30 31 61 Pitt 40 40 80
1st 2nd Total 36 40 76 33 35 68
PITT 73 (25-3, 12-3 Big East) tot-fg Player fg fga BIGGS, Tyrell-f 4 6 YOUNG, Sam-f 7 18 BLAIR, DeJuan-c 6 9 FIELDS, Levance-g 2 7 DIXON, Jermaine-g 2 7 BROWN, Gilbert 0 2 GIBBS, Ashton 5 7 WANAMAKER, Brad 1 2 ROBINSON, Nasir 0 0 TEAM Totals.............. 27 58
Pitt put the game away with a 16-2 run to begin the second half after building a 40-30 halftime lead...Sam Young hit a 3-pointer and finished a dunk and Tyrell Biggs hit three straight jumpers in the rally...DeJuan Blair set a school record for most rebounds in a two-game stretch with 41 (23 vs. UConn, 18 vs. DePaul) and for the second straight game had a double-double at halftime...At halftime, Blair had more rebounds (16) then the entire DePaul squad (10)...Pitt won its 19th straight home game and improved to 17-0 at home on the year...DePaul lost a school record 14th straight game...Pitt improved to 5-0 vs. DePaul and 20-8 vs. Big East teams added in 2005-06.
Percentages: FG%: 46.4%; 3FG%: 34.8%; FT%: 88.9%.
Officials: Mike Kitts, Ed Hightower, Tony Greene; Technical fouls: None. Attendance: 16294.
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No. 4 PITT 80, DePAUL 61 February 21, 2009 n Petersen Events Center n Pittsburgh, Pa.
No. 1 PITT 89, SETON HALL 78 February 28, 2009 n Prudential Center n Newark, N.J.
Despite committing 14 first half turnovers, Pitt built a 36-31 haltime lead on a 3-pointer from Brad Wanamaker and jumper from Sam Young...Pitt also outrebounded Seton Hall 25-8 in the first half...Pitt pushed its lead to 10 points (49-39) with 15:42 to play...Two Pitt players registered double-doubles including Sam Young (29 pts/10 reb) and Levance Fields (10 pts/10 reb)...Young, who hit a career-high 9-10 free throws, notched his second double-double of the year, while Fields tied a school-record with his sixth on the season...Pitt committed a season-high 23 turnovers...Pitt improved to 4-0 in games played in New Jersey on the year and won its 12th game in its last 13 contests played in the New York/Jersey area...Jamie Dixon improved to 299 as Pitt’s head coach following a loss. PITT 89 (26-3, 13-3 Big East) tot-fg fg fga 3 6 10 15 3 5 2 7 5 9 3 4 1 6 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-c FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g BROWN, Gilbert GIBBS, Ashton TIESI, Ryan WANAMAKER, Brad FRYE, Tim ROBINSON, Nasir McGHEE, Gary TEAM Totals..............
30
58
3-pt fg fga 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
16
ft 2 9 3 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
fta 2 10 3 8 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
24
31
rebounds of de tot 4 2 6 3 7 10 2 8 10 0 1 1 0 5 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 12 32 44
pf tp a 2 9 0 2 29 0 2 9 1 2 10 10 2 14 1 1 6 5 1 3 0 1 0 0 3 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
to blk 2 0 5 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
s 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
min 22 37 26 32 32 10 10 1 27 1 1 1
1
7
200
to blk 2 0 2 1 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
s 3 0 6 0 5 1 0 0 0
min 36 37 37 39 26 17 6 1 1
1 15
200
16 89 23 23
Percentages: FG%: 51.7%; 3FG%: 31.3%; FT%: 77.4%.
Percentages: FG%: 49.1%; 3FG%: 41.7%; FT%: 75.9%.
SETON HALL 78 (15-13, 6-10 Big East) tot-fg 3-pt Player fg fga fg fga MITCHELL, Robert-f 7 16 1 6 GARCIA, John-c 5 9 0 0 HARVEY, Eugene-g 6 8 0 0 HAZELL, Jeremy-g 9 21 5 15 GAUSE, Paul-g 2 6 0 3 THEODORE, Jordan 1 3 0 1 DAVIS, Mike 0 0 0 0 CAJUSTE, Matt 0 0 0 0 WALTERS, Brandon 0 0 0 0 TEAM Totals.............. 30 63 6 25
Officials: Mike Kitts, Jamie Luckie, J.D. Collins; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 11887.
Percentages: FG%: 47.6%; 3FG%: 24.0%; FT%: 75.0%.
Score by Periods Pitt Providence
Officials: Joe Lindsay, James Breeding, Wally Rutecki; Technical fouls: Pittsburgh-None. Seton Hall-HAZELL, Jeremy; TEAM 2; Attendance: 9800. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Pitt 36 53 89 Seton Hall 31 47 78
Player MCDERMOTT, Geoff-f KALE, Jonathan-f XAVIER, Jeff-g CURRY, Sharaud-g EFEJUKU, Weyinmi-g BROOKS, Marshon MCKENZIE, Brian HANKE, Randall TEAM Totals..............
27
55
5
12
ft 3 3 0 3 9 0 2 2
fta 6 4 0 4 10 0 2 3
22
29
1st 2nd Total 26 47 73 44 37 81
2009-10 PITT BASKETBALL
rebounds of de tot 0 3 3 1 2 3 2 2 4 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 4 5 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 1 3 9 18 27
pf 3 0 4 2 0 1 1 4
tp 11 13 6 15 16 6 4 10
a 6 2 2 2 2 3 1 0
15 81 18
to blk 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 9
s 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 0
min 35 28 24 37 25 26 11 14
2 11
200
ft 2 0 5 2 1 2 0 0 0
fta 2 0 5 5 2 2 0 0 0
12
16
rebounds of de tot 2 5 7 2 2 4 0 1 1 0 3 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 16 21
pf 4 4 2 4 4 2 1 0 0
tp 17 10 17 25 5 4 0 0 0
a 3 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 0
21 78 11 15
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No. 3 PITT 90, No. 13 MARQUETTE 75 March 4, 2009 n Petersen Events Center n Pittsburgh, Pa.
No. 3 PITT 70, No. 1 CONNECTICUT 60 March 7, 2009 n Petersen Events Center n Pittsburgh, Pa.
Pitt outscored Marquette 21-2 over a seven-minute second half span to take a 20-point lead (85-65) with 3:25 remaining in the game...The run was sparked by Levance Fields, who scored eight points, hit a key 3-pointer and converted a 3-point play and Gilbert Brown, who scored seven points and hit a key 3-pointer...Marquette began the second half with a 21-5 run and pushed its lead to nine points (57-48) with 15:57 left in the game...But Pitt quickly answered with a 9-0 run, tying the game at 57-57 on a DeJuan Blair dunk with 13:53 left...Fields set a school record with his seventh career point-assist double-double...Pitt set a school record with its 14th Big East win...Pitt’s senior class tied a school record with its 108th career victory...The game marked the 10th all-time top-25 meeting at the Petersen Events Center...Prior to the game, Pitt retired Brandin Knight’s No. 20 jersey as it raised a banner in his honor...Knight’s jersey became the fourth to be retired in school history.
Sam Young scored 16 of his game-high 31 points and Pitt used an early 9-0 first half run en route to a 10point halftime lead (38-28)...The run was capped by Brad Wanamaker’s 3-pointer to give Pitt a 23-13 lead...Connecticut used a 12-0 run to cut the deficit to two points (52-50) with 8:26 left...But Young answered with a layup and a dunk off a Levance Fields pass, then minutes later, finished off a 3-point play to give Pitt a 61-53 lead with 4:48 to go...Pitt defeated the nation’s No. 1 ranked team for the second time in the same season and became the seventh school in NCAA Division I history to achieve that mark...Pitt swept UConn in a two-game series for the first time since the 1996-97 season...Pitt concluded its home season with a 190 record, its fourth-all-time undefeated season at home...The crowd of 12,908 marked the largest oncampus crowd in school history...Pitt honored its three seniors, Tyrell Biggs, Fields and Young, who won a school-record 109th contest.
MARQUETTE 75 (23-7, 12-5 Big East) tot-fg 3-pt fg fga fg fga 2 2 0 0 9 19 3 6 2 4 2 4 8 24 4 12 5 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
CONNECTICUT 60 (27-3, 15-3 Big East) tot-fg 3-pt Player fg fga fg fga ADRIEN, Jeff-f 5 14 0 0 ROBINSON, Stanley-f 2 6 0 0 THABEET, Hasheem-c 6 11 0 0 PRICE, A.J.-g 5 15 4 8 AUSTRIE, Craig-g 0 2 0 1 WALKER, Kemba 5 11 0 4 HARALSON, Scottie 0 1 0 1 EDWARDS, Gavin 0 1 0 0 TEAM Totals.............. 23 61 4 14
Player BURKE, Dwight-f HAYWARD, Lazar-f ACKER, Maurice-g McNEAL, Jerel-g MATTHEWS, Wesley-g CUBILLAN, David FULCE, Joseph BUTLER, Jimmy TEAM Totals..............
26
61
10
26
ft 3 1 0 3 5 0 0 1
fta 6 2 0 3 5 0 0 2
13
18
rebounds of de tot 4 0 4 4 6 10 1 1 2 0 3 3 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 4 13 15 28
pf tp 4 7 3 22 1 6 3 23 3 16 0 0 0 0 4 1
a 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 0
to blk 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 75 12 11
0
s 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
min 24 35 29 40 40 11 1 20
3
200
Percentages: FG%: 42.6%; 3FG%: 38.5%; FT%: 72.2%. PITT 90 (27-3, 14-3 Big East) tot-fg fg fga 2 2 7 12 7 10 6 10 5 9 5 8 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0
Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-c FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g BROWN, Gilbert GIBBS, Ashton WANAMAKER, Brad ROBINSON, Nasir McGHEE, Gary TEAM Totals..............
34
54
3-pt fg fga 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 6 2 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7
17
ft 0 3 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
fta 0 6 12 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
15
23
ft 1 2 2 5 0 0 0 0
fta 2 6 3 7 0 1 0 0
10
19
rebounds of de tot 5 3 8 4 8 12 4 9 13 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 16 24 40
pf 2 4 3 0 1 1 1 2
tp 11 6 14 19 0 10 0 0
a 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 0
to blk 3 2 0 0 3 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
s 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1
min 35 35 38 35 15 31 5 6
7
5
200
pf tp a 0 0 1 1 31 1 3 8 0 1 10 12 5 6 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 13 2
to blk 0 1 6 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
s 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
min 27 37 28 37 25 19 3 24
16 70 18
8
3
200
14 60 12 11
Percentages: FG%: 37.7%; 3FG%: 28.6%; FT%: 52.6%. rebounds of de tot 2 1 3 1 7 8 3 6 9 0 1 1 0 4 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 9 24 33
pf 4 1 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 1
tp a 4 1 18 0 23 3 17 10 13 4 11 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0
to blk 1 0 2 2 0 4 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0
16 90 22 11
8
PITT 70 (28-3, 15-3 Big East) tot-fg fg fga 0 3 13 23 4 9 4 14 3 6 0 2 1 2 5 9
fg 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
3-pt fga 2 5 0 4 3 2 1 3
ft 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
fta 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 2
4
20
6
9
s 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
min 18 35 35 34 30 30 5 11 1 1
Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-c FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g BROWN, Gilbert GIBBS, Ashton WANAMAKER, Brad TEAM Totals..............
6
200
Percentages: FG%: 44.1%; 3FG%: 20.0%; FT%: 66.7%.
30
68
rebounds of de tot 1 5 6 4 6 10 3 5 8 1 4 5 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 4 0 4 15 26 41
Percentages: FG%: 63.0%; 3FG%: 41.2%; FT%: 65.2%.
Officials: Jim Burr (R), Pat Driscoll, Earl Walton; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 12908.
Officials: Tim Higgins (R), Bob Donato, Jeff Clark; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 12508.
Score by Periods Connecticut Pitt
Score by Periods Marquette Pitt
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1st 2nd Total 36 39 75 43 47 90
WEST VIRGINIA 74, No. 2 PITT 60 March 12, 2009 n Big East Quaterfinal n Madison Square Garden
Following a closely contested first half, West Virginia took advantage of a technical foul and an 8-0 run to take a 14-point lead (61-47) with 9:11 left in the game...Alex Ruoff scored four points in the rally...Pitt cut the margin to as few as eight points, but could not get any closer...The Mountaineers outscored Pitt 38-26 in the second half...Pitt finished 0-8 from 3-point range...Pitt dropped to 0-3 on the year when DeJuan Blair fouled out...Pitt lost its first game in the Big East Tournament for the first time since 2005...Pitt had advanced to seven of the last eight Big East Tournament title games...Pitt dropped to 84-94 all-time and 2-1 vs. West Virginia this year. WEST VIRGINIA 74 (23-10) Player BUTLER, Da’Sean-f EBANKS, Devin-f SMITH, Wellington-f RUOFF, Alex-g BRYANT, Darryl-g THOROUGHMAN, Cam JONES, Kevin FLOWERS, John TEAM, Totals..............
tot-fg fg fga 4 13 5 9 0 2 7 14 2 4 0 0 1 5 4 5
3-pt fg fga 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
ft 6 10 2 4 0 2 0 0
fta 8 11 2 4 0 2 0 0
23
4
24
27
rebounds of de tot 1 2 3 3 4 7 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 0 3 3 2 3 5 5 2 7 14 19 33
pf tp 4 16 2 20 4 2 2 18 1 5 2 2 1 2 2 9
a 4 3 1 2 3 1 0 1
to blk 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
s 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
min 33 4018 38 19 10 20 22
9
6
200
33
1st 2nd Total 28 32 60 38 32 70
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No. 4 PITT 72, EAST TENNESSEE STATE 62 March 20, 2009 n NCAA Tournament First Round n Dayton, Ohio
Pitt never trailed in the contest and held off ETSU to advance to the NCAA Tournament Second Round for the seventh time in the last eight years...Pitt finally put the Buccaneers away on a Sam Young 3-pointer, a Levance Fields layup and an Ashton Gibbs 3-pointer, which gave the Panthers an eight-point lead (67-59) with 1:16 to go...DeJuan Blair and Sam Young became the 10th and 11th players to register double-doubles in Pitt’s NCAA Tournament history...Blair’s 27 points ranked tied for the seventh best all-time individual scoring performance in Pitt’s NCAA Tournament history...His 16 rebounds ranked tied for the third-best performance...Jamie Dixon tied the NCAA Division I record for most victories after the first six years of a head coaching career with his 161st win...Pitt improved to 12-5 all-time in the NCAA Tournament First Round. EAST TENNESSEE STATE 62 (23-11) tot-fg fg fga 2 6 3 4 6 21 3 14 7 23 1 4 0 0 1 3
fg 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
3-pt fga 0 0 4 6 10 0 0 2
ft 1 1 8 1 1 0 0 0
fta 2 4 12 2 2 2 0 0
4
22
12
24
Percentages: FG%: 44.2%; 3FG%: 28.6%; FT%: 88.9%.
Player HAMLIN, Greg-f BROWN, Isiah-f TIGGS, Kevin-f SMITH, Mike-g PIGRAM, Courtney-g HUBBARD, Tommy JONES, Jarvis WILLIAMS, Micah TEAM Totals..............
PITT 60 (28-4)
Percentages: FG%: 30.7%; 3FG%: 18.2%; FT%: 50.0%.
Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-c FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g BROWN, Gilbert GIBBS, Ashton WANAMAKER, Brad ROBINSON, Nasir McGHEE, Gary TEAM Totals..............
52
14
tot-fg fg fga 3 4 6 17 4 5 3 10 2 5 1 3 1 2 2 4 1 1 0 0
3-pt fg fga 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
23
0
51
8
ft 0 3 6 0 1 1 0 3 0 0
fta 0 4 8 0 2 2 0 3 0 0
14
19
rebounds of de tot 2 3 5 2 3 5 4 1 5 2 4 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 11 16 27
18 74 15
pf tp 3 6 0 15 5 14 1 6 2 5 1 3 2 2 5 7 0 2 1 0
a 2 0 0 7 2 0 1 0 0 0
1
to blk 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
20 60 12 13
2
s 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
min 20 38 18 38 35 16 11 19 1 4
4
200
Percentages: FG%: 45.1%; 3FG%: 0.0%; FT%: 73.7%. Officials: Jim Burr, Michael Stephens, Wally Rutecki; Technical fouls: WVU-None. Pitt-BLAIR, DeJuan. Attendance: 19375. Score by Periods West Virginia Pitt
1st 2nd Total 36 38 74 34 26 60
5
23
75
rebounds of de tot 5 5 10 6 2 8 0 2 2 2 6 8 1 2 3 4 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 5 20 24 44
pf tp 3 5 3 7 2 21 3 8 0 17 5 2 1 0 0 2
a 2 0 4 4 1 1 0 0
to blk 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
s 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0
min 36 17 4037 40 22 2 6
17 62 12
9
3
6
200
pf tp 1 3 3 14 3 27 0 6 4 0 2 8 1 10 2 4 0 0
to blk 2 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 4 1 0 0
s 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0
min 20 36 36 36 17 20 18 17 0+
5
200
PITT 72 (29-4) Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-c FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g BROWN, Gilbert GIBBS, Ashton WANAMAKER, Brad ROBINSON, Nasir TEAM Totals..............
tot-fg fg fga 1 3 4 10 10 17 3 10 0 3 3 7 2 2 1 3 0 0
fg 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
3-pt fga 2 6 0 5 1 1 2 2 0
ft 0 2 7 0 0 2 4 2 0
fta 0 2 13 0 0 2 4 2 0
24
7
19
17
23
55
rebounds of de tot 0 2 2 0 13 13 7 9 16 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 3 3 1 3 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 38 47
a 0 0 3 5 3 2 2 1 0
16 72 16 18
3
Percentages: FG%: 43.6%; 3FG%: 36.8%; FT%: 73.9%. Officials: Roger Davis, Glenn Mayborg, Craig Boroski; Technical fouls: East Tennessee State-None. Pitt-BLAIR, DeJuan; Attendance: 12499. Score by Periods East Tennessee State Pitt
1st 2nd Total 23 39 62 26 46 72
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Levance Fields hit a go-ahead 3-pointer, then converted a steal and layup to defeat Xavier as Pitt advanced to the NCAA Regional Final for the first time since the tournament expanded to 64 teams.
No. 4 PITT 84, OKLAHOMA STATE 76 March 22, 2009 n NCAA Tournament Second Round n Dayton, Ohio
Pitt advanced to its fifth NCAA Sweet Sixteen in the last eight years with an 84-76 win over Oklahoma State...Sam Young scored 23 of his game-high 32 points in the first half...In the first half, both Pitt (58.6%) and Oklahoma State (63.0%) started out hot as the two teams played to a 49-49 halftime tie...Oklahoma State converted 10-16 3-pointers (62.5%) in the first half alone...Pitt went on an 11-0 run to build a 64-53 lead with 11:19 to go...OSU battled back to take a 72-71 lead on two Byron Eaton free throws with 3:48 left...Levance Fields gave Pitt the lead for good with a layup and clutch 3-pointer...Young’s 32-point performance marked the second all-time best NCAA Tournament single-game scoring performance in school history, ranking behind Billy Knight’s 34 points vs. Furman in 1974...Young set Pitt’s all-time career NCAA Tournament scoring record...Pitt reached the 30-win plateau for the just the second time in school history...Levance Fields set Pitt’s single season assist record...DeJuan Blair notched his 33rd career and 19th season doubledouble...With his 162nd career win, Jamie Dixon set the NCAA Division I record for most victories after the first six years of a coaching career...Dixon has guided three Pitt teams to NCAA Sweet Sixteen play. OKLAHOMA STATE 76 (23-12) tot-fg fg fga 5 8 4 8 5 6 0 3 5 14 7 15 0 0 0 0
Player MOSES, Marshall-f EATON, Byron-g HARRIS, Terrel0g PAGE, Keiton-g ANDERSON, James-g MUONELO, Obi BROWN, Anthony SIDORAKIS, Nick TEAM Totals..............
26
54
3-pt fg fga 0 0 2 3 5 6 0 2 2 7 3 10 0 0 0 0 12
28
ft 0 5 2 0 3 2 0 0
fta 0 5 2 0 3 2 0 0
rebounds of de tot 3 4 7 1 0 1 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1
pf 4 3 4 4 1 3 1 1
12
12
5 16 21
tp a 10 1 15 10 17 1 0 2 15 2 19 1 0 1 0 0
s 0 5 0 1 1 1 0 0
min 37 38 31 17 38 30 3 6
21 76 18
to blk 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1
8
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pf tp 2 6 0 32 3 10 2 13 1 6 2 5 1 9 1 3 0 0
to blk 0 1 4 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
s 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
min 17 40 31 36 20 19 16 19 2
2
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Percentages: FG%: 48.1%; 3FG%: 42.9%; FT%: 100%. PITT 84 (30-4) Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-c FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g BROWN, Gilbert GIBBS, Ashton WANAMAKER, Brad McGHEE, Gary TEAM Totals..............
tot-fg fg fga 3 4 12 20 3 7 5 11 1 4 0 1 3 6 1 4 0 0
3-pt fg fga 0 1 4 10 0 0 3 7 0 1 0 1 3 4 1 4 0 0
28
11
57
28
ft 0 4 4 0 4 5 0 0 0
fta 2 5 7 2 4 6 0 0 0
17
26
rebounds of de tot 1 0 1 5 3 8 6 6 12 2 1 3 1 5 6 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 19 22 41
a 1 2 1 9 0 3 1 1 0
12 84 18 14
5
Percentages: FG%: 49.1%; 3FG%: 39.3%; FT%: 65.4%. Officials: Roger Ayers, Ted Valentine, Bryan Kersey; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 12596. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Oklahoma State 49 27 76 Pitt 49 35 84
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No. 4 PITT 60, No. 20 XAVIER 55 March 26, 2009 n NCAA Tournament Regional n Boston
No. 11 VILLANOVA 78, No. 4 PITT 76 March 28, 2009 n NCAA Tournament Regional Final n Boston
Levance Fields hit a go-ahead 3-pointer to give Pitt a 55-54 lead with 53 seconds left, then made a steal and converted a layup with 24 seconds to go to give Pitt a 3-point lead and NCAA Sweet Sixteen win...Xavier built a 37-29 halftime advantage by outrebounding the Panthers 23-16...Pitt outscored Xavier 31-18, outrebounded the Musketeers 28-21 and limited XU to 24.1 percent field goal shooting (7-29) in the second half...Pitt opened the second half on a 9-0 run and forced Xavier into missing each of its first 10 field goal attempts in taking a 38-37 lead with 14:33 to go...But XU recovered and eventually went up 54-52 with 1:50 left on Dante Jackson’s layup...That set the stage for Fields’ late game heroics...Pitt advanced to the NCAA Regional Final for the first time since the 1973-74 season and the first since the tourney expanded to 64 teams...Pitt defeated its highest seeded opponent in school history (Xavier was a No. 4 seed)...Pitt tied its school record for most victories in a season (31).
In one of the most exciting NCAA Tournament games of all-time, Villanova’s Scottie Reynolds drove a halflength of the floor and hit a buzzer-beating layup to give the Wildcats a 78-76 win...Pitt led 67-63 with 3:24 left before VU’s Dwayne Anderson converted a 3-point play...An Anderson 3-pointer and two Corey Fisher free throws gave VU a 73-69 lead with 46 seconds left...Pitt responded with Sam Young’s 3-pointer and DeJuan Blair’s layup made it 76-74 VU...After a steal of VU’s full-court pass, Pitt’s Levance Field hit two clutch free throws to tie the game at 76-76 with five seconds left...The free throws set up Reynolds’ gamewinning layup...Villanova converted 95.7 percent (22-23) of its free throw attempts...Pitt trailed by 10 points (22-12) early in the first half, but used an 8-0 run to take a 34-32 halftime lead...The game marked just the fifth time in Big East history that two conference schools met in the NCAA Tournament....Pitt concludes its season at 31-5.
XAVIER 55 (27-8)
VILLANOVA 78 (30-7)
Player BROWN, Derrick-f ANDERSON, C.J.-f LOVE, Jason-c RAYMOND, B.J.-g JACKSON, Dante’-g REDFORD,Brad McLEAN, Jamel FREASE, Kenny HOLLOWAY, Terrell TEAM Totals..............
fg 6 2 0 6 4 1 1 1 0
tot-fg fga 15 9 0 19 7 4 4 3 3
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fg 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
3-pt fga 6 0 0 8 3 4 0 0 2
ft 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 1
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5
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10
rebounds of de tot 3 6 9 4 4 8 4 2 6 1 2 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 2 5 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 5 6 17 27 44
pf tp 2 14 2 6 2 1 3 15 5 9 1 3 0 2 1 4 1 1
a 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
to blk 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 3 0
17 55
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min 32 27 19 36 29 9 15 17 16
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Percentages: FG%: 32.8%; 3FG%: 21.7%; FT%: 80.0%.
Player BIGGS, Tyrell-f YOUNG, Sam-f BLAIR, DeJuan-c FIELDS, Levance-g DIXON, Jermaine-g BROWN, Gilbert GIBBS, Ashton WANAMAKER, Brad McGHEE, Gary TEAM Totals..............
22
65
fg 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
3-pt fga 0 2 0 5 3 2 2 1 0
ft 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 4 0
fta 0 4 1 5 0 2 0 7 0
4
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12
19
tot-fg fg fga 4 7 5 10 6 11 4 11 2 6 0 0 1 7 3 4
3-pt fg fga 3 4 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 2
25
6
56
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ft 0 5 2 7 1 0 7 0
fta 0 5 2 7 2 0 7 0
22
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rebounds of de tot 2 2 4 3 3 6 2 3 5 1 1 2 2 4 6 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 2 2 2 2 4 13 20 33
pf 4 3 4 3 4 2 3 1
tp 11 17 14 15 5 0 9 7
a 0 0 2 1 4 0 2 0
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s 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0
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9 13
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a 0 0 2 6 2 2 0 2
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PITT 60 (31-4) tot-fg fg fga 0 0 7 16 5 16 5 11 2 9 2 5 0 3 1 5 0 0
Player CLARK, Shane-f ANDERSON, Dwayne-f CUNNINGHAM, Dante-c REYNOLDS, Scottie-g REDDING, Reggie-g PENA, Antonio FISHER, Corey STOKES, Corey TEAM Totals..............
rebounds of de tot 0 3 3 1 2 3 8 9 17 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 4 6 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 4 2 6 18 26 44
tot-fg fg fga 0 2 10 17 9 9 2 8 1 6 2 4 0 3 1 3
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a 0 1 1 6 0 1 0 0 0
to blk 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
s 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
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18 76 14 11
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Percentages: FG%: 33.8%; 3FG%: 26.7%; FT%: 63.2%.
Officials: Tom O’Neill, Patrick E. Driscoll, Randy McCall; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 18871.
Officials: Bob Donato, Rick Hartsell, Joe Lindsay; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 18831.
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Score by Periods Xavier Pitt
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Five of the top players in school history are depicted here including Charles Smith, Don Hennon, Billy Knight, Jerome Lane and Brandin Knight. Smith, Hennon, Billy Knight and Brandin Knight are the four Pitt players to have their jerseys retired. All four have found success beyond basketball as Hennon became a medical doctor, Billy Knight serves as General Manager for the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, Brandin Knight serves as an assistant coach with the Pitt Basketball program and Smith, following a productive NBA career, is a successful businessman and chairman of the Charles D. Smith Foundation, an organization dedicated to providing a positive alternative for today’s youth. An NBA veteran, Lane is shown here throwing down his backboard shattering dunk against Providence on Jan. 25, 1988. “Send it in Jerome!” proclaimed ESPN broadcaster Bill Raftery minutes after Lane’s thunderous dunk prompted a 30-minute delay in the game. Pitt went on to claim a 90-56 victory, then went on to capture the 1987-88 Big East regular season title. The game is forever labeled as the “Night the House Came Down.”
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
NATIONAL HONORS BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Henry Clifford “Doc” Carlson, M.D., Elected, 1959 Charley Hyatt, Elected, 1959 Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame Henry Clifford “Doc” Carlson, M.D. Don Hennon, Inducted, 1970 Charley Hyatt
NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Helms Foundation National Player of the Year Charley Hyatt, 1929-30
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General Awards Charley Hyatt, 1927-28 Sykes Reed, 1927-28 Charley Hyatt, 1928-29 Charley Hyatt, 1929-30 Don Smith, 1932-33 Claire Cribbs, 1933-34 Claire Cribbs, 1934-35 Don Hennon, 1957-58 Don Hennon, 1958-59 Billy Knight, 1973-74 Charles Smith, 1986-87 Jerome Lane, 1986-87 Charles Smith, 1987-88 Jerome Lane, 1987-88 Brandin Knight, 2001-02 Brandin Knight, 2002-03 Aaron Gray, 2006-07 DeJuan Blair, 2008-09 Sam Young, 2008-09 Wooden Award All-America Charles Smith, 1986-87 Charles Smith, 1987-88 Brandin Knight, 2002-03 DeJuan Blair, 2008-09 Sam Young, 2008-09 Associated Press All-America Don Hennon, 1st Team, 1957-58 Don Hennon, 2nd Team, 1958-59 Sam Clancy, HM, 1978-79 Jerome Lane, 2nd Team, 1986-87 Jerome Lane, 2nd Team, 1987-88 Charles Smith, HM, 1987-88 Brandin Knight, 3rd Team, 2001-02 Brandin Knight, HM, 2002-03 Carl Krauser, HM, 2003-04 Aaron Gray, 3rd Team, 2006-07 Sam Young, HM, 2007-08 DeJuan Blair, 1st Team, 2008-09 Sam Young, 3rd Team, 2008-09 Levance Fields, HM, 2008-09 UPI All-America Don Hennon, 1st Team, 1957-58 Don Hennon, 1st Team, 1958-59 A two-time All-America selection, Brandin Knight was named to the Wooden All-America team in 2002-03.
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Billy Knight, 3rd Team, 1973-74 Jerome Lane, 3rd Team, 1986-87 Charles Smith, H.M., 1987-88 The Sporting News Brandin Knight, 2nd Team, 2001-02 DeJuan Blair, 1st Team, 2008-09 Sam Young, 3rd Team, 2008-09 Scripps Howard News Service Charles Smith, 1st Team, 1987-88 USBWA All-America Billy Knight, 1st Team, 1973-74 Jerome Lane, 2nd Team, 1987-88 DeJuan Blair, 1st Team, 2008-09 NABC All-America Don Hennon, 2nd Team, 1957-58 Don Hennon, 2nd Team, 1958-59 Billy Knight, 2nd Team, 1973-74 Jerome Lane, 3rd Team, 1986-87 Charles Smith, 2nd Team, 1987-88 Aaron Gray, 3rd Team, 2006-07 DeJuan Blair, 2nd Team, 2008-09 Don Hennon was inducted into the Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame in 1970. A two-time AllAmerica selection, Hennon is also listed as one of the best-ever college basketball players according to the NCAA publication, “Men’s Basketball’s Finest.”
Helms Foundation All-America Charley Hyatt, 1927-28 Sykes Reed, 1927-28 Charley Hyatt, 1929-30 Don Smith, 1932-33 Claire Cribbs, 1933-34 Claire Cribbs, 1934-35 Don Hennon, 1957-58 Don Hennon, 1958-59 Consensus All-America (AP, UPI, USBWA, TSN, NCAA) Charley Hyatt, 1st Team, 1928-29 Charley Hyatt, 1st Team, 1929-30 Don Smith, 1st Team, 1932-33 Claire Cribbs, 1st Team, 1933-34 Claire Cribbs, 1st Team, 1934-35 Don Hennon, 1st Team, 1957-58 Don Hennon, 1st Team, 1958-59 Billy Knight, 2nd Team, 1973-74 Jerome Lane, 2nd Team, 1987-88 DeJuan Blair, 1st Team, 2008-09 Sam Young, 2nd Team, 2008-09 Wooden National Player of the Year Award Nominees Charles Smith, 1986-87 Charles Smith, 1987-88 Jerome Lane, 1987-88 Sean Miller, 1991-92 Vonteego Cummings, 1998-99 Brandin Knight, 2001-02 Brandin Knight, 2002-03 Julius Page, 2003-04 Carl Krauser, 2003-04 Carl Krauser, 2004-05 Aaron Gray, 2006-07 DeJuan Blair (Finalist), 2008-09 Sam Young, 2008-09
FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA Sam Clancy, Second Team, 1977-78 Charles Smith, First Team, 1984-85 Chris Taft, Second Team, 2003-04 DeJuan Blair, Second Team, 2007-08
OTHER NATIONAL AWARDS NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Tom Richards, 1976 Joey David, 1986 Darren Morningstar, 1992 Verizon/CoSIDa Academic AllAmerica Joey David, Second Team, 1986 USBWA Most Courageous Athlete Orlando Antigua, 1994
NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR Jamie Dixon, Naismith, 2008-09 Ben Howland, Associated Press, 200102 Ben Howland, Naismith, 2001-02 Ben Howland, USBWA Henry Iba Award, 2001-02 Ben Howland, ESPN Magazine, 200102 Ben Howland, The Sporting News, 2001-02
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
ALL-AMERICA PLAYERS CHARLEY HYATT n Three-time All-America
SYKES REED n One-time All America
(1927-28) n (1928-29) n (1929-30) n 6-0 n F n Uniontown, Pa.
(1927-28) n 6-0 n Guard n Braddock, Pa.
n Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959. n Member of the Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame and member of its All-Time College Basketball Team. n One of only 18 players in NCAA Division I basketball history to earn three All-America honors. n NCAA Consensus First Team AllAmerica (1929 and 1930). n Three-time Helms Foundation All-America selection (‘28-’30). n Named Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1930). n Listed in the NCAA's "Men's Basketball's Finest" Publication. n Member of two national title teams (1928 and 1930). n Led the nation in scoring twice (1927-28 and 1929-30). In both years, Pitt won national titles. n Member of the first consensus All-America team (1929). n Led Pittsburgh to a three-year
n Named a Helms Foundation AllAmerica (1927-28). n Helped lead Pittsburgh to its first national championship (1928). n Known for his speed and quickness. n Senior captain on 1927-28 squad that finished undefeated at 21-0. n One of two All-Americans on the 1927-28 squad (Charley Hyatt was the other). n Backcourt mate on the 1927-28 national title team, Stanley Wrobleski, played at same high school, Braddock High School. record of 60-7, including national championships in 1928 and 1930. n Scored 880 points during his career, averaging 13.1 points per game. Concluded career with 366 field goals made and 148 free throws made in 67 games played and averaged a season-best 14.3 points in 1928-29.
CLAIRE CRIBBS n Two-time All-America (1933-34) n (1934-35) n 6-0 n Guard n Jeannette, Pa. n Selected NCAA Consensus First Team All-America after both the 1933-34 and 1934-35 seasons. n Named Helms Foundation First Team All-America in both 1933-34 and 1934-35. n Led Pittsburgh to three-straight Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball titles. n Member of the following Halls of Fame: Ohio Coaches, Westmoreland County and Ohio Chapter of the Dapper Dan.
DON SMITH n One-time All-America (1932-33) n 6-0 n Guard n Pittsburgh, Pa. n Named NCAA Consensus First Team All-America (1932-33). n Selected Helms Foundation First Team All-America (1932-33). n Led the Panthers to a 17-5 record and Eastern Intercollegiate Championship in 1932-33. n Third All-America player coached by H.C. Carlson.
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BILLY KNIGHT n One-time All-America (1973-74) n 6-7 n Forward n Braddock, Pa.
DON HENNON n Two-time All-America (1957-58) n (1958-59) n 5-8 1/2 n Guard n Wampum, Pa. n Elected to the Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame (1970). n NCAA Consensus (AP and UPI) First Team All-America (1958). n UPI First Team All-America (195758 and 1958-59). n Helms Foundation All-America (1957-58 and 1958-59). n Listed in the NCAA’s “Men’s Basketball Finest” Publication. n Led Pittsburgh to two NCAA appearances. n Scored 1,841 career points and averaged 24.2 points over his three-year career. n Scored 30-plus points 23 times and 20-plus points 52 times.
n NCAA Consensus Second Team All-America in 1973-74. n United Press International Third Team All-America selection in 1973-74. n Considered Pittsburgh’s finest all-around player ever. n Led Panthers to a 25-4 record, including a school-record 22 consecutive wins in 1973-74. n Pittsburgh reached the 1974 NCAA Regional finals, losing in the NCAA “Sweet Sixteen” to top-ranked and eventual national champion North Carolina State. n Concluded career with 1,731 points (22.2 points per game), 938 rebounds (12.0 rebounds per game) in 78 career games played.
n Averaged over 20.0 points and over 10.0 rebounds per game in each of his three seasons, the only player in Pitt history to achieve this distinction. n Shot an astounding .522 from the field (750-1,436) over his threeyear career.
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JEROME LANE n Two-time All-America
CHARLES SMITH n Two-time All-America
(1986-87) n (1986-87) n 6-6 n Forward n Akron, Ohio
(1986-87) n (1986-87) n 6-10 n Center/Forward n Bridgeport, Conn.
n NCAA Consensus Second Team All-America selection by both the Associated Press and USBWA in 1987-88. n AP, UPI and NABC Third Team All-America selection in 198788. n Shortest player to lead the nation in rebounding since 6foot-6 Elgin Baylor accomplished the feat in 1957. Led NCAA Division I in rebounding with a 13.5 average in 1986-87. n Concluded career with a 13.1 points per game average and 10.4 rebounds per game and averaged over 12.0 rebounds per game in two consecutive seasons, one of only two players in school history to achieve this feat. n Selected in the first round of the 1988 NBA Draft.
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n Played in NBA for several teams including Denver, Milwaukee, Indiana and Cleveland.
n Named a Scripps Howard First Team All-America in 1987-88. n NABC Second Team All-America in 1987-88. n NABC and Basketball Weekly Third Team All-America in 198687. n AP and UPI Honorable Mention All-America selection in 198788. n 1988 Big East Player of the Year and two-time All-Big East First Team selection in 1986-87 and 1987-88. n 1985 Big East Freshman of the Year and only player in school history to earn four straight AllBig East honors in a career. n Listed No. 8 on the Big East’s 50 Greatest Players List. n Led Pittsburgh to its first outright Big East regular season championship in 1987-88.
n Member of the 1988 United States Olympic Team. n Third overall pick selected in the first round of the 1988 NBA Draft. n Pitt’s career scoring leader with 2,045 career points and also finished with 987 career rebounds.
BRANDIN KNIGHT n Two-time All-America
AARON GRAY n One-time All-America
(2001-02) n (2002-03) n 6-0 n Guard n East Orange, N.J.
(2006-07) n 7-0 n Center n Emmaus, Pa.
n Named to the 2002-03 Wooden All-America team, one of only 10 players nationwide selected to the squad. n 2002-03 Associated Press honorable mention All-America selection. n Selected 2001-02 Associated Press Third Team All-America and to the 2001-02 Sporting News All America Second Team. n Two-time USBWA All-Region selection (2001-02 and 200203). n Named Big East co-Player of the Year, Big East Most Improved Player and First Team All-Big East in 2001-02. n 2001-02 USBWA/NABC All-
District Team selection. n Concluded career as school recordholder in career assists and career steals.
n Selected Third Team AllAmerica by the NABC and Associated Press in 2006-07. n Named the 2006-07 Aeropostale/Big East ScholarAthlete of the Year. n Finalist for the Naismith, Wooden and Lowe’s Senior Class Award in 2006-07. n One of four players in school history to earn First Team AllBig East honors in two consecutive seasons (2006 and 2007). n Named the 2005-06 Big East Most Improved Player.
DeJUAN BLAIR n One-time All-America (2008-09) n 6-7 n Center n Pittsburgh, Pa.
SAM YOUNG n One-time All-America (2008-09) n 6-6 n Forward n Clinton, Md. n Named to the Associated Press All-America Third Team, Wooden All-America Second Team, Sports Illustrated Second Team and Sporting News Third Team in 2008-09. n Finalist for the Naismith and Wooden Awards and Lowe’s Senior Class Award. n Two-time All-Region and twotime All-Big East First Team selection, one of only four players in school history to achieve that honor. n Associated Press honorable mention All-America and Big East Most Improved Player Award selection in 2007-08. n Concluded career ranked fourth on school’s all-time scoring list
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(1,884), scored over 20 points in 32 career games and reached double figures in 97 career contests.
n Consensus First Team AllAmerica in 2008-09: Associated Press, USBWA, Wooden, ESPN.com, Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News, State Farm NABC, Basketball Times. n One of four finalists for the Wooden, Naismith and Oscar Robertson national player of the year awards in 2008-09. n Big East co-Player of the Year, USBWA District Player of the Year, All-Big East First Team selection in 2008-09. n Led nation in offensive rebounding (5.6 orpg) and ranked among national leaders in rebounding (4th) and field goal percentage (19th), averaged 15.7 ppg. and 12.3 rpg. as a sophomore. n Averaged 13.6 points and 10.7 rebounds, finished with 35 career double-doubles, two 20-
20 performances, three 20-plus rebound games and 17 20-point scoring games in two-year collegiate career. n Consensus Freshman All-America honoree, three-time national Rookie of the Week selection.
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
REGIONAL HONORS REGION PLAYER OF THE YEAR USBWA Region Player of the Year Charles Smith, 1987-88 Brandin Knight, 2001-02 DeJuan Blair, 2008-09
REGION COACH OF THE YEAR NBCA Region Coach of the Year Charles “Buzz” Ridl, 1973-74 Ben Howland, 2001-02 Ben Howland, 2002-03 USBWA Region Coach of the Year Jamie Dixon, 2008-09
ALL-REGION HONORS United States Basketball Writers Association All-District Larry Harris, 1976-77 Larry Harris, 1977-78 Sam Clancy, 1978-79 Sam Clancy, 1979-80 Sam Clancy, 1980-81 Clyde Vaughan, 1982-83 Clyde Vaughan, 1983-84 Charles Smith, 1985-86 Charles Smith, 1986-87 Jerome Lane, 1986-87 Charles Smith, 1987-88 Jerome Lane, 1987-88 Brian Shorter, 1990-91 Sean Miller, 1991-92 Jerry McCullough, 1992-93 Vonteego Cummings, 1998-99 Ricardo Greer, 1999-00 Ricardo Greer, 2000-01 Brandin Knight, 2001-02 Brandin Knight, 2002-03 Julius Page, 2002-03 Carl Krauser, 2003-04 Julius Page, 2003-04 Carl Krauser, 2004-05 Chevon Troutman, 2004-05 Aaron Gray, 2006-07 Sam Young, 2007-08 DeJuan Blair, 2008-09 (POY) Sam Young, 2008-09 Levance Fields, 2008-09 Jamie Dixon, 2008-09 (COY) National Association of Basketball Coaches All-Region Clarence Burch, 1953-54 Ed Pavlick, 1954-55 Don Hennon, 1956-57 Don Hennon (1), 1957-58 Julius Pegues (HM), 1957-58 Don Hennon (1), 1958-59 John Fridley (3), 1959-60 Brian Generalovich (2), 1961-62 Brian Generalovich (2), 1962-63 Brian Generalovich (2), 1963-64 Billy Knight (2), 1972-73 BELOW: Jerome Lane posed for this publicity photo after he shattered the backboard with a tomahawk slam dunk against Providence on January 25, 1988. Lane earned All-Region status in two of his three seasons at Pitt.
Billy Knight (1), 1973-74 Keith Starr (3), 1974-75 Larry Harris (3), 1976-77 Larry Harris (3), 1977-78 Sam Clancy (2), 1978-79 Sam Clancy (1), 1979-80 Sam Clancy (1), 1980-81 Clyde Vaughan (1), 1982-83 Clyde Vaughan (1), 1983-84 Charles Smith (2), 1984-85 Charles Smith (1), 1985-86 Charles Smith (1), 1986-87 Jerome Lane (1), 1986-87 Charles Smith (1), 1987-88 Jerome Lane (2), 1987-88 Brian Shorter (1), 1988-89 Brian Shorter (1), 1989-90 Jason Matthews (2), 1989-90 Brian Shorter (1), 1990-91 Sean Miller (1), 1991-92 Jerry McCullough (1), 1992-93 Jerry McCullough (2), 1993-94 Eric Mobley (2), 1993-94 Jaime Peterson (1), 1994-95 Vonteego Cummings (1), 1996-97 Vonteego Cummings (2), 1997-98 Vonteego Cummings (1), 1998-99 Ricardo Greer (2), 2000-01 Brandin Knight (1), 2001-02 Brandin Knight (1), 2002-03 Julius Page (2), 2002-03 Jaron Brown (1), 2003-04 Carl Krauser (1), 2003-04 Julius Page (2), 2003-04 Carl Krauser (1), 2004-05 Chevon Troutman (1), 2004-05 Chris Taft (2), 2004-05 Carl Krauser (1), 2005-06 Aaron Gray (2), 2005-06 Aaron Gray (1), 2006-07 Sam Young (1), 2007-08 DeJuan Blair (2), 2007-08 DeJuan Blair (2), 2008-09 Sam Young (2), 2008-09
Vonteego Cummings earned three All-Region honors over his four-year career from 1995-99. Cummings averaged 15.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 4.4 assists in his 103-game career.
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NCAA ALL-REGIONAL TEAM John Riser, Mideast, 1957 Billy Knight, East, 1974 DeJuan Blair, East, 2009 Sam Young, East, 2009
Multiple All-Region Honors Player Total Charles Smith ............................ 4 Sam Clancy ............................... 3 Brian Generalovich .................... 3 Vonteego Cummings ................. 3 Carl Krauser .............................. 3 Billy Knight ................................ 2 Brandin Knight ........................... 2 Larry Harris ................................ 2 Clyde Vaughan ........................... 2 Jerome Lane ............................. 2 Jerry McCullough ...................... 2 Julius Page ................................ 2 Aaron Gray ................................ 2 Sam Young ................................ 2
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CONFERENCE HONORS BIG EAST SPECIALTY AWARDS Big East’s 50 Greatest Players Charles Smith, No. 8 Big East Player of the Year Charles Smith, 1987-88 Brandin Knight (co), 2001-02 DeJuan Blair (co), 2008-09 Freshman of the Year Charles Smith, 1984-85 Sean Miller, 1987-88 Brian Shorter, 1988-89 Chris Taft, 2003-04 DeJuan Blair (co), 2007-08 Most Improved Player Ricardo Greer (co), 1999-00 Brandin Knight, 2001-02 Carl Krauser, 2003-04 Aaron Gray, 2005-06 Sam Young, 2007-08 Coach of the Year Ben Howland, 2001-02 Jamie Dixon, 2003-04 Sportsmanship Award Jaron Brown, 2003-04 Ronald Ramon (co), 2007-08
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BIG EAST STAT CHAMPIONS Scoring Champion Clyde Vaughan (22.0), 1982-83
Rebounding Champion Jerome Lane (14.0), 1986-87 Jerome Lane (11.6), 1987-88 Isaac Hawkins (9.7), 1997-98 Aaron Gray (10.5), 2005-06 DeJuan Blair (12.4), 2008-09) Assist Champion Darelle Porter (7.6), 1989-90 Levance Fields (7.5), 2008-09
ALL-BIG EAST First Team Jerome Lane, 1986-87 Charles Smith, 1986-87 Charles Smith, 1987-88 Brian Shorter, 1988-89 Brian Shorter, 1989-90 Brandin Knight, 2001-02 Chevon Troutman, 2004-05 Aaron Gray, 2005-06 Aaron Gray, 2006-07 Sam Young, 2007-08 DeJuan Blair, 2008-09 Sam Young, 2008-09 Second Team Clyde Vaughan, 1983-84 Jerome Lane, 1987-88 Brian Shorter, 1990-91 Sean Miller, 1991-92 Jerry McCullough, 1992-93 Jaime Peterson, 1994-95 Vonteego Cummings, 1996-97 Vonteego Cummings, 1997-98 Ricardo Greer, 1999-00 Ricardo Greer, 2000-01 Brandin Knight, 2002-03 Jaron Brown, 2003-04 Carl Krauser, 2003-04 Carl Krauser, 2004-05 Carl Krauser, 2005-06 Levance Fields, 2006-07 Third Team Clyde Vaughan, 1982-83 Charles Smith, 1984-85 Charles Smith, 1985-86 Demetreus Gore, 1985-86 Jason Matthews, 1988-89 Jason Matthews, 1989-90 Jason Matthews, 1990-91 Darren Morningstar, 1991-92 Jerry McCullough, 1993-94 Eric Mobley, 1993-94 Vonteego Cummings, 1998-99 Isaac Hawkins, 1998-99 Julius Page, 2002-03 Chevon Troutman, 2002-03 Chris Taft, 2003-04 Levance Fields, 2008-09
Julius Page was named the 2003 Big East Championship Most Valuable Player. Pittsburgh captured its first-ever Big East Championship and made its third consecutive appearance in the title game.
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Honorable Mention Jaron Brown, 2001-02 Julius Page, 2001-02 Ontario Lett, 2002-03 Julius Page, 2003-04 Chris Taft, 2004-05 DeJuan Blair, 2007-08
Ricardo Greer was named co-Big East Most Improved Player in 1999-00. He was the first of five Pitt players to win the honor over nine seasons.
BIG EAST ALL-ROOKIE TEAM All Freshman/Rookie Team Charles Smith, 1984-85 Rod Brookin, 1986-87 Bobby Martin, 1987-88 Jason Matthews, 1987-88 Sean Miller, 1987-88 Orlando Antigua, 1991-92 Ricardo Greer, 1997-98 Chris Taft, 2003-04 Ronald Ramon, 2004-05 Sam Young, 2005-06 DeJuan Blair, 2007-08
BIG EAST ACADEMIC AWARDS Big East/Aeropostale ScholarAthlete of the Year Joey David, 1984-85 Darren Morningstar, 1992 Aaron Gray, 2006-07
BIG EAST ALL-TOURNAMENT Most Valuable Player Julius Page, 2002-03 Sam Young, 2007-08 All-Big East Tournament Jerome Lane, 1986-87
Charles Smith is a three-time All-Region selection by both the NABC and USBWA. He helped guide Pittsburgh to Big East regular season crowns in 1986-87 and 1987-88.
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CONFERENCE HONORS Jerome Lane, 1987-88 Ricardo Greer, 2000-01 Ontario Lett, 2001-02 Brandin Knight, 2001-02 Julius Page, 2002-03 Brandin Knight, 2002-03 Jaron Brown, 2003-04 Carl Krauser, 2003-04 Chris Taft, 2003-04 Aaron Gray, 2005-06 Carl Krauser, 2005-06 Antono Graves, 2006-07 Sam Young, 2007-08 Levance Fields, 2007-08
BIG EAST WEEKLY AWARDS Player of the Week Clyde Vaughan, Feb. 6, 1983 Andre Williams, Feb. 12, 1984 Curtis Aiken, Jan. 4, 1987 Jerome Lane, Feb. 15, 1987 Charles Smith, Jan. 3, 1988 Charles Smith, Feb. 21, 1988 Brian Shorter, Feb. 4, 1990 Sean Miller, Dec. 2, 1990 Brian Shorter, Jan. 13, 1991 Darren Morningstar, Nov. 24, 1991 Chris McNeal, Dec. 22, 1991 Jerry McCullough, Dec. 20, 1992 Chris McNeal, Jan. 3, 1993
Jerry McCullough, Jan. 24, 1993 Andre Alridge, Dec. 19, 1994 Jaime Peterson, Jan. 23, 1995 Vonteego Cummings, Jan. 13, 1997 Vonteego Cummings, Feb. 23, 1998 Vonteego Cummings, Nov. 30, 1998 Brandin Knight, Jan. 7, 2002 Brandin Knight, Feb. 18, 2002 Brandin Knight, Dec. 23, 2002 Ontario Lett, Jan. 13, 2003 Carl Krauser, Dec. 1, 2003 Chevon Troutman, Nov. 29, 2004 Carl Krauser, Dec. 6, 2004 Carl Krauser, Dec. 20, 2004 Chris Taft, Feb. 28, 2005 Sam Young, Nov. 19, 2007 Levance Fields, Dec. 24, 2007 Sam Young, Jan. 26, 2009 DeJuan Blair, Feb. 23, 2009 Sam Young, March 8, 2009 Rookie of the Week Joey David, Feb. 6, 1982 Demetreus Gore, Dec. 16, 1984 Charles Smith, Jan. 27, 1985 Charles Smith, Feb. 17, 1985 Charles Smith, Feb. 24, 1985 Jerome Lane, Dec. 1, 1985 Jerome Lane, Dec. 22, 1985 Rod Brookin, Feb. 1, 1987 Rod Brookin, Feb. 15, 1987
Sean Miller, Dec. 1, 1987 Jason Matthews, Dec. 13, 1987 Sean Miller, Jan. 3, 1988 Sean Miller, Jan. 17, 1988 Bobby Martin, Jan. 24, 1988 Sean Miller, Feb. 14, 1988 Jason Matthews, Feb. 21, 1988 Brian Shorter, Jan. 15, 1989 Brian Shorter, Feb. 5, 1989 Brian Shorter, Feb. 12, 1989 Chris McNeal, Jan. 6, 1991 Jerry McCullough, Jan. 12, 1992 Garrick Thomas, Jan. 17, 1993 Ricardo Greer, Dec. 22, 1997 Ricardo Greer, Jan. 19, 1998 Ricardo Greer, Feb. 23, 1998 Chris Taft, Dec. 22, 2003 Chris Taft, Dec, 29, 2003 Chris Taft, Jan. 12, 2004 Chris Taft, Jan. 26, 2004 Chris Taft, March 1, 2004 Chris Taft, March 7, 2004 Sam Young, Dec. 26, 2005 DeJuan Blair, Dec. 17, 2007 DeJuan Blair, Dec. 24, 2007 DeJuan Blair, Jan. 14, 2008
EASTERN 8 STAT CHAMPIONS Scoring Champion Larry Harris (22.9), 1976-77 Rebounding Champion Sam Clancy (12.8), 1978-79 Sam Clancy (11.1), 1979-80 Assist Champion Dwayne Wallace (6.2), 1981-82
EASTERN 8 ALL-LEAGUE First Team Larry Harris, 1977-78 Sam Clancy, 1978-79 Sammie Ellis, 1979-80 Sam Clancy, 1980-81 Second Team Larry Harris, 1976-77 Terry Knight, 1978-79 Sammie Ellis, 1978-79 Sam Clancy, 1979-80 Carlton Neverson, 1980-81 Clyde Vaughan, 1981-82
EASTERN 8 ALL-TOURNAMENT All Tournament MVP Lenny McMillian, 1981 Clyde Vaughan, 1982 All Tournament Team Larry Harris, 1978 Terry Knight, 1979 Lennie McMillian, 1981 Dwayne Wallace, 1981 Clyde Vaughan, 1982 Dwayne Wallace, 1982 Pitt Head Coach Jamie Dixon was presented with the 2004 Big East Coach of the Year Award by former Big East Commissioner Michael Tranghese. Dixon became the first rookie head coach in league history to be selected Coach of the Year after guiding Pitt to a 31-5 record and league regular season title. He became the second Pittsburgh head coach to win the award.
EASTERN 8 WEEKLY AWARDS Player of the Week Larry Harris, Feb. 13, 1978
Clyde Vaughan earned 1982 Eastern 8 Tournament Most Valuable Player honors after a 79-72 victory against West Virginia at Civic Arena. Pittsburgh won back-to-back Eastern 8 Tournament titles in 1981 and 1982. The 1982 title was Pittsburgh’s final appearance in the Eastern 8 before its move to the Big East Conference.
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Player of the Week Honors Player Total Sam Young ................................ 3 Carl Krauser .............................. 3 Sam Clancy .............................. 3 Vonteego Cummings ................ 3 Brandin Knight .......................... 3 Clyde Vaughan .......................... 3 Sammie Ellis ............................. 2 Jerry McCullough ..................... 2 Chris McNeal ............................. 2 Charles Smith ........................... 2 Brian Shorter ............................. 2
Rookie of the Week Honors Player Total Chris Taft ................................... 6 Sean Miller ................................ 4 DeJuan Blair ............................. 3 Charles Smith ........................... 3 Brian Shorter ............................. 3 Ricardo Greer ............................ 3 Rod Brookin .............................. 2 Jerome Lane ............................. 2 Jason Matthews ....................... 2
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PANTHERS IN THE NBA NBA PANTHERS BILLY KNIGHT (11 seasons) Indiana Pacers, 1974-77 Buffalo Braves, 1977-78 Boston Celtics, 1978-79 Indiana Pacers, 1979-83 Kansas City Kings, 1983-84 San Antonio Spurs, 1984-85 MEL BENNETT (3 seasons) Virginia Squires, 1975-76 Indiana Pacers, 1976-78 Utah Jazz, 1980-81 Cleveland Cavaliers, 1981-82 KEITH STARR (2 seasons) Chicago Bulls, 1976-78 CHARLES SMITH (10 seasons) L.A. Clippers, 1988-92 New York Knicks, 1992-96 San Antonio Spurs, 1996-98
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JEROME LANE (5 seasons) Denver Nuggets, 1988-92 Indiana Pacers, 1991-92 Milwaukee Bucks, 1991-92 Cleveland Cavaliers, 1992-93 DARREN MORNINGSTAR (2 seasons) Boston Celtics, 1992-93 Dallas Mavericks, 1993-94 Utah Jazz, 1993-94
PITT’S NBA DRAFT PICKS
ERIC MOBLEY (3 seasons) Milwaukee Bucks, 1994-95 Vancouver Grizzlies, 1995-96 Milwaukee Bucks, 1995-96 Vancouver Grizzlies, 1996-97 MARK BLOUNT (6 seasons) Seattle Supersonics, 1996-97 Boston Celtics, 2000-02 Denver Nuggets, 2002-03 Boston Celtics, 2002-06 Minnesota Timberwolves, 2006-08 Miami Heat, 2008-current VONTEEGO CUMMINGS (2 seasons) Golden State Warriors, 1999-01 Philadelphia 76ers, 2001-02 CHRIS TAFT (1 season) Golden St. Warriors, 2005-06 AARON GRAY (2 seasons) Chicago Bulls, 2007-09 SAM YOUNG (1st season) Memphis Grizzlies, 2009DeJUAN BLAIR (1st season) San Antonio Spurs, 2009-
Year 1954 1957 1958 1959 1964 1974 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1981 1983 1984 1988 1992 1994 1996 1999 2005 2007 2009 2009
Player Round Dutch Burch 5th Bob Lazor 9th Julius Pegues 4th Don Hennon 6th Brian Generalovich 3rd Billy Knight 1st Billy Knight 2nd Mickey Martin 4th Mel Bennett 1st Kirk Bruce 8th Keith Starr 4th Larry Harris 4th Terry Knight 6th Sammie Ellis 4th Carlton Neverson 3rd Sam Clancy 3rd Trent Johnson 8th Clyde Vaughan 6th Charles Smith 1st Jerome Lane 1st Darren Morningstar 2nd Eric Mobley 1st Mark Blount 2nd Vonteego Cummings 1st Chris Taft 2nd Aaron Gray 2nd Sam Young 2nd DeJuan Blair 2nd
Overall Pick 40 66 31 41 19 6 21 69 N/A N/A 56 73 125 73 56 62 83 117 3 23 47 18 55 26 42 49 36 37
Team Fort Wayne Pistons Detroit Pistons St. Louis Hawks Cincinnati Royals New York Knicks Indiana Pacers (ABA) Los Angeles Lakers Detroit Pistons Virginia Squires (ABA) Utah Stars (ABA) Chicago Bulls Buffalo Braves San Antonio Spurs Denver Nuggets Golden State Warriors Phoenix Suns Boston Celtics Indiana Pacers Philadelphia 76ers% Denver Nuggets Boston Celtics Milwaukee Bucks Seattle Supersonics Indiana Pacers* Golden State Warriors Chicago Bulls Memphis Grizzlies San Antonio Spurs
%traded on draft day to the Los Angeles Clippers as part of a three-team deal *traded on draft day to Golden State Warriors
PITT’S CBA DRAFT PICKS ACTIVE INTERNATIONAL PRO PANTHERS Player Keith Benjamin Tyrell Biggs Vonteego Cummings John DeGroat Levance Fields Antonio Graves Ricardo Greer Doyle Hudson Antoine Jones Levon Kendall Ontario Lett Jarrett Lockhart Jason Maile Bobby Martin Mark McCarroll Jaime Peterson Ronald Ramon Brian Shorter Chevon Troutman Donatas Zavackas
Pro League Australia Greece Germany, Serbia Ukraine, Hungary, ireland Russia Turkey France Puerto Rico Russia Greece Jordan, Spain, Turkey, Korea France Italy, Germany, Spain Spain Sweden France, Spain Argentina Spain, Argentina Italy, France Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine
PITT’S FIRST ROUND NBA DRAFT PICKS Player Pick Billy Knight 6th-ABA Mel Bennett *N/A Charles Smith 3rd Jerome Lane 23rd Eric Mobley 18th Vonteego Cummings 26th
Year 1974 1975 1988 1988 1994 1999
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Drafting Team Indiana Pacers Virginia Squires Philadelphia 76ers Denver Nuggets Milwaukee Bucks Indiana Pacers
Year 1985 1988 1990 1991 1993 1994 1997 2005 2005
Player Round Pick Team Darryl Shepard 5th 52 Charleston Demetreus Gore 4th 42 Tulsa Rod Brookin 6th 98 Albany Brian Shorter 1st 11 Fort Wayne Jason Matthews 3rd 45 Quad City Bobby Martin 3rd 47 Quad City Chris McNeal 5th 66 Fargo-Morehead Eric Mobley 7th 109 Rapid City Mark Blount 5th 51 Grand Rapids Chris Taft 2nd 16 Dakota Chevon Troutman 3rd 17 Albany Jerome Lane also played for several years in the CBA.
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COACHING RECORDS PITT’S YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDS Year 1905-06 1906-07 1907-08 1908-09 1909-10 1910-11 1911-12 1912-13 1913-14 1914-15 1915-16 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 1920-21 1921-22 1922-23 1923-24 1924-25 1925-26 1926-27 1927-28 1928-29 1929-30 1930-31 1931-32 1932-33 1933-34 1934-35 1935-36 1936-37 1937-38 1938-39 1939-40 1940-41
Overall Conf. Record Record 2-9 — 6-5 — 10-6 — No Team No Team 6-6 — 10-9 — 15-7 — 7-8 — 14-4 — 15-2 — 12-6 — 5-9 — 7-7 — 9-6 — 12-9 — 12-8 — 10-5 — 10-7 — 4-10 — 12-5 — 10-7 — 21-0 — 16-5 — 23-2 — 20-4 — 14-16 — 17-5 — 18-4 — 18-6 — 18-9 — 14-7 — 9-12 — 10-8 — 8-9 — 13-6 —
Head Coach Benjamin F. Printz Benjamin F. Printz Harry Hough Wohlparth Wegner Dr. George M. Flint Dr. George M. Flint Dr. George M. Flint Dr. George M. Flint Dr. George M. Flint Dr. George M. Flint Dr. George M. Flint Dr. George M. Flint Dr. George M. Flint Dr. George M. Flint Andrew Kerr Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson
Year 1941-42 1942-43 1943-44 1944-45 1945-46 1946-47 1947-48 1948-49 1949-50 1950-51 1951-52 1952-53 1953-54 1954-55 1955-56 1956-57 1957-58 1958-59 1959-60 1960-61 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 1967-68 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77
Overall Conf. Record Record 5-10 — 10-5 — 7-7 — 8-4 — 7-7 — 8-10 — 10-11 — 12-13 — 4-14 — 9-17 — 10-12 — 12-11 — 9-14 — 10-16 — 15-10 — 16-11 — 18-7 — 10-14 — 11-14 — 12-11 — 12-11 — 19-6 — 17-8 — 7-16 — 5-17 — 6-19 — 7-15 — 4-20 — 12-12 — 14-10 — 12-12 — 12-14 — 25-4 — 18-11 — 12-15 — 6-21 1-9^
Head Coach Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Dr. H.C. Carlson Robert Timmons Robert Timmons Robert Timmons Robert Timmons Robert Timmons Robert Timmons Robert Timmons Robert Timmons Robert Timmons Robert Timmons Robert Timmons Robert Timmons Robert Timmons Robert Timmons Robert Timmons Charles “Buzz” Ridl Charles “Buzz” Ridl Charles “Buzz” Ridl Charles “Buzz” Ridl Charles “Buzz” Ridl Charles “Buzz” Ridl Charles “Buzz” Ridl Tim Grgurich Tim Grgurich
Overall Conf. Year Record Record 1977-78 16-11 5-5^ 1978-79 18-11 6-4^ 1979-80 17-12 5-5^ 1980-81 19-12 8-5^ 1981-82 20-10 8-6^ 1982-83 13-15 6-10* 1983-84 18-13 6-10* 1984-85 17-12 8-8* 1985-86 15-14 6-10* 1986-87 25-8 12-4* 1987-88 24-7 12-4* 1988-89 17-13 9-7* 1989-90 12-17 5-11* 1990-91 21-12 9-7* 1991-92 18-16 9-9* 1992-93 17-11 9-9* 1993-94 13-14 7-11* 1994-95 10-18 5-13* 1995-96 10-17 5-13* 1996-97 18-15 10-8* 1997-98 11-16 6-12* 1998-99 14-16 5-13* 1999-00 13-15 5-11* 2000-01 19-14 7-9* 2001-02 29-6 13-3* 2002-03 28-5 13-3* 2003-04 31-5 13-3* 2004-05 20-9 10-6* 2005-06 25-8 10-6* 2006-07 29-8 12-4* 2007-08 27-10 10-8* 2008-09 31-5 15-3* Totals 1413-1032 237-215*
Head Coach Tim Grgurich Tim Grgurich Tim Grgurich Dr. Roy Chipman Dr. Roy Chipman Dr. Roy Chipman Dr. Roy Chipman Dr. Roy Chipman Dr. Roy Chipman Paul Evans Paul Evans Paul Evans Paul Evans Paul Evans Paul Evans Paul Evans Paul Evans Ralph Willard Ralph Willard Ralph Willard Ralph Willard Ralph Willard Ben Howland Ben Howland Ben Howland Ben Howland Jamie Dixon Jamie Dixon Jamie Dixon Jamie Dixon Jamie Dixon Jamie Dixon
*Big East regular season record ^Eastern 8 regular season record
PITT’S HEAD COACHES Coach Benjamin F. Prinz Harry Hough Wohlparth Wegner Dr. George M. Flint Andrew Kerr Dr. H C. Carlson Robert Timmons Charles “Buzz” Ridl Tim Grgurich
Tenure 1905-07 1907-08 1910-11 1911-21 1921-22 1922-53 1953-68 1968-75 1975-80
Overall W L 8 14 10 6 6 6 106 67 12 8 367 248 174 189 97 83 69 70
League W L
Postseason/Yearly Accomplishments
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1927-28 National Champions, 1929-30 National Champions, 1941 NCAA Semifinals (Final Four) 1957 NCAA Second Round; 1958 NCAA Quarterfinals; 1964 NIT 1974 NCAA “Sweet Sixteen”, Eastern Regional; 1975 NIT 1978 Eastern 8 Tournament Semifinals; 1979 Eastern 8 Tournament, Finalists; 1980 NIT
Dr. Roy Chipman
1980-86
102
76
42
49
1981 Eastern 8 Champion; 1981 NCAA Second Round; 1982 Eastern 8 Tournament Champions; 1982 NCAA Tournament; 1984 NIT Quarterfinals; 1985 NCAA Midwest Regionals; 1986 NIT.
Paul Evans
1986-94
147
98
72
62
1987 co-Big East Regular Season Champion; 1987 NCAA Second Round; 1988 Big East Regular Season Champion; 1988 NCAA Second Round; 1989 NCAA; 1991 NCAA Second Round; 1992 NIT Second Round; 1993 NCAA
Ralph Willard
1994-99
63
82
31
59
1997 NIT Second Round
Ben Howland
1999-2003
89
40
38
26
2001 NIT Second Round; 2002 Big East West Champion; 2002 NCAA Sweet Sixteen; 2003 Big East Tournament Champion; 2003 co-Big East West Champion, 2003 NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2003-09
163
45
70
30
2004 Big East Regular Season Champion; 2004 NCAA Sweet Sixteen; 2005 NCAA; 2006 NCAA; 2007 NCAA Sweet Sixteen, 2008 Big East Tournament Champion; 2008 NCAA, 2009 NCAA Elite Eight
Jamie Dixon
TOTALS
1413 1032 (.578)
237 215 (.524)
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GENERAL RECORDS INDIVIDUAL RECORDS SINGLE GAME RECORDS
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n Minutes Played: 50, Vonteego Cummings, vs. Villanova, 3/4/98; 50, Isaac Hawkins vs. Villanova, 3/4/98; 50, Jerome Lane vs. Boston College, 2/14/ 87. Big East play: 50, Jerome Lane vs. Boston College, 2/14/87; 49, Vonteego Cummings vs. St. John’s, 1/22/98. n Most Points: 45, Don Hennon vs. Duke, 12/21/57; 41, Don Hennon vs. Geneva, 2/24/58; 41, Don Hennon vs. Ohio State, 12/3/58. Big East play: 40, Jason Maile vs. Villanova, 2/12/ 97. n Most Points, Home Floor: 45, Don Hennon vs. Duke, 12/21/57. Big East play: 40, Jason Maile vs. Villanova, 2/12/ 97. n Most Points Opponent’s Floor: 38, Larry Harris at Maryland, 2/15/77; 38, Don Hennon at West Virginia, 2/23/57; 38, Don Hennon at Furman, 12/ 6/57. Big East play: 37, Clyde Vaughan at Boston College, 1/4/84. n Most Points-Freshman: 34, Don Hennon at North Carolina State, 12/1/56. n Most Points Scored- First Career Game: 34, Don Hennon at North Carolina State, 12/1/56. n Most Points-Half: 28, Jason Maile, Villanova, 2/ 12/97. Big East play: 28, Jason Maile vs. Villanova, 2/12/ 97. n Most Field Goals Made: 20, Don Hennon vs. Duke, 12/21/57. Big East play: 16, Isaac Hawkins vs. Syracuse, 2/ 26/98. n Most Field Goals Attempted: 42, Don Hennon vs. Duke, 12/21/57. n Best Field Goal Percentage: 1.000, Brian Shorter (11-11) vs. Providence, 2/11/90. Big East play: 1.000, Brian Shorter (11-11) vs. Providence, 2/11/90.
n Most Three-Point Field Goals Made: 8, Jason Maile vs. Villanova, 2/12/97; 8, Andre Alridge vs. Georgia, 12/17/94. Big East play: 8, Jason Maile vs. Villanova, 2/12/ 97. n Most Three-Point Field Goal Attempts: 15, Andre Alridge vs. Georgia, 12/17/94. Big East play: 14, by three players. n Best Three-Point Field Goal Percentage: 1.000, Sean Miller (6-6) vs. Seton Hall, 2/12/91; 1.000, Sean Miller (6-6) vs. St. Francis, Pa., 12/2/87. Big East: 1.000, Sean Miller (6-6) vs. Seton Hall, 2/12/91; 1.000, Jason Maile (5-5) vs. Notre Dame, 1/29/97. n Most Free Throws Made: 18, Charles Smith vs. Boston College, 1/21/85. Big East play: 18, Charles Smith (18-21) vs. Boston College, 1/21/85. n Most Free Throws Attempted: 23, Brian Shorter vs. West Virginia, 12/9/89. Big East play: 21, Charles Smith vs. Boston College, 1/21/85. n Best Free Throw Percentage: 1.000, Jerry McCullough (15-15) vs. Marshall, 12/5/92. n Most Rebounds: 26, Don Virostek vs. Westminster, 1952-53. Big East play: 23, DeJuan Blair at Connecticut, 2/ 16/09. n Most Assists: 16, Levance Fields at DePaul, 2/7/ 09; Bob Shrewsbury vs. South Carolina, 2/14/76. Big East play: 16, Levance Fields at DePaul, 2/7/ 09; 14, Brandin Knight vs. West Virginia, 2/5/00; 14, Darelle Porter vs. Syracuse, 1/23/90. n Most Turnovers: 12, Vonteego Cummings vs. Providence, 1/10/98. Big East play: 12, Vonteego Cummings vs. Providence, 1/10/98. n Steals: 7, Ricardo Greer vs. Notre Dame, 1/22/00. Big East play: 7, Ricardo Greer vs. Notre Dame, 1/ 22/00. n Blocked Shots: 7, 12 players. Big East play: 7, Mark Blount vs. Connecticut, 12/ 4/96; 7, Charles Smith vs. Connecticut, 3/11/88; 7, Charles Smith vs. Syracuse, 2/9/87; 7, Bobby Martin vs. Seton Hall, 1/20/90.
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TOP AVERAGE ACHIEVEMENTS AVG. 20-PLUS POINTS IN THREE YEARS Don Hennon (1956-59), Larry Harris (1975-78), Billy Knight (1971-74) AVG. 10-PLUS REBOUNDS IN THREE YEARS 4 years- Sam Clancy (1977-81), 3 years- Billy Knight (1971-74) CAREER AVERAGE: 10.0+ POINTS, REBOUNDS, 4.0+ ASSISTS Player (Years) PPG Vonteego Cummings (1995-99) 15.3 Brandin Knight (1999-03) 11.3 Carl Krauser (2002-06) 13.0
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SEASON AVERAGE: 10.0+ POINTS, REBOUNDS, 4.0+ ASSISTS Player (Year) PPG Carl Krauser (2005-06) 15.0 Carl Krauser (2004-05) 16.0 Brandin Knight (2001-02) 15.6 Darelle Porter (1990-91) 10.1 Ricardo Greer (1997-98) 12.4 Jerry McCullough (1993-94) 13.3 Jerry McCullough (1995-96) 13.4
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RPG APG 4.0 4.4 3.9 6.2 4.2 4.5
RPG APG 4.3 4.8 4.8 5.9 4.8 7.1 4.8 5.1 6.7 4.3 4.0 7.0 4.0 5.3
n Most Games Played: 37, by 14 players in 200607 and 2007-08. n Most Games Started: 37, by six players in 200607 and 2007-08. n Percentage of Games Started: 100 percent, many players. n Most Minutes Played: 1,284, Brandin Knight, 2001-02; 1,201, Julius Page, 2001-02. n Highest Minutes Per Game Average: 40.1, Vonteego Cummings, 1997-98; 39.0, Andre Alridge, 1995-96. Big East play: 40.3, Vonteego Cummings, 199798. n Most Points: 690, Sam Young, 2008-09; 668, Sam Young, 2007-08; 651, Clyde Vaughan, 1983-84; 651, Don Hennon, 1957-58; 622, Ed Pavlick, 1954-55. Big East play: 375, Clyde Vaughn, 1982-83. n Highest Scoring Average: 26.0, Don Hennon, 1957-58; 25.7, Don Hennon, 195859. Big East play: 22.0, Clyde Vaughan, 1982-83. n Most Field goals made: 275, Billy Knight, 197273; 270, Billy Knight, 1973-74; 267, Don Hennon, 19547-58. Big East play: 143, Clyde Vaughan, 1982-83. n Most Field goal attempts: 654, Don Hennon, 1957-58; 632, Don Hennon, 1958-59; 541, Don Hennon, 1956-57.
Big East play: 251, Clyde Vaughan, 1982-83. n Highest Field Goal Percentage (min. 300 FGA): .600, Brian Shorter (204-340), 1988-89; .593, DeJuan Blair (226-381), 2008-09; .569, Charles Aiken (177-311), 1985-86. Big East play: .599, Brian Shorter (109-182), 1988-89. n Highest Field Goal Percentage (min. 150 FGA): .718, Chevon Troutman (135-188), 2002-03; .608, Ontario Lett (127-209), 2002-03. n Most Three-Point Field Goals Made: 93, Brandin Knight, 2001-02; 87, Jason Matthews, 1990-91. Big East play: 46, Jason Matthews, 1990-91. n Most Three-Point Field Goals Attempted: 261, Brandin Knight, 2001-02; 217, Jason Maile, 199697. Big East play: 120, Brandin Knight, 2001-02. n Highest Three-Point Field Goal Percentage (min 100 3FGA): .482, Jason Matthews (66-137), 1988-89. Big East play: .522, Jason Matthews (36-69), 1988-89. n Highest Three-Point Field Goal Percentage (min. 50 3FGA): .494, Donatas Zavackas (41-83), 2000-01. n Most Free Throws Made: 204, Brian Shorter, 1989-90; 202, Charles Smith, 1986-87. Big East play: 112, Brian Shorter, 1989-90; 112, Charles Smith, 1986-87. n Most Free Throws Attempted: 308, Brian Shorter, 1989-90; 276, Ed Pavlick, 1954-55. Big East play: 166, Brian Shorter, 1989-90. n Highest Free Throw Percentage: .914, Sean Miller (74-81), 1988-89; .905, Sean Miller (7684), 1990-91. Big East play: .927, Sean Miller (76-82), 1991-92. n Most Rebounds: 444, Jerome Lane, 1986-87; 432, DeJuan Blair, 2008-09; 424, Don Virostek, 1952-53; 378, Jerome Lane, 1987-88. Larry Harris (1974-78) holds Pittsburgh’s career field goals made record with 803. He currently ranks third alltime at Pitt with 1,914 points over his fouryear career.
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GENERAL RECORDS SUPERLATIVE PERFORMANCES
n Blocked Shots Average: 3.2, Charles Smith, 1986-87; 3.1, Charles Smith, 1987-88. Big East play: 3.1, Charles Smith, 1986-87.
TRIPLE DOUBLES n Ricardo Greer (23 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists), vs. Villanova (BET), 3/4/98. n Darelle Porter (13 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists) vs. Providence, 1/23/91. n Keith Starr (13 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists) vs. Marquette, 12/18/74.
20/20 CLUB n DeJuan Blair (22 points/23 rebounds) at Connecticut, 2/16/09. n DeJuan Blair (23 points/22 rebounds) vs. Notre Dame, 1/31/09. n Chris McNeal (27 points/20 rebounds) vs. Boston College, 3/3/92. n Bobby Martin (27 points/20 rebounds) vs. Georgetown, 2/7/90. n Brian Shorter (26 points/20 rebounds) vs. Northwestern, 12/28/88. n Jerome Lane (20 points/21 rebounds) vs. Connecticut, 2/12/87 n Sam Clancy (20 points/20 rebounds) vs. Duquesne, 2/18/78. n Mel Bennett (22 points/21 rebounds) vs. West Virginia, 3/7/75. n Billy Knight (25 points/21 rebounds) vs. Buffalo, 1/20/74. n Billy Knight (26 points/21 rebounds) vs. Lafayette, 1/26/72.
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Big East play: 224, Jerome Lane, 1986-87. Rebounding Average: 20.2, Don Virostek, 195253; 13.7, Ed Pavlick, 1953-54; 13.5, Jerome Lane, 1986-87. Big East play: 14.0, Jerome Lane, 1986-87. Offensive Rebounds (since 1986-87): 198, Jerome Lane, 1986-87; 195, DeJuan Blair, 200809; 141, Jerome Lane, 1987-88. Defensive Rebounds (since 1986-87): 246, Jerome Lane, 1986-87; 237, DeJuan Blair, 200809; 237, Jerome Lane, 1987-88. Personal Fouls: 122, Charles Smith, 1986-87; 117, Ontario Lett, 2001-02. Disqualifications: 15, John Kendrick, 1951-52; 12, Michael Zernich, 1950-51. Most Assists: 270, Levance Fields, 2008-09; 251, Brandin Knight, 2001-02; 229, Darelle Porter, 1989-90. Big East play: 147, Levance Fields, 2008-09. Assists Average: 7.9, Darelle Porter, 1989-90; 7.5, Levance Fields, 2008-09; 7.2, Brandin Knight, 2001-02; 7.0, Jerry McCullough, 1993-94. Big East play: 8.2, Levance Fields, 2008-09. Assist:Turnover Ratio: 3.80, Levance Fields, 2008-09; 2.95, Levance Fields, 2007-08; 2.41, Levance Fields, 2006-07; 2.41, Sean Miller, 199091; 2.38, Sean Miller, 1991-92. Big East play: 3.87, Levance Fields, 2008-09. Most Turnovers: 129, Vonteego Cummings, 1996-97; 128, Andre Alridge, 1994-95. Steals: 101, Kellii Taylor, 1996-97; 85, Vonteego Cummings, 1996-97. Big East play: 55, Jerry McCullough, 1995-96. Steals Average: 3.2, Kellii Taylor, 1996-97; 3.0, Jerry McCullough, 1995-96. Big East play: 3.0, Kellii Taylor, 1996-97; 3.0, Kellii Taylor, 1997-98. Blocked Shots: 106, Charles Smith, 1986-87; 96, Charles Smith, 1987-88. Big East play: 53, Charles Smith, 1986-87.
CAREER RECORDS n Most Games Played: 143, Sam Young, 2005-09; 141, Tyrell Biggs, 2005-09; 137, Jaron Brown, 2000-04; 128, Sean Miller, 1987-92; 127. n Most Games Started: 136, Julius Page, 2000-04. n Consecutive Games Played: 127, Brandin Knight, 1999-03. n Consecutive Starts: 124, Sean Miller, 12/21/873/23/92; 122, Charles Smith, 11/22/85-3/20/88. Big East play: 66, Sean Miller, 1987-92; 64, Charles Smith, 1984-88. n Percentage of Games Started: 100 percentCharles Smith (122-122), 1985-88; Sam Clancy (116-166), 1977-81; Attila Cosby (55-55), 199899; 98.2- Ricardo Greer (115-117), 1998-01. n Most Minutes Played: 4,398, Julius Page, 200004; 4,307, Brandin Knight, 1999-03. Big East play: 2,242, Brandin Knight, 1999-03. n Minutes Per Game: 34.4, Ricardo Greer, 199701; 34.3, Vonteego Cummings, 1995-99. n Most Points: 2,045, Charles Smith, 1984-88; 2,033, Clyde Vaughan, 1980-84 Big East play: 1,047, Charles Smith, 1984-88; 983, Ricardo Greer, 1997-01. n Highest Scoring Average: 24.2, Don Hennon, 1957-59; 22.2, Billy Knight, 1972-74. Big East play: 19.5, Clyde Vaughan, 1982-84; 18.5, Brian Shorter, 1988-91. n Most Field Goals Made: 803, Larry Harris, 197478; 770, Clyde Vaughan, 1980-84. Big East play: 355, Charles Smith, 1984-88. n Most Field Goal Attempts: 1,827, Don Hennon, 1956-59; 1,599, Clyde Vaughan, 1980-84. Big East play: 846, Ricardo Greer, 1997-01; 795, Vonteego Cummings, 1995-99. n Highest Field Goal Percentage (min. 800 FGA): .538, Brian Shorter (540-1,004), 1988-91; .534, Charles Smith (707-1,324), 1984-88. Big East play: .528, Charles Smith (355-675), 1984-88. n Highest Field Goal Percentage (min. 400 FGA): .589, Ontario Lett (245-416), 2001-03; .557, Eric Mobley (371-666), 1991-94. n Most 3-point Field Goals Made: 259, Jason Matthews, 1987-91; 239, Sean Miller, 1987-92. Big East play: 139, Jason Matthews, 1987-91; 117, Sean Miller, 1987-92. n Most 3-point Field Goals Attempted: 654, Brandin Knight, 1999-03; 574, Sean Miller, 198792; 567, Jason Matthews, 1987-91. Big East play: 319, Jerry McCullough, 1991-96. n Highest 3-point Field Goal Percentage: .457, Jason Matthews (259-567), 1988-91; .416, Sean Miller (239-574), 1987-92; .409, Rod Brookin (94230), 1986-90. Big East play: .466, Jason Matthews (139-298), 1987-91; .402, Sean Miller (117-291), 1987-92. n Highest Free Throw Percentage: .885, Sean Miller (317-358), 1987-92; .878, Jason Matthews (481-548), 1987-91. Big East play: .909, Sean Miller (209-230), 198792; .889, Jason Matthews (255-287), 1987-91. n Consecutive Free Throws Made: 34, Jason Matthews, 1988-89; 34, Sean Miller, 1987-88; 34, Don Hennon, 1957-58; 29, Terry Knight, 1978-79. Big East play: 40, Sean Miller, 1990-91 to 199192. n Most Free Throws Made: 628, Charles Smith, 1984-88; 552, Brian Shorter, 1988-91. Big East play: 334, Charles Smith, 1984-88. n Most Free Throw Attempts: 834, Charles Smith, 1984-88; 778, Brian Shorter, 1988-91.
Big East play: 447, Charles Smith, 1984-88. n Most Rebounds: 1,342, Sam Clancy, 1977-81; 987, Charles Smith, 1984-88; 970, Jerome Lane, 1985-88. Big East play: 502, Charles Smith, 1984-88. n Best Rebounding Average: 12.0, Billy Knight, 1971-74; 11.8, Ed Pavlick, 1952-55; 11.6, Sam Clancy, 1977-81. Big East play: 10.9, DeJuan Blair, 2007-09. n Offensive Rebounds (since 1986-87): 365, Ricardo Greer, 1997-01; 343, Isaac Hawkins, 1996-01; 339, DeJuan Blair, 2007-09. n Defensive Rebounds (since 1986-87): 814, Charles Smith, 1984-88; 631, Jerome Lane, 1985-88. n Personal Fouls: 410, Sam Clancy, 1977-81; 392, Charles Smith, 1984-88. n Disqualifications: 29, Julius Pegues, 1955-58; 27, Chuck Hursh, 1955-58. n Most Assists: 785, Brandin Knight, 1999-03; 744, Sean Miller, 1987-92. Big East play: 401, Sean Miller, 1987-92. n Best Assists Average: 6.2, Brandin Knight, 1999-03; 5.8, Sean Miller, 1987-92. Big East play: 6.0, Sean Miller, 1987-92. n Assist:Turnover Ratio (since 1978-79): 2.89, Levance Fields, 2005-09; 2.32, Sean Miller, 198792; 1.95, Darelle Porter, 1987-91. n Turnovers: 406, Brandin Knight, 1999-03; 364, Vonteego Cummings, 1995-99; 364, Ricardo Greer, 1997-01. n Most Steals: 298, Brandin Knight, 1999-03; 257, Jerry McCullough, 1991-96. Big East play: 174, Jerry McCullough, 1991-96. n Steals Average: 2.6, Kellii Taylor, 1995-00; 2.3, Brandin Knight, 1999-03. Big East play: 2.48, Jerry McCullough, 1991-96. n Most Blocked Shots: 364, Charles Smith, 198488; 184, Eric Mobley, 1991-94. Big East play: 158, Charles Smith, 1984-88.
Bobby Martin (1987-91) tied the school record with seven blocked shots vs. Seton Hall on Jan. 20, 1990.
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140 Vonteego Cummings averaged a school record 40.1 minutes per game during the 1997-98 season. In Pitt’s double overtime contest against Villanova in the 1998 Big East Championship, Cummings played the full 50 minutes, which remains as the school record.
n Blocks Per Game: 2.8, Charles Smith, 1984-88; 2.1, Eric Mobley, 1991-94. Big East play: 2.47, Charles Smith, 1984-88.
n Most Points: 127, vs. Syracuse, 2/13/70. Big East play: 117, vs. Providence, 2/10/90. n Most Points Both Teams: 235, vs. Syracuse, 2/ 13/70. Big East play: 219, vs. Providence, 2/11/90. n Most Points Home Floor: 127, vs. Syracuse, 2/ 13/70. n Most Points Opponent’s Floor: 101, at Buffalo State, 1/20/74 n Most Points Half: 69, vs. Syracuse, 2/13/70. Big East play: 61, vs. Seton Hall, 3/6/87. n Fewest Points Scored: 4, vs. Penn State, 190506. Big East play: 45, vs. Villanova, 1/11/84. n Most Points Allowed: 120, vs. LSU, 1/31/69. Big East play: 103, vs. Syracuse, 2/4/89. n Fewest Points Allowed: 9, at Penn State (24-9 loss), 1951-52. n Fewest Points Allowed: 10, vs. Carnegie Tech, 1928-29. n Fewest Points One Half: 2, vs. Penn State, 3/5/ 06. n Fewest Points Both Teams: 27, Penn State (1512 loss), 1943-44. n Largest Victory Margin: 59, vs. Indiana, Pa. (108-49), 11/29/86. Big East play: 36, vs. West Virginia (82-46), 2/12/ 03 n Largest Victory Margin- Road Game: 45, at Carnegie Mellon (89-46), 12/16/96. Big East play: 28, at Syracuse, 1/24/04. n Worst Defeat: 51, at Wichita State (109-58), 12/ 26/64. Big East play: 33, at Villanova (88-55), 2/3/96. n Most Points in a Losing Game: 96, vs. Geneva (101-96), 1954-55. n Most Field goals Made: 48, vs. Syracuse, 2/13/ 70. n Most Field goals Attempted: 101, vs. Duquesne, 12/6/74.
n Best Field Goal Percentage: .674, vs. Cincinnati (31-46), 2/14/09; vs. Kent State (31-46), 3/17/06. n Most Three-Point Field Goals Made: 16, vs. Notre Dame, 1/29/97. Big East play: 16, vs. Notre Dame, 1/29/97. n Most Three-Point Field Goals Attempted: 34, vs. Georgia, 12/14/94. n Most Free Throws Made: 44, vs. New York University, 1954-55. n Most Free Throws Attempted: 60, vs. New York University, 1954-55. Big East play: 55, vs. Providence, 2/7/87. n Most Combined Rebounds: 100, vs. Vermont, 12/6/08. n Most Rebounds: 59, vs. Vermont, 12/6/08. Big East play: 58, vs. Providence, 2/7/87. n Personal Fouls: 38, vs. Villanova, 2/7/86. Big East play: 38, vs. Villanova, 2/7/86. n Most Assists: 34, vs. Cleveland State, 2/14/74. n Most Turnovers: 35 vs. Georgetown, 1/3/95. Big East play: 35 vs. Georgetown, 1/3/95 n Steals: 20 vs. Indiana, Pa., 12/16/78. n Blocked Shots: 12, vs. St. Francis, Pa., 12/1/93. n Most Players Scoring 20 or more Points: 3 vs. Syracuse, 2/13/70 (Kent Scott, 28; Paul O’Gorek, 27; Cleveland Edwards, 20); 3 vs. Syracuse, 2/11/ 72 (Billy Knight, 33; Mickey Martin, 26; Kent Scott 22); 3 vs. Kent State, 2/9/72 (Billy Knight, 23, Mike Paul, 21; Kent Scott, 20) n Most Players in double figure scoring: 6 vs. Kent State, 3/17/06 (Gray 17, Ramon 16, Young 12, Krauser 11, Kendall 10, Fields 10); 6 vs. Syracuse, 2/13/70 (Scott 28, O’Gorek 27, Edwards 20, Paul 19, Patcher 13, Causer 11), 6 vs. Southeastern Louisiana, 12/14/02 (Page, 17; Troutman, 14; Knight 13, Krauser 13, Brown 11, Lett, 10). Big East Play: 5 many times. n Most Players Disqualified: 5, vs. Villanova, 2/7/ 86. Big East Play: 5, vs. Villanova, 2/7/86.
SEASON RECORDS n Most Games Played: 37 in 2006-07 and 2007-08.
MULTI-FACETED ACHIEVEMENTS 1,000 POINTS, 1,000 REBOUNDS- CAREER Player (Years) Points Reb. Sam Clancy (1977-81) 1671 1342 1,500 POINTS, 500 REBOUNDS, 500 ASSISTS- CAREER Player (Years) Points Reb. Asst. Carl Krauser (2002-06) 1642 526 568 1,000 POINTS, 500 REBOUNDS- CAREER Player (Years) Points Reb. John Riser (1954-57) 1164 775 Bob Lazor (1954-57) 1175 841 Brian Generalovich (1961-64) 1114 622 Larry Harris (1974-78) 1914 569 Billy Knight (1971-74) 1731 938 Sam Clancy (1977-81) 1671 1342 Chris McNeal (1980-83) 1067 695 Clyde Vaughan (1980-84) 2033 922 Charles Smith (1984-88) 2045 987 Jerome Lane (1985-88) 1217 970 Brian Shorter (1988-91) 1633 772 Bobby Martin (1987-91) 1282 775 Isaac Hawkins (1996-01) 1127 834 Ricardo Greer (1997-01) 1753 888
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1,000 POINTS AND 400 ASSISTS- CAREER Player (Years) Points Asst. Darelle Porter (1987-90) 1007 617 Sean Miller (1987-92) 1282 744 Jerry McCullough (1991-96) 1342 552 Vonteego Cummings (1995-99) 1581 458 Brandin Knight (1999-03) 1440 785 Carl Krauser (2002-05) 1642 568 Levance Fields (2005-09) 1247 645 500 POINTS AND 250 REBOUNDS- SEASON Player (Year) Points Reb. Billy Knight (1973-74) 609 375 Clyde Vaughan (1981-82) 541 284 Clyde Vaughan (1982-83) 613 258 Clyde Vaughan (1983-84) 651 256 Charles Smith (1986-87) 562 282 Jerome Lane (1986-87) 522 444 Brian Shorter (1988-89) 587 288 Brian Shorter (1989-90) 598 274 Ricardo Greer (1999-00) 506 275
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300 POINTS AND 150 ASSISTS- SEASON Player (Year) Points Asst. Keith Starr (1974-75) 389 180 Dwayne Wallace (1981-82) 341 187 Sean Miller (1990-91) 344 159 Darelle Porter (1990-91) 333 168 Sean Miller (1991-92) 361 224 Jerry McCullough (1992-93) 428 156 Jerry McCullough (1993-94) 333 175 Vonteego Cummings (1997-98) 507 154 Brandin Knight (2001-02) 546 251 Carl Krauser (2004-05) 463 170 Carl Krauser (2005-06) 494 160 Levance Fields (2006-07) 339 169 Levance Fields (2008-09) 386 270 1,000 POINTS, 600 REBOUNDS, 200 ASSISTS- CAREER Player (Years) Points Reb. Asst. Billy Knight (1971-74) 1,731 938 206 Jerome Lane (1985-88) 1,217 970 206 Ricardo Greer (1997-01) 1,753 888 373 Jaron Brown (2000-04) 1,258 651 295
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GENERAL RECORDS TOP SEASON STATISTICAL TANDEMS SCORING DeJuan Blair and Sam Young, 2008-09 B. Shorter and J. Matthews, 1989-90 DeJuan Blair and Sam Young, 2007-08 Don Hennon and Julius Pegues, 1957-58 C. Smith and Jerome Lane, 1986-87 B. Shorter and J. Matthews, 1988-89 C. Smith and Jerome Lane, 1987-88 C. Vaughan and G. Allen, 1983-84 J. Matthews and Brian Shorter, 1990-91 Don Hennon and John Riser, 1956-57 REBOUNDING Jerome Lane and Charles Smith, 1987-88 DeJuan Blair and Sam Young, 2008-09 Jerome Lane and Charles Smith, 1987-88 Bob Lazor and Ed Pavlick, 1953-54 Don Virostek and Dick Dietrick, 1952-53 Sam Young and DeJuan Blair, 2007-08 Bob Lazor and Chuck Hursh, 1955-56 Aaron Gray and Levon Kendall, 2006-07 Sam Clancy and Terry Knight, 1978-79
1,240 1,151 1,097 1,090 1,084 1,083 1,018 1,014 992 986 726 657 617 603 595 569 547 545 539
ASSISTS Levance Fields and B. Wanamaker, 2008-09 347 Brandin Knight and Jaron Brown, 2001-02 330 Sean Miller and Darelle Porter, 1990-91 327 Sean Miller and Darelle Porter, 1988-89 322 S. Miller and J. McCullough, 1991-92 312 Brandin Knight and Carl Krauser, 2002-03 302 n Most Minutes Played (since 1978-79): 7500 in 2006-07. n Most Overtime Games Played: 4 in 2001-02; 4 in 1954-55. n Total Overtime Games: 68. n Record in Overtime Games (all-time): 34-34. n Longest Game: 3 overtimes, at George Washington, L, 75-73, 1/10/76. n Most Wins (post-1940): 31 in 2003-04 and 200809. n Most Wins (pre-1940): 23 in 1929-30. n Most Losses: 21 in 1976-77. n Fewest Wins (pre-1940): 2 in 1905-06. n Fewest Wins (post-1940): 4 in 1968-69. n Fewest Losses: 0 (21-0) in 1927-28. n Longest Win Streak: 22 from 12/4/73-2/20/74; 21 in 1927-28. n Longest Losing Streak: 10 from 12/7/68-1/22/ 69; 10 from 2/5/93-3/10/93. n Best Winning Percentage (pre-1940): 1.000 (21-0) in 1927-28. n Best Winning Pct. (post-1940): .861 (31-5) in 2008-09. n Worst Winning Percentage: .166 (4-20) in 1968-69. n Most Points: 2,772, 1986-87. n Fewest Points: 1,466, 1950-51. n Highest Scoring Average: 84.0 in 1986-87. n Lowest Scoring Average: 66.0 in 1968-69. n Fewest Points Per Game Allowed: 59.2 in 200203. n Most Field Goals Made: 1,040 in 2008-09. n Fewest Field Goals Made: 557 in 1952-53. n Most Field Goal Attempts: 2,185 in 2007-08. n Fewest Field Goal Attempts: 1,468 in 1961-62. n Highest Field Goal Pct.: .509 (1000-1965) in 1986-87. n Worst Field Goal Pct.: .363 (438-1206) in 194849. n Most 3-Point Field Goals Made: 229 in 2006-07.
n Least 3-Point Field Goals Made: 110 in 198687. n Most 3-Point Field Goal Attempts: 682 in 200102. n Fewest 3-Point Field Goal Attempts: 287 in 1987-88. n Highest 3-Point Field Goal Percentage: .417 (211-506) in 1990-91. n Worst 3-Point Field Goal Pct.: .307 (159-518) in 1998-99. n Most Free Throws Made: 741 in 1990-91. n Fewest Free Throws Made: 323 in 1973-74. n Most Free Throws Attempted: 994 in 1991-92. n Fewest Free Throws Attempted: 488 in 199899. n Highest Free Throw Percentage: .748 (741-991) in 1990-91. n Worst Free Throw Percentage: .617 (417-676) in 2000-01. n Most Rebounds: 1,432 in 2008-09. n Fewest Rebounds: 936 in 1983-84. n Best Rebound Average: 55.8 in 1952-53. n Worst Rebound Average: 34.3 in 1982-83. n Most Offensive Rebounds (since 1986-87): 496 in 1996-97. n Fewest Offensive Rebounds (since 1986-87): 368 in 2002-03. n Most Personal Fouls: 735 in 1991-92. n Fewest Personal Fouls: 403 in 1949-50. n Most Disqualifications: 43 in 1951-52. n Fewest Disqualifications: 6 in 1973-74; 6 in 1990-91. n Most Assists: 647 in 2006-07. n Fewest Assists: 309 in 1973-74. n Best Assists Average: 19.4 in 1973-74. n Worst Assists Average: 11.8 in 1982-83. n Best Assist Turnover Ratio: 1.47 in 2006-07. n Worst Assist:Turnover Ratio: 0.770 in 1996-97. n Most Turnovers (since 1978-79): 584 in 1994-95. n Fewest Turnovers (since 1978-79): 208 in 198485. n Most Blocked Shots: 157 in 2001-02. n Fewest Blocked Shots: 43 in 1982-83. n Worst Blocks Average: 5.2 in 1993-94.
141 Jerome Lane owns three season rebounding records including total rebounds and total offensive and defensive rebounds. In 1986-87, Lane became the only player in school history to lead NCAA Division I in a statistical category when he finished with a 13.5 rebounds per game average. Lane became a member of Pitt’s 20-20 club with a 20-point, 21-rebound performance vs. Connecticut on Feb. 12, 1987.
The 2002-03 senior class of Brandin Knight, Ontario Lett and Donatas Zavackas was credited with putting Pitt basketball back on the map. The trio accumulated an 89-40 record over their four-year period from 1999-03.
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Worst Blocks Average: 1.5 in 1982-83. Most Steals: 338 in 1998-99. Fewest Steals: 176 in 1992-93 Best Steals Average: 11.3 in 1998-99. Worst Steals Average: 5.9 in 1998-99.
n Steals: 8, Winston Garland (Southwest Missouri State), 3/12/86. n Blocked Shots: 9, Patrick Ewing (Georgetown), 2/19/85.
TEAM RECORDS OPPONENT RECORDS
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS n Points Scored: 48, Eric Murdock (Providence), 1/ 23/91; 46, Bob Tallent (George Washington), 1/11/ 69. n Field Goals Made: 17, Bob Tallent (George Washington), 1/11/69. n Free Throws Made: 16, Sherman Douglas (Syracuse), 3/7/87. n Three-Point Field Goals Made: 9, Dana Barros (Boston College), 1/7/89. n Rebounds: 26, Joseph Hughes (Holy Cross), 2/3/ 58; Slobodnik (Duquesne), 1959. n Assists: 16, Tony Wyslinger (Illinois), 12/6/86.
Points Scored: 120, LSU, 1/31/69. Fewest Points: 10, Carnegie Tech, 1928-29. Field Goal Attempts: 86, vs. Providence, 2/10/90. Total Rebounds: 71, Holy Cross, 2/3/58. Offensive Rebounds: 24, vs. Providence, 2/10/ 90. n Three-Point Field Goals Made: 14 two timesNotre Dame, 2/12/05; Notre Dame, 1/22/00. n Three-Point Field Goals Attempted: 40, at West Virginia, 2/5/05. n Personal Fouls: 38, Villanova, 1/2/91. n n n n n
Charles Smith is the only player in school history to start 100 percent of his games played during a four-year career. Smith started all 122 games of his career from 1984-88.
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Levance Fields, 2005-08 ............................................. 112 Tyrell Biggs, 2005-08 ................................................. 112 Sam Young, 2005-08 ................................................... 112 Chevon Troutman, 2001-05 ......................................... 108 Mark McCarroll, 2001-05 ............................................ 108 Jaron Brown, 2000-04 ................................................ 107 Julius Page, 2000-04 .................................................. 107 Toree Morris, 2000-04 ................................................. 107 Aaron Gray, 2003-07 .................................................. 105 Levon Kendall, 2003-07 .............................................. 105 Antonio Graves, 2003-07 ............................................ 105 Carl Krauser, 2002-06 ................................................. 104 Ronald Ramon, 2004-08 .............................................. 101 Keith Benjamin, 2004-08 ............................................. 101 Brandin Knight, 1999-03 .............................................. 89 Donatas Zavackas, 1999-03 ......................................... 89
Chevon Troutman, 2001-05 .......................... .812 (108-25) Mark McCarroll, 2001-05 ............................. .812 (108-25) Carl Krauser, 2002-06 .................................. .794 (104-27) Levance Fields, 2005-08 .............................. .783 (112-31) Sam Young, 2005-08 .................................... .783 (112-31) Tyrell Biggs, 2005-08 .................................. .783 (112-31) Jaron Brown, 2000-04 ................................. .781 (107-30) Julius Page, 2000-04 ................................... .781 (107-30) Toree Morris, 2000-04 .................................. .781 (107-30) Aaron Gray, 2003-07 ................................... .778 (105-30) Levon Kendall, 2003-07 ............................... .778 (105-30) Antonio Graves, 2003-07 ............................. .778 (105-30) Ronald Ramon, 2004-08 ............................... .743 (101-35) Keith Benjamin, 2004-08 .............................. .743 (101-35) Brandin Knight, 1999-03 ................................ .690 (89-40) Donatas Zavackas, 1999-03 ........................... .690 (89-40)
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Levance Fields, 2005-09 ................................................ 7 Sam Young, 2005-09 ...................................................... 7 Tyrell Biggs, 2005-09 .................................................... 7 Chevon Troutman, 2002-05 ............................................ 6 Mark McCarroll, 2002-05 ............................................... 6 Jaron Brown, 2002-04 ................................................... 6 Julius Page, 2002-04 ..................................................... 6 Toree Morris, 2002-04 .................................................... 6 Aaron Gray, 2003-07 ..................................................... 5 Carl Krauser, 2003-06 .................................................... 5 Levon Kendall, 2003-07 ................................................. 5 Antonio Graves, 2003-07 ............................................... 5
Chevon Troutman, 2002-05 ............................................ 4 Mark McCarroll, 2002-05 ............................................... 4 Carl Krauser, 2003-06 .................................................... 4 Aaron Gray, 2003-07 ..................................................... 4 Levon Kendall, 2003-07 ................................................. 4 Antonio Graves, 2003-07 ............................................... 4 Levance Fields, 2005-09 ................................................ 4 Sam Young, 2005-09 ...................................................... 4 Tyrell Biggs, 2005-09 .................................................... 4 Jaron Brown, 2000-04 ................................................... 3 Julius Page, 2000-04 ..................................................... 3 Toree Morris, 2000-04 .................................................... 3 Sean Miller, 1987-92 ...................................................... 3 Jason Matthews, 1987-91 .............................................. 3 Darelle Porter, 1987-91 .................................................. 3 Charles Smith, 1984-88 ................................................. 3 Demetreus Gore, 1984-88 .............................................. 3
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Jaron Brown, 2001-04 ................................................. 10 Julius Page, 2001-04 ................................................... 10 Toree Morris, 2001-04 .................................................. 10 Levance Fields, 2005-09 ................................................ 9 Sam Young, 2005-09 ...................................................... 9 Tyrell Biggs, 2005-09 .................................................... 9 Ronald Ramon, 2004-08 ................................................. 9 Keith Benjamin, 2004-08 ................................................ 9 Carl Krauser, 2003-06 .................................................... 8 Brandin Knight, 2000-03 ................................................ 8 Donatas Zavackas, 2000-03 ........................................... 8 Aaron Gray, 2003-07 ..................................................... 7 Levon Kendall, 2003-07 ................................................. 7 Antonio Graves, 2003-07 ............................................... 7 Chevon Troutman, 2002-05 ............................................ 7 Mark McCarroll, 2002-05 ............................................... 7
Jaron Brown, 2001-04 ................................................... 3 Julius Page, 2001-04 ..................................................... 3 Toree Morris, 2001-04 .................................................... 3 Chevon Troutman, 2002-05 ............................................ 3 Mark McCarroll, 2002-05 ............................................... 3 Brandin Knight, 2000-03 ................................................ 2 Donatas Zavackas, 2000-03 ........................................... 2 Carl Krauser, 2003-06 .................................................... 2 Ontario Lett, 2001-02 ..................................................... 2 Aaron Gray, 2003-07 ..................................................... 2 Levon Kendall, 2003-07 ................................................. 2 Antonio Graves, 2003-07 ............................................... 2 Levance Fields, 2005-09 ................................................ 2 Sam Young, 2005-09 ...................................................... 2 Tyrell Biggs, 2005-09 .................................................... 2
Jaron Brown, 2001-04 ...................................... 3 Julius Page, 2001-04 ........................................ 3 Toree Morris, 2001-04 ....................................... 3 Chevon Troutman, 2002-05 .............................. 3 Mark McCarroll, 2002-05 .................................. 3 Many others tied ................................................ 2
Chevon Troutman, 2001-05 ............................ Mark McCarroll, 2001-05 ............................... Carl Krauser, 2002-06 .................................... Jaron Brown, 2000-04 ................................... Julius Page, 2000-04 ..................................... Toree Morris, 2000-04 .................................... Aaron Gray, 2003-07 ..................................... Levon Kendall, 2003-07 ................................. Antonio Graves, 2003-07 ............................... Sam Young, 2005-09 ...................................... Levance Fields, 2005-09 ................................ Tyrell Biggs, 2005-09 .................................... Ronald Ramon, 2004-08 ................................. Keith Benjamin, 2004-08 ................................ Jerome Lane, 1985-88 ...................................
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.765 (49-15) .765 (49-15) .719 (46-18) .719 (46-18) .719 (46-18) .719 (46-18) .703 (45-19) .703 (45-19) .703 (45-19) .691 (47-21) .691 (47-21) .691 (47-21) .636 (42-24) .636 (42-24) .625 (30-18)
MOST BIG EAST VICTORIES Chevon Troutman, 2001-05 .......................................... Mark McCarroll, 2001-05 ............................................. Sam Young, 2005-09 .................................................... Levance Fields, 2005-09 .............................................. Tyrell Biggs, 2005-09 .................................................. Carl Krauser, 2002-06 .................................................. Jaron Brown, 2000-04 ................................................. Julius Page, 2000-04 ................................................... Toree Morris, 2000-04 .................................................. Aaron Gray, 2003-07 ................................................... Levon Kendall, 2003-07 ............................................... Antonio Graves, 2003-07 ............................................. Ronald Ramon, 2004-08 ............................................... Keith Benjamin, 2004-08 .............................................. Sean Miller, 1987-92 ....................................................
*League championships include tournament titles, regular season titles and co-titles. *Note: these records are Big East Era only.
49 49 47 47 47 46 46 46 46 45 45 45 42 42 39
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SCORING LEADERS TOP SINGLE GAME SCORING/30-POINT CLUB Pts. 45 41 41 40 40 39 39 38 38 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 36 35 35 35 35 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 32 32 32 32 32
Player Don Hennon Don Hennon Don Hennon Ed Pavlick Jason Maile Larry Harris Larry Harris Don Hennon Don Hennon Billy Knight Brian Shorter Clyde Vaughan Curtis Aiken Don Hennon Don Hennon Oland Canterna V. Cummings Sammy David Don Hennon Don Hennon George McCrossin Larry Harris Billy Knight Charles Smith Don Hennon Don Hennon Don Hennon Brian Shorter Larry Harris Clyde Vaughan Billy Knight Jason Matthews Sam Young Billy Knight Don Hennon Larry Harris Ricardo Greer Charles Smith Billy Knight Clyde Vaughan DeJuan Blair Sam Young Carl Krauser Brian Shorter Terry Knight
Don Hennon (1956-59) owns nine of the top-20 single-game scoring performances in school history, including the top three efforts. He scored over 35 points in nine career games and 30-plus points 23 different times.
Opponent Date Duke 12/21/57 Ohio State 12/3/58 Geneva 2/24/58 Ohio State 1954-55 Villanova 2/12/97 Syracuse 12/6/75 at Maryland 2/15/77 at Furman 12/6/57 at West Virginia 2/23/57 at UCLA 12/22/72 Oklahoma 1/15/89 at Boston College 1/4/84 vs. Arkansas 12/29/86 at UCLA 1/13/59 at Carnegie Tech 1959 Westminster 2/14/45 vs. Villanova 3/4/98 Carnegie Tech 2/23/49 Manhattan 12/29/57 Holy Cross 2/6/59 Grove City 1949-50 Duquesne 2/12/77 at Virginia 1/2/74 Chicago State 12/7/87 at Penn State 1/25/58 at N.C. State 12/1/56 at Carnegie Tech 1958 vs. Providence 2/11/90 at Virginia 1/21/76 Florida State 12/20/84 vs. Furman 3/14/74 Jacksonville 12/6/88 Belmont 11/25/08 Syracuse 2/11/72 Duquesne 12/13/58 Canisius 2/2/78 at Syracuse 2/16/00 Providence 1/25/88 at Notre Dame 1/17/73 St. Francis (Pa.) 12/5/83 at DePaul 2/7/09 vs. Oklahoma State 3/22/09 Syracuse 1/23/06 Syracuse 1/7/91 Cincinnati 1/10/79
Pts. 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
Player Billy Knight Billy Knight Curtis Aiken Larry Harris Larry Harris Don Hennon Kent Scott Kent Scott Jason Matthews Larry Harris V. Cummings Kirk Bruce Isaac Hawkins Billy Knight Billy Knight Larry Harris Larry Harris Jason Matthews Sam Young Carl Krauser Sam Clancy Charles Smith V. Cummings Don Hennon Don Hennon Don Hennon Don Hennon Don Hennon Don Hennon Clyde Vaughan Don Hennon B. Generalovich B. Generalovich B. Generalovich Billy Knight Billy Knight Larry Harris Larry Harris Juius Pegues V. Cummings Larry Harris Kent Scott Demetreus Gore Chris McNeal Don Hennon Don Hennon Don Hennon B. Generalovich B. Generalovich Clyde Vaughan Billy Knight Billy Knight Charles Smith Jason Matthews Jason Matthews Brian Shorter Ken Bollens John Riser
Opponent Date Duquesne 12/7/73 at Rutgers 1/5/72 St. Francis (Pa.) 12/3/86 Penn 1/30/76 Temple 1/24/76 Penn 2/27/57 Wisconsin 12/8/70 at West Virginia 3/3/70 vs. Boston College 3/8/90 Duquesne 12/11/76 at Georgetown 2/17/98 vs. St.Francis (Pa.)12/21/74 at Syracuse 2/6/98 at Duquesne 12/7/73 at Kent State 2/27/73 Temple 1/24/76 Penn 1/30/76 Boston College 1/31/90 Connecticut 3/7/09 Richmond 12/23/04 vs. Massachusetts 12/27/78 vs. E. Michigan 3/18/88 at Villanova 1/19/99 vs. Morehead St. 3/11/57 Duquesne 12/14/57 at Connecticut 2/4/58 at Westminster 1957-58 vs. Bucknell 12/31/58 Syracuse 1/10/59 at St. John’s 3/5/83 at Duke 1/31/59 at Columbia 1/17/62 West Virginia 1/20/62 Carnegie Tech 2/1/64 Colgate 2/17/73 at George. Wash. 2/10/73 Robert Morris 12/9/78 Cincinnati 2/2/77 vs. Miami (Ohio) 3/11/58 at Wright State 11/20/98 Syracuse 1/14/78 N.C. State 1/23/71 vs. Wisconsin 12/30/86 Illinois 2/13/93 Carnegie Tech 12/14/56 at Westminster 1958-59 St. Louis 1958-59 vs. Michigan 12/28/63 vs. Drake 3/14/64 at LaSalle 3/16/84 at West Virginia 12/1/73 Virginia 2/21/73 Florida 1/2/88 at Florida 12/22/88 at Cornell 11/26/90 Villanova 2/20/89 Westminster 2/11/67 vs. Kentucky 3/15/57
CLASS RECORDS POINTS Freshman: 435, Charles Smith, 1984-85. Sophomore: 587, Brian Shorter, 1988-89. Junior: 668, Sam Young, 2007-08. Senior: 690, Sam Young, 2008-09.
SCORING AVERAGE Freshman: 15.0, Charles Smith, 1984-85. Sophomore: 22.1, Larry Harris, 1975-76. Junior: 26.0, Don Hennon, 1957-58. Senior: 25.7, Don Hennon, 1958-59.
ANNUAL SCORING LEADERS Year Player Pts. Avg. 1943-44 .. Tay Malarkey .................... 178 ...... 11.9 1944-45 .. Do Do Canterna ............... 157 ...... 13.1 1945-46 .. Hank Zeller ....................... 171 ...... 12.2 1946-47 .. Sam David ....................... 177 ........ 9.8 1947-48 .. Oland Canterna ................ 244 ...... 11.6 1948-49 .. Sam David ....................... 390 ...... 15.6 1949-50 .. George McCrossin ............ 251 ...... 13.9 1950-51 .. Michael Belich ................. 415 ...... 15.9 1951-52 .. Mickey Zernich ................ 334 ...... 15.2 1952-53 .. Mickey Zernich ................ 309 ...... 13.4 1953-54 .. Clarence Butch ................ 363 ...... 15.8 1954-55 .. Ed Pavlick ......................... 622 ...... 23.9 1955-56 .. Bob Lazor ......................... 495 ...... 19.8 1956-57 .. Don Hennon ..................... 573 ...... 21.2 1957-58 .. Don Hennon ..................... 651 ...... 26.0 1958-59 .. Don Hennon ..................... 617 ...... 25.5 1959-60 .. John Mills ......................... 348 ...... 13.9 1960-61 .. Ben Jinks ......................... 298 ...... 13.0 1961-62 .. Calvin Sheffield ................ 463 ...... 18.5 1962-63 .. Dave Roman .................... 359 ...... 15.0 1963-64 .. Calvin Sheffield ................ 375 ...... 16.3 1964-65 .. Larry Szykowny ................ 364 ...... 15.8 1965-66 .. Larry Szykowny ................ 339 ...... 15.4 1966-67 .. Jim LaValley ..................... 297 ...... 11.9 1967-68 .. Tony Delisio ...................... 266 ...... 12.1 1968-69 .. Mike Caldwell .................. 280 ...... 11.6 1969-70 .. Kent Scott ....................... 405 ...... 16.9 1970-71 .. Kent Scott ....................... 328 ...... 13.6 1971-72 .. Billy Knight ....................... 505 ...... 21.0 1972-73 .. Billy Knight ....................... 617 ...... 23.7 1973-74 .. Billy Knight ....................... 609 ...... 21.8 1974-75 .. Kirk Bruce ........................ 497 ...... 17.1 1975-76 .. Larry Harris ....................... 574 ...... 22.1 1976-77 .. Larry Harris ....................... 617 ...... 22.9 1977-78 .. Larry Harris ....................... 516 ...... 20.6 1978-79 .. Sam Clancy ..................... 447 ...... 15.4 1979-80 .. Sammie Ellis .................... 471 ...... 17.4 1980-81 .. Sam Clancy ..................... 504 ...... 16.3 1981-82 .. Clyde Vaughan ................. 541 ...... 18.0 1982-83 .. Clyde Vaughan ................. 613 ...... 21.9 1983-84 .. Clyde Vaughan ................. 651 ..... 21.0 1984-85 .. Charles Smith .................. 435 ...... 15.0 1985-86 .. Demetreus Gore ............... 466 ...... 16.1 1986-87 .. Charles Smith .................. 562 ...... 17.0 1987-88 .. Charles Smith .................. 587 ...... 18.9 1988-89 .. Brian Shorter .................... 587 ...... 19.6 1989-90 .. Brian Shorter .................... 598 ...... 20.6 1990-91 .. Jason Matthews .............. 544 ...... 16.5 1991-92 .. Chris McNeal .................... 492 ...... 14.5 1992-93 .. Jerry McCullough ............. 428 ...... 15.3 1993-94 .. Eric Mobley ...................... 370 ...... 13.7 1994-95 .. Jaime Peterson ................ 389 ...... 13.9 1995-96 .. Jerry McCullough ............. 336 ...... 13.4 1996-97 .. Vonteego Cummings ........ 539 ...... 16.3 1997-98 .. Vonteego Cummings ........ 507 ...... 19.5 1998-99 .. Vonteego Cummings ........ 419 ...... 16.1 1999-00 .. Ricardo Greer ................... 506 ...... 18.1 2000-01 .. Ricardo Greer ................... 548 ...... 16.6 2001-02 .. Brandin Knight ................. 546 ...... 15.6 2002-03 .. Julius Page ....................... 391 ...... 12.2 2003-04 .. Carl Krauser ..................... 493 ...... 15.4 2004-05 .. Carl Krauser ..................... 463 ...... 16.0 2005-06 .. Carl Krauser ..................... 494 ...... 15.0 2006-07 .. Aaron Gray ....................... 499 ...... 13.9 2007-08 .. Sam Young ...................... 668 ...... 18.1 2008-09 .. Sam Young ...................... 690 ...... 19.2
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SEASON RECORDS POINTS Pts. 690 668 651 651 622 617 617 617 613 609 598 587 587 574 573 562 553 550 548 546 544 541 539 522 516 507 506 505 504 499 497
SCORING AVERAGE Player (GP) Sam Young (36) Sam Young (37) Clyde Vaughan (31) Don Hennon (25) Ed Pavlick (26) Larry Harris (27) Don Hennon (24) Billy Knight (26) Clyde Vaughan (28) Billy Knight (28) Brian Shorter (29) Brian Shorter (30) Charles Smith (31) Larry Harris (26) Don Hennon (27) Charles Smith (33) Jason Matthews (29) DeJuan Blair (36) Ricardo Greer (33) Brandin Knight (35) Jason Matthews (33) Clyde Vaughan (30) Vonteego Cummings (33) Jerome Lane (33) Larry Harris (25) Vonteego Cummings (26) Ricardo Greer (28) Billy Knight (24) Sam Clancy (31) Aaron Gray (36) Kirk Bruce (29)
Year 2008-09 2007-08 1983-84 1957-58 1954-55 1976-77 1958-59 1972-73 1982-83 1973-74 1989-90 1988-89 1987-88 1975-76 1956-57 1986-87 1989-90 2008-09 2000-01 2001-02 1990-91 1981-82 1996-97 1986-87 1977-78 1997-98 1999-01 1971-72 1980-81 2006-07 1974-75
Pts. 26.0 25.7 23.9 23.7 22.9 22.1 21.9 21.8 21.2 21.0 21.0 20.6 20.6 19.8 19.6 19.5 19.2 19.1 18.9 18.5 18.1 18.1 18.0 17.6 17.4 17.2 17.1 17.1 17.0 16.9 16.6
Player (GP) Don Hennon (25) Don Hennon (24) Ed Pavlick (26) Billy Knight (26) Larry Harris (27) Larry Harris (26) Clyde Vaughan (28) Billy Knight (28) Don Hennon (27) Billy Knight (24) Clyde Vaughan (31) Larry Harris (25) Brian Shorter (29) Bob Lazor (25) Brian Shorter (30) Vonteego Cummings (26) Sam Young (36) Jason Matthews (29) Charles Smith (31) Calvin Sheffield (25) Sam Young (37) Ricardo Greer (28) Clyde Vaughan (30) Julius Pegues (25) Sammie Ellis (27) Brian Generalovich (25) Kirk Bruce (29) Kent Scott (24) Charles Smith (33) Kent Scott (29) Ricardo Greer (33)
Year 1957-58 1958-59 1954-55 1972-73 1976-77 1975-76 1982-83 1973-74 1956-57 1971-72 1983-84 1977-78 1989-90 1955-56 1988-89 1997-98 2008-09 1989-90 1987-88 1963-64 2007-08 1999-00 1981-82 1957-58 1979-80 1963-64 1974-75 1971-72 1986-87 1969-70 2000-01
CAREER RECORDS
OTHER SCORING RECORDS
144 POINTS Pts. 2045 2033 1914 1884 1841 1840 1753 1731 1671 1642 1633 1581 1555 1512 1440 1342 1282 1282 1274 1258 1247 1217 1200 1175 1164 1143 1127 1115 1114 1109 1099 1096 1067 1057 1050 1047 1007 959 944 930
SCORING AVERAGE (Minimum 40 GP) Player (GP) Charles Smith (122) Clyde Vaughan (120) Larry Harris (107) Sam Young (143) Don Hennon (76) Jason Matthews (123) Ricardo Greer (117) Billy Knight (78) Sam Clancy (116) Carl Krauser (126) Brian Shorter (92) Vonteego Cummings (103) Demetreus Gore (122) Julius Page (136) Brandin Knight (127) Jerry McCullough (111) Sean Miller (128) Bobby Martin (117) Chevon Troutman (124) Jaron Brown (137) Levance Fields (131) Jerome Lane (93) Curtis Aiken (120) Bob Lazor (76) John Riser (78) Kent Scott (72) Isaac Hawkins (118) Calvin Sheffield (73) Brian Generalovich (72) Aaron Gray (113) Donatas Zavackas (118) Ronald Ramon (135) Chris McNeal (95) Carlton Neverson (89) Julius Pegues (77) Rod Brookin (94) Darelle Porter (123) Jason Maile (111) Dwayne Wallace (101) Ed Pavlick (51)
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Year 1984-88 1980-84 1974-78 2005-09 1956-59 1987-91 1997-01 1971-74 1977-81 2002-06 1988-91 1995-99 1984-88 2000-04 1999-03 1991-96 1987-92 1987-91 2001-05 2000-04 2005-09 1985-88 1983-87 1954-57 1954-57 1969-72 1996-01 1961-64 1961-64 2003-07 1999-03 2004-08 1990-93 1978-81 1955-58 1986-90 1987-91 1992-97 1978-82 1952-55
Pts. 24.2 22.2 18.2 17.9 17.8 16.9 16.8 16.5 15.9 15.5 15.5 15.3 15.3 15.0 15.0 14.9 14.4 13.6 13.6 13.4 13.2 13.1 13.1 13.0 12.7 12.6 12.5 12.1 12.1 12.1 12.0 11.9 11.9 11.8 11.6 11.3 11.2 11.2 11.1 11.1
Rod Brookin (1986-90) connected on 40.8 percent of his 3-point shots to rank third on Pitt’s all-time list. He also scored 1,047 career points and ranks 36th on the school’s all-time scoring list.
Player (GP) Don Hennon (76) Billy Knight (78) Ed Pavlick (51) Larry Harris (107) Brian Shorter (92) Clyde Vaughan (120) Charles Smith (122) Sammie Ellis (55) Kent Scott (72) Brian Generalovich (72) Bob Lazor (76) Vonteego Cummings (103) Calvin Sheffield (73) Ricardo Greer (117) Jason Matthews (123) John Riser (78) Sam Clancy (116) DeJuan Blair (72) Julius Pegues (77) Samuel David (46) Sam Young (143) Jerome Lane (93) Clarence Burch (45) Carl Krauser (126) Demetreus Gore (122) Dave Roman (50) Oland Canterna (45) Ben Jinks (70) Jerry McCullough (111) Larry Szykowny (67) Chris Taft (65) Michael Zernich (71) Carlton Neverson (89) John Fridley (72) Mike Paul (68) Brandin Knight (127) Chris McNeal (95) Bob Lovett (64) Rod Brookin (94) Julius Page (136)
Year 1956-59 1971-74 1952-55 1974-78 1988-91 1980-84 1984-88 1978-80 1969-72 1961-64 1954-57 1995-99 1961-64 1997-01 1987-91 1954-57 1977-81 2007-09 1955-58 1947-49 2005-09 1985-88 1951,54 2002-06 1984-88 1962-64 1947-49 1960-63 1991-96 1963-66 2003-05 1950-53 1978-81 1958-61 1969-72 1999-03 1990-93 1963-66 1986-90 2000-04
DOUBLE FIGURE SCORING GAMES n Career: 106, Charles Smith, 1984-88. n Season: 36, Sam Young, 2007-08. n Consecutive: 81, Larry Harris, 3/8/75-3/3/78. 20-PLUS POINT GAMES n Career: 52, Don Hennon, 1956-59. n Season: 20, Don Hennon, 1958-59. n Consecutive: 12, Don Hennon, 2/22/58-12/ 29/58. 30-PLUS POINT GAMES n Career: 23, Don Hennon, 1956-59. n Season: 9, Don Hennon, two times, 1957-58 and 1958-59. n Consecutive: 2, three times. 40-PLUS POINT GAMES n Career: 3, Don Hennon, 1956-59. n Season: 2, Don Hennon, 1957-58. 20.0-PLUS AVERAGE SEASONS n Career: 3, Don Hennon, 1956-59; Larry Harris, 1974-78; Billy Knight, 1971-74. POINTS OVER A TWO-GAME STRETCH n Career: 76, Don Hennon (45-Duke/31Duquesne), 1956-57. PCT. OF DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORING GAMES n Career: 96.0%, Don Hennon (73-76), 195659. n Season: 100.0%, many players. MULTIPLE SEASON SCORING LEADERS n Career: 3, Don Hennon, 1956-58; Billy Knight, 1971-74; Larry Harris, 1974-78; Vonteego Cummings, 1995-99; Clyde Vaughan, 1980-84; Charles Smith, 1984-88; Carl Krauser, 2002-06. MULTIPLE 500-PLUS POINT SEASONS n Career: 3, four players- Don Hennon, 195658; Billy Knight, 1971-74; Larry Harris, 197478; Clyde Vaughan, 1980-84.
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1,000-POINT CLUB 1. CHARLES SMITH n 2,045 POINTS
JERSEY RETIRED
No. 32 n 6-10 n 230 n Center n Bridgeport, Conn. (Warren Harding) Year GP GS 1984-85 29 29 1985-86 29 29 1986-87 33 33 1987-88 31 31 TOTAL 122 122
Min 956 1077 1050 1020 4103
Avg 33.0 37.1 31.8 32.9 33.6
FG FGA 151 301 165 318 180 327 211 378 707 1324
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA .502 0 0 .519 0 0 .550 0 0 .558 3 11 .534 3 11
Pct .000 .000 .000 .273 .273
FT 133 131 202 162 628
FTA 175 172 275 212 834
Pct Off .760 -.762 -.735 96 .764 77 .753 173
Rebounds Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl 231 231 8.0 79 1 15 58 63 24 235 235 8.1 97 7 46 59 81 27 186 282 8.5 122 9 53 65 106 25 162 239 7.7 94 5 57 67 96 38 814 987 8.1 392 22 171 249 346 114
Pts 435 461 562 587 2045
Avg 15.0 15.9 17.0 18.9 16.8
2. CLYDE VAUGHAN n 2,033 POINTS No. 42 n 6-4 n 210 n Forward n Mount Vernon, N.Y. (New Rochelle) Year GP 1980-81 31 1981-82 30 1982-83 28 1983-84 31 TOTAL 120
GS ------
Min 447 1081 1067 1146 3741
Avg 14.4 36.0 38.1 37.0 31.2
FG FGA 89 198 199 397 228 478 254 526 770 1599
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA .449 --.501 --.477 --.483 --.482 ---
Pct ------
FT 50 143 157 143 493
FTA 94 200 213 189 696
Pct .532 .715 .737 .757 .708
Off ------
Rebounds Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO 124 124 4.0 30 0 9 27 284 284 9.5 63 0 19 67 258 258 9.2 63 1 19 26 256 256 8.3 61 1 43 64 922 922 7.7 217 2 90 184
Blk Stl Pts Avg 2 7 228 7.4 9 22 541 18.0 6 17 613 21.9 3 18 651 21.0 20 64 2033 16.9
3. LARRY HARRIS n 1,914 POINTS No. 24 n 6-6 n 205 n Forward n Loraine, Ohio (Clearview) Year GP 1974-75 29 1975-76 26 1976-77 27 1977-78 25 TOTAL 107
GS ------
Min ------
Avg ------
FG FGA 90 200 242 475 254 494 217 415 803 1584
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA .450 --.509 --.514 --.523 --.507 ---
Pct FT FTA Pct -- 27 44 .614 -- 90 117 .769 -- 109 133 .820 -- 82 102 .804 -- 308 396 .778
Off ------
Rebounds Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast 96 96 3.3 52 2 25 167 167 6.4 77 4 20 175 175 6.5 81 4 41 131 131 5.2 74 3 37 569 569 5.3 284 13 123
TO ------
Blk Stl Pts Avg 19 -- 207 7.1 24 -- 574 22.1 4 -- 617 22.9 16 -- 516 20.6 63 -- 1914 17.9
Rebounds Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO .693 59 85 144 4.4 45 0 28 50 .597 47 64 111 3.0 60 1 25 42 .690 83 149 232 6.3 73 1 45 87 .740 69 156 225 6.3 60 1 40 88 .670 189 298 487 4.6 178 2 98 179
Blk Stl Pts Avg 20 22 261 7.9 17 21 265 7.2 42 41 668 18.1 30 35 690 19.2 79 84 1194 11.2
4. SAM YOUNG n 1,884 POINTS No. 23 n 6-7 n 215 n Forward n Clinton, Md. (Hargrave Military Academy/Friendly) Year GP 2005-06 33 2006-07 37 2007-08 37 2008-09 36 TOTAL 107
GS Min 3 672 2 637 37 1187 36 1146 42 2496
Avg 20.4 17.2 32.1 31.8 23.3
FG 98 103 254 261 455
FGA 188 225 505 520 918
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT .521 4 21 .190 61 .458 13 42 .310 46 .503 44 115 .383 116 .502 54 145 .372 114 .496 61 178 .343 223
FTA 88 77 168 154 333
5. DON HENNON n 1,841 POINTS
JERSEY RETIRED
No. 10 n 5-8 1/2 n 188 n Guard n Wampum, Pa. (Wampum) Year 1956-57 1957-58 1958-59 TOTAL
GP 27 25 24 76
GS -----
Min -----
Avg -----
FG FGA 225 541 267 654 231 632 723 1827
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA .416 --.408 --.366 --.396 ---
Pct -----
FT 123 117 155 395
FTA 149 140 191 480
Pct .826 .836 .812 .823
Rebounds Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast -- 95 95 3.5 68 2 --- 118 118 4.7 65 0 --- 105 105 4.4 77 1 --- 318 318 4.2 210 3 --
TO -----
Blk Stl Pts Avg -- -- 573 21.2 -- -- 651 26.0 -- -- 617 25.7 -- -- 1841 24.2
Rebounds Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO 19 27 46 1.5 68 2 49 46 33 51 84 2.8 83 3 37 57 28 60 88 3.0 99 0 69 65 13 57 70 2.1 75 0 70 56 93 195 288 2.3 325 5 225 224
Blk Stl Pts Avg 2 17 247 8.0 7 25 496 16.5 4 30 553 19.1 7 37 544 16.5 20 109 1840 15.0
6. JASON MATTHEWS n 1,840 POINTS No. 22 n 6-3 n 180 n Guard n Los Angeles, Calif. (St. Monica) Year GP GS Min 1987-88 31 23 638 1988-89 30 30 884 1989-90 29 29 1092 1990-91 33 30 938 TOTAL 123 112 3552
Avg 20.6 29.5 37.7 28.4 28.9
FG FGA 85 191 144 300 166 361 155 360 550 1212
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA .445 26 58 .448 51 61 .480 66 137 .482 142 158 .460 80 175 .457 141 158 .431 87 197 .442 147 171 .454 259 567 .457 481 548
Pct .836 .899 .892 .860 .878
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1,000-POINT CLUB 7. RICARDO GREER n 1,753 POINTS No. 25 n 6-5 n 220 n Guard/Forward n New York, N.Y. (George Washington/Cheshire Academy, Mass.) Year GP GS Min 1997-98 27 27 967 1998-99 29 28 928 1999-00 28 28 1008 2000-01 33 32 1123 TOTAL 117 115 4026
Avg 35.8 32.0 36.0 34.0 34.4
FG FGA 132 308 144 326 189 407 207 427 672 1468
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA .429 23 90 .256 48 66 .442 8 44 .182 68 97 .464 31 94 .330 97 151 .485 34 120 .283 100 146 .458 96 348 .276 313 460
Rebounds Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO .727 81 100 181 6.7 74 0 117 106 .701 84 105 189 6.5 92 2 73 72 .642 121 154 275 9.8 62 0 90 99 .685 79 164 243 7.4 74 0 93 87 .680 365 523 888 7.6 302 2 373 364
Blk Stl Pts Avg 7 42 335 12.4 11 63 364 12.6 2 49 506 18.1 12 42 548 16.6 32 196 1753 15.0 JERSEY RETIRED
8. BILLY KNIGHT n 1,731 POINTS No. 34 n 6-7 n 200 n Forward n Braddock, Pa. (Braddock) Year 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 TOTAL
GP 24 26 28 78
GS -----
Min -----
Avg -----
FG FGA 205 381 275 530 270 525 750 1436
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA .538 --.519 --.514 --.522 ---
Pct FT FTA Pct -- 95 131 .725 -- 67 89 .753 -- 69 89 .775 -- 231 309 .748
Off -----
Rebounds Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast 276 276 11.5 65 2 56 287 287 11.0 54 0 77 375 375 13.4 70 2 73 938 938 12.0 189 4 206
TO -----
Blk Stl Pts Avg -- -- 505 21.0 -- -- 617 23.7 -- -- 609 21.8 -- -- 1731 22.2
9. SAM CLANCY n 1,671 POINTS No. 15 n 6-7 n 235 n Forward n Pittsburgh, Pa. (Brashear)
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Year GP GS 1977-78 27 27 1978-79 29 29 1979-80 29 29 1980-81 31 31 TOTAL 116 116
Min -1070 1064 1139 3273
Avg 0.0 36.9 36.7 36.7 28.2
FG FGA 155 320 164 348 134 284 203 410 656 1362
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA .484 --.471 --.472 --.495 --.482 ---
Pct FT FTA Pct -- 68 102 .667 -- 119 164 .726 -- 74 132 .561 -- 98 140 .700 -- 359 538 .667
Off ------
Rebounds Def Tot Avg 327 327 12.1 362 362 12.5 321 321 11.1 332 332 10.7 1342 1342 11.6
PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 91 5 37 -- 53 -- 378 14.0 104 6 57 100 27 42 447 15.4 102 7 54 88 50 49 342 11.8 113 7 38 90 40 70 504 16.3 410 25 186 278 170 161 1671 14.4
10. CARL KRAUSER n 1,642 POINTS No. 11 n 6-2 n 200 n Guard n Bronx, N.Y. (Notre Dame Academy) Year GP 2002-03 32 2003-04 32 2004-05 29 2005-06 33 TOTAL 126
GS 1 32 29 33 95
Min 595 1155 1033 1054 3837
Avg 18.6 36.1 35.6 31.9 30.5
FG FGA 60 136 153 377 134 326 157 391 504 1230
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA .441 21 54 .389 51 70 .406 48 144 .333 139 179 .411 54 137 .394 141 188 .402 67 182 .368 113 155 .410 190 517 .368 444 592
Pct .729 .777 .750 .729 .750
Off 12 27 26 26 91
Rebounds Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO 77 89 2.8 66 1 93 64 129 156 4.9 79 2 145 96 114 140 4.8 70 0 170 122 115 141 4.3 92 2 160 103 435 526 4.2 307 5 568 385
Blk Stl Pts Avg 0 34 192 6.0 2 52 493 15.4 2 51 463 16.0 0 53 494 15.0 4 190 1642 13.0
11. BRIAN SHORTER n 1,633 POINTS No. 00 n 6-6 n 230 n Forward n Philadelphia, Pa. (Simon Gratz) Year 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 TOTAL
GP 30 29 33 92
GS Min 30 1046 29 1066 32 837 91 2949
Avg 34.9 36.8 25.4 32.1
FG FGA 204 340 197 370 139 294 540 1004
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA .600 1 2 .532 0 6 .473 0 2 .538 1 10
Pct .500 .000 .000 .100
FT 178 204 170 552
FTA 249 308 221 778
Rebounds Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO .715 110 178 288 9.6 92 4 48 90 .662 97 177 274 9.4 91 0 40 96 .769 76 134 210 6.4 99 1 35 81 .710 283 489 772 8.4 282 5 123 267
Blk Stl Pts Avg 15 17 587 19.6 14 28 598 20.6 16 16 448 13.6 45 61 1633 17.8
12. VONTEEGO CUMMINGS n 1,581 POINTS No. 3 n 6-4 n 190 n Guard n Thomson, Ga. (Thomson) Year GP 1995-96 18 1996-97 33 1997-98 26 1998-99 26 TOTAL 103
2009-10 PITT BASKETBALL
GS Min 12 438 33 1129 26 1042 26 923 97 3532
Avg 24.3 34.2 40.1 35.5 34.3
FG FGA 39 117 189 414 173 406 153 372 554 1309
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT .333 10 42 .238 28 .457 42 105 .400 119 .426 41 130 .315 120 .411 41 124 .331 72 .423 134 401 .334 339
FTA 42 167 173 103 485
Rebounds Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO .667 15 47 62 3.4 35 0 52 36 .713 60 77 137 4.2 100 5 140 129 .694 32 75 107 4.1 74 3 154 115 .699 27 79 106 4.1 76 5 112 84 .699 134 278 412 4.0 285 13 458 364
Blk Stl Pts Avg 6 15 116 6.4 6 85 539 16.3 12 66 507 19.5 11 69 419 16.1 35 235 1581 15.3
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1,000-POINT CLUB 13. DEMETREUS GORE n 1,555 POINTS No. 33 n 6-5 n 210 n Guard/Forward n Detroit, Mich. (Chadsey) Year GP GS Min 1984-85 29 19 593 1985-86 29 29 833 1986-87 33 33 879 1987-88 31 31 817 TOTAL 122 112 3122
Avg 20.4 28.7 26.6 26.4 25.6
FG FGA 114 273 197 355 167 374 167 345 645 1347
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct .418 ---- 40 54 .741 .555 ---- 72 86 .837 .447 11 41 .268 73 94 .777 .484 13 32 .406 56 71 .789 .479 24 73 .329 241 305 .790
Rebounds Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO -- 50 50 1.7 55 1 50 77 -- 110 110 3.8 86 3 78 95 37 88 125 3.8 79 1 107 96 35 74 109 3.5 75 2 65 68 72 322 394 3.2 295 7 300 336
Blk Stl Pts Avg 2 30 268 9.2 9 42 466 16.1 6 29 418 12.7 3 25 403 13.0 20 126 1555 12.7
14. JULIUS PAGE n 1,512 POINTS No. 1 n 6-3 n 191 n Guard n Buffalo, N.Y. (Turner-Carroll) Year GP GS 2000-01 33 25 2001-02 35 35 2002-03 32 32 2003-04 36 36 TOTAL 136 128
Min 888 1201 1028 1281 4398
Avg 26.9 34.3 32.1 35.6 32.3
FG FGA 109 257 157 337 144 295 134 361 544 1250
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct .424 43 126 .341 38 61 .623 .466 57 182 .313 55 68 .809 .488 54 146 .370 49 70 .700 .371 56 170 .329 72 102 .706 .435 210 624 .337 214 301 .711
Rebounds Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO 13 48 61 1.8 52 1 35 39 16 109 125 3.6 46 0 76 57 8 102 110 3.4 58 0 70 50 15 91 106 2.9 52 0 63 51 52 350 402 3.0 208 1 244 197
Blk Stl Pts Avg 5 22 299 9.1 16 16 426 12.2 9 24 391 12.2 14 25 396 11.0 44 87 1512 11.1
JERSEY RETIRED
15. BRANDIN KNIGHT n 1,440 POINTS No. 20 n 6-0 n 190 n Guard n East Orange, N.J. (Seton Hall Prep) Year GP GS Min 1999-00 28 25 937 2000-01 31 26 999 2001-02 35 35 1284 2002-03 33 33 1087 TOTAL 127 119 4307
Avg FG FGA 33.5 85 212 32.2 91 235 36.7 194 454 32.9 122 332 33.9 492 1233
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT .401 26 80 .325 43 .387 33 128 .258 70 .427 93 261 .356 65 .367 57 185 .308 69 .399 209 654 .320 247
FTA 78 115 147 120 460
Pct .551 .609 .442 .575 .537
Rebounds Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO 23 83 106 3.8 83 0 154 98 21 81 102 3.3 81 1 171 95 27 140 167 4.8 87 1 251 112 21 96 117 3.5 76 1 209 101 92 400 492 3.9 327 3 785 406
Blk Stl Pts Avg 10 77 239 8.5 16 69 285 9.2 16 82 546 15.6 13 70 370 11.2 55 298 1440 11.3
16. JERRY McCULLOUGH n 1,342 POINTS No. 5 n 5-11 n 180 n Guard n New York, N.Y. (Rice) Year GP 1991-92 33 1992-93 28 1993-94 25 1995-96 25 TOTAL 111
GS Min 3 651 28 992 24 879 24 815 79 3337
Avg FG FGA 19.7 71 184 35.4 124 322 35.2 93 240 32.6 90 262 30.1 378 1008
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA .386 30 82 .366 73 116 .385 48 164 .293 132 171 .388 36 105 .343 111 153 .344 38 126 .302 118 157 .375 152 477 .319 434 597
Rebounds Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO .629 14 39 53 1.6 76 2 88 64 .772 33 73 106 3.8 82 1 156 90 .725 27 73 100 4.0 63 3 175 92 .752 31 70 101 4.0 79 1 133 61 .727 105 255 360 3.2 300 7 552 307
Blk Stl Pts Avg 9 47 245 7.4 10 64 428 15.3 7 70 333 13.3 11 76 336 13.4 37 257 1342 12.1
TIE-17. BOBBY MARTIN n 1,282 POINTS No. 55 n 6-9 n 235 n Center n Atlantic City, N.J. (Atlantic City) Year GP 1987-88 31 1988-89 30 1989-90 29 1990-91 27 TOTAL 117
GS Min 0 525 30 1001 28 1000 23 635 81 3161
Avg FG 16.9 61 33.4 113 34.5 145 23.5 97 27.0 416
FGA 125 237 270 197 829
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off .488 0 1 .000 85 117 .726 54 .477 0 2 .000 139 205 .678 91 .537 1 5 .200 127 185 .686 79 .492 1 1 1.000 97 134 .724 79 .502 2 9 .222 448 641 .699 303
Rebounds Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 66 120 3.9 76 4 11 35 18 9 207 6.7 139 230 7.7 102 3 21 76 30 25 365 12.2 165 244 8.4 99 3 28 80 34 23 418 14.4 102 181 6.7 105 4 20 60 27 16 292 10.8 472 775 6.6 382 14 80 251 109 73 1282 11.0
TIE-17. SEAN MILLER n 1,282 POINTS No. 3 n 6-1 n 185 n Guard n Beaver Falls, Pa. (Blackhawk) Year GP GS 1987-88 31 27 1988-89 30 30 1990-91 33 33 1991-92 34 34 TOTAL 128 124
Min 1072 1051 989 1034 4146
Avg FG 34.6 86 35.0 80 30.0 100 30.4 97 32.4 363
FGA 186 199 225 235 845
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA .462 58 133 .436 57 67 .402 56 143 .392 74 81 .444 68 156 .436 76 84 .413 57 142 .401 110 126 .430 239 574 .416 317 358
Pct .851 .914 .905 .873 .885
Rebounds Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO 8 52 60 1.9 83 0 180 79 7 50 57 1.9 81 1 181 82 9 53 62 1.9 67 0 159 66 14 68 82 2.4 90 1 224 94 38 223 261 2.0 321 2 744 321
Blk Stl Pts Avg 0 31 287 9.3 1 27 290 9.7 2 17 344 10.4 4 27 361 10.6 7 102 1282 10.0
2009-10 PITT BASKETBALL
147
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1,000-POINT CLUB 19. CHEVON TROUTMAN n 1,274 POINTS No. 2 n 6-7 n 240 n Forward n Williamsport, Pa (Williamsport Area) Year GP 2001-02 29 2002-03 31 2003-04 35 2004-05 29 TOTAL 124
GS Min 4 376 3 699 34 1022 29 894 70 2991
Avg 13.0 22.5 29.2 30.8 24.1
FG 64 135 136 151 486
FGA 115 188 208 267 778
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA .557 3 8 .718 1 6 .654 3 14 .566 6 16 .625 13 44
Pct FT FTA .375 24 51 .167 70 116 .214 69 113 .375 126 177 .295 289 457
Rebounds Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO .471 44 58 102 3.5 57 2 15 19 .603 61 98 159 5.1 80 2 31 45 .611 83 135 218 6.2 86 2 66 70 .712 100 132 232 8.0 76 3 43 63 .632 288 423 711 5.7 299 9 155 197
Blk Stl Pts Avg 12 19 155 5.3 14 39 341 11.0 35 42 344 9.8 25 34 434 15.0 86 134 1274 10.3
20. JARON BROWN n 1,258 POINTS No. 4 n 6-4 n 237 n Guard/Forward n Lexington, Ky. (Bryan Station) Year GP GS 2000-01 33 6 2001-02 35 34 2002-03 33 33 2003-04 36 36 TOTAL 137 109
Min 505 1031 1004 1237 3777
Avg 15.3 29.5 30.4 34.4 27.6
FG 64 131 141 165 501
FGA 139 253 267 338 997
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA .460 3 22 .518 4 24 .528 15 42 .488 14 65 .503 36 153
Rebounds Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO .136 27 50 .540 27 51 78 2.4 59 0 50 57 .167 60 96 .625 91 123 214 6.1 70 0 79 79 .357 57 84 .679 67 99 166 5.0 59 0 64 60 .215 76 116 .655 87 106 193 5.4 81 1 102 83 .235 220 346 .636 272 379 651 4.8 269 1 295 279
Blk Stl Pts Avg 11 33 158 4.8 19 48 326 9.3 20 46 354 10.7 9 65 420 11.7 59 192 1258 9.2
21. LEVANCE FIELDS n 1,247 POINTS No. 2 n 5-10 n 190 n Guard n Brooklyn, N.Y. (Xavierian)
148
Year GP GS Min 2005-06 33 4 715 2006-07 37 37 1094 2007-08 25 23 773 2008-09 36 36 1165 TOTAL 131 100 3747
Avg FG FGA 21.7 77 157 29.6 112 272 30.9 98 258 32.4 130 327 28.6 417 1014
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT .490 32 74 .432 38 .412 52 146 .356 63 .380 28 101 .277 74 .398 47 138 .341 79 .411 159 459 .346 254
FTA 57 83 104 111 355
Pct .667 .759 .712 .712 .715
Rebounds Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO 15 53 68 2.1 27 0 73 37 19 115 134 3.6 49 2 169 70 20 78 98 3.9 37 1 133 45 23 68 91 2.5 47 0 270 71 77 314 391 3.0 160 3 645 223
Blk Stl Pts Avg 1 26 224 6.8 1 39 339 9.2 0 28 298 11.9 2 28 386 10.7 4 121 1247 9.5
22. JEROME LANE n 1,217 POINTS No. 34 n 6-6 n 232 n Forward n Akron, Ohio (St. Vincent-St. Mary) Year 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 TOTAL
GP 29 33 31 93
GS Min 17 711 33 1169 31 1090 81 2970
Avg FG 24.5 95 35.4 187 35.2 154 31.9 436
FGA 202 329 300 831
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA .470 0 0 .568 4 8 .513 0 7 .525 4 15
Rebounds Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO .000 74 113 .655 -- 148 148 5.1 59 5 46 39 .500 144 230 .626 198 246 444 13.5 99 4 73 86 .000 123 200 .615 141 237 378 12.2 99 3 87 91 .267 341 543 .628 339 631 970 10.4 257 12 206 216
Blk Stl Pts Avg 13 23 264 9.1 14 42 522 15.8 7 40 431 13.9 34 105 1217 13.1
23. CURTIS AIKEN n 1,200 POINTS No. 14 n 6-0 n 184 n Guard n Buffalo, N.Y. (Bennett) Year GP 1983-84 31 1984-85 29 1985-86 29 1986-87 31 TOTAL 120
GS Min -- 419 24 864 29 941 29 992 82 3216
Avg FG FGA 13.5 47 129 29.8 98 228 32.4 177 311 32.0 167 360 26.8 489 1028
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT .364 ---- 17 .430 ---- 71 .569 ---- 27 .464 46 117 .393 61 .476 46 117 .393 176
FTA 40 102 48 106 296
Pct .425 .696 .563 .575 .595
Rebounds Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO -- 19 19 0.6 37 1 58 39 -- 52 52 1.8 77 1 123 86 -- 58 58 2.0 69 1 102 74 26 30 56 1.8 62 2 95 48 26 159 185 1.5 245 5 378 247
Blk Stl Pts Avg 0 31 111 3.6 5 47 267 9.2 4 37 381 13.1 3 40 441 14.2 12 155 1200 10.0
24. BOB LAZOR n 1,175 POINTS No. 12 n 6-6 n 200 n Forward n Cannonsburg, Pa. (Cannonsburg) Year 1954-55 1955-56 1956-57 TOTAL
2009-10 PITT BASKETBALL
GP 26 25 25 76
GS -----
Min -----
Avg -----
FG FGA 123 316 189 462 154 389 466 1167
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA .389 --.409 --.396 --.399 ---
Pct FT FTA Pct -- 63 96 .656 -- 117 157 .745 -- 63 100 .630 -- 243 353 .688
Off -----
Rebounds Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast 316 316 12.2 86 5 -289 289 11.6 78 4 -236 236 9.4 56 3 -841 841 11.1 220 12 --
TO -----
Blk Stl Pts Avg -- -- 309 11.9 -- -- 495 19.8 -- -- 371 14.8 -- -- 1175 15.5
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1,000-POINT CLUB 25. JOHN RISER n 1,164 POINTS No. 33 n 6-4 n 200 n Forward n Washington, Pa. (Washington) Year 1954-55 1955-56 1956-57 TOTAL
GP 26 25 27 78
GS -----
Min -----
Avg -----
FG FGA 129 372 135 333 130 341 394 1046
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA .347 --.405 --.381 --.377 ---
Pct FT FTA Pct -- 88 169 .521 -- 135 191 .707 -- 153 206 .743 -- 376 566 .664
Off -----
Rebounds Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast 278 278 10.7 98 9 -213 213 8.5 90 8 -284 284 10.5 94 8 -775 775 9.9 282 25 --
TO -----
Blk Stl Pts Avg -- -- 346 13.3 -- -- 405 16.2 -- -- 413 15.3 -- -- 1164 14.9
TO -----
Blk Stl Pts Avg -- -- 405 16.9 -- -- 328 13.7 -- -- 410 17.1 -- -- 1143 15.9
26. KENT SCOTT n 1,143 POINTS No. 20 n 6-3 n 170 n Guard n Raytown, Mo. (Raytown South) Year 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 TOTAL
GP 24 24 24 72
GS -----
Min -----
Avg -----
FG FGA 178 344 138 291 186 371 502 1006
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA .517 --.474 --.501 --.499 ---
Pct FT FTA Pct -- 49 61 .803 -- 52 63 .825 -- 38 47 .809 -- 139 171 .813
Rebounds Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast -- 51 51 2.1 31 0 --- 56 56 2.3 43 0 82 -- 67 67 2.8 41 0 79 -- 174 174 2.4 115 0 161
27. ISAAC HAWKINS n 1,127 POINTS No. 52 n 6-8 n 210 n Forward n Baton Rouge, La. (Istrouma H.S./Hargrave Military Academy) Year GP 1996-97 30 1997-98 27 1998-99 29 2000-01 32 TOTAL 118
GS Min 2 354 27 1011 29 1029 32 994 90 3388
Avg 11.8 37.4 35.5 31.1 28.7
FG 29 159 149 125 462
FGA 62 294 309 230 895
Total Rebounds Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg .468 0 0 .000 18 27 .667 34 41 75 2.5 45 0 5 24 21 7 76 2.5 .541 1 5 .200 65 95 .684 108 140 248 9.2 85 3 27 61 45 33 384 14.2 .482 1 7 .143 70 104 .673 109 148 257 8.9 80 0 29 75 38 29 369 12.7 .543 1 1 1.000 47 88 .534 92 162 254 7.9 70 1 39 65 39 27 298 9.3 .516 3 13 .231 200 314 .637 343 491 834 7.1 280 4 100 225 143 96 1127 9.6
28. CALVIN SHEFFIELD n 1,115 POINTS No. 21 n 6-0 n 170 n Guard n New Brighton, Pa. (New Brighton) Year 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 TOTAL
GP 23 25 25 73
GS -----
Min -----
Avg FG -- 123 -- 88 -- 161 -- 372
FGA 280 226 363 869
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA .439 --.389 --.444 --.428 ---
Pct -----
FT 129 101 141 371
FTA 168 146 191 505
Pct .768 .692 .738 .735
Rebounds Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast -- 88 88 3.8 70 3 --- 88 88 3.5 55 1 --- 113 113 4.5 66 2 --- 289 289 4.0 191 6 --
TO -----
Blk Stl Pts Avg -- -- 375 16.3 -- -- 277 11.1 -- -- 463 18.5 -- -- 1115 15.3
TO -----
Blk Stl Pts Avg -- -- 343 15.6 -- -- 340 13.6 -- -- 431 17.2 -- -- 1114 15.5
29. BRIAN GENERALOVICH n 1,114 POINTS No. 14 n 6-4 n 210 n Forward n Farrell, Pa. (Farrell) Year 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 TOTAL
GP 22 25 25 72
GS -----
Min -----
Avg -----
FG 127 133 160 420
FGA 281 318 384 983
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA .452 --.418 --.417 --.427 ---
Pct FT FTA -- 89 113 -- 74 95 -- 111 152 -- 274 360
Pct .788 .779 .730 .761
Off -----
Rebounds Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast 203 203 9.2 68 5 -206 206 8.2 68 4 -213 213 8.5 67 2 -622 622 8.6 203 11 --
30. AARON GRAY n 1,109 POINTS No. 33 n 7-0 n 270 n Center n Emmaus, Pa. (Emmaus) Year GP 2003-04 15 2004-05 29 2005-06 33 2006-07 36 TOTAL 113
GS Min 0 88 0 336 33 920 35 1016 68 2360
Avg FG 5.9 11 11.6 49 27.9 170 28.2 204 20.9 434
FGA 20 85 323 361 789
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA .550 0 0 .576 0 0 .526 0 0 .565 0 0 .550 0 0
Rebounds Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg .000 4 7 .571 10 12 22 1.5 13 0 6 3 3 0 26 1.7 .000 28 46 .609 35 47 82 2.8 48 0 20 30 16 5 126 4.3 .000 118 186 .634 121 224 345 10.5 86 2 60 88 49 21 458 13.9 .000 91 166 .548 120 221 341 9.5 91 0 61 55 62 15 499 13.9 .000 241 405 .595 286 504 790 7.0 238 2 147 176 130 41 1109 9.8
2009-10 PITT BASKETBALL
149
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1,000-POINT CLUB 31. DONATAS ZAVACKAS n 1,099 POINTS No. 5 n 6-8 n 238 n Forward n Klaipeda, Lithuania/St. Vincent-St. Mary, Akron, Ohio) Year GP GS Min 1999-00 21 18 573 2000-01 33 25 760 2001-02 33 33 1029 2002-03 31 30 829 TOTAL 118 106 3191
Avg FG 27.3 50 23.0 76 31.2 106 26.7 93 27.0 325
FGA 121 165 249 192 727
Total Rebounds Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO .413 14 42 .333 43 56 .768 47 46 93 4.4 67 4 20 45 .461 41 83 .494 69 84 .821 44 65 109 3.3 95 3 42 53 .426 41 123 .333 114 140 .814 72 105 177 5.4 80 2 63 60 .484 51 115 .443 76 94 .809 46 94 140 4.5 79 3 61 41 .447 147 363 .405 302 374 .807 209 310 519 4.4 321 12 186 199
Blk Stl Pts Avg 2 7 157 7.5 3 16 262 7.9 10 14 367 11.1 3 10 313 10.1 18 47 1099 9.3
32. RONALD RAMON n 1,096 POINTS No. 4 n 6-1 n 185 n Guard n Bronx, N.Y. (All Hallows) Year GP 2004-05 28 2005-06 33 2006-07 37 2007-08 37 TOTAL 135
GS Min 4 732 29 822 0 884 37 1174 70 3612
Avg FG 26.1 62 24.9 81 23.9 97 31.7 101 26.8 341
FGA 171 175 209 260 815
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct .363 43 128 .336 24 31 .774 .463 49 118 .415 54 65 .831 .464 74 164 .451 59 68 .868 .388 67 180 .372 44 62 .710 .418 233 590 .395 181 226 .801
Rebounds Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO 11 36 47 1.7 58 1 52 23 7 39 46 1.4 60 0 73 34 6 60 66 1.8 73 0 81 58 16 79 95 2.6 66 0 133 51 40 214 254 1.9 257 1 339 166
Blk Stl Pts Avg 0 24 191 6.8 1 22 265 8.0 3 20 327 8.8 2 34 313 8.5 6 100 1096 8.1
33. CHRIS McNEAL n 1,067 POINTS No. 24 n 6-7 n 245 n Forward n Richmond, Va. (Oak Hill Academy)
150
Year 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 TOTAL
GP 33 34 28 95
GS Min 0 580 34 1043 28 839 62 2462
Avg FG 17.6 81 30.7 191 30.0 144 25.9 416
FGA 165 388 321 874
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA .491 0 0 .492 4 29 .449 7 14 .476 11 43
Rebounds Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO .000 44 62 .710 60 88 148 4.5 56 1 21 29 .138 106 155 .684 108 202 310 9.1 78 0 30 60 .500 74 106 .698 111 126 237 8.5 70 1 41 56 .256 224 323 .693 279 416 695 7.3 204 2 92 145
Blk Stl Pts Avg 5 16 206 6.2 19 39 492 14.5 18 25 369 13.2 42 80 1067 11.2
34. CARLTON NEVERSON n 1,057 POINTS No. 24 n 6-5 n 190 n Guard n New York, N.Y. (Power Memorial Academy) Year 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 TOTAL
GP 29 29 31 89
GS Min -- 687 -- 1001 -- 1060 -- 2748
Avg FG 23.7 89 34.5 158 34.2 200 30.9 447
FGA 193 307 405 905
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA .461 --.515 --.494 --.494 ---
Pct FT FTA Pct -- 47 60 .783 -- 56 73 .767 -- 60 84 .714 -- 163 217 .751
Rebounds Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO -- 98 98 3.4 80 2 32 50 -- 100 100 3.4 99 5 74 73 -- 115 115 3.7 90 3 96 96 -- 313 313 3.5 269 10 202 219
Blk Stl Pts Avg 14 33 225 7.8 16 78 372 12.8 22 83 460 14.8 52 194 1057 11.9
35. JULIUS PEGUES n 1,050 POINTS No. 26 n 6-3 n 175 n Guard/Forward n Tulsa, Okla. (Booker T. Washington) Year 1955-56 1956-57 1957-58 TOTAL
GP 25 27 25 77
GS -----
Min -----
Avg FG -- 97 -- 102 -- 156 -- 355
FGA 231 233 328 792
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA .420 --.438 --.476 --.448 ---
Pct FT FTA Pct -- 114 163 .699 -- 99 147 .673 -- 127 170 .747 -- 340 480 .708
Off -----
Rebounds Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast 144 144 5.8 100 11 -103 103 3.8 102 9 -130 130 5.2 91 9 -377 377 4.9 293 29 --
TO -----
Blk Stl Pts Avg -- -- 308 12.3 -- -- 303 11.2 -- -- 439 17.6 -- -- 1050 13.6
Rebounds Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO .371 70 101 .693 46 86 132 4.0 54 1 38 51 .538 12 17 .706 8 16 24 4.8 10 0 4 12 .395 61 93 .656 29 62 91 3.1 74 3 29 51 .417 70 85 .824 30 75 105 3.9 7 2 42 43 .409 213 296 .720 113 239 352 3.7 145 6 113 157
Blk Stl Pts Avg 10 25 337 10.2 0 3 63 12.6 5 39 297 10.2 4 21 350 13.0 19 88 1047 11.1
36. ROD BROOKIN n 1,047 POINTS No. 21 n 6-5 n 240 n Forward n Steelton, Pa. (Steelton-Highspire) Year 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 TOTAL
2009-10 PITT BASKETBALL
GP 33 5 29 27 94
GS Min 4 688 0 117 5 689 16 740 25 2234
Avg 20.8 23.4 23.8 27.4 23.8
FG 127 22 101 120 370
FGA 225 41 225 256 747
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA .564 13 35 .537 7 13 .449 34 86 .469 40 96 .495 94 230
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
37. DARELLE PORTER n 1,007 POINTS No. 20 n 6-4 n 200 n Guard n Pittsburgh, Pa. (Perry Traditional) Year GP 1987-88 31 1988-89 30 1989-90 29 1990-91 33 TOTAL 123
GS Min 8 545 23 894 29 1066 26 864 86 3369
Avg FG 17.6 64 29.8 91 36.8 95 26.2 119 27.4 369
FGA 131 227 214 248 820
Total Pct 3FG 3FGA .489 3 12 .401 6 26 .444 14 42 .480 25 61 .450 48 141
Rebounds Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO .250 20 34 .588 21 39 60 1.9 43 0 79 46 .231 52 72 .792 40 95 135 4.5 77 2 141 100 .333 79 107 .738 33 81 114 3.9 89 2 229 100 .410 70 90 .778 52 105 157 4.8 64 0 168 71 .340 221 303 .746 146 320 466 3.8 273 4 617 317
Blk Stl Pts Avg 8 15 151 4.9 14 38 245 8.2 8 54 283 9.8 10 63 333 10.1 40 170 1007 8.2
INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE RECORDS DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORING GAMES CAREER 106 Charles Smith 97 Sam Young 94 Jason Matthews 92 Clyde Vaughan 90 Larry Harris 89 Sam Clancy 89 Ricardo Greer 81 Carl Krauser 81 Brian Shorter 81 Julius Page 80 Brandin Knight 75 Billy Knight 75 Vonteego Cummings 73 Don Hennon 73 Jaron Brown
1984-88 2005-09 1987-91 1980-84 1974-78 1977-81 1997-01 2002-06 1988-91 2000-04 1999-03 1971-74 1995-99 1956-59 2000-04
SEASON 36 Sam Young 34 Sam Young
2007-08 2008-09
33 32 30 30 29 28 28 28 28 28 28 28
Brandin Knight Jason Matthews Charles Smith Jerome Lane Ricardo Greer Clyde Vaughan Clyde Vaughan Clyde Vaughan Billy Knight Charles Smith Brian Shorter Brian Shorter
20-PLUS POINT SCORING GAMES 2001-02 1990-91 1987-88 1986-87 1997-01 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1973-74 1986-87 1988-89 1989-90
CONSECUTIVE GAMES 81 Larry Harris, 3/8/75-3/3/78 58 Don Hennon, 1/31/57-2/3/59 52 Clyde Vaughan, 1/26/82-1/7/84 48 Billy Knight, 12/22/72-3/16/74 48 Brian Shorter, 2/4/89-3/9/90
30-PLUS POINT SCORING GAMES CAREER 23 Don Hennon 12 Billy Knight 11 Larry Harris 5 Clyde Vaughan 4 Brian Shorter 4 Charles Smith 4 Vonteego Cummings 4 Brian Generalovich
1956-59 1971-74 1974-78 1980-84 1988-91 1984-88 1995-99 1961-64
SEASON 9 Don Hennon 9 Don Hennon
1957-58 1958-59
6 5 4 4 4 4 4
Billy Knight Don Hennon Billy Knight Charles Smith Larry Harris Larry Harris Clyde Vaughan
1977-81 1985-86 1971-74 1984-88 2007-09 2003-07 1997-01 1996-01 1961-64 1988-91
1972-73 1956-57 1973-74 1987-88 1975-76 1976-77 1983-84
CONSECUTIVE GAMES 2 Don Hennon, seven times 2 Larry Harris, three times 2 Billy Knight, two times
SEASON 28 Jerome Lane 24 DeJuan Blair 22 Sam Clancy 21 Sam Clancy
1986-87 2008-09 1978-79 1980-81
21 21 20 19 18 17 17 16 16
Billy Knight Jerome Lane Aaron Gray Aaron Gray Sam Clancy DeJuan Blair Sam Clancy Ricardo Greer Billy Knight
1973-74 1987-88 2005-06 2006-07 1977-78 2007-08 1979-80 1999-00 1972-73
CONSECUTIVE GAMES 9 Sam Clancy, 12/29/77-1/25/78 9 J. Lane, 11/29/86-12/29/86 8 Billy Knight, 1/10/73-2/5/73 8 Jerome Lane, 1/25/88-2/22/88 7 J. Lane,11/28/87-12/28/87 7 Sam Clancy, 2/2/78-2/22/78
MOST POINTS SCORED OVER A TWO-GAME STRETCH 76 74 72 70 69
Don Hennon (45-Duke/31-Duquesne) Larry Harris (35-Duquesne/39-Maryland) Don Hennon (41-Geneva/31-Westminster) Don Hennon (38-West Virginia/32-Penn State) Don Hennon (28-Michigan/41-Ohio State)
1956-59 1974-78 1971-74 1980-84 1984-88 1995-99 1988-91 2005-09 1997-01 1987-91 1984-88
SEASON 20 Don Hennon 19 Larry Harris 18 Billy Knight 17 Larry Harris 17 Don Hennon
1958-59 1976-77 1972-73 1975-76 1957-58
40-PLUS SCORING GAMES
10-PLUS REBOUND GAMES CAREER 78 Sam Clancy 53 Jerome Lane 50 Billy Knight 42 Charles Smith 41 DeJuan Blair 39 Aaron Gray 38 Ricardo Greer 35 Isaac Hawkins 34 Brian Generalovich 33 Brian Shorter
CAREER 52 Don Hennon 50 Larry Harris 49 Billy Knight 48 Clyde Vaughan 41 Charles Smith 33 Vonteego Cummings 33 Brian Shorter 32 Sam Young 27 Ricardo Greer 26 Jason Matthews 22 Demetreus Gore
1956-57 1976-77 1958-59 1956-57 1958-59
CAREER 3 Don Hennon
1956-59
10-PLUS ASSIST GAMES CAREER 13 Darelle Porter 11 Brandin Knight 9 Levance Fields 6 Jerry McCullough 6 Sean Miller
1987-91 1999-03 2005-09 1991-96 1987-88
SEASON 9 Levance Fields 9 Darelle Porter 5 Jerry McCullough 5 Brandin Knight
2008-09 1989-90 1993-94 2001-02
20-PLUS REBOUND GAMES CAREER 3 DeJuan Blair 3 Jerome Lane 2 Billy Knight
2007-09 1985-88 1971-74
SEASON 2 DeJuan Blair 2 Jerome Lane
2008-09 1987-88
17 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15
Clyde Vaughan Billy Knight Clyde Vaughan Sam Young Sam Young Brian Shorter Charles Smith Don Hennon Billy Knight
1982-83 1973-74 1983-84 2008-09 2007-08 1989-90 1986-87 1956-57 1971-72
CONSECUTIVE GAMES 12 Don Hennon, 2/22/58-12/29/58 11 Don Hennon, 2/1957-12/1958 9 Billy Knight, 1/27/73-2/24/73 8 Clyde Vaughan,2/26/83-12/5/83 7 Larry Harris, 12/4/76-12/29/76 6 Larry Harris, 1/21/76-2/4/76 6 Brian Shorter, 1989-90
DOUBLE-DOUBLES CAREER 66 Sam Clancy 50 Billy Knight 46 Jerome Lane 42 Charles Smith 35 DeJuan Blair 35 Ricardo Greer 32 Brian Generalovich 33 Aaron Gray 31 Brian Shorter
1977-81 1971-72 1985-88 1984-88 2007-09 1997-01 1961-64 2003-07 1988-91
SEASON 26 Jerome Lane 21 DeJuan Blair 21 Billy Knight 20 Sam Clancy 18 Aaron Gray 18 Sam Clancy 17 Jerome Lane
1986-87 2008-09 1973-74 1978-79 2003-06 1980-81 1987-88
POINTS-ASSISTS 8 Levance Fields 6 Brandin Knight 6 Jerry McCullough
2005-09 1999-03 1991-96
CONSECUTIVE GAMES 11 Billy Knight, 12/15/73-1/27/74 8 Jerome Lane, 2/7/87-3/6/87 8 Jerome Lane, 12/8/86-12/29/86 7 Sam Clancy, 2/2/78-2/22/78 6 Jerome Lane, 1/3/87-1/17/87
MOST REBOUNDS OVER A TWO/THREE GAME STRETCH TWO-GAME STRETCH 41 DeJuan Blair (23-Connecticut/18-DePaul) 38 Jerome Lane (21-Connecticut/17-Villanova) 37 Jerome Lane (21-Florida/16-Georgetown) 37 Jerome Lane (19-Chicago State/18-St. John’s)
2008-09 1986-87 1986-87 1986-87
THREE-GAME STRETCH 56 Jerome Lane (21-Connecticut/17-Villanova/18-St. John’s) 49 DeJuan Blair (23-Connecticut/18-DePaul/8-Providence)
1986-87 2008-09
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FIELD GOAL LEADERS SINGLE GAME RECORDS FIELD GOALS MADE 20 Don Hennon vs. Duke
12/21/57
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 42 Don Hennon vs. Duke
1/21/57
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (Min.: 10 FGA) 1.00 Brian Shorter (11-11) vs. Providence
2/11/90
Isaac Hawkins ranks 10th at Pitt in career field goal percentage. During his career from 1996-2001, Hawkins connected on 51.6 percent of his field goals.
CLASS RECORDS FIELD GOALS MADE Freshman: 155, Sam Clancy, 1977-78. Sophomore: 226, DeJuan Blair, 2008-09. Junior: 275, Billy Knight, 1972-73. Senior: 270, Billy Knight, 1973-74. FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS Freshman: 320, Sam Clancy, 1977-78. Sophomore: 541, Don Hennon, 1956-57. Junior: 654, Don Hennon, 1957-58. Senior: 632, Don Hennon, 1958-59. FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (Min. 125 FGM) Freshman: .564, Rod Brookin, 1986-87. Sophomore: .718, Chevon Troutman, 2002-03. Junior: .654, Chevon Troutman, 2003-04. Senior: .608, Ontario Lett, 2002-03.
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SEASON RECORDS FIELD GOALS MADE FGM Player (GP) 275 Billy Knight (26) 270 Billy Knight (28) 267 Don Hennon (25) 261 Sam Young (36) 254 Sam Young (37) 254 Larry Harris (27) 254 Clyde Vaughan (31) 242 Larry Harris (26) 231 Don Hennon (24) 228 Clyde Vaughan (28) 226 DeJuan Blair (35) 225 Don Hennon (27) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS FGA Player (GP) 654 Don Hennon (25) 632 Don Hennon (24) 541 Don Hennon (27) 530 Billy Knight (26) 526 Clyde Vaughan (31) 525 Billy Knight (28) 520 Sam Young (36) 510 Ed Pavlick (26) 505 Sam Young (37) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (Minimum Pct. Player (FGM-A) .600 Brian Shorter (204-340) .593 DeJuan Blair (226-381) .580 Chris Taft (159-274) .569 Curtis Aiken (177-311) .568 Jerome Lane (187-329) .568 Eric Mobley (155-273) .566 Chevon Troutman (151-267) .565 Aaron Gray (204-361) .564 Rod Brookin (127-225) .558 Charles Smith (211-378) .555 Demetreus Gore (197-355)
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CAREER RECORDS Year 1972-73 1973-74 1957-58 2008-09 2007-08 1976-77 1983-84 1975-76 1958-59 1982-83 2008-09 1956-57 Year 1957-58 1958-59 1956-57 1972-73 1983-84 1973-74 2008-09 1954-55 2007-08 5 FGM/G) Year 1988-89 2008-09 2004-05 1985-86 1986-87 1993-94 2004-05 2006-07 1986-87 1987-88 1985-86
FIELD GOALS MADE FGM Player (GP) 803 Larry Harris (107) 770 Clyde Vaughan (120) 750 Billy Knight (78) 723 Don Hennon (76) 716 Sam Young (143) 707 Charles Smith (122) 672 Ricardo Greer (117) 656 Sam Clancy (116) 645 Demetreus Gore (122) 554 Vonteego Cummings (103) 550 Jason Matthews (123)
Year 1974-78 1980-84 1971-74 1956-59 2005-09 1984-88 1997-01 1977-81 1984-88 1995-99 1987-91
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS FGA Player (GP) 1827 Don Hennon (76) 1599 Clyde Vaughan (120) 1584 Larry Harris (107) 1468 Ricardo Greer (117) 1438 Sam Young (143) 1436 Billy Knight (78) 1362 Sam Clancy (116) 1347 Demetreus Gore (122) 1324 Charles Smith (122) 1309 Vonteego Cummings (103)
Year 1956-58 1980-83 1974-77 1997-00 2005-09 1971-73 1977-80 1984-87 1984-87 1995-98
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (Minimum 400 FGA) Pct. Player (FGM-A) Year .625 Chevon Troutman (486-778) 2001-05 .589 Ontario Lett (245-416) 2001-03 .569 Chris Taft (321-564) 2003-05 .568 DeJuan Blair (394-694) 2007-09 .557 Eric Mobley (371-666) 1991-94 .550 Aaron Gray (434-789) 2003-07 .538 Brian Shorter (540-1004) 1988-91 .534 Charles Smith (707-1324) 1984-88 .525 Jerome Lane (436-831) 1985-88 .522 Billy Knight (750-1436) 1971-74 .516 Isaac Hawkins (462-895) 1996-01
ANNUAL FIELD GOAL PCT. LEADERS (Minimum 100 Field Goal Attempts) Year Player FG FGA Pct. 1948-49 .. Sam David ................ 145 .. 330 ... .439 1949-50 .. George Hromanik ......... 44 .. 108 ... .407 1950-51 .. Michael Belich .......... 161 .. 463 ... .348 1951-52 .. Michael Zernich ........ 115 1952-53 .. Don Virostek .............. 108 1953-54 .. Clarence Burch ......... 110 1954-55 .. Ed Pavlick .................. 214 1955-56 .. Julius Pegues .............. 91
.. 278 ... .414 .. 263 ... .411 .. 284 ... .387 .. 510 ... .419 .. 231 ... .420
1956-57 .. Julius Pegues ............ 102 1958-59 .. Chuck Hursh ............... 80 1958-59 .. John Mills .................... 50 1959-60 .. John Fridley .............. 120 1960-61 .. Don Steinhart .............. 69
.. 233 ... .437 .. 190 ... .495 .. 106 ... .472 .. 268 ... .448 .. 170 ... .406
1962-62 .. Dave Sauer ................. 90 1992-63 .. Dave Roman ............. 146 1963-64 .. Dave Roman ............. 120 1964-65 .. Daryle Ruby ............... 140 1965-66 .. Ken Bollens ................. 50
.. 196 ... .459 .. 286 ... .511 .. 259 ... .463 .. 321 ... .436 .. 101 ... .495
1966-67 .. Len Kalata .................. 95 1967-68 .. Ken Bollens ................. 62 1968-69 .. Jerry Causer ................ 71 1969-70 .. Paul O'Gorek ............. 107 1970-71 .. Bill Downes ................. 73
.. 231 ... .411 .. 130 ... .477 .. 166 ... .421 .. 239 ... .447 .. 125 ... .584
1971-72 .. Billy Knight ................ 205 1972-73 .. Billy Knight ................ 275 1973-74 .. Billy Knight ................ 270 1974-75 .. Kirk Bruce ................. 224 1975-76 .. Larry Harris ................ 242
.. 381 ... .538 .. 530 ... .518 .. 525 ... .514 .. 449 ... .499 .. 475 ... .509
1976-77 .. Larry Harris ................ 254 1977-78 .. Larry Harris ................ 217 1978-79 .. Wayne Williams ......... 108 1979-80 .. Carlton Neverson ....... 158 1980-81 .. Sam Clancy .............. 203
.. 494 ... .494 .. 415 ... .523 .. 220 ... .491 .. 307 ... .515 .. 410 ... .495
1981-82 .. Andre Williams ............ 75 1982-83 .. Trent Johnson ............. 96 1983-84 .. Andre Williams ............ 86 1984-85 .. Keith Armstrong .......... 86 1985-86 .. Curtis Aiken .............. 177
.. 138 ... .543 .. 194 ... .495 .. 170 ... .507 .. 153 ... .562 .. 311 ... .569
1986-87 .. Jerome Lane ............. 187 1987-88 .. Charles Smith ........... 211 1988-89 .. Brian Shorter ............. 204 1989-90 .. Bobby Martin ............. 145 1990-91 .. Bobby Martin ............... 97
.. 329 ... .568 .. 378 ... .558 .. 340 ... .600 .. 270 ... .537 .. 197 ... .492
1991-92 .. Darren Morningstar ..... 164 1992-93 .. Eric Mobley ............... 117 1993-94 .. Eric Mobley ............... 155 1994-95 .. Jamie Peterson ......... 153 1995-96 .. Chad Varga ............... 132
.. 326 ... .503 .. 216 ... .542 .. 273 ... .568 .. 298 ... .513 .. 270 ... .489
1996-97 .. Gerald Jordan ............. 81 1997-98 .. Isaac Hawkins ........... 159 1998-99 .. Isaac Hawkins ........... 149 1999-00 .. Chris Seabrooks ........ 128 2000-01 .. Isaac Hawkins ........... 125
.. 152 ... .533 .. 294 ... .541 .. 309 ... .482 .. 242 ... .529 .. 230 ... .543
2001-02 .. Ontario Lett ............... 118 2002-03 .. Chevon Troutman ..... 135 2003-04 .. Chevon Troutman ..... 136 2004-05 .. Chris Taft .................. 159 2005-06 .. Aaron Gray ................ 170
.. 207 ... .570 .. 188 ... .718 .. 208 ... .654 .. 274 ... .580 .. 323 ... .526
2006-07 .. Aaron Gray ................ 204 .. 361 ... .565 2007-08 .. DeJuan Blair ............. 168 .. 313 ... .537 2008-09 .. DeJuan Blair ............. 226 .. 381 ... .593
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL LEADERS ANNUAL THREE POINT PCT. LEADERS
SINGLE GAME RECORDS THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE 8 Andre Alridge vs. Georgia 8 Jason Maile vs. Villanova
12/17/94 2/12/97
THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 15 Andre Alridge vs. Georgia 14 Jarrett Lockhart at Seton Hall 14 Jarrett Lockhart at Notre Dame 14 Jason Matthews vs. Providence
12/17/94 3/1/98 1/22/00 3/3/90
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (Min.: 6 FGA) 1.00 Sean Miller (6-6) vs. Seton Hall 1.00 Sean Miller (6-6) vs. St. Francis (Pa.)
2/11/91 12/2/87
CLASS RECORDS THREE-POINT FG MADE Freshman: 58, Sean Miller, 1987-88. Sophomore: 66, Jason Matthews, 1988-89. Junior: 93, Brandin Knight, 2001-02. Senior: 87, Jason Matthews, 1990-91. THREE-POINT FG ATTEMPTS Freshman: 133, Sean Miller, 1987-88. Sophomore: 182, Julius Page, 2001-02. Junior: 261, Brandin Knight, 2001-02. Senior: 217, Jason Maile, 1996-97.
(Minimum One 3FGA Per Game) Year Player 3FGM 3FGA Pct. 1986-87 .. Curtis Aiken ................ 46 .. 117 ... .393 1987-88 .. Jason Matthews ......... 26 .... 58 ... .448 1988-89 .. Jason Matthews ......... 66 .. 137 ... .482 1989-90 .. Jason Matthews ......... 80 .. 175 ... .457 1990-91 .. Jason Matthews ......... 87 .. 197 ... .442 1991-92 .. Orlando Antigua .......... 15 1992-93 .. Orlando Antigua .......... 14 1993-94 .. Orlando Antigua .......... 47 1994-95 .. Jason Maile ................ 58 1995-96 .. Garrick Thomas ........... 42
.... 36 ... .417 .... 39 ... .359 .. 112 ... .420 .. 142 ... .408 .... 94 ... .447
1996-97 .. Vonteego Cummings ... 42 1997-98 .. Jarrett Lockhart .......... 60 1998-99 .. Kellii Taylor .................. 37 1999-00 .. Donatas Zavackas ....... 14 2000-01 .. Donatas Zavackas ....... 41
.. 105 ... .400 .. 160 ... .381 .. 109 ... .339 .... 42 ... .333 .... 83 ... .494
2001-02 .. Brandin Knight ............ 93 2002-03 .. Donatas Zavackas ....... 51 2003-04 .. Carl Krauser ................ 48 2004-05 .. Antonio Graves ............ 36 2005-06 .. Ronald Ramon ............ 44
.. 261 ... .356 .. 115 ... .443 .. 144 ... .333 .... 78 ... .462 .. 118 ... .415
2006-07 .. Ronald Ramon ............ 74 .. 164 ... .451 2007-08 .. Sam Young ................. 44 .. 115 ... .383 2008-09 .. Sam Young ................. 54 .. 145 ... .372
SEASON RECORDS THREE-POINT PERCENTAGE (Min. 30 3FGM) Freshman: .439, Ashton Gibbs, 2008-09. Sophomore: .494, Donatas Zavackas, 2000-01. Junior: .457, Jason Matthews, 1989-90. Senior: .447, Garrick Thomas, 1995-96.
Jason Maile converted eight 3pointers vs. Villanova (1997) to tie the school’s single-game record.
Jason Matthews (1987-91) ranks among the NCAA top-20 in all-time 3-point percentage (12th at .457) and free throw percentage (18th at .878). Additionally, he heads the Big East career 3point field goal percentage list, converting on 46.6 percent of his treys in league play.
THREE-POINT FG MADE 3FGM Player (GP) 93 Brandin Knight (35) 87 Jason Matthews (33) 85 Jason Maile (33) 80 Jason Matthews (29) 74 Ronald Ramon (37) 68 Sean Miller (33) 67 Ronald Ramon (37) 67 Carl Krauser (33) 66 Jason Matthews (30) 64 Andre Alridge (27) 61 Jarrett Lockhart (28) 61 Jarrett Lockhart (27) 58 Sean Miller (31) 58 Jason Maile (28) THREE-POINT FG ATTEMPTS 3FGA Player (GP) 261 Brandin Knight (35) 217 Jason Maile (33) 197 Jason Matthews (33) 187 Jarrett Lockhart (28) 185 Brandin Knight (33) 183 Andre Alridge (27) 182 Julius Page (35) 182 Carl Krauser (33) 180 Ronald Ramon (37)
CAREER RECORDS Year 2001-02 1990-91 1996-97 1989-90 2006-07 1990-91 2007-08 2005-06 1988-89 1994-95 1999-00 1997-98 1987-88 1994-95 Year 2001-02 1996-97 1990-91 1999-00 2002-03 1994-95 2001-02 2005-06 2007-08
THREE-POINT PERCENTAGE (Min. 1 3FGM/G) Pct. Player (3FGM-A) Year .494 Donatas Zavackas (41-83) 2000-01 .482 Jason Matthews (66-137) 1988-89 .462 Antonio Graves (36-78) 2004-05 .457 Jason Matthews (80-175) 1989-90 .451 Ronald Ramon (74-164) 2006-07 .448 Jason Matthews (26-58) 1987-88 .447 Garrick Thomas (42-94) 1995-96 .443 Donatas Zavackas (51-115) 2002-03 .442 Jason Matthews (87-197) 1990-91 .436 Sean Miller (58-133) 1987-88 .436 Sean Miller (68-156) 1990-91 .431 Zelimir Stevanovic (25-58) 2000-01 .420 Orlando Antigua (47-112) 1993-94
THREE-POINT FG MADE 3FGM Player (GP) 259 Jason Matthews (123) 239 Sean Miller (128) 233 Ronald Ramon (135) 210 Julius Page (100) 209 Brandin Knight (127) 196 Jason Maile (111) 190 Carl Krauser (126) 167 Jarrett Lockhart (103) 159 Levance Fields (131) 152 Jerry McCullough (111) 147 Donatas Zavackas (118) 134 Vonteego Cummings (103)
Year 1987-91 1987-92 2004-08 2000-04 1999-03 1992-97 2002-06 1996-00 2005-09 1991-97 1999-03 1995-99
THREE-POINT FG ATTEMPTS 3FGA Player (GP) 654 Brandin Knight (127) 624 Julius Page (100) 590 Ronald Ramon (135) 574 Sean Miller (128) 567 Jason Matthews (123) 517 Carl Krauser (126) 504 Jarrett Lockhart (103) 500 Jason Maile (111) 477 Jerry McCullough (111) 459 Levance Fields (131)
Year 1999-03 2000-04 2004-08 1987-92 1987-91 2002-06 1996-00 1992-97 1991-96 2005-09
THREE-POINT PERCENTAGE (Min. 1 3FGM/G) Pct. Player (3FGM-A) Year .457 Jason Matthews (259-567) 1987-91 .416 Sean Miller (239-574) 1987-92 .409 Rod Brookin (94-230) 1986-90 .405 Donatas Zavackas (147-363) 1999-03 .395 Ronald Ramon (233-590) 2004-08 .392 Jason Maile (196-500) 1992-97 .386 Orlando Antigua (117-303) 1991-95 .379 Antonio Graves (119-314) 2003-07 .368 Carl Krauser (190-517) 2002-06 .367 Garrick Thomas (108-294) 1992-96 .358 Andre Alridge (110-307) 1992-96 .356 Sam Young (115-323) 2005-09 .337 Julius Page (210-624) 2000-04 .334 Vonteego Cummings (134-401)1995-99
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FREE THROW LEADERS SINGLE GAME RECORDS FREE THROWS MADE 18 Charles Smith vs. Boston College
1/21/85
FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 23 Brian Shorter vs. West Virginia
12/9/89
Sean Miller ranks first at Pitt for his 88.5 percent free throw shooting. Miller also owns three of the top six single-season free throw percentage performances.
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (Min. 14 FTA) 1.000 Jerry McCullough (15-15) vs. Marshall 12/5/92 1.000 Brian Shorter (14-14) vs. Syracuse 1/7/91
ANNUAL FREE THROW PCT. LEADERS (Minimum 50 FT attempts) Year Player FT FTA Pct. 1947-48 .. Sam David ................ 100 .. 138 ... .725 1948-49 .. Sam David ................ 100 .. 149 ... .671 1949-50 .. George McCrossin ....... 41 .... 61 ... .683 1950-51 .. Michael Zernich .......... 68 1951-52 .. Don Virostek ................ 49 1952-53 .. Michael Zernich ........ 113 1953-54 .. Clarence Burch ......... 143 1954-55 .. Ed Pavlick .................. 194
.. 101 ... .673 .... 67 ... .731 .. 174 ... .649 .. 199 ... .719 .. 276 ... .703
1955-56 .. Bob Lazor .................. 117 1956-57 .. Don Hennon .............. 123 1957-58 .. Don Hennon .............. 117 1958-59 .. Don Hennon .............. 155 1959-60 .. Bill Mauro .................... 64
.. 157 ... .745 .. 149 ... .826 .. 140 ... .836 .. 191 ... .812 .... 73 ... .877
1960-61 .. Don Steinhart .............. 56 1961-62 .. Brian Generalovich ...... 89 1962-63 .. Dave Roman ............... 67 1963-64 .. Calvin Sheffield ......... 141 1964-65 .. Bob Lovett .................. 81
.... 77 ... .727 .. 113 ... .788 .... 85 ... .788 .. 191 ... .738 .... 96 ... .844
1965-66 .. Larry Szykowny ........... 73 1966-67 .. Pete Smith .................. 57 1967-68 .. Pete Smith .................. 50 1968-69 .. Mike Caldwell ............. 48 1969-70 .. Kent Scott .................. 49
.... 91 ... .802 .... 67 ... .851 .... 58 ... .862 .... 55 ... .873 .... 61 ... .803
1970-71 .. Kent Scott .................. 52 1971-72 .. Mike Paul .................... 84 1972-73 .. Billy Knight .................. 67 1973-74 .. Billy Knight .................. 69 1974-75 .. Keith Starr .................. 69
.... 63 ... .825 .... 99 ... .848 .... 89 ... .752 .... 89 ... .775 .... 93 ... .742
1975-76 .. Larry Harris .................. 90 1976-77 .. Larry Harris ................ 109 1977-78 .. Larry Harris .................. 82 1978-79 .. Terry Knight ................ 99 1979-80 .. Carlton Neverson ......... 56
.. 117 ... .769 .. 133 ... .819 .. 102 ... .804 .. 121 ... .818 .... 73 .... 767
1980-81 .. Dwayne Wallace ......... 76 1981-82 .. Darrell Gissendanner ... 64 1982-83 .. Andre Williams ............ 62 1983-84 .. George Allen ............... 95 1984-85 .. Chip Watkins ............... 52
.. 100 ... .760 .... 77 ... .831 .... 72 ... .861 .. 119 ... .798 .... 67 ... .776
1985-86 .. Demetreus Gore .......... 72 1986-87 .. Demetreus Gore .......... 73 1987-88 .. Sean Miller .................. 57 1988-89 .. Sean Miller .................. 74 1989-90 .. Jason Matthews ....... 141
.... 86 ... .837 .... 94 ... .777 .... 67 ... .851 .... 81 ... .914 .. 158 ... .892
1990-91 .. Sean Miller .................. 76 1991-92 .. Sean Miller ................ 110 1992-93 .. Brian Bush .................. 45 1993-94 .. Chris Gant ................... 66 1994-95 .. Jason Maile ................ 52
.... 84 ... .905 .. 126 ... .873 .... 58 ... .776 .... 85 ... .776 .... 64 ... .813
1995-96 .. Jerry McCullough ...... 118 1996-97 .. Jason Maile ................ 53 1997-98 .. Ricardo Greer .............. 48 1998-99 .. Ricardo Greer .............. 68 1999-00 .. Donatas Zavackas ....... 43
.. 157 ... .752 .... 66 ... .803 .... 66 ... .727 .... 97 ... .701 .... 56 ... .768
2000-01 .. Donatas Zavackas ....... 69 2001-02 .. Donatas Zavackas ..... 114 2002-03 .. Donatas Zavackas ....... 76 2003-04 .. Carl Krauser .............. 139 2004-05 .. Carl Krauser .............. 141
.... 84 ... .821 .. 140 ... .814 .... 94 ... .809 .. 179 ... .777 .. 188 ... .750
2005-06 .. Ronald Ramon ............ 54 2006-07 .. Ronald Ramon ............ 59 2007-08 .. Gilbert Brown .............. 51 2008-09 .. Brad Wanamaker ........ 53
.... 65 ... .831 .... 68 ... .868 .... 68 ... .750 .... 71 ... .746
CLASS RECORDS FREE THROWS MADE Freshman: 133, Charles Smith, 1984-85. Sophomore: 178, Brian Shorter, 1988-89. Junior: 204, Brian Shorter, 1989-90. Senior: 170, Brian Shorter, 1990-91. FREE THROW ATTEMPTS Freshman: 175, Charles Smith, 1984-85. Sophomore: 249, Brian Shorter, 1988-89. Junior: 308, Brian Shorter, 1989-90. Senior: 276, Ed Pavlick, 1954-55. FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (Min. 50 FTM) Freshman: .851, Sean Miller, 1987-88. Sophomore: .914, Sean Miller, 1988-89. Junior: .905, Sean Miller, 1990-91. Senior: .877, Bill Mauro, 1959-60.
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CAREER RECORDS
FREE THROWS MADE FTM Player (GP) 204 Brian Shorter (29) 202 Charles Smith (33) 194 Ed Pavlick (26) 178 Brian Shorter (30) 170 Brian Shorter (33) 162 Charles Smith (31) 157 Clyde Vaughan (28) 155 Don Hennon (24) 153 John Riser (27) 149 Sammie Ellis (27)
Year 1989-90 1986-87 1954-55 1988-89 1990-91 1987-88 1982-83 1958-59 1956-57 1979-80
FREE THROWS MADE FTM Player (GP) 628 Charles Smith (122) 552 Brian Shorter (92) 493 Clyde Vaughan (120) 481 Jason Matthews (123) 448 Bobby Martin (117) 444 Carl Krauser (126) 434 Jerry McCullough (111) 395 Don Hennon (76) 376 John Riser (78) 371 Calvin Sheffield (73)
Year 1984-88 1988-91 1980-84 1987-91 1987-91 2002-06 1991-96 1956-59 1954-57 1961-64
FREE THROW ATTEMPTS FTA Player (GP) 308 Brian Shorter (29) 276 Ed Pavlick (26) 275 Charles Smith (33) 249 Brian Shorter (30) 230 Jerome Lane (33) 221 Brian Shorter (33) 213 Clyde Vaughan (28) 212 Charles Smith (31) 206 John Riser (27) 205 Bobby Martin (30)
Year 1989-90 1954-55 1986-87 1988-89 1986-87 1990-91 1982-83 1987-88 1956-57 1988-89
FREE THROW ATTEMPTS FTA Player (GP) 834 Charles Smith (122) 778 Brian Shorter (92) 696 Clyde Vaughan (120) 641 Bobby Martin (117) 597 Jerry McCullough (111) 592 Carl Krauser (126) 566 John Riser (78) 548 Jason Matthews (123) 543 Jerome Lane (93) 538 Sam Clancy (116)
Year 1984-88 1988-91 1980-84 1987-91 1991-96 2002-06 1954-57 1987-91 1985-88 1977-81
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (Min. 2.5 Pct. Player (FTM-A) .914 Sean Miller (74-81) .905 Sean Miller (76-84) .899 Jason Matthews (142-158) .892 Jason Matthews (141-158) .877 Bill Mauro (64-73) .873 Sean Miller (110-126) .862 Pete Smith (50-58) .861 Andre Williams (62-72) .860 Jason Matthews (147-171) .851 Pete Smith (57-67)
FTM/G) Year 1988-89 1990-91 1988-89 1989-90 1959-60 1991-92 1967-68 1982-83 1990-91 1966-67
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (Min. 175 Pct. Player (FTM-A) .885 Sean Miller (317-358) .878 Jason Matthews (481-548) .823 Don Hennon (395-480) .808 Mike Paul (198-245) .807 Donatas Zavackas (302-374) .806 Bob Lovett (183-227) .801 Ronald Ramon (181-226) .790 Demetreus Gore (241-305) .783 Terry Knight (177-226) .778 Larry Harris (308-396) .761 Brian Generalovich (274-360)
FTM) Year 1987-92 1987-91 1956-59 1969-72 1999-03 1963-66 2004-08 1984-88 1974-79 1974-78 1961-64
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REBOUND LEADERS SINGLE GAME RECORDS REBOUNDS 26 Don Virostek 24 John Fridley 23 DeJuan Blair 22 DeJuan Blair 21 Billy Knight 21 Billy Knight 21 Jerome Lane 21 Jerome Lane 21 Mel Bennett 20 DeJuan Blair 20 Aaron Gray 20 Bobby Martin 20 Brian Shorter 20 Chris McNeal 20 Gerald Jordan 20 Jerome Lane 20 Mark Blount 20 Paul Kreiger 20 Paul O’Gorek 20 Sam Clancy 19 Aaron Gray 19 Billy Knight 19 Brian Generalovich 19 Brian Shorter 19 Chris McNeal 19 Chuck Hursh 19 Clyde Vaughan 19 James LaValley 19 Jerome Lane 19 Jerome Lane 19 Mel Bennett 19 Chris McNeal 19 Sam Clancy 19 Sam Clancy 19 James LaValley
ANNUAL REBOUND LEADERS
Westminster 1952-53 Carnegie Tech 1/4/61 at Connecticut 2/16/09 Notre Dame 1/31/09 Buffalo 1/20/74 Lafayette 1/26/72 Florida 1/2/88 at Connecticut 2/21/87 at West Virginia 3/7/75 vs. Duke 12/20/07 Marquette 1/28/06 at Georgetown 2/7/90 vs. Northwestern 12/28/88 Boston College 3/3/92 at West Virginia 1/6/96 vs. Vanderbilt 3/20/88 Mount St. Mary’s 12/23/96 Geneva 1/15/63 at George Washington 1/6/71 Duquesne 2/22/78 Connecticut 1/16/07 Syracuse 2/9/74 Princeton 12/31/62 Siena 11/28/88 Boston College 11/20/91 Duke 1957-58 Rhode Island 2/18/82 Duquesne 12/10/66 Chicago State 1/17/87 Boston College 2/14/87 Duquesne 12/6/74 Manhattan 11/20/91 Mercyhurst 1/25/79 Robert Morris 12/4/79 Westminster 2/11/67
SEASON RECORDS REBOUNDS Total Player (GP) 444 Jerome Lane (33) 432 DeJuan Blair (35) 424 Don Virostek (21) 378 Jerome Lane (31) 375 Billy Knight (28) 362 Sam Clancy (29) 345 Aaron Gray (33) 341 Aaron Gray (36) 337 DeJuan Blair (37) 332 Sam Clancy (31) 327 Sam Clancy (27) 321 Sam Clancy (29) 316 Ed Pavlick (23) 316 Bob Lazor (26)
Mel Bennett (1974-75)
Paul Krieger (1962-65)
CLASS RECORDS TOTAL REBOUNDS Freshman: 337, DeJuan Blair, 2007-08. Sophomore: 444, Jerome Lane, 1986-87. Junior: 378, Jerome Lane, 1987-88. Senior: 424, Don Virostek, 1952-53. REBOUNDS PER GAME Freshman: 12.1, Sam Clancy, 1977-78. Sophomore: 13.5, Jerome Lane, 1986-87. Junior: 13.7, Ed Pavlick, 1953-54. Senior: 20.2, Don Virostek, 1952-53.
CAREER RECORDS Year 1986-87 2008-09 1952-53 1987-88 1973-74 1978-79 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 1980-81 1977-78 1979-80 1953-54 1954-55
REBOUND AVERAGE (Minimum 20 GP) Total Player (GP) Year 20.2 Don Virostek (21) 1952-53 13.7 Ed Pavlick (23) 1953-54 13.5 Jerome Lane (33) 1986-87 13.4 Billy Knight (28) 1973-74 12.5 John Fridley (23) 1960-61 12.5 Sam Clancy (29) 1978-79 12.3 DeJuan Blair (35) 2008-09 12.2 Jerome Lane (31) 1987-88 12.2 James LaValley (25) 1966-67 12.2 Bob Lazor (26) 1954-55 12.1 Sam Clancy (27) 1977-78 OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS (Since 1986-87) Total Player (GP) Year 198 Jerome Lane (33) 1986-87 195 DeJuan Blair (35) 2008-09 144 DeJuan Blair (37) 2007-08 141 Jerome Lane (31) 1987-88 DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS (Since 1986-87) Total Player (GP) Year 246 Jerome Lane (33) 1986-87 237 DeJuan Blair (35) 2008-09 237 Jerome Lane (31) 1987-88 224 Aaron Gray (33) 2005-06 221 Aaron Gray (36) 2006-07 202 Chris McNeal (34) 1991-92 193 DeJuan Blair (37) 2007-08
REBOUNDS Total Player (GP) 1342 Sam Clancy (116) 987 Charles Smith (122) 970 Jerome Lane (93) 938 Billy Knight (78) 922 Clyde Vaughan (120) 888 Ricardo Greer (117) 841 Bob Lazor (76) 834 Isaac Hawkins (118) 800 John Fridley (72) 790 Aaron Gray (113) 775 John Riser (78) 775 Bobby Martin (117) 769 DeJuan Blair (72)
Year 1977-81 1984-88 1985-88 1971-74 1980-84 1997-01 1954-57 1996-01 1958-61 2003-07 1954-57 1987-91 2007-09
REBOUND AVERAGE (Minimum 50 GP) Total Player (GP) Year 12.0 Billy Knight (78) 1971-74 11.8 Ed Pavlick (51) 1952-55 11.6 Sam Clancy (116) 1977-81 11.1 John Fridley (72) 1958-61 11.1 Bob Lazor (76) 1954-57 10.7 DeJuan Blair (72) 2007-09 10.4 Jerome Lane (93) 1985-88 9.9 John Riser (78) 1954-57 9.6 Chuck Hursh (77) 1955-58 9.5 James LaValley (70) 1964-67 9.3 Paul Krieger (72) 1961-64 OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS (Since 1986-87) Total Player (GP) Year 365 Ricardo Greer (117) 1997-01 343 Isaac Hawkins (118) 1996-01 339 DeJuan Blair (72) 2007-09 339 Jerome Lane (93) 1985-88 DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS (Since 1986-87) Total Player (GP) Year 814 Charles Smith (122) 1984-88 631 Jerome Lane (93) 1985-88 523 Ricardo Greer (117) 1997-01 504 Aaron Gray (113) 2006-07 491 Isaac Hawkins (118) 1996-01
Year Player Total 1951-52 .. Don Virostek .............. 190 1952-53 .. Don Virostek .............. 424 1953-54 .. Ed Pavlick .................. 316 1954-55 .. Bob Lazor .................. 316 1955-56 .. Chuck Hursh ............. 258
.... .... .... .... ....
GP Avg. 22 ..... 8.6 21 ... 20.2 23 ... 13.7 25 ... 12.6 25 ... 10.3
1956-57 .. John Riser ................. 284 1957-58 .. Chuck Hursh ............. 229 1958-59 .. John Fridley .............. 245 1959-60 .. John Fridely .............. 267 1960-61 .. John Fridley .............. 288
.... .... .... .... ....
27 ... 10.5 25 ..... 9.2 24 ... 10.2 25 ... 10.7 23 ... 12.5
1961-62 .. Brian Generalovich .... 203 1962-63 .. Paul Krieger .............. 260 1963-64 .. Paul Krieger .............. 219 1964-65 .. Bob Lovett ................ 184 1965-66 .. Jim LaValley .............. 200
.... .... .... .... ....
22 ..... 9.2 25 ... 10.4 24 ..... 8.7 23 ..... 8.0 22 ..... 9.1
1966-67 .. Jim LaValley .............. 304 1967-68 .. Mike Patcher ............. 129 1968-69 .. Mike Patcher ............. 208 1969-70 .. Paul O'Gorek ............. 218 1970-71 .. Paul O'Gorek ............. 245
.... .... .... .... ....
25 ... 12.2 22 ..... 5.6 24 ..... 8.7 24 ... 11.1 24 ... 10.2
1971-72 .. Billy Knight ................ 276 1972-73 .. Billy Knight ................ 287 1973-74 .. Billy Knight ................ 375 1974-75 .. Mel Bennett .............. 295 1975-76 .. Larry Harris ................ 167
.... .... .... .... ....
24 ... 11.5 26 ... 11.0 28 ... 13.4 29 ... 10.2 26 ..... 6.4
1976-77 .. Michael Rice ............. 193 1977-78 .. Sam Clancy .............. 327 1978-79 .. Sam Clancy .............. 362 1979-80 .. Sam Clancy .............. 321 1980-81 .. Sam Clancy .............. 332
.... .... .... .... ....
24 ..... 8.0 27 ... 12.1 29 ... 12.5 29 ... 11.1 31 ... 10.7
1981-82 .. Clyde Vaughan .......... 284 1982-83 .. Clyde Vaughan .......... 258 1983-84 .. Clyde Vaughan .......... 256 1984-85 .. Charles Smith ........... 231 1985-86 .. Charles Smith ........... 235
.... .... .... .... ....
30 ..... 9.5 28 ..... 9.2 31 ..... 8.3 29 ..... 8.0 29 ..... 8.1
1986-87 .. Jerome Lane ............. 444 1987-88 .. Jerome Lane ............. 378 1988-89 .. Brian Shorter ............. 288 1989-90 .. Brian Shorter ............. 274 1990-91 .. Brian Shorter ............. 210
.... .... .... .... ....
33 ... 13.5 31 ... 12.2 30 ..... 9.6 29 ..... 9.6 33 ..... 6.4
1991-92 .. Chris McNeal ............. 310 1992-93 .. Chris McNeal ............. 237 1993-94 .. Eric Mobley ............... 237 1994-95 .. Jaime Peterson ......... 262 1995-96 .. Chad Varga ............... 163
.... .... .... .... ....
34 ..... 9.1 28 ..... 8.5 27 ..... 8.8 28 ..... 9.4 26 ..... 6.3
1996-97 .. Mark Blount .............. 198 1997-98 .. Isaac Hawkins ........... 248 1998-99 .. Isaac Hawkins ........... 257 1999-00 .. Ricardo Greer ............ 275 2000-01 .. Isaac Hawkins ........... 254
.... .... .... .... ....
29 ..... 6.8 27 ..... 9.2 29 ..... 8.9 28 ..... 9.8 32 ..... 7.9
2001-02 .. Jaron Brown ............. 214 2002-03 .. Chevon Troutman ..... 159 2003-04 .. Chris Taft .................. 270 2004-05 .. Chevon Troutman ..... 232 2005-06 .. Aaron Gray ................ 345
.... .... .... .... ....
35 ..... 6.1 31 ..... 5.1 36 ..... 7.5 29 ..... 8.0 33 ... 10.5
2006-07 .. Aaron Gray ................ 341 .... 36 ..... 9.5 2007-08 .. DeJuan Blair ............. 337 .... 37 ..... 9.1 2008-09 .. DeJuan Blair ............. 432 .... 35 ... 12.3
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ASSISTS LEADERS SINGLE GAME RECORDS ASSISTS 16 Levance Fields 16 Bob Shrewsbury 15 Carl Krauser 14 Brandin Knight 14 Brandin Knight 14 Darelle Porter 13 Billy Culbertson 13 Cleveland Edwards 13 Cleveland Edwards 13 Darelle Porter 13 Jerry McCullough 13 Pete Strickland 13 Sean Miller 13 Sean Miller 13 Levance Fields 13 Levance Fields 13 Levance Fields 12 Levance Fields 12 Levance Fields 12 Andre Aldridge 12 Darelle Porter 12 Darelle Porter 12 Darelle Porter 12 Darelle Porter 12 Darelle Porter 12 Jeremy Holmes 12 Jerry McCullough 12 Sean Miller
Brandin Knight holds school records for both career assists and career assist average.
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CAREER RECORDS
ASSISTS Total Player (GP) 270 Levance Fields (36) 251 Brandin Knight (35) 229 Darelle Porter (29) 224 Sean Miller (34) 209 Brandin Knight (33) 187 Dwayne Wallace (30) 181 Sean Miller (30) 180 Sean Miller (31) 180 Keith Starr (29) 175 Jerry McCullough (25) 171 Brandin Knight (31) 170 Carl Krauser (29) 169 Levance Fields (37) 169 Billy Culbertson (28) 168 Darelle Porter (33) 160 Carl Krauser (33)
Year 2008-09 2001-02 1989-90 1991-92 2002-03 1981-82 1988-89 1987-88 1974-75 1993-94 2000-01 2004-05 2006-07 1983-84 1990-91 2005-06
ASSISTS AVERAGE (Minimum 20 GP) Avg. Player (GP) 7.9 Darelle Porter (29) 7.5 Levance Fields (36) 7.2 Brandin Knight (35) 7.0 Jerry McCullough (25) 6.6 Sean Miller (34) 6.3 Brandin Knight (33) 6.2 Dwayne Wallace (30) 6.2 Keith Starr (29) 6.0 Sean Miller (30) 6.0 Clarence Burch (22) 5.9 Vonteego Cummings (26) 5.9 Carl Krauser (29)
Year 1989-90 2008-09 2001-02 1993-94 1991-92 2002-03 1981-82 1974-75 1988-89 1951-52 1997-98 2004-05
ASSIST:TURNOVER RATIO (Since 1978-79) Avg. Player (GP) Year 3.80 Levance Fields (36) 2008-09 2.95 Levance Fields (25) 2007-08 2.61 Ronald Ramon (37) 2007-08 2.41 Levance Fields (37) 2006-07 2.41 Sean Miller (33) 1990-91 2.38 Sean Miller (34) 1991-92 2.37 Darelle Porter (33) 1990-91 2.29 Darelle Porter (29) 1989-90 2.27 Sean Miller (31) 1987-88 2.26 Ronald Ramon (28) 2004-05 2.24 Brandin Knight (35) 2001-02
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ANNUAL ASSISTS LEADERS
ASSISTS Total Player (GP) 785 Brandin Knight (127) 744 Sean Miller (128) 645 Levance Fields (131) 617 Darelle Porter (123) 568 Carl Krauser (126) 552 Jerry McCullough (111) 458 Vonteego Cummings (103) 436 Dwayne Wallace (101) 378 Curtis Aiken (120) 373 Ricardo Greer (117) 363 Pete Strickland (104) 343 Billy Culbertson (78) 339 Ronald Ramon (135) 329 Keith Starr (78) 307 Tom Richards (101) 300 Demetreus Gore (122) 295 Jaron Brown (137) 284 Wayne Williams (108) 258 Andre Alridge (77)
Year 1999-03 1987-92 2005-09 1987-91 2002-06 1991-96 1995-99 1978-82 1983-87 1997-01 1975-79 1981-84 2004-08 1972-75 1972-76 1984-88 2000-04 1975-79 1992-97
ASSISTS AVERAGE (Minimum 50 GP) Avg. Player (GP) 6.2 Brandin Knight (127) 5.8 Sean Miller (128) 5.0 Darelle Porter (123) 5.0 Jerry McCullough (111) 4.9 Levance Fields (131) 4.5 Carl Krauser (126) 4.4 Vonteego Cummings (103) 4.4 Billy Culbertson (78) 4.3 Dwayne Wallace (101) 4.2 Keith Starr (78)
Year 1999-03 1987-92 1987-91 1991-96 2005-09 2002-06 1995-99 1981-84 1978-82 1972-75
ASSIST:TURNOVER RATIO (Since 1978-79) Avg. Player (GP) Year 2.89 Levance Fields (131) 2005-09 2.32 Sean Miller (128) 1987-92 2.04 Ronald Ramon (135) 2004-08 1.95 Darelle Porter (123) 1987-91 1.93 Brandin Knight (127) 1999-03 1.88 Billy Culbertson (78) 1981-84 1.80 Jerry McCullough (111) 1991-96 1.53 Curtis Aiken (120) 1983-87 1.49 Antonio Graves (130) 2003-07 1.47 Dwayne Wallace (101) 1978-92
Year Player Total 1970-71 .. Bill Downes ................. 85 1971-72 .. Cleveland Edwards .... 108 1972-73 .. Billy Knight .................. 77 1973-74 .. Tom Richards .............. 98 1974-75 .. Keith Starr ................ 180
GP Avg. .... 24 ..... 3.5 .... 20 ..... 5.4 .... 26 ..... 3.0 .... 28 ..... 3.5 .... 29 ..... 6.2
1975-76 .. Bob Shrewsbury ........ 147 1976-77 .. Pete Strickland ......... 108 1977-78 .. Pete Strickland ......... 110 1978-79 .. Pete Strickland ......... 111 1979-80 .. Dwayne Wallace ....... 103
.... 26 ..... 5.7 .... 25 ..... 4.3 .... 26 ..... 4.2 .... 29 ..... 3.8 .... 24 ..... 4.3
1980-81 .. Dwayne Wallace ....... 137 1981-82 .. Dwayne Wallace ....... 187 1982-83 .. Billy Culbertson ......... 143 1983-84 .. Billy Culbertson ......... 169 1984-85 .. Curtis Aiken .............. 123
.... 31 ..... 4.4 .... 30 ..... 6.2 .... 28 ..... 5.1 .... 31 ..... 5.5 .... 29 ..... 4.2
1985-86 .. Joey David ................ 105 1986-87 .. Mike Goodson ........... 159 1987-88 .. Sean Miller ................ 180 1988-89 .. Sean Miller ................ 181 1989-90 .. Darelle Porter ............ 229
.... 29 ..... 3.6 .... 33 ..... 4.8 .... 31 ..... 5.8 .... 30 ..... 6.0 .... 29 ..... 7.9
1990-91 .. Darelle Porter ............ 168 1991-92 .. Sean Miller ................ 224 1992-93 .. Jerry McCullough ...... 156 1993-94 .. Jerry McCullough ...... 175 1994-95 .. Andre Alridge ............ 156
.... 33 ..... 5.1 .... 34 ..... 6.6 .... 28 ..... 5.6 .... 25 ..... 7.0 .... 27 ..... 5.8
1995-96 .. Jerry McCullough ...... 133 1996-97 .. Vonteego Cummings . 140 1997-98 .. Vonteego Cummings . 154 1998-99 .. Vonteego Cummings . 112 1999-00 .. Brandin Knight .......... 154
.... 25 ..... 5.3 .... 33 ..... 4.2 .... 26 ..... 5.9 .... 26 ..... 4.3 .... 28 ..... 5.5
2000-01 .. Brandin Knight .......... 171 2001-02 .. Brandin Knight .......... 251 2002-03 .. Brandin Knight .......... 209 2003-04 .. Carl Krauser .............. 145 2004-05 .. Carl Krauser .............. 170
.... 31 ..... 5.5 .... 35 ..... 7.2 .... 33 ..... 6.3 .... 32 ..... 4.5 .... 29 ..... 5.9
2005-06 .. Carl Krauser .............. 160 2006-07 .. Levance Fields .......... 169 2007-08 .. Levance Fields .......... 133 Ronald Ramon .......... 133 2008-09 Levance Fields .......... 270
.... 33 ..... 4.8 .... 37 ..... 4.6 .... 25 ..... 5.3 .... 37 ..... 3.6 .... 36 ..... 7.5
CLASS RECORDS TOTAL ASSISTS Freshman: 180, Sean Miller, 1987-88. Sophomore: 181, Sean Miller, 1988-89. Junior: 251, Brandin Knight, 2001-02. Senior: 270, Levance Fields, 2008-09. ASSISTS AVERAGE Freshman: 5.8, Sean Miller, 1987-88. Sophomore: 6.0, Sean Miller, 1988-89. Junior: 7.9, Darelle Porter, 1989-90. Senior: 7.5, Levance Fields, 2008-09. ASSIST:TURNOVER RATIO Freshman: 2.27, Sean Miller, 1987-88. Sophomore: 2.41, Levance Fields, 2006-07. Junior: 2.95, Levance Fields, 2007-08. Senior: 3.80, Levance Fields, 2008-09.
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
BLOCKED SHOTS LEADERS SINGLE GAME RECORDS BLOCKED SHOTS 7 Chris Taft 7 Bobby Martin 7 Carlton Neverson 7 Charles Smith 7 Charles Smith 7 Charles Smith 7 Charles Smith 7 Charles Smith 7 Charles Smith 7 Atila Cosby 7 Charles Smith 7 Mark Blount 7 Sam Clancy 6 Charles Smith 6 Charles Smith 6 Charles Smith 6 Charles Smith 6 Charles Smith 6 Charles Smith 6 Charles Smith 6 Charles Smith 6 Mel Bennett
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SEASON RECORDS 12/20/03 1/20/90 1/21/81 1/2/88 1/20/86 1/29/86 11/28/87 12/29/87 2/9/87 11/13/98 3/11/88 12/4/96 2/18/87 1/12/87 1/2/85 1/22/86 1/24/87 12/13/86 12/28/87 2/19/86 2/7/87 12/14/74
ANNUAL BLOCKED SHOTS LEADERS Year Player Total 1974-75 .. Mel Bennett ................ 70 1975-76 .. Willie Kelly ................... 34 1976-77 .. Michael Rice ............... 16 1977-78 .. Sam Clancy ................ 53 1978-79 .. Sam Clancy ................ 27
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GP Avg. 29 ..... 2.4 26 ..... 1.3 24 ..... 0.7 27 ..... 2.0 29 ..... 0.9
1979-80 .. Sam Clancy ................ 50 1980-81 .. Sam Clancy ................ 40 1981-82 .. Steve Beatty ............... 13 1982-83 .. Keith Armstrong .......... 12 1983-84 .. Keith Armstrong .......... 56
.... .... .... .... ....
29 ..... 1.7 31 ..... 1.3 25 ..... 0.5 24 ..... 0.5 31 ..... 1.8
1984-85 .. Charles Smith ............. 63 1985-86 .. Charles Smith ............. 81 1986-87 .. Charles Smith ........... 106 1987-88 .. Charles Smith ............. 96 1988-89 .. Bobby Martin ............... 30
.... .... .... .... ....
29 ..... 2.2 29 ..... 2.8 33 ..... 3.2 31 ..... 3.1 30 ..... 1.0
1989-90 .. Bobby Martin ............... 34 1990-91 .. Bobby Martin ............... 27 1991-92 .. Eric Mobley ................. 57 1992-93 .. Eric Mobley ................. 52 1993-94 .. Eric Mobley ................. 75
.... .... .... .... ....
29 ..... 1.2 27 ..... 1.0 33 ..... 1.7 28 ..... 1.9 27 ..... 2.8
1994-95 .. Jamie Peterson ........... 70 1995-96 .. Mark Blount ................ 27 1996-97 .. Mark Blount ................ 78 1997-98 .. Attila Cosby ................. 53 1998-99 .. Attila Cosby ................. 43
.... .... .... .... ....
28 ..... 2.5 27 ..... 1.0 29 ..... 2.7 27 ..... 2.0 28 ..... 1.5
1999-00 .. Chris Seabrooks .......... 30 2000-01 .. Isaac Hawkins ............. 39 2001-02 .. Ontario Lett ................. 37 2002-03 .. Ontario Lett ................. 39 2003-04 .. Chris Taft .................... 60
.... .... .... .... ....
28 ..... 1.1 32 ..... 1.2 35 ..... 1.1 33 ..... 1.2 36 ..... 1.7
2004-05 .. Chris Taft .................... 50 2005-06 .. Aaron Gray .................. 49 2006-07 .. Aaron Gray .................. 62 2007-08 .. Sam Young ................. 42 2008-09 .. DeJuan Blair ............... 34
.... .... .... .... ....
29 ..... 1.7 33 ..... 1.5 36 ..... 1.7 37 ..... 1.1 35 ..... 0.9
Charles Smith became just the second player in school history to lead his team in blocked shots over four consecutive seasons from 1984 to 1988. Smith, who blocked 346 career shots from 1984-88, holds 11 of the school’s 14 blocked shot records.
BLOCKED SHOTS Total Player (GP) 106 Charles Smith (33) 96 Charles Smith (31) 81 Charles Smith (29) 78 Mark Blount (29) 75 Eric Mobley (27) 70 Jaime Peterson (28) 70 Mel Bennett (29) 63 Charles Smith (29) 62 Aaron Gray (36) 60 Chris Taft (36) 57 Eric Mobley (33) 56 Keith Armstrong (31) 53 Attila Cosby (27) 53 Sam Clancy (27) 52 Eric Mobley (29) 50 Sam Clancy (29) 50 Chris Taft (29)
CAREER RECORDS Year 1986-87 1987-88 1985-86 1996-97 1993-94 1994-95 1974-75 1984-85 2006-07 2003-04 1991-92 1983-84 1997-98 1977-78 1992-93 1979-80 2004-05
BLOCKED SHOTS AVERAGE (Minimum: 20) Total Player (GP) Year 3.2 Charles Smith (33) 1986-87 3.1 Charles Smith (31) 1987-88 2.8 Charles Smith (29) 1985-87 2.8 Eric Mobley (27) 1993-94 2.7 Mark Blount (29) 1996-97 2.5 Jaime Peterson (28) 1994-95 2.4 Mel Bennett (29) 1974-75 2.2 Charles Smith (29) 1984-85 2.0 Sam Clancy (27) 1977-78 2.0 Attila Cosby (27) 1997-98 1.9 Eric Mobley (28) 1992-93 1.8 Keith Armstrong (31) 1983-84 1.7 Chris Taft (36) 2003-04 1.7 Eric Mobley (33) 1991-92 1.7 Chris Taft (29) 2004-05 1.7 Isaac Hawkins (27) 1997-98 1.7 Aaron Gray (36) 2006-07
BLOCKED SHOTS Total Player (GP) 346 Charles Smith (122) 184 Eric Mobley (88) 170 Sam Clancy (116) 143 Isaac Hawkins (118) 130 Aaron Gray (113) 110 Chris Taft (65) 109 Sam Young (143) 109 Bobby Martin (117) 108 Keith Armstrong (112) 105 Mark Blount (56) 96 Attila Cosby (55) 89 Jaime Peterson (54) 86 Chevon Troutman (124) 78 Orlando Antigua (116) 76 Ontario Lett (68) 75 DeJuan Blair (72) 70 Mel Bennett (29) 64 Toree Morris (98) 63 Larry Harris (107) 55 Brandin Knight (127) 52 Carlton Neverson (89) 50 Jaron Brown (101) 45 Ed Scheuermann (98) 45 Brian Shorter (92)
Year 1984-88 1991-94 1977-81 1996-01 2003-07 2003-05 2005-09 1987-91 1982-87 1995-97 1997-99 1993-95 2001-05 1991-95 2001-03 2007-09 1974-75 2000-03 1974-78 1999-03 1978-81 2000-03 1976-81 1988-91
BLOCKED SHOTS AVERAGE (Min.: 50 games) Total Player (GP) Year 2.8 Charles Smith (122) 1984-88 2.1 Eric Mobley (88) 1991-94 1.9 Mark Blount (56) 1995-97 1.7 Chris Taft (65) 2003-05 1.7 Attila Cosby (55) 1997-99 1.6 Jaime Peterson (54) 1993-95 1.5 Sam Clancy (116) 1977-81 1.2 Aaron Gray (113) 2003-07 1.2 Isaac Hawkins (118) 1996-01 1.1 Ontario Lett (68) 2001-03
CLASS RECORDS BLOCKED SHOTS Freshman: 70, Mel Bennett, 1974-75. Sophomore: 81, Charles Smith, 1985-86. Junior: 106, Charles Smith, 1986-87. Senior: 96, Charles Smith, 1987-88. BLOCKED SHOTS PER GAME Freshman: 2.4, Mel Bennett, 1974-75. Sophomore: 2.8, Charles Smith, 1985-86. Junior: 3.2, Charles Smith, 1986-87. Senior: 3.1, Charles Smith, 1987-88.
Mark Blount became a second-round NBA draft pick after rejecting 78 shots during his sophomore year.
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STEALS LEADERS SINGLE GAME RECORDS STEALS 7 Billy Culbertson 7 Brandin Knight 7 Brandin Knight 7 Carlton Neverson 7 George Allen 7 Kellii Taylor 7 Kellii Taylor 7 Jaron Brown 7 Curtis Aiken 6 Jermaine Dixon 6 DeJuan Blair 6 Carl Krauser 6 Carl Krauser 6 Jaron Brown 6 Billy Culbertson 6 Brandin Knight 6 Chevon Troutman 6 Brandin Knight 6 Calton Neverson 6 Carlton Neverson 6 Chip Watkins 6 Curtis Aiken 6 Dwayne Wallace 6 Jaron Brown 6 Jaron Brown 6 Lennie McMillian 6 Lennie McMillian 6 Pete Strickland 6 Wayne Williams
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LaSalle at Notre Dame at Nebraska St. Francis (Pa.) Robert Morris Navy New Orleans vs. Connecticut Syracuse at Villanova St. John’s Marquette St. Francis (N.Y.) at Seton Hall Duquesne Georgetown vs. Boston College Duquesne Rhode Island Eastern Kentucky Seton Hall Syracuse Rhode Island at Seton Hall Georgetown Rutgers St. Bonaventure St. Francis (Pa.) Duke
ANNUAL STEALS LEADERS 3/16/84 1/22/00 12/11/99 12/29/80 12/12/82 3/12/97 3/12/97 3/13/04 1/26/85 1/28/09 1/11/09 1/28/06 11/29/05 2/15/03 1/14/84 1/26/02 3/12/04 12/20/99 3/6/81 2/4/80 2/22/84 1/26/85 2/22/84 2/15/03 1/26/02 1/10/81 12/2/80 12/10/77 2/10/79
CLASS RECORDS
Year Player Total 1970-71 .. Bill Downes ................. 85 1978-79 .. Wayne Williams ........... 49 1979-80 .. Carlton Neverson ......... 78 1980-81 .. Carlton Neverson ......... 83 1981-82 .. Dwayne Wallace ......... 73
GP Avg. .... 24 ..... 3.5 .... 29 ..... 1.7 .... 29 ..... 2.7 .... 31 ..... 2.7 .... 30 ..... 2.4
1982-83 .. George Allen ............... 43 1983-84 .. Billy Culbertson ........... 68 1984-85 .. Curtis Aiken ................ 47 1985-86 .. Demetreus Gore .......... 42 1986-87 .. Jerome Lane ............... 42
.... 28 ..... 1.5 .... 31 ..... 2.2 .... 29 ..... 1.6 .... 29 ..... 1.4 .... 33 ..... 1.3
1987-88 .. Jerome Lane ............... 40 1988-89 .. Rod Brookin ................ 39 1989-90 .. Darelle Porter .............. 54 1990-91 .. Darelle Porter .............. 63 1991-92 .. Jerry McCullough ........ 47
.... 31 ..... 1.3 .... 29 ..... 1.3 .... 29 ..... 1.9 .... 33 ..... 1.9 .... 33 ..... 1.4
1992-93 .. Jerry McCullough ........ 64 1993-94 .. Jerry McCullough ........ 70 1994-95 .. Jamie Peterson ........... 50 1995-96 .. Jerry McCullough ........ 76 1996-97 .. Kellii Taylor ................ 101
.... 28 ..... 2.3 .... 25 ..... 2.8 .... 28 ..... 1.8 .... 25 ..... 3.0 .... 32 ..... 3.2
1997-98 .. Vonteego Cummings ... 66 1998-99 .. Kellii Taylor .................. 67 1999-00 .. Brandin Knight ............ 77 2000-01 .. Brandin Knight ............ 69 2001-02 .. Brandin Knight ............ 82
.... 26 ..... 2.5 .... 24 ..... 2.8 .... 28 ..... 2.8 .... 31 ..... 2.2 .... 35 ..... 2.3
2002-03 .. Brandin Knight ............ 70 2003-04 .. Jaron Brown ............... 65 2004-05 .. Carl Krauser ................ 51 2005-06 .. Carl Krauser ................ 53 2006-07 .. Levance Fields ............ 39
.... 33 ..... 2.1 .... 36 ..... 1.8 .... 29 ..... 1.8 .... 33 ..... 1.6 .... 37 ..... 1.1
STEALS Freshman: 101, Kellii Taylor, 1996-97. Sophomore: 85, Vonteego Cummings, 1996-97. Junior: 82, Brandin Knight, 2001-02. Senior: 83, Carlton Neverson, 1980-81.
2007-08 .. DeJuan Blair ............... 62 .... 37 ..... 1.7 2008-09 .. DeJuan Blair ............... 54 .... 35 ..... 1.5
STEALS PER GAME Freshman: 3.2, Kellii Taylor, 1996-97. Sophomore: 2.6, Vonteego Cummings, 199697. Junior: 2.8, Jerry McCullough, 1993-94. Senior: 3.0, Jerry McCullough, 1995-96.
STEALS Total 101 85 83 82 78 77 76 76 73 70 70 70 69 69
Player (GP) Kellii Taylor (32) Vonteego Cummings (33) Carlton Neverson (31) Brandin Knight (35) Carlton Neverson (29) Brandin Knight (28) Lennie McMillian (30) Jerry McCullough (25) Dwayne Wallace (30) Brandin Knight (33) Jerry McCullough (25) Sam Clancy (31) Brandin Knight (28) Vonteego Cummings (26)
STEALS Avg. 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3
AVERAGE (Minimum 20 steals) Player (GP) Year Kellii Taylor (32) 1996-97 Jerry McCullough (25) 1995-96 Jerry McCullough (25) 1993-94 Kellii Taylor (24) 1998-99 Brandin Knight (28) 1999-00 Carlton Neverson (29) 1979-80 Carlton Neverson (31) 1980-81 Vonteego Cummings (26) 1998-99 Vonteego Cummings (33) 1996-97 Vonteego Cummings (26) 1997-98 Lennie McMillian (30) 1980-81 Dwayne Wallace (30) 1981-82 Brandin Knight (35) 2001-02 Jerry McCullough (28) 1992-93 Darrell Gissendanner (30) 1981-82 Dwayne Wallace (24) 1979-80
Jerry McCullough is one of two players in Pittsburgh basketball history to lead his team in steals in four seasons. He ranks second on the all-time career steals list with 257 from 1991-96.
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Darelle Porter led Pitt in steals over two straight seasons (1989-91).
SEASON RECORDS
CAREER RECORDS Year 1996-97 1996-97 1980-81 2001-02 1979-80 1999-00 1980-81 1995-96 1981-82 2002-03 1993-94 1980-81 2000-01 1998-99
STEALS Total 298 257 235 202 196 194 192 190 170 169 161 155 134 126 120 116
Player (GP) Brandin Knight (112) Jerry McCullough (111) Vonteego Cummings (103) Kellii Taylor (79) Ricardo Greer (117) Carlton Neverson (89) Jaron Brown (137) Carl Krauser (126) Darelle Porter (123) Dwayne Wallace (101) Sam Clancy (116) Curtis Aiken (120) Chevon Troutman (124) Demetreus Gore (122) George Allen (77) DeJuan Blair (72)
STEALS Avg. 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4
AVERAGE (Minimum 50 games) Player (GP) Year Kellii Taylor (79) 1995-99 Brandin Knight (127) 1999-02 Jerry McCullough (111) 1991-93,95 Vonteego Cummings (103) 1995-98 Carlton Neverson (89) 1978-80 Lennie McMillian (59) 1979-80 Ricardo Greer (117) 1997-00 Dwayne Wallace (101) 1978-81 DeJuan Blair (72) 2007-09 George Allen (77) 1981-83 Carl Krauser (126) 2002-06 Billy Culbertson (78) 1981-83 Darelle Porter (123) 1987-90 Jaron Brown (101) 2000-04
Year 1999-03 1991-96 1995-99 1995-00 1997-01 1978-81 2000-04 2002-06 1987-91 1978-82 1977-81 1983-87 2001-05 1984-88 1981-84 2007-09
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
PARTICIPATION LEADERS SEASON RECORDS
ANNUAL MINUTES PER GAME LEADERS Year 1978-79 .... 1979-80 .... 1980-81 ....
(Since 1978-79) Player Avg. Sam Clancy ................................. 36.9 Sam Clancy ................................. 36.7 Sam Clancy ................................. 36.7
1981-82 .... 1982-83 .... 1983-84 .... 1984-85 .... 1985-86 ....
Clyde Vaughan ............................ 36.0 Clyde Vaughan ............................ 38.1 Clyde Vaughan ............................ 37.0 Charles Smith .............................. 33.0 Curtis Aiken ................................. 32.4
1986-87 .... 1987-88 .... 1988-89 .... 1989-90 .... 1990-91 ....
Jerome Lane ............................... 35.4 Sean Miller .................................. 35.0 Sean Miller .................................. 35.0 Jason Matthews .......................... 37.7 Sean Miller .................................. 30.0
1991-92 .... 1992-93 .... 1993-94 .... 1994-95 .... 1995-96 ....
Sean Miller .................................. 33.4 Jerry McCullough ........................ 35.4 Jerry McCullough ........................ 35.2 Jaime Peterson ........................... 36.4 Andre Alridge .............................. 39.0
1996-97 .... 1997-98 .... 1998-99 .... 1999-00 .... 2000-01 ....
Vonteego Cummings ................... 40.1 Isaac Hawkins ............................. 37.4 Vonteego Cummings ................... 35.5 Ricardo Greer .............................. 36.0 Ricardo Greer .............................. 34.0
2001-02 .... 2002-03 .... 2003-04 .... 2004-05 .... 2005-06 ....
Brandin Knight ............................ 36.7 Brandin Knight ............................ 32.9 Carl Krauser ................................ 36.1 Carl Krauser ................................ 35.6 Carl Krauser ................................ 31.9
2006-07 .... Levance Fields ............................ 29.6 2007-08 .... Sam Young .................................. 32.1 2008-09 .... Levance Fields ............................ 32.4
CLASS RECORDS GAMES STARTED Freshman: 36, DeJuan Blair, 2007-08. Sophomore: 37, Levance Fields, 2006-07. Junior: 37, Sam Young, 2007-08. Senior: 37, by three players MINUTES PLAYED (Since 1978-79) Freshman: 1,072, Sean Miller, 1987-88. Sophomore: 1,201, Julius Page, 2001-02. Junior: 1,284, Brandin Knight, 2001-02. Senior: 1,281, Julius Page, 2003-04. MINUTES PER GAME Freshman: 35.8, Ricardo Greer, 1997-98 Sophomore: 37.4, Isaac Hawkins, 1997-98. Junior: 40.1, Vonteego Cummings, 1997-98. Senior: 39.0, Andre Alridge, 1995-96.
Ricardo Greer, who started 115 career games and starred for the Panthers from 1997-2001, finished his career ranked among the top-10 school leaders in both scoring and rebounding.
CAREER RECORDS
GAMES GP 37 36
PLAYED Player Year 14 tied at 37 2006-07 and 2007-08 Nine tied at 36 2003-04 and 2008-09
GAMES GS 37 37 37 37 37 37 36 35
STARTED Player Year Sam Young 2007-08 Ronald Ramon 2007-08 Levance Fields 2006-07 Mike Cook 2006-07 Levon Kendall 2006-07 Antonio Graves 2006-07 Nine tied at 36 2003-04 and 2008-09 Two players tied at 35
MINUTES PLAYED (Since 1978-79) MP Player 1284 Brandin Knight 1281 Julius Page 1237 Jaron Brown 1201 Julius Page 1187 Sam Young 1174 Ronald Ramon 1169 Jerome Lane 1165 Levance Fields 1155 Carl Krauser 1146 Sam Young 1146 Clyde Vaughan 1139 Sam Clancy 1129 Vonteego Cummings 1123 Ricardo Greer 1112 Mike Goodson 1094 Levance Fields 1092 Jason Matthews 1090 Jerome Lane
Year 2001-02 2003-04 2003-04 2001-02 2007-08 2007-08 1986-87 2008-09 2003-04 2008-09 1983-84 1980-81 1996-97 2000-01 1986-87 2006-07 1989-90 1987-88
MINUTES PER GAME (Since 1978-79) MPG Player Year 40.1 Vonteego Cummings 1997-98 39.0 Andre Alridge 1995-96 38.1 Clyde Vaughan 1982-83 37.7 Jason Matthews 1989-90 37.4 Isaac Hawkins 1997-98 37.1 Charles Smith 1985-86 37.0 Clyde Vaughan 1983-84 36.9 Sam Clancy 1978-79 36.8 Darelle Porter 1989-90 PERSONAL FOULS PF Player 122 Charles Smith 117 Ontario Lett 114 Ontario Lett 113 Sam Clancy
Year 1986-87 2001-02 2002-03 1980-81
DISQUALIFICATIONS (Since 1950-51) DISQ. Player Year 15 John Kendrick 1951-52 12 Michael Zernich 1950-51 11 John Mills 1957-58 11 Chuck Hursh 1956-57 11 Julius Pegues 1956-57
FOUR-YEAR STARTERS Since freshmen were sanctioned to participate in varsity play in 1972-73, only seven players have started all four seasons at Pitt:
Sam Clancy, 1977-81 Demetreus Gore, 1984-88 Charles Smith, 1984-88 Sean Miller 1987-92 Ricardo Greer, 1997-01 Brandin Knight 1999-03 Julius Page, 2000-04
GAMES GP 143 141 137 136 135 131 131 130 128 127 126 124 123 123 123
PLAYED Player Sam Young Tyrell Biggs Jaron Brown Julius Page Ronald Ramon Toree Morris Levance Fields Antonio Graves Sean Miller Brandin Knight Carl Krauser Chevon Troutman Keith Benjamin Jason Matthews Darelle Porter
Year 2005-09 2005-09 2000-04 2000-04 2004-08 2000-04 2005-09 2003-07 1987-92 1999-03 2002-06 2001-05 2004-08 1987-91 1987-91
GAMES GS 136 124 122 119 115 112 112
STARTED (Since 1982-83) Player Julius Page Sean Miller Charles Smith Brandin Knight Ricardo Greer Jason Matthews Demetreus Gore
Year 2000-04 1987-92 1984-88 1999-03 1997-01 1987-91 1984-88
MINUTES PLAYED (Since 1978-79) MP Player 4398 Julius Page 4307 Brandin Knight 4146 Sean Miller 4103 Charles Smith 4026 Ricardo Greer 3837 Carl Krauser 3777 Jaron Brown 3747 Levance Fields 3741 Clyde Vaughan 3642 Sam Young 3612 Ronald Ramon 3552 Jason Matthews 3532 Vonteego Cummings 3388 Isaac Hawkins 3369 Darelle Porter
Year 2000-04 1999-03 1987-92 1984-88 1997-01 2002-06 2000-04 2005-09 1980-84 2005-09 2004-08 1987-91 1995-99 1996-01 1987-91
MINUTES PER GAME (Since 1978-79) MPG Player Year 34.4 Ricardo Greer 1997-01 34.3 Vonteego Cummings 1995-99 34.2 Sammie Ellis 1978-80 33.9 Brandin Knight 1999-03 33.6 Charles Smith 1984-88 32.4 Sean Miller 1987-92 32.3 Julius Page 2000-04 32.1 Brian Shorter 1988-91 31.9 Jerome Lane 1985-88 PERSONAL FOULS PF Player 410 Sam Clancy 392 Charles Smith 382 Bobby Martin 358 Wayne Williams 331 Andre Williams 328 Keith Armstrong
Year 1977-81 1984-88 1987-91 1975-79 1981-85 1982-86
DISQUALIFICATIONS (Since 1950-51) DISQ. Player Year 29 Julius Pegues 1955-58 27 Chuck Hursh 1955-58 25 Sam Clancy 1977-81 25 Keith Armstrong 1982-86 25 John Riser 1954-57 23 Michael Zernich 1950-53
2009-10 PITT BASKETBALL
159
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
160
Year Team 1947-48 PITTSBURGH Opponents
G 21 21
FG 320 375
FGA Pct. 3FG 3FGA -- -- ---- -- ---
Pct. ---
FT FTA 310 499 300 421
Pct. .621 .713
1948-49 PITTSBURGH Opponents
25 25
438 459
1206 .363 — —
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1949-50 PITTSBURGH Opponents
18 18
333 366
1020 .326 — —
1950-51 PITTSBURGH Opponents
26 26
547 593
1951-52 PITTSBURGH Opponents
22 22
1952-53 PITTSBURGH Opponents
PF 443 405
A ---
TO BLK -----
S ---
Pts. Avg. 950 45.2 1050 50.0
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360 599 334 554
.601 .602
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---
---
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509 470
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---
---
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1236 49.4 1252 50.1
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203 353 282 474
.575 .595
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---
---
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403 306
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---
---
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869 48.3 1014 56.3
1745 .313 — —
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---
---
372 599 426 688
.628 .618
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---
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602 503
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---
---
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1466 56.3 1612 62.0
462 458
1404 .329 1387 .330
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---
---
328 556 381 582
.590 .655
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---
542 309 477 233
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---
---
1252 56.9 1305 59.3
23 23
557 523
1670 .334 1567 .334
---
---
---
485 812 529 820
.597 .645
---
-- 1283 55.8 -- 1140 49.6
512 508
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---
---
1579 68.7 1577 68.6
1953-54 PITTSBURGH Opponents
23 23
570 644
1735 .329 1756 .367
---
--
--
498 836 555 819
.596 .678
---
-- 1240 53.9 -- 1235 53.7
530 533
---
---
---
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1638 71.2 1768 76.9
1954-55 PITTSBURGH Opponents
26 26
738 725
2023 .365 1878 .386
---
---
---
553 864 623 974
.640 .639
---
-- 1377 52.9 -- 1306 50.2
599 507
---
---
---
---
2028 78.0 2073 79.7
1955-56 PITTSBURGH Opponents
25 25
680 641
1758 .386 1694 .380
---
---
---
571 841 648 929
.679 .697
---
-- 1210 48.4 -- 1067 42.7
566 501
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---
---
---
1931 77.2 1930 77.2
1956-57 PITTSBURGH Opponents
27 27
751 710
1870 .402 1839 .386
---
---
---
566 825 573 842
.674 .681
---
-- 1174 43.5 -- 1130 41.9
556 501
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---
---
---
2068 76.5 1993 73.8
1957-58 PITTSBURGH Opponents
25 25
715 607
1731 .413 1731 .357
---
---
---
485 723 532 791
.671 .675
---
-- 1136 45.4 -- 1158 46.3
557 507
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---
---
---
1915 76.6 1746 70.2
1958-59 PITTSBURGH Opponents
24 24
624 627
1637 .381 1648 .380
---
---
---
418 603 506 749
.693 .675
---
-- 1076 44.8 -- 1135 47.3
519 433
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---
---
1666 69.4 1760 73.3
1959-60 PITTSBURGH Opponents
25 25
638 689
1617 .395 1715 .402
---
---
---
477 695 438 654
.686 .670
---
-- 1113 44.5 -- 1153 46.1
478 486
---
---
---
---
1753 70.0 1816 72.6
1960-61 PITTSBURGH Opponents
23 23
561 588
1508 .372 1496 .393
---
---
---
435 638 445 670
.682 .664
---
-- 1116 48.5 -- 1094 47.6
471 439
---
---
---
---
1557 67.7 1621 70.5
1961-62 PITTSBURGH Opponents
23 23
614 596
1468 .418 1446 .415
---
---
---
449 611 437 661
.735 .661
---
-- 1007 43.8 -- 1004 43.7
510 435
---
---
---
---
1677 72.9 1629 70.8
1962-63 PITTSBURGH Opponents
25 25
695 551
1615 .430 1494 .369
---
---
---
463 649 493 724
.713 .618
---
-- 1100 44.0 -- 1067 42.7
520 474
---
---
---
---
1853 74.1 1595 63.8
1963-64 PITTSBURGH Opponents
25 25
793 680
1804 .440 1577 .431
---
---
---
458 649 456 702
.706 .650
---
-- 1128 45.1 -- 1136 45.6
527 486
---
---
---
---
2044 81.8 1816 72.6
1964-65 PITTSBURGH Opponents
23 23
611 681
1584 .386 1534 .444
---
---
---
385 524 379 563
.735 .673
---
-- 966 42.0 -- 1143 49.7
429 401
---
---
---
---
1607 69.9 1741 75.7
1965-66 PITTSBURGH Opponents
22 22
559 620
1407 .397 1328 .466
---
---
---
344 501 430 631
.687 .697
---
-- 875 39.8 -- 1111 50.5
472 384
---
---
---
---
1462 66.5 1660 75.5
1966-67 PITTSBURGH Opponents
25 25
599 737
1600 .374 1665 .443
---
---
---
398 597 448 659
.667 .680
---
-- 1178 47.1 -- 1161 46.4
496 426
---
---
---
---
1596 63.8 1922 76.9
1967-68 PITTSBURGH Opponents
22 22
579 654
1494 .387 1328 .492
---
---
---
395 571 455 663
.691 .686
---
-- 1055 48.0 -- 1018 46.3
490 432
---
---
---
---
1553 70.5 1763 80.9
1968-69 PITTSBURGH Opponents
24 24
545 640
1394 .391 1483 .432
---
---
---
363 538 451 660
.674 .677
---
-- 962 40.8 -- 1114 46.4
490 432
---
---
---
---
1453 60.5 1731 72.1
1969-70 PITTSBURGH Opponents
24 24
683 630
1566 .436 1451 .434
---
---
---
358 509 502 717
.703 .701
---
-- 1043 43.5 -- 1027 42.8
512 439
---
---
---
---
1724 71.8 1762 73.4
1970-71 PITTSBURGH Opponents
24 24
725 611
1615 .442 1439 .424
---
---
---
388 561 444 646
.691 .691
---
-- 1103 46.0 -- 990 41.3
502 402 408 —
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---
1938 76.5 1666 69.4
1971-72 PITTSBURGH Opponents
24 24
794 683
1705 .465 1446 .472
---
---
---
366 471 504 718
.713 .702
---
-- 1044 43.5 -- 979 40.8
507 461 383 —
---
---
---
1924 80.2 1870 77.9
1972-73 PITTSBURGH Opponents
26 26
797 704
1772 .444 1678 .418
---
---
---
246 364 399 584
.675 .683
---
-- 1131 43.5 -- 1121 43.2
522 429 447 408
---
---
---
1840 70.7 1807 69.5
1973-74 PITTSBURGH Opponents
28 28
969 760
2012 .482 1796 .423
---
---
---
323 473 315 468
.683 .673
---
-- 1281 45.8 -- 1101 39.3
499 544 556 389
---
---
---
2261 80.8 1835 65.5
1974-75 PITTSBURGH Opponents
29 29
949 836
2083 .456 1875 .446
---
---
---
340 502 398 575
.677 .692
---
-- 1288 44.4 -- 1224 42.2
526 504 545 449
-- 146 -- 73
---
2238 77.2 2070 71.4
1975-76 PITTSBURGH Opponents
27 27
810 714
1794 .454 1549 .461
---
---
---
295 456 465 680
.647 .684
---
-- 1061 39.3 -- 1134 42.0
646 437 511 386
---
80 68
---
1915 70.9 1893 70.1
1976-77 PITTSBURGH Opponents
27 27
804 837
1749 .459 1703 .491
---
---
---
307 446 430 630
.688 .683
---
-- 1016 37.6 -- 1134 42.0
599 465 466 475
---
60 67
---
1915 70.9 2104 77.9
2009-10 PITT BASKETBALL
Off Def Total Avg. -- --- --- --- --
811 36.8 741 33.9
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Year Team 1977-78 PITTSBURGH Opponents
G 27 27
FG 845 787
FGA Pct. 3FG 3FGA 1773 .477 --1754 .449 ---
Pct. ---
FT FTA 411 565 430 610
Pct. .727 .705
1978-79 PITTSBURGH Opponents
29 29
882 797
1795 .458 1637 .487
---
1979-80 PITTSBURGH Opponents
29 29
778 680
1680 .463 1517 .448
1980-81 PITTSBURGH Opponents
31 31
903 768
1981-82 PITTSBURGH Opponents
30 30
1982-83 PITTSBURGH Opponents
Off Def Total Avg. -- -- 1173 43.4 -- -- 1056 39.1
PF A 569 391 553 365
TO BLK -- 122 -- 65
S ---
Pts. Avg. 2101 77.8 2004 74.2
---
---
575 789 436 640
.729 .681
---
-- 1269 43.8 -- 962 33.2
639 393 664 395
465 436
99 205 87 128
2219 76.5 2030 70.0
---
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---
449 686 521 737
.655 .707
---
-- 1122 38.7 -- 1070 36.9
667 380 608 339
524 114 287 621 99 180
2005 69.1 1881 64.9
1981 .456 1647 .466
---
---
---
422 633 499 721
.666 .692
---
-- 1210 39.0 -- 1148 37.0
689 414 584 408
515 108 323 675 81 167
2218 71.5 2035 65.6
810 759
1732 .468 1595 .476
---
---
---
443 643 466 678
.690 .687
---
-- 1003 33.5 -- 1046 34.9
638 427 572 461
461 555
62 262 72 151
2066 68.9 1984 66.1
28 28
707 730
1569 .451 1358 .537
---
---
---
468 646 468 620
.724 .755
---
---
960 34.3 860 30.7
615 330 576 388
421 43 178 448 111 148
1882 67.2 1928 68.8
1983-84 PITTSBURGH Opponents
31 31
795 797
1765 .450 1636 .487
---
---
---
510 731 472 684
.698 .694
---
-- 936 30.2 -- 1039 33.5
637 437 631 477
474 100 252 563 86 181
2100 67.8 2006 64.7
1984-85 PITTSBURGH Opponents
29 29
785 757
1718 .457 1615 .469
---
---
---
481 681 439 636
.706 .690
---
-- 1020 35.2 -- 976 33.7
587 384 590 429
208 124 208 482 113 169
2051 70.7 1953 67.3
1985-86 PITTSBURGH Opponents
29 29
878 751
1761 .499 1639 .458
---
---
---
452 639 500 685
.708 .730
---
-- 1042 35.9 -- 947 32.6
591 449 618 489
433 148 194 163 84 175
2206 76.1 2002 69.0
1986-87 PITTSBURGH Opponents
33 1000 33 930
1965 .509 110 2099 .442 —
295 —
.373 —
662 961 394 570
.689 456 803 1370 41.5 .691 362 591 1050 31.8
690 587 777 509
487 148 195 461 — 169
2782 84.3 2425 73.5
1987-88 PITTSBURGH Opponents
31 31
878 820
1768 .494 115 1887 .434 156
287 403
.409 .387
604 841 406 591
.717 382 705 1181 37.8 .687 368 536 986 31.8
593 566 683 448
503 135 192 470 — 207
2475 79.8 2202 71.0
1988-89 PITTSBURGH Opponents
30 30
761 892
1622 .469 167 1843 .484 148
415 387
.402 .382
679 910 447 644
.746 381 676 1057 35.2 .694 380 646 996 33.2
573 499 714 514
395 74 185 428 130 206
2368 78.9 2379 79.3
1989-90 PITTSBURGH Opponents
29 29
797 890
1652 .482 146 1835 .485 169
354 446
.412 .380
687 945 459 636
.727 372 695 1067 36.8 .722 366 635 1001 34.5
605 466 748 538
451 68 186 422 117 209
2427 83.7 2408 83.0
1990-91 PITTSBURGH Opponents
33 33
903 892
1957 .461 211 1968 .456 180
506 483
.417 .373
741 991 573 799
.748 475 759 1234 37.4 .717 413 710 1123 34.0
687 562 786 479
468 888 211 496 131 204
2758 83.6 2537 76.9
1991-92 PITTSBURGH Opponents
34 34
913 873
2011 .454 148 1996 .437 164
440 504
.336 .325
617 994 563 841
.621 476 834 1310 38.5 .669 448 821 1269 37.3
735 535 777 474
502 146 233 558 128 223
2591 76.2 2473 72.7
1992-93 PITTSBURGH Opponents
28 28
780 768
1717 .454 129 1751 .439 173
409 434
.315 .399
474 717 435 602
.661 460 663 1123 40.0 .723 400 602 1002 35.8
544 423 595 424
456 116 176 411 101 186
2163 77.3 2144 76.6
1993-94 PITTSBURGH Opponents
27 27
746 704
1701 .439 165 1731 .407 153
484 461
.341 .332
450 702 467 671
.641 392 716 1108 41.0 .696 412 692 1102 40.9
541 457 557 393
421 140 214 422 118 198
2107 78.0 2028 75.1
1994-95 PITTSBURGH Opponents
28 28
694 754
1681 .413 225 1610 .468 144
641 433
.351 .333
402 562 449 653
.715 481 604 1085 38.8 .688 381 585 966 34.5
582 408 501 459
584 117 245 514 131 265
2015 72.0 2101 75.0
1995-96 PITTSBURGH Opponents
27 27
680 622
1639 .415 204 1443 .431 149
575 456
.355 .327
384 563 518 754
.682 397 581 978 36.2 .687 370 662 1032 38.2
622 416 498 378
441 97 234 501 102 200
1948 72.1 1911 70.8
1996-97 PITTSBURGH Opponents
33 33
823 771
1961 .420 179 1838 .419 165
537 512
.333 .322
460 714 521 776
.644 496 708 1204 36.5 .671 494 783 1277 38.7
680 449 656 425
583 155 333 665 134 278
2285 69.2 2228 67.5
1997-98 PITTSBURGH Opponents
27 27
745 760
1678 .444 157 1622 .469 164
487 481
.322 .341
340 495 392 582
.687 402 577 .674 383 608
979 36.3 991 36.7
502 396 464 488
465 133 241 457 105 221
1987 73.6 2076 79.2
1998-99 PITTSBURGH Opponents
30 30
758 776
1822 .416 159 1726 .450 156
518 513
.307 .304
342 488 404 611
.701 406 666 1072 35.7 .661 401 726 1127 37.6
557 405 475 478
491 122 338 528 137 244
2017 67.2 2112 70.4
1999-00 PITTSBURGH Opponents
28 28
688 688
1604 .429 174 1597 .431 182
543 510
.320 .357
314 504 318 449
.623 383 662 1045 37.3 .708 317 640 957 34.2
447 459 476 415
465 60 215 419 148 181
1864 66.6 1876 67.0
2000-01 PITTSBURGH Opponents
33 33
820 800
1803 .455 190 1874 .427 195
578 576
.329 .339
417 676 361 534
.617 404 767 1171 35.5 .676 398 726 1124 34.1
566 496 625 451
510 123 234 498 124 219
2247 68.1 2156 65.3
2001-02 PITTSBURGH Opponents
35 35
928 765
1974 .470 220 1937 .395 181
682 628
.323 .288
454 751 422 607
.605 462 883 1345 38.4 .695 389 732 1121 32.0
613 590 691 420
498 157 235 520 122 187
2530 72.3 2133 60.9
2002-03 PITTSBURGH Opponents
33 33
893 682
1766 .506 208 1750 .390 176
572 573
.364 .307
479 748 415 602
.640 368 822 1190 36.1 .689 330 643 973 29.5
591 589 656 375
484 134 271 530 105 200
2473 74.9 1955 59.2
2003-04 PITTSBURGH Opponents
36 36
904 765
1921 .471 150 1984 .386 186
490 603
.306 .308
488 748 315 477
.652 466 854 1320 36.7 .660 441 686 1127 31.3
533 523 671 409
454 169 215 461 102 191
2446 67.9 2031 56.4
2004-05 PITTSBURGH Opponents
29 29
738 647
1567 .471 175 1601 .404 194
462 572
.379 .339
446 677 354 502
.659 414 689 1103 38.0 .705 323 532 855 29.5
496 439 572 400
419 120 189 374 95 154
2097 72.3 1842 63.5
2005-06 PITTSBURGH Opponents
33 33
840 740
1842 .456 206 1849 .400 224
585 647
.352 .346
505 729 378 561
.693 422 859 1281 38.8 .674 341 689 1030 31.2
565 541 653 404
452 128 203 429 116 186
2391 72.5 2082 63.1
2006-07 PITTSBURGH Opponents
37 37
961 824
2035 .472 229 2023 .407 217
599 702
.382 .309
486 735 459 631
.661 445 884 1329 35.9 .727 402 756 1158 31.3
613 647 666 445
441 133 194 453 108 189
2637 71.3 2324 62.8
2007-08 PITTSBURGH Opponents
37 37
997 878
2185 .456 225 2090 .420 239
671 717
.335 .333
512 768 415 595
.667 533 866 1399 37.8 .697 435 804 1239 33.5
598 578 675 465
445 125 251 519 120 178
2731 73.8 2410 65.1
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36 1040 36 831
2173 .479 225 2040 .407 229
639 695
.352 .329
482 713 429 608
.676 533 899 1432 39.8 .706 391 708 1099 30.5
585 633 630 460
436 139 246 461 115 193
2787 77.4 2320 64.4
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TEAM SEASON HIGHS Total 31 31 29 29 28 27 25 25 25 24 23
Year 2008-09 2003-04 2006-07 2001-02 2002-03 2007-08 2005-06 1986-87 1973-74 1987-88 1929-30
Total 1.000 .920 .882 .862 .861 .861 .848 .833 .829 .783 .783
WINNING PERCENTAGE W-L Year 21-0 1927-28 23-2 1929-30 15-2 1915-16 25-4 1973-74 31-5 2008-09 31-5 2003-04 28-5 2002-03 20-4 1930-31 29-6 2001-02 29-8 2006-07 18-4 1933-34
SCORING MARGIN GP Year 33 2002-03 28 1973-74 36 2008-09 36 2003-04 33 2001-02 33 1986-87 25 1962-63 33 2005-06 25 1963-64 29 2004-05 31 1987-88
OPPONENT SCORING AVERAGE Total GP Year 56.4 36 2003-04 59.2 33 2002-03 59.3 22 1951-52 60.9 35 2001-02 62.0 26 1950-51 62.8 27 2006-07 63.1 33 2005-06 63.5 29 2004-05 64.7 31 1983-84 64.8 29 1979-80
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Total FG-FGA Year .509 1000-1965 1986-87 .506 893-1766 2002-03 .499 878-1761 1985-86 .497 878-1768 1987-88 .491 882-1795 1978-79 .482 797-1652 1989-90 .482 969-2012 1973-74 .479 1040-2173 2008-09 .477 845-1773 1977-78 .472 961-2035 2006-07 .471 904-1921 2003-04
OPPONENT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Total GP Year .330 22 1951-52 .334 23 1952-53 .357 25 1957-58 .367 23 1953-54 .369 25 1962-63 .380 24 1958-59 .380 25 1955-56 .386 36 2003-04 .386 27 1956-57 .386 26 1954-55
3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Total 3FG-FGA Year .417 211-506 1990-91 .412 146-354 1989-90 .402 167-415 1988-89 .401 115-287 1987-88 .382 229-599 2006-07 .379 175-462 2004-05 .373 110-295 1986-87 .364 208-572 2002-03 .355 204-575 1995-96 .352 206-585 2005-06 .352 225-639 2008-09
OPPONENT THREE-POINT PERCENTAGE Total 3FG-3FGA Year .288 181-628 2001-02 .304 156-513 1998-99 .307 176-573 2002-03 .308 186-603 2003-04 .309 217-702 2006-07 .322 165-512 1996-97 .325 164-504 1991-92 .327 149-456 1995-96 .329 229-695 2008-09 .332 153-461 1993-94 .333 144-433 1994-95
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE FTM-FTA Year 741-991 1990-91 679-910 1988-89 449-611 1961-62 385-524 1964-65 575-789 1978-79 411-565 1977-78 687-945 1989-90 468-646 1982-83 604-841 1987-88 402-562 1994-95
TOTAL REBOUNDS Off-Def Year 533-899d 2008-09 533o-866d 2007-08 0o-1377d 1954-55 456o-914d 1986-87 462o-883d 2001-02 445o-884d 2006-07 466o-854d 2003-04 476o-834d 1991-92 0o-1288d 1974-75 0o-1283d 1952-53 422-859 2005-06
Total +15.7 +15.3 +12.4 +11.5 +11.4 +10.8 +10.3 +9.4 +9.2 +8.8 +8.8
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TOTAL WINS GP 36 36 37 35 33 37 33 33 29 31 25
Total .748 .746 .735 .735 .729 .727 .727 .724 .718 .715
Total 1432 1399 1377 1370 1345 1329 1320 1310 1288 1283 1281
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Year 2007-08 2006-07 2008-09 2003-04 2001-02 1991-92 1986-87 1990-91 1996-97 2000-01 2002-03
Total 2801 2772 2758 2731 2637 2591 2530 2475 2473 2446 2427
TOTAL POINTS GP 36 33 33 37 37 34 35 31 33 36 29
Year 2008-09 1986-87 1990-91 2007-08 2006-07 1991-92 2001-02 1987-88 2002-03 2003-04 1989-90
Total 84.0 83.7 83.6 81.8 80.8 80.7 80.2 79.8 78.9 78.0 77.8
SCORING AVERAGE GP Year 33 1986-87 29 1989-90 33 1990-91 25 1963-64 28 1973-74 29 1978-79 24 1971-72 31 1987-88 30 1988-89 26 1954-55 36 2008-09
Total 2185 2173 2083 2035 2023 2012 2011 1981 1974 1965 1961
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS GP Year 37 2007-08 36 2008-09 29 1974-75 37 2006-07 26 1954-55 28 1973-74 34 1991-92 31 1980-81 35 2001-02 33 1986-87 33 1996-97
FIELD GOALS MADE Total GP Year 1040 36 2008-09 1000 33 1986-87 997 37 2007-08 969 28 1973-74 961 37 2006-07 949 29 1974-75 928 35 2001-02 913 34 1991-92 904 36 2003-04 903 31 1980-81 903 33 1990-91
FIELD GOALS MADE PER GAME Total GP Year 34.6 28 1973-74 33.1 24 1971-72 32.7 29 1974-75 31.8 25 1963-64 31.3 27 1977-78 30.6 29 1972-73 30.4 29 1978-79 30.3 29 1985-86 30.3 33 1986-87
3-POINT GOALS MADE GP Year 37 2006-07 36 2008-09 37 2007-08 28 1994-95 35 2001-02 33 1990-91 33 2002-03 33 2005-06 27 1995-96 33 2000-01 33 1996-97
3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE PER GAME Total GP Year 8.0 28 1994-95 7.5 27 1995-96 6.7 29 2004-05 6.4 33 1990-91 6.3 36 2008-09 6.3 33 2002-03 6.3 35 2001-02 6.2 37 2006-07 6.2 33 2005-06 6.2 28 1999-00 6.1 27 1993-94
3-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS Total GP Year 682 35 2001-02 671 37 2007-08 641 28 1994-95 639 36 2008-09 599 37 2006-07 585 33 2005-06 578 33 2000-01 575 27 1995-96 572 33 2002-03 543 28 1999-00 537 33 1996-97
FREE THROWS MADE Total GP Year 741 33 1990-91 687 29 1989-90 679 30 1988-89 662 33 1986-87 617 34 1991-92 604 31 1987-88 575 29 1978-79 571 25 1955-56 566 27 1956-57 553 26 1954-55
FREE THROWS MADE PER GAME Total GP Year 23.7 29 1989-90 22.8 25 1955-56 22.6 30 1988-89 22.5 33 1990-91 21.7 23 1952-53 21.3 26 1954-55 20.9 27 1956-57 20.1 33 1986-87 19.8 29 1978-79 19.5 23 1961-62
FREE THROW ATTEMPTS Total GP Year 994 34 1991-92 991 33 1990-91 961 33 1986-87 945 29 1989-90 910 30 1988-89 864 26 1954-55 841 31 1987-88 841 25 1955-56 836 23 1953-54 825 27 1956-57
REBOUND AVERAGE GP Year 23 1952-53 23 1953-54 26 1954-55 23 1960-61 25 1955-56 22 1967-68 25 1966-67 24 1970-71 28 1973-74 25 1957-58
REBOUND MARGIN GP Year 27 1977-78 33 1986-87 36 2008-09 29 2004-05 33 2005-06 33 2002-03 28 1973-74 35 2001-02 23 1952-53 31 1987-88 25 1955-56
FIELD Total 229 225 225 225 220 211 208 206 204 190 179
Total 55.8 53.9 53.0 48.5 48.4 48.0 47.1 46.0 45.8 45.4
Total +10.6 +9.7 +9.3 +8.6 +7.6 +6.6 +6.5 +6.4 +6.2 +6.0 +5.7
OPPONENT REBOUND AVERAGE GP Year 29 2004-05 33 2002-03 36 2008-09 28 1982-83 33 2005-06 37 2006-07 36 2003-04 33 1986-87 31 1987-88 35 2001-02 29 1985-86
Total 29.5 29.5 30.5 30.7 31.2 31.3 31.3 31.8 31.8 32.0 32.6
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Total 647 633 590 589 587 578 566 562 544 541 535
TOTAL ASSISTS GP 37 36 35 33 33 37 31 33 28 33 34
Total 169 157 155 148 148 146 146 140 139 135 134
BLOCKED SHOTS GP Year 36 2003-04 35 2001-02 33 1996-97 33 1986-87 29 1985-86 34 1991-92 29 1974-75 27 1993-94 36 2008-09 31 1987-88 33 2002-03
Year 2006-07 2008-09 2001-02 2002-03 1986-87 2007-08 1987-88 1990-91 1973-74 2005-06 1991-92
Total 19.4 19.2 18.3 17.8 17.8 17.6 17.5 17.4 17.2 17.0 16.9
ASSISTS AVERAGE GP Year 28 1973-74 24 1971-72 31 1987-88 33 2002-03 33 1986-87 36 2008-09 37 2006-07 29 1974-75 27 1976-77 33 1990-91 27 1993-94
BLOCKED SHOTS AVERAGE Total GP Year 5.2 27 1993-94 5.1 29 1985-86 5.0 29 1974-75 4.9 27 1997-98 4.7 33 1996-97 4.7 36 2003-04 4.5 27 1977-78 4.5 35 2001-02 4.5 33 1986-87 4.4 31 1987-88
ASSIST:TURNOVER RATIO Total GP Year 1.47 37 2006-07 1.45 36 2008-09 1.30 37 2007-08 1.26 30 1988-89 1.22 33 2002-03 1.21 33 1986-87 1.20 33 2005-06 1.20 33 1990-91 1.18 35 2001-02 1.15 36 2003-04 1.13 31 1987-88
Total 338 333 323 287 271 262 252 251 246 245 241
TOTAL STEALS GP 30 33 31 29 33 30 31 37 36 28 27
Year 1998-99 1996-97 1980-81 1979-80 2002-03 1981-82 1983-84 2007-08 2008-09 1994-95 1997-98
TURNOVERS FORCED PER GAME Total GP Year 20.1 33 1996-97 18.6 27 1995-96 18.4 28 1994-95 17.6 30 1998-99 16.9 27 1997-98 16.4 34 1991-92 16.1 35 2001-02 15.6 27 1993-94 15.1 33 2000-01 14.9 28 1999-00
Total 11.3 10.4 10.1 9.9 8.9 8.8 8.7 8.7 8.2 8.1
FEWEST TURNOVERS COMMITTED PER GAME Total GP Year 11.9 37 2006-07 12.0 37 2007-08 12.1 36 2008-09 12.6 36 2003-04 13.2 30 1988-89 13.7 33 2005-06 14.2 33 1990-91 14.2 35 2001-02 14.4 29 2004-05 14.7 33 2002-03 14.8 33 1986-87
STEALS AVERAGE GP Year 30 1998-99 31 1980-81 33 1996-97 29 1979-80 27 1997-98 28 1994-95 30 1981-82 27 1995-96 33 2002-03 31 1983-84
TEAM SEASON LOWS Total 869 950 1,236 1,252 1,252
Total 11.8 13.1 13.2 13.4 13.5
TOTAL POINTS GP 18 21 25 22 24
Year 1949-50 1947-48 1948-49 1951-52 1968-69
ASSISTS AVERAGE GP Year 28 1982-83 29 1979-80 29 1984-85 31 1980-81 30 1998-99
Total 45.2 48.3 49.4 56.3 56.9
Total 176 178 185 186 189
SCORING AVERAGE GP Year 21 1947-48 18 1949-50 25 1948-49 26 1950-51 22 1951-52 TOTAL STEALS GP 28 28 30 29 29
Year 1992-93 1982-83 1988-89 1989-90 2004-05
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Total FGM-A Year .313 547-1745 1950-51 .326 333-1020 1949-50 .329 462-1404 1951-52 .329 570-1735 1953-54 .334 557-1670 1952-53
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE Total FTM-A Year .575 203-353 1949-50 .590 328-556 1951-52 .596 498-836 1953-54 .597 485-812 1952-53 .601 360-599 1948-49
STEALS AVERAGE GP Year 37 2006-07 36 2003-04 33 1986-87 33 2005-06 30 1988-89
BLOCKED SHOTS GP Year 28 1982-83 28 1999-00 27 1976-77 30 1981-82 29 1989-80
Total 5.2 5.9 5.9 6.2 6.2
Total 43 60 60 62 68
Total 309 380 384 391 393
TOTAL ASSISTS GP 22 29 29 27 29
Year 1951-52 1979-80 1984-85 1977-78 1978-79
BLOCKED SHOTS AVERAGE Total GP Year 1.5 28 1982-83 2.1 30 1981-82 2.1 28 1999-00 2.2 27 1976-77 2.3 29 1989-90
WINNING STREAKS PITT BASKETBALL STREAKS Longest Win Streak: 22 from 12/4/73-2/20/74; 21 from 1927-1928; 19 from 2/9/29-2/1/30; 18 from 11/14/03-1/17/04; 16 from 11/14/08-1/17/09; 15 from 11/ 19/05-1/21/06; 15 from 2/5/15-1916. Longest Home Win Streak: 40 from 1/22/01-2/29/04; 27 from 12/10/73-12/23/75; 21, 2/27/08-current; 16 from 11/19/05-3/3/06; 14 from 1/31/87-1/25/88; 12 from 2/9/84-1/22/86; 11 from 1/2/64-12/4/65. Longest On-Campus Home Win Streak: 40 from 1/22/01-2/29/04; 25 from 12/10/73-12/23/75. Longest Losing Streak: 10 from 12/7/68-1/22/69; 10 from 2/5/93-3/10/93; 9 from 2/8/68-12/5/69. Longest Home Losing Streak: 7 from 12/12/53-1/9/54; 5 from 1/29/93-2/22/93; 5 from 1/3/95-2/4/95; 5 from 1/25/66-2/26/66. Longest Road Win Streak: 11 from 1927-1929; 6 from 1/4/07-2/24/07; 6 from 2/10/02-12/31/02; 6 from 1929-1930; 6 from 12/4/73-2/16/74. Longest Road Losing Streak: 23 from 2/13/68-2/18/70; 19 from 1949-1951. Longest Season Opening Win Streak: 21-0 in 1927-28; 18-0 in 2003-04; 16-0 in 2008-09; 15-0 in 2005-06; 15-0 in 1915-16; 12-0 in 1929-30; 10-0 in 2006-07; 10-0 in 2004-05; 9-0 in 1987-88 and 9-0 in 2002-03. Longest Season Opening Losing Streak: 6 in 1947-48; 4 in 1954-55; 4 in 1949-50. Most Consecutive Winning Seasons: 9 from 2000-01 to current; 6 from 1983-84 to 1988-89; 5 from 1932-33 to 1936-37; 5 from 1977-78 to 1981-82. Most Consecutive Losing Seasons: 5 from 1964-65 to 1968-69. Most Consecutive NCAA Tournament Appearances: 8 from 2002-current; 3 from 1987-89; 2 from 1957-58; 1981-82. Most Consecutive Postseason Appearances: 9 from 2000-current; 6 from 1984-89; 3 from 1991-93, 1980-82. Consecutive NCAA “Sweet Sixteen” Appearances: 3 (2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04). Consecutive Seasons Advancing to the Big East Tournament: 27 from 1983-2009.
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POSTSEASON HISTORY NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY Appearances: 21; Games: 43; Total Record: 21-22. Date Opponent (Location) W/L Score 1941 Final Four 3/21 ........ vs. North Carolina (Madison, Wisc.) ................... W ........... 26-20 3/22 ........ at Wisconsin (Final Four- Madison, Wisc.) .......... L ........... 36-30 1957 3/11 ........ vs. Morehead State (Columbus, Ohio) ............... W ........... 86-85 3/15 ........ at Kentucky (Lexington, Ky.) ................................ L ........... 98-92 3/16 ........ vs. Notre Dame (Consolation-Lexington, Ky.) ..... L ........... 86-85 1958 3/11 ........ vs. Miami (Ohio) (Evanston, Ill.) ........................... L ........... 82-77 1963 3/11 ........ vs. New York Univ. (Philadelphia, Pa.) .................. L ........... 93-83 1974 3/9 .......... 3/14 ........ 3/16 ........
Elite Eight vs. Saint Joseph’s (Morgantown, W.Va.) ............ W ........... 54-42 vs. Furman (Raleigh, N.C.) .................................. W ........... 81-78 at North Carolina State (Raleigh, N.C.) ............... L ......... 100-72
1981 3/13 ........ vs. Idaho (El Paso, Texas) .................................... W ... 70-69 (OT) 3/15 ........ vs. North Carolina (El Paso, Texas) ...................... L ........... 74-57 1982 3/12 ........ vs. Pepperdine (Pullman, Wash.) .......................... L ........... 99-88 1985 3/14 ........ vs. Louisiana Tech (Tulsa, Okla.) .......................... L ........... 78-54 1987 3/13 ........ vs. Marist (Tucson, Ariz.) ..................................... W ........... 93-68 3/15 ........ vs. Oklahoma (Tucson, Ariz.) ............................... L ........... 96-93
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1988 3/18 ........ vs. Eastern Michigan (Lincoln, Neb.) .................. W ......... 108-90 3/20 ........ vs. Vanderbilt (OT) (Lincoln, Neb.) ....................... L ........... 80-74 1989 3/10 ........ vs. Ball State (Indianapolis, Ind.) ......................... L ........... 68-64 1991 3/14 ........ vs. Georgia (OT) (Louisville, Ky.) ......................... W ........... 76-68 3/16 ........ vs. Kansas (Louisville, Ky.) ................................... L ........... 77-66 1993 3/19 ........ vs. Utah (Nashville, Tenn.) .................................... L ........... 86-65 2002 3/15 ........ 3/17 ........ 3/21 ........
Sweet Sixteen vs. Cent. Conn. State (Pittsburgh, Pa.) .............. W ........... 71-54 vs. California (Pittsburgh, Pa.) ............................. W ........... 63-50 vs. Kent State (OT) (Lexington, Ky.) .................... L ........... 78-73
2003 3/21 ........ 3/23 ........ 3/27 ........
Sweet Sixteen vs. Wagner (Boston, Mass.) ................................ W ........... 87-61 vs. Indiana (Boston, Mass.) ................................. W ........... 74-52 vs. Marquette (Minneapolis, Minn.) ..................... L ........... 77-74
2004 3/19 ........ 3/21 ........ 3/25 ........
Sweet Sixteen vs. Central Florida (Milwaukee, Wisc.) ............... W ........... 53-44 vs. Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Wisc.) ....................... W ........... 59-55 vs. Oklahoma State (East Rutherford, N.J.) ....... L ........... 63-51
2005 3/17 ........ vs. Pacific (Boise, Idaho) ...................................... L ........... 79-71 2006 3/17 ........ vs. Kent State (Auburn Hills, Mich.) ................... W ........... 79-64 3/19 ........ vs. Bradley (Auburn Hills, Mich.) .......................... L ........... 72-66 2007 3/15 ........ 3/17 ........ 3/22 ........
Sweet Sixteen vs. Wright State (Buffalo, N.Y.) ........................... W ........... 79-58 vs. Virginia Commonwealth (Buffalo, N.Y.) ......... W ... 84-79 (OT) vs. UCLA (San Jose, Calif.) ................................. L ........... 64-55
2008 3/20 ........ vs. Oral Roberts (Denver, Colo.) .......................... W ........... 82-63 3/22 ........ vs. Michigan State (Denver, Colo.) ...................... L ........... 65-54 2009 3/20 ........ 3/22 ........ 3/26 ........ 3/28 ........
Elite Eight vs. East Tennessee State (Dayton, Ohio) ............ W ........... vs. Oklahoma State (Dayton, Ohio) .................... W ........... vs. Xavier (Boston, Mass.) ................................... W ........... vs. Villanova (Boston, Mass.) ............................... L ...........
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Pitt’s 2002-03 team automatically qualified for the NCAA Tournament when it captured the school’s firstever Big East Tournament title. The Panthers advanced to their second consecutive NCAA Tournament “Sweet Sixteen” appearance.
NIT HISTORY Appearances: 8; Games: 14; Total Record: 6-8 Date Opponent (Location) W/L Score 1964 3/14 ........ vs. Drake (New York, N.Y.) ................................... L ........... 87-82 1975 3/15 ........ vs. Southern Illinois (New York, N.Y.) .................. W ........... 70-65 3/18 ........ vs. Providence (New York, N.Y.) ........................... L ......... 101-80 1980 3/6 .......... at Duquesne (Pittsburgh, Pa./Civic Arena) ........... L ........... 65-63 1984 3/16 ........ vs. LaSalle (Philadelphia, Pa.) ............................. W ........... 95-91 3/18 ........ vs. Florida State (Greensboro, N.C.) ................... W ........... 66-63 3/23 ........ Notre Dame (Pittsburgh, Pa.) ............................... L ........... 72-64 1986 3/12 ........ at SW Missouri State (Springfield, Mo.) .............. L ........... 59-52 1992 3/18 ........ at Penn State (University Park, Pa.) ................... W ........... 67-65 3/23 ........ Florida (Pittsburgh, Pa.) ........................................ L ........... 77-74 1997 3/12 ........ New Orleans (Pittsburgh, Pa.) ............................. W ........... 82-63 3/17 ........ at Arkansas (Fayetteville, Ark.) ............................ L ........... 76-71 2001 3/14 ........ St. Bonaventure (Pittsburgh, Pa.) ....................... W ........... 84-75 3/19 ........ Mississippi State (Pittsburgh, Pa.) ........................ L ........... 66-61 Pitt’s 2008 Big East Tournament championship team became Pitt’s fourth NCAA Tournament automatic qualifier after its title game victory over Georgetown.
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORDS NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY
PITT’S ALL-TIME NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES
NCAA TOURNAMENT INFO n Appearances: 21. n Total Games: 43. n Overall Record: 21-22. n Overtime: 2-2. n One-Point Games: 3 (2-1) n Two-Point Games: 1 (0-1) n Most Points ScoredPittsburgh: 108 (108-90 win vs. Eastern Michigan, 3/18/ 88). n Most Points ScoredOpponent: 100 (100-72 loss vs. North Carolina State, 3/16/ 74). n Largest Victory MarginPittsburgh: 26 (87-61 win vs. Wagner, 3/21/03). n Largest Victory MarginOpponent: 28 (100-72 loss vs. North Carolina State, 3/16/74) n Consecutive Wins: 3, 2009. n Consecutive Losses: 4 (3/15/ 57-3/11/63). n Last 10: 6-4. n Last 20: 12-8.
Key: How- Q, automatic; A-at-large selection; W-L- record entered NCAA Tournament; second W-L column- record in tournament; third W-L column, final record.
NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTES n Pitt received its first-ever No. 1 seed in 2008-09, its highestever seeding in the NCAA Tournament. n The following are Pitt’s 21 NCAA Tournament appearances: 1941, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1974, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. n The farthest Pitt has ever advanced in the NCAA Tournament is the “Elite Eight” in both 1974 (32-team tournament) and 2009 (64team tournament). Pitt’s three wins in 2009 marked its most wins in a single NCAA Tournament. n Pitt has made back-to-back consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances six times in school history. It appeared in back-to-back NCAA Tournaments in 1957 and 1958, 1981 and 1982, three straight tournaments in 198789 and a school record eight consecutive from 2002-09. n In 2002, Pitt advanced to the NCAA “Sweet Sixteen” for the first time in 28 years. n In 2008, Pitt made its secondever NCAA Tournament berth as the Big East’s automatic qualifier. The Panthers captured their second-ever Big East Tournament championship with a 74-65 win against Georgetown. n In 2009, Pitt earned a schoolrecord eighth straight NCAA Tournament berth and first Elite Eight appearance since 1974.
Year 1941 1957 1958 1963 1974 1981 1982 1985 1987 1988 1991 1993 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Conference (seed) How Independent A (Final Four-Madison, Wisc.) Independent (Cons. Game) A Independent A Independent A Independent A Eastern 8 (10) Q Eastern 8 (10) Q Big East (12) A Big East (3) A Big East (2) A Big East (6) A Big East (9) A Big East (3) A Big East (2) Q Big East (3) A Big East (9) A Big East (5) A Big East (3) A Big East (4) Q Big East (1) A
W-L 12-5
Pct. .706
W-L 1-1
W-L 13-6
15-9 18-6 19-5 22-3 18-11 20-9 17-11 24-7 23-6 20-11 17-10 27-5 26-4 29-4 20-8 24-7 27-7 26-9 28-4
.625 .750 .792 .880 .621 .690 .607 .774 .793 .645 .630 .844 .867 .879 .714 .774 .794 .743 875
1-2 0-1 0-1 2-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 2-1 2-1 2-1 0-1 1-1 2-1 1-1 3-1
16-11 18-7 19-6 24-4 19-12 20-10 17-12 25-8 24-7 21-12 17-11 29-6 28-5 31-5 20-9 25-8 29-8 27-10 31-5
TOP NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME PERFORMANCES POINTS 34 ........ Billy Knight .................................... vs. Furman, 3/14/74 32 ........ Sam Young ................................... vs. Oklahoma State, 3/22/09 31 ........ Don Hennon .................................. vs. Morehead State, 3/11/57 31 ........ Charles Smith ............................... vs. Eastern Michigan, 3/18/88 31 ........ Julius Pegues ................................ vs. Miami, Ohio, 3/11/58 30 ........ John Riser ..................................... vs. Kentucky, 3/15/57 28 ........ Sam Young ................................... vs. Villanova, 3/28/09 27 ........ Carl Krauser .................................. vs. Pacific, 3/17/05 27 ........ DeJuan Blair ................................. vs. E. Tennessee State, 3/20/09 26 ........ Don Hennon .................................. vs. Miami, Ohio, 3/11/58 REBOUNDS 20 ........ Jerome Lane ................................ vs. Vanderbilt, 3/20/88 17 ........ DeJuan Blair ................................. vs. Xavier, 3/26/09 17 ........ Jerome Lane ................................ vs. Eastern Michigan, 3/18/88 16 ........ DeJuan Blair ................................. vs. E. Tennessee State, 3/20/09 16 ........ Chris Taft ....................................... vs. Central Florida, 3/19/04 14 ........ Chevon Troutman ......................... vs. Wisconsin, 3/21/04 ASSISTS 11 ........ Brandin Knight .............................. vs. 10 ........ Darelle Porter ................................ vs. 9 .......... Levance Fields .............................. vs. 9 .......... Levance Fields .............................. vs. 9 .......... Carl Krauser .................................. vs. 9 .......... Sean Miller ................................... vs. 9 .......... Brandin Knight .............................. vs.
Marquette, 3/27/03 Eastern Michigan, 3/18/88 Oklahoma State, 3/22/09 Wright State, 3/15/07 Kent State, 3/17/06 Eastern Michigan, 3/18/88 Central Conn. State, 3/15/02
DOUBLE-DOUBLES IN NCAA TOURNAMENT PLAY DeJuan Blair, 20 points, 10 rebounds vs. Villanova, 3/28/09 DeJuan Blair, 10 points, 17 rebounds vs. Xavier, 3/26/09 DeJuan Blair, 10 points, 12 rebounds vs. Oklahoma State, 3/22/09 DeJuan Blair, 27 points, 16 rebounds vs. E. Tenn. State, 3/20/09 Sam Young, 14 points, 13 rebounds vs. E. Tenn. State, 3/20/09 Aaron Gray, 17 points, 13 rebounds vs. Kent State, 3/17/06 Chris Taft, 13 points, 12 rebounds vs. Pacific, 3/17/05 Brandin Knight, 16 points, 11 assists vs. Marquette, 3/27/03 Brian Shorter, 23 points, 13 rebounds vs. Georgia, 3/14/91 Charles Smith, 21 points, 10 rebounds vs. Vanderbilt, 3/20/88 Jerome Lane, 22 points, 17 rebounds vs. Eastern Michigan, 3/18/88 Charles Smith, 31 points, 12 rebounds vs. Eastern Michigan, 3/18/88 Jerome Lane, 14 points, 13 rebounds vs. Oklahoma, 3/15/87 Sam Clancy, 22 points, 13 rebounds vs. Idaho, 3/13/81 Billy Knight, 19 points, 10 rebounds vs. North Carolina State, 3/16/74 John Riser, 30 points, 13 rebounds vs. Kentucky, 3/15/57
TOTAL POSTSEASON (NCAA & NIT) Appearances: 29 n Games: 57 n Total Record: 27-30
CAREER LEADERS POINTS 177 Sam Young 136 Levance Fields 125 Carl Krauser 108 Julius Page 106 Charles Smith 103 Chevon Troutman 103 Don Hennon 89 Brandin Knight 87 Jaron Brown 74 Ronald Ramon
2006-09 2006-09 2003-06 2002-04 1985-88 2002-05 1957-58 2002-03 2002-04 2005-08
REBOUNDS 72 DeJuan Blair 64 Chevon Troutman 57 Jerome Lane 46 Jaron Brown 41 Aaron Gray 41 Carl Krauser 39 Charles Smith
2008-09 2002-05 1987-88 2002-04 2004-07 2003-06 1985-88
ASSISTS 55 Levance Fields 43 Brandin Knight 36 Sean Miller 31 Carl Krauser
2006-09 2002-03 1988-91 2003-06
RESULTS VS. OPPONENTS Opponent Ball State Bradley California Central Conn. State Central Florida East Tennessee State Eastern Michigan Furman Georgia Idaho Indiana Kansas Kent State Kentucky Louisiana Tech Marist Marquette Miami (Ohio) Michigan State Morehead State New York Univ. North Carolina North Carolina State Notre Dame Oklahoma Oklahoma State Oral Roberts Pacific Pepperdine Saint Joseph’s UCLA Utah Vanderbilt Villanova VCU Wagner Wisconsin Wright State Xavier Totals
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GAME RECORDS n Minutes: 45, Sean Miller, vs. Vanderbilt, 3/20/88; Julius Page vs. Kent State, 3/21/02. n Points: 34, Billy Knight vs. Furman, 3/14/74. n Rebounds: 20, Jerome Lane vs. Vanderbilt, 3/20/88. n Assists: 11, Brandin Knight vs. Marquette, 3/27/03. n Field Goals Made: 16, John Riser vs. Kentucky, 3/15/57. n Field Goals Attempted: 33, Don Hennon vs. Miami,Ohio, 3/11/58. n Field Goal Percentage (10+ FGM): .789 (10-13), Charles Smith vs. Oklahoma, 3/15/87. n Field Goal Percentage (less than 10 FGM): 1.000, DeJuan Blair (9-9) vs. Villanova, 3/28/09; Aaron Gray (6-6) vs. Kent State, 3/17/06; Ronald Ramon (6-6) vs. Kent State, 3/17/06; Chevon Troutman (5-5) vs. Central Florida, 3/19/04. n Free Throws Made: 16, John Riser, vs. Kentucky, 3/15/57. n Free Throws Attempted: 17, John Riser vs. Kentucky, 3/15/57. n Free Throw Percentage (less than 10 FTA): 1.000, Calvin Sheffield (88) vs. New York, 3/11/63. n Free Throw Percentage (at least 10 FTA): .941, John Riser (16-17) vs. Kentucky, 3/15/57; .909, Billy Knight (10-11) vs. Furman, 3/14/74. n Three-Point FG Made: 5, Jason Matthews vs. Ball State, 3/16/89. n Three-Point FG Attempted: 10, Brandin Knight vs. Kent State, 3/21/ 02. n Three-Point FG Percentage (at least 4 3FGmade): .667, Ronald Ramon (4-6) vs. Wright State, 3/15/ 07, Tom Glover (4-6) vs. Georgia, 3/ 14/91, Julius Page (4-6) vs. Central Connecticut State, 3/15/02. n Offensive Rebounds: 8, DeJuan Blair vs. Xavier, 3/26/09; Sam Clancy vs. Idaho, 3/13/81. n Steals: 5, Daryl Shepherd vs. Louisiana Tech, 3/14/85; Brandin Knight vs. Central Connecticut State, 3/15/02, vs. Indiana, 3/23/03. n Turnovers: 7, Dwayne Wallace vs. North Carolina, 3/15/81. n Blocked Shots: 5, Aaron Gray vs. Kent State, 3/17/06. FULL NCAA TOURNAMENT n Games Played: 4, many players in 2009. n Minutes: 154, Sam Young, 2009. n Points: 93, Sam Young, 2009. n Scoring Average: 26.0, Charles Smith, 1988. n Rebounds: 55, DeJuan Blair, 2009. n Rebound Average: 18.5, Jerome Lane, 1988. n Assists: 26, Levance Fields, 2009. n Assists Average: 7.33, Brandin Knight, 2003. n Field Goals Made: 33, Sam Young, 2009. n Field Goals Attempted: 73, Don Hennon, 1957.
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n Field Goal Percentage: .875, Levon Kendall (7-8), 2006. n Free Throws Made: 17, Don Hennon, 1957. n Free Throws Attempted: 19, Don Hennon, 1957. n Free Throw Percentage: .938, Sam Young (15-16), 2009. n Three Point Field Goals Made: 12, Levance Fields, 2009. n Three Point Field Goals Attempted: 25, Sam Young, 2009. n Three Point Field Goal Percentage: .625, Ronald Ramon (10-16), 2007. n Steals: 8, DeJuan Blair, 2009. n Turnovers: 13, Sam Young, 2009. n Blocked Shots: 7, Aaron Gray, 2007. n Blocked Shot Average: 2.33, Aaron Gray, 2007. INDIVIDUAL-CAREER n Games Played: 10, Chevon Troutman, 2002-05. n Games Started: 9, Julius Page, 2002-04; Jaron Brown, 2002-04. n Minutes: 335, Julius Page, 200204. n Points: 177, Sam Young, 2006-09. n Scoring Average: 25.8, Don Hennon, 1957-58. n Rebounds: 72, DeJuan Blair, 200609. n Rebound Average: 14.3, Jerome Lane, 1987-88. n Assists: 43, Brandin Knight, 200203. n Field Goals Made: 63, Sam Young, 2006-09. n Field Goals Attempted: 130, Sam Young, 2006-09. n Field Goal Percentage: .586, Chevon Troutman (34-58), 2002-04. n Free Throws Made: 36, Sam Young, 2006-09. n Free Throws Attempted: 47, Sam Young, 2006-09. n Free Throw Percentage: .875, Don Hennon (21-24), 1957-58. n Three Point FG Made: 22, Levance Fields, 2006-09. n Three Point FG Attempted: 38, Carl Krauser, 2003-06. n Three Point FG Pct.: .417, Julius Page (15-36), 2002-03. n Steals: 13, Brandin Knight, 200203. n Turnovers: 27, Carl Krauser, 200306. n Blocked Shots: 8, Charles Smith, 1985-88.
TEAM RECORDS GAME RECORDS n Minutes: 225, Virginia Commonwealth, 3/17/07, Kent State, 3/21/02. n Points: 108, vs. Eastern Michigan, 3/18/88. n Least Points: 26 vs. North Carolina, 3/21/41. n Rebounds: 50 vs. Oral Roberts, 3/ 20/08. n Assists: 29, vs. Eastern Michigan, 3/18/88.
n Field Goals Made: 38, vs. Pepperdine, 3/12/82; vs. Oklahoma, 3/15/87. n Field Goals Attempted: 79, vs. Pepperdine, 3/12/82. n Best Field Goal Percentage: .674, vs. Kent State (31-46), 3/17/06. n Worst Field Goal Percentage: .327 vs. Michigan State (17-52), 3/22/08. n Three Point FG Made: 11, vs. Oklahoma State, 3/22/09. n Three Point FG Attempted: 28, vs. Oklahoma State, 3/22/09. n Three-Point Percentage (at least 15 3FGA): .563, vs. Wagner (9-16), 3/21/03. n Free Throws Made: 26, vs. Kentucky, 3/15/57. n Free Throws Attempted: 32, vs. Kentucky, 3/15/57. n Free Throw Percentage: .947 (1819) vs. Michigan State, 3/22/08. n Personal Fouls: 31, vs. N.C. State, 3/16/74. n Disqualifications: 3, vs. Ball State, 3/16/89; vs. Kentucky, 3/15/57. n Steals: 14, vs. Wagner, 3/21/03. n Most Turnovers: 22, vs. Oklahoma, 3/15/87. n Least Turnovers: 7, vs. Pepperdine, 3/12/82. n Blocked Shots: 7, vs. Kent State, 3/17/06; vs. Louisiana Tech, 3/14/ 85.
n Free Throws Made: 12, Johnny Cox, Kentucky, 3/15/57. n Free Throws Attempted: 14, Johnny Cox, Kentucky, 3/15/57. n Free Throw Percentage: 1.000, Aaron Afflalo (10-10), UCLA, 3/22/ 07; Tommy Burleson (8-8), N.C. State, 3/16/74; _Brown, Kansas, 3/ 16/91. n Three Point FG Made: 5, Terel Harris, Oklahoma State, 3/22/09; Devin Harris, Wisconsin, 3/21/04; Phil Dixon, Utah, 3/19/93; Dedrick Dye, Wagner, 3/21/03. n Three Point FG Attempted: 12, Kevin Tiggs, East Tennessee State, 3/20/09; Jody Patton, Georgia, 3/14/ 91; Brown, Kansas, 3/16/91. n Three Point FG Percentage: 1.000, Charles Mayes (2-2), Vanderbilt, 3/20/88; Karon Bradley, Marquette, 3/27/03. n Offensive Rebounds: 7, Lawrence Wright, Bradley, 3/19/06; Johnson, Oklahoma, 3/15/87. n Steals: 5, Byron Eaton, Oklahoma State, 3/22/09; Phil Hapson, Idaho, 3/13/81; Andrew Mitchell, Kent State, 3/21/02. n Turnovers: 7, Kreg Owens, Idaho, 3/13/81; Matt Doherty, North Carolina, 3/15/81. n Blocked Shots: 5, Kenny Frease, Xavier, 3/26/09.
FULL NCAA TOURNAMENT n Games: 4, 2009. n Minutes: 800 in 2009. n Points: 292 in 2009. n Scoring Margin: 15.0 in 2003. n Rebounds: 160 in 2009. n Assists: 57 in 2009. n Field Goals Made: 99 in 2009. n Field Goals Attempted: 229 in 2009. n Field Goal Percentage: .540 (87161) in 2003. n Free Throws Made: 67 in 2009. n Free Throws Attempted: 97 in 2009. n Three Point FG Made: 27 in 2009. n Three Point FG Attempted: 80 in 2009. n Steals: 29 in 2003. n Turnovers: 52 in 2009. n Blocked Shots: 15 in 2007.
TEAM GAME RECORDS n Minutes: 225, Virginia Commonwealth, 3/17/07, Kent State, 3/21/02. n Most Points: 100, North Carolina State, 3/16/74. n Least Points: 20, North Carolina, 3/ 21/41. n Rebounds: 56, Louisiana Tech, 3/ 14/85. n Assists: 20, Pepperdine, 3/12/82. n Field Goals Made: 36, Pepperdine, 3/12/82; Oklahoma, 3/15/87. n Field Goals Attempted: 82, Oklahoma, 3/15/87. n Best Field Goal Percentage: .600, Pepperdine, 3/12/82. n Worst Field Goal Percentage: .310, California, 3/17/02. n Free Throws Made: 30, N.C. State, 3/16/74. n Free Throws Attempted: 43, New York, 3/11/63. n Free Throw Percentage: 1.000, Oklahoma State (12-12), 3/22/09; .957, Villanova (22-23), 3/28/09; .885, UCLA (23-26), 3/22/07. n Three Point FG Made: 12, Oklahoma State, 3/22/09. n Three Point FG Attempted: 28, Oklahoma State, 3/22/09. n Three Point FG Percentage: .550, Utah (11-20), 3/19/93. n Three Point FG Pct.(at least 15 3FGA): .550, Utah (11-20), 3/19/93. n Personal Fouls: 26, Oklahoma, 3/ 15/87. n Steals: 13, Oklahoma, 3/15/87. n Most Turnovers: 25, Furman, 3/14/ 74. n Least Turnovers: 6, Vanderbilt, 3/ 20/88. n Blocked Shots: 7, Xavier, 3/26/09.
OPPONENT RECORDS INDIVIDUAL GAME RECORDS n Minutes: 44, Andrew Mitchell, Kent State, 3/21/02. n Points: 29,Hairston, New York, 3/ 11/63. n Rebounds: 16, Williams, New York, 3/11/63. n Assists: 10, Greg Hamlin, East Tennessee State, 3/20/09. n Field Goals Made: 13, Kramer, New York, 3/11/63. n Field Goals Attempted: 23, Courtney Pigrom, East Tennessee State, 3/20/09; Kramer, New York, 3/11/63. n Field Goal Percentage: .857, Antwaan Jamison (6-7), Kansas, 3/ 16/91.
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NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME HISTORY 1941 Pitt 26, North Carolina 20 Madison, Wisc. (3/21/41) Claire Malarkey scored a team-high seven points and Dr. H.C. Carlson’s Panthers rallied from a 12-8 halftime deficit. Wisconsin 36, Pitt 30 Madison, Wisc. (3/22/41) Captain Eddie Straloski’s long shots for 12 points weren’t enough to hold off the Badgers, who trailed 18-14 at halftime. Pitt opened the season with a 36-34 victory against Wisconsin. 1957 Pitt 86, Morehead State 85 Columbus, Ohio (3/11/57) Milan Markovich made a layup and free throw with 31 seconds to provide the winning points for Bob Timmons’ Panthers. Don Hennon’s 31 points and John Riser’s 20 led Pittsburgh.
Worthy’s 21 points and Sam Perkins’ 19 to win the West Region semifinal. Pitt’s Carlton Neverson had 17 points and Clancy 16. 1982 Pepperdine 99, Pitt 88 Pullman, Wash. (3/12/82) Orlando Phillips was too much underneath with 27 points as the Waves won their 15th consecutive game with a victory against the Panthers in the West Region. Pitt’s Darrell Gissendanner came off the bench for 20 points. 1985 Louisiana Tech 78, Pitt 54 Tulsa, Okla. (3/14/85) With Charles Smith limping on an injured left foot, Pitt couldn’t stand up against the taller and stronger Bulldogs in the Midwest Region. Future NBA star Karl Malone had nine points and 10 rebounds for the Bulldogs. Pitt 93, Marist 68 Tucson, Ariz. (3/13/87) Charles Smith and Demetreus Gore each contributed 22 points in the West Region victory against the Rik Smits-led Red Foxes.
Notre Dame 86, Pitt 85 Lexington, Ky. (3/16/57) Pitt falls 86-85 in the consolation game. Don Hennon hits seven-of-16 field goals for 20 points.
Oklahoma 96, Pitt 93 Tucson, Ariz. (3/15/87) Charles Smith and Rod Brookin each scored 23 points and Jerome Lane added 14 points and 13 rebounds in the loss to the Sooners, who led by as many as 16 points in the first half and by 51-41 at halftime.
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1963 New York Univ. 93, Pitt 83 Philadelphia, Pa. (3/11/58) The one-two punch of Barry Kramer (37 points) and Happy Hairston (29) led the Violets over the Panthers in the East Region. Pitt’s Calvin Sheffield scored 20 points followed by Ben Jinks’ 17 and Dave Roman’s 16. 1974 Pitt 54, St. Joseph’s 42 Morgantown, W.Va. (3/9/74) Mickey Martin’s 12 points and Billy Knight’s 11 carried the Panthers in the first round of the East Region. Pitt 81, Furman 78 Raleigh, N.C. (3/14/74) Billy Knight regained his shooting touch to score 34 points and Kirk Bruce made 6-9 shots from the field and finished with 18 points in the East Region semifinals. N.C. State 100, Pitt 72 Raleigh, N.C. (3/16/74) Not even Pitt’s storied amoeba defense could slow down the No. 1 Wolfpack, which plowed through the Panthers despite the loss of All- American David Thompson to a head injury in a nasty fall in the first half. The heavily favored Wolfpack overpowered Pitt with 7foot-4 Tom Burleson, 5-7 Monte Towe and 68 Phil Spence. North Carolina State went on to win the national championship. 1981 Pitt 70, Idaho 69 (OT) El Paso, Texas (3/13/81) Dwayne Wallace’s leaning 15-footer with three seconds left in overtime lifted Roy Chipman’s Panthers past the Vandals in the West Region. Sam Clancy’s 22 points and 13 rebounds and Wallace’s 20 points led Pitt. North Carolina 74, Pitt 57 El Paso, Texas (3/15/81) Pitt stormed to an early nine-point lead but the Tar Heels roared back behind James
Pitt 63, California 50 Pittsburgh, Pa. (3/17/02) Pitt advanced to the NCAA Regional semifinals for the first time in 28 years as it used a 16-0 second half run. Julius Page provided the spark with 17 points including three 3-pointers. Kent State 78, Pitt 73 (OT) Lexington, Ky. (3/21/02) Field goals by Julius Page and Brandin Knight sent the game into overtime after Pitt trailed by four points with two minutes to go. Trevor Huffman’s layup gave KSU the lead for good as the Golden Flashes converted 6-6 free throws over the final minute. Page and Knight finished with 18 points apiece for Pitt. 2003
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Kentucky 98, Pitt 92 Lexington, Ky. (3/15/57) John Riser’s 30 points and Don Hennon’s 24 weren’t enough as the Panthers came up short against Adolph Rupp’s No. 3 ranked Kentucky Wildcats in the Midwest Region.
Miami (Ohio) 82, Pitt 77 Evansville, Ind. (3/11/58) Julius Pegues scored 31 points and Don Hennon 28 in the Mideast Region. Miami’s Wayne Embry had 21 points.
rally and a 42-22 rebounding advantage to advance to the round of 32. Brandin Knight (17 points) and Julius Page (16 points) paced the Panthers.
1988 Pitt 108, E. Michigan 90 Lincoln, Neb. (3/18/88) The Panthers shot 63 percent from the floor and scored their most points in an NCAA Tournament game as Charles Smith had 31, Demetrius Gore, a season-high 22 points and Jerome Lane finished with 22 points, 17 rebounds and eight assists. Vanderbilt 80, Pitt 74 (OT) Lincoln, Neb. (3/20/88) Barry Goheen’s 3-pointer in the final seconds of regulation sent the contest into overtime as the Commodores went on to upset the second-seeded Panthers. 1989 Ball State 68, Pitt 64 Indianapolis, Ind. (3/10/89) Coached by Rick Majerus, Ball State raised its record to 29-2 before 37,242 fans despite Jason Matthews’ 23 points. 1991 Pitt 76, Georgia 68 (OT) Louisville, Ky. (3/14/91) Brian Shorter had 23 points and 13 rebounds and Tim Glover came off the bench to score 12 points to lead the Panthers past the Bulldogs.
Pitt 87, Wagner 61 Boston, Mass. (3/21/03) Pitt took control with an 11-point first half lead and cruised to the win. Seven Panthers scored at least eight points led by Donatas Zavackas’ 16 points and seven rebounds. Pitt 74, Indiana 52 Boston, Mass. (3/23/03) Pitt advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the second consecutive year as Jaron Brown scored a career-high 20 points and pulled down eight rebounds. Brandin Knight (17 points), Julius Page (13) and Chevon Troutman (10) all contributed key performances. Marquette 77, Pitt 74 Minneapolis, Minn. (3/27/03) Marquette ended Pitt’s 11-game win streak as it built a lead and fended off a late Pitt rally for the win. Pitt battled back from an 11-point deficit to within one point (75-74) but it was not enough as Marquette converted two free throws. Dwyane Wade scored 22 points for Marquette (including 20 in the second half) while Pitt was led by Brandin Knight’s 16 points and 11 assists. 2004 Pitt 53, Central Florida 44 Milwaukee, Wis. (3/19/04) A closely contested contest featuring two of the nation’s top defensive teams saw Pitt go on a 13-2 run over a seven minute second half span to gain control. Carl Krauser scored 20 points (9-10 FT), Chevon Troutman 13 and Chris Taft registered 16 rebounds. Pitt 59, Wisconsin 55 Milwaukee, Wis. (3/21/04) Before a pro-Wisconsin crowd at the Bradley Center, No. 3 seeded Pitt won an emotional and hard fought contest in a hostile environment. Carl Krauser led Pitt with 16 points, Julius Page added 12 and Chevon Troutman grabbed 14 boards.
Kansas 77, Pitt 66 Louisville, Ky. (3/16/91) Jason Matthews had 17 points and Brian Shorter was held to six points and three rebounds in the loss to the Jayhawks. Pitt shot 38.2 percent from the floor and was outrebounded 37-27.
Oklahoma State 63, Pitt 51 East Rutherford, N.J. (3/25/04) Pitt’s third straight NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance was cut short as No. 2 seeded Oklahoma State used a late second half rally to advance to the regional final. Tony Allen scored 23 points for OSU while Carl Krauser paced Pitt with 15.
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Utah 86, Pitt 65 Nashville, Tenn. (3/19/93) Chris McNeal had 15 points, Eric Mobley 14 points and seven rebounds and Jerry McCullough seven points and seven assists in the loss.
Pacific 79, Pitt 71 Boise, Idaho (3/17/05) Pacific took advantage of Pitt’s slow start to take a 15-point halftime lead. Carl Krauser rallied Pitt in the second half as he scored 25 of his game-high 27 points, but the Panthers couldn’t overcome the deficit. It was Pitt’s first First Round loss in four years.
2002 Pitt 71, Central Connecticut State 54 Pittsburgh, Pa. (3/15/02) Playing in front of the hometown Mellon Arena crowd, the Panthers used a second half
2006 Pitt 79, Kent State 64 Auburn Hills, Mich. (3/17/06) In a matchup ot the 2002 NCAA Regional game, Pitt shot a school record 67.4 percent (31-46) from the floor. Six Panthers reached double figures led by Aaron Gray’s 17 points and 13 rebounds and Ronald Ramon’s 16 points. Bradley 72, Pitt 66 Auburn Hills, Mich. (3/19/06) Patrick O’Bryant (28 points), Marcus Somerville (18 points) and Lawrence Wright (14 points) paced No. 13 seed Bradley. Led by a career-high 18 points from Levance Fields, Pitt could not overcome a 14-point second half deficit. 2007 Pitt 79, Wright State 58 Buffalo, N.Y. (3/15/07) Pitt hit 10 3-pointers and led by as many as 25 points in the second half to defeat the Raiders. Ronald Ramon scored 14 points on four 3-pointers. Pitt 84, VCU 79 (OT) Buffalo, N.Y. (3/17/07) After trailing by 19 points, VCU battled back to send the game into overtime. Levance Fields sparked Pitt in overtime, hitting a clutch 3pointer. UCLA 64, Pitt 55 San Jose, Calif. (3/22/07) UCLA converted 23-26 free throws and led the entire game to defeat Pitt. The matchup featured Jamie Dixon against former Pitt head coach Ben Howland. 2008 PItt 82, Oral Roberts 63 Denver, Colo. (3/20/08) Pitt went on an 18-0 run to take a 34-15 first half lead. With four 3-pointers, Levance Fields scored a season-high 23 points. Michigan State 65, Pitt 54 Denver, Colo. (3/22/08) Michigan State used a late second half run to register the win. Drew Neitzel (21 points, 5 3FGM) and Kalin Lucas (19 points) keyed the Spartans. Levance Fields scored 19 points to pace Pitt. 2009 PItt 72, East Tennessee State 62 Dayton, Ohio (3/20/09) No. 1 seed Pitt took a 12-point lead with 1:16 to go to secure the win. DeJuan Blair (27 pts./16 reb.) and Sam Young (14 pts./13 reb.) both tallied double-doubles in the game. Pitt 84, Oklahoma State 76 Dayton, Ohio (3/20/09) Both teams combined for 18 3-pointers and 98 first half points, but Pitt finally pulled away in the end. Sam Young’s 32-point performance led the Panthers as they advanced to NCAA Sweet Sixteen play for the fifth time in eight years. Pitt 60, Xavier 55 Boston, Mass. (3/26/09) Levance Fields hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 53 seconds left, then converted a steal into a layup to give Pitt the win. Pitt advanced to its first NCAA Regional Final since 197374. Villanova 78, Pitt 76 Boston, Mass. (3/26/09) In one of the most exciting NCAA Tournament games of all-time, Scottie Reynolds drove through the Pitt defense and converted a layup at the buzzer to give Villanova a 78-76 win. Sam Young finished with 28 points and DeJuan Blair added 20 points and 10 rebounds.
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Appearances: 27. Total Games: 50. Overall Record: 25-25. Championship Game Appearances: 7 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008). Titles: 2 (2003, 2008). Consecutive Title Game Appearances: 4 (2001-04). Overtime: 2-3. One-Point Games: 2-2. Two-Point Games: 0-0. Most Points Scored-Pitt: 96 (96-88 win vs. Seton Hall, 3/6/ 87). Most Points ScoredOpponent: 99 (99-85 loss vs. Syracuse, 3/7/87). Largest Victory Margin-Pitt: 18 two times (74-56 win vs. Connecticut, 3/15/03; 88-70 win vs. Boston College, 3/8/ 90). Largest Victory MarginOpponent: 23 (65-42 loss vs. Georgetown), 3/10/07, (85-62 loss vs. Georgetown), 3/11/ 89). Largest Halftime Lead: 23 (39-16 vs. Louisville, 3/8/06). Largest Halftime LeadOpponent: 15 (32-17 vs. Georgetown), 3/10/07, (44-29 vs. Georgetown), 3/11/89. Consecutive Wins: 5 (3/13-3/ 12/04). Consecutive Losses: 5 (1990-94). Last 10: 7-3. Last 20: 14-6.
CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES n Since joining the Big East Conference, Pitt has captured two Big East Tournament titles in 2003 and 2008. n Pitt has advanced to the Big East Championship Game seven times in school history- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008. n Pitt has advanced to the Big East Championship Game in seven of the last nine seasons (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008). n Since Pitt joined the Big East Conference in 1982-83, it has made an appearance in each of the 27 Big East Championships. DID YOU KNOW? With its four consecutive Big East Championship title game appearances from 2001-04, Pittsburgh became one of just two programs to advance to four consecutive title games in league history. The two programs are Syracuse, which advanced to the title game five straight years (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990) and Pittsburgh (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004).
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BIG EAST TOURNAMENT GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS Date Opponent W/L Score 3/10/83 ............. St. John’s ..................................... L ............... 91-73 3/8/84 ............... Villanova ........................................ L ............... 75-65 3/7/85 ............... Villanova ........................................ L ............... 69-61 3/5/86 ............... Georgetown .................................. L ............... 57-56 3/6/87 ............... Seton Hall .................................... W ............... 96-88 3/7/87 ............... Syracuse ....................................... L ............... 99-85 3/11/88 ............. Connecticut ................................. W ............... 75-58 3/12/88 ............. Villanova ........................................ L ............... 72-69 3/10/89 ............. Villanova ....................................... W ............... 71-66 3/11/89 ............. Georgetown .................................. L ............... 85-62 3/8/90 ............... Boston College ............................. W ............... 88-70 3/9/90 ............... Syracuse ....................................... L ............... 58-55 3/8/91 ............... Seton Hall ..................................... L ............... 70-69 3/12/92 ............. Miami ............................................ L ............... 83-71 3/12/93 ............. Syracuse ....................................... L ............... 55-50 3/10/94 ............. St. John’s ..................................... L ............... 80-72 3/9/95 ............... St. John’s .................................... W ............... 74-71 3/10/95 ............. Connecticut .................................. L ............... 81-78 3/6/96 ............... Boston College .............................. L ............... 70-66 3/5/97 ............... Connecticut ................................. W ............... 63-62 3/6/97 ............... Boston College .............................. L ............... 76-68 3/4/98 ............... Villanova ........................................ L ............... 96-93 3/3/99 ............... Rutgers ......................................... L ............... 64-51 3/8/00 ............... Villanova ........................................ L ............... 65-55 3/7/01 ............... Miami ........................................... W ............... 78-69 3/8/01 ............... Notre Dame ................................. W ............... 66-54 3/9/01 ............... Syracuse ...................................... W ............... 55-54 3/10/01 ............. *Boston College ............................ L ............... 79-57 3/7/02 ............... Boston College ............................. W ............... 76-62 3/8/02 ............... Miami ........................................... W ............... 76-71 3/9/02 ............... *Connecticut ................................. L ............... 74-65 3/13/03 ............. Providence ................................... W ............... 67-59 3/14/03 ............. Boston College ............................. W ............... 61-48 3/15/03 ............. *Connecticut ................................ W ............... 74-56 3/11/04 ............. Virginia Tech ................................ W ............... 74-61 3/12/04 ............. Boston College ............................. W ............... 62-53 3/13/04 ............. *Connecticut ................................. L ............... 61-58 3/10/05 ............. Villanova ........................................ L ............... 67-58 3/8/06 ............... Louisville ...................................... W ............... 61-56 3/9/06 ............... West Virgnia ................................. W ............... 68-57 3/10/06 ............. Villanova ....................................... W ............... 68-54 3/11/06 ............. *Syracuse ..................................... L ............... 65-61 3/8/07 ............... Marquette .................................... W ............... 89-79 3/9/07 ............... Louisville ...................................... W ............... 65-59 3/10/07 ............. *Georgetown ................................. L ............... 65-42 3/12/08 ............. Cincinnati ..................................... W ............... 70-64 3/13/08 ............. Louisville ...................................... W ............... 76-69 3/14/08 ............. Marquette .................................... W ............... 68-61 3/15/08 ............. *Georgetown ................................ W ............... 74-65 3/12/09 ............. West Virginia ................................. L ............... 74-60 *Championship Final
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YEARLY SEEDINGS Year 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Seed W-L .................... 6 ................ 0-1 .................... 6 ................ 0-1 .................... 5 ................ 0-1 .................... 6 ................ 0-1 .................... 2 ................ 1-1 .................... 1 ................ 1-1 .................... 4 ................ 1-1 .................... 8 ................ 1-1 .................... 5 ................ 0-1 .................... 7 ................ 0-1 .................... 6 ................ 0-1 .................... 8 ................ 0-1 .................... 9 ................ 1-1 .................. 12 ................ 0-1 .................... 6 ................ 1-1 .................. 10 ................ 0-1 .................. 11 ................ 0-1 .................. 11 ................ 0-1 .......... 5-West ................ 3-1 .......... 1-West ................ 2-1 .......... 2-West ................ 3-0 .................... 1 ................ 2-1 .................... 5 ................ 0-1 .................... 6 ................ 3-1 .................... 3 ................ 2-1 .................... 7 ................ 4-0 .................... 2 ................ 0-1
(OT)
RECORD BY ROUND (2OT)
Round W-L First Round ................ 6-7 ..... Quarterfinal ........... 10-10 ..... Semifinal ................... 7-3 ..... Final ........................... 2-5 ..... Total ...................... 25-25 .....
Pct. .462 .500 .700 .286 .500
RESULTS VS. OPPONENTS
(OT)
TOP BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP GAME PERFORMANCES
Opponent W-L Pct. Boston College .......... 4-3 ..... .571 Cincinnati .................. 1-0 ... 1.000 Connecticut .............. 3-3 ..... .500 Georgetown .............. 1-3 ..... .250 Louisville .................... 3-0 ... 1.000 Marquette ................. 2-0 ... 1.000 Miami ........................ 2-1 ..... .667 Notre Dame .............. 1-0 ... 1.000 Providence ................ 1-0 ... 1.000 Rutgers ...................... 0-1 ..... .000 St. John’s .................. 1-2 ..... .333 Seton Hall ................. 1-1 ..... .500 Syracuse ................... 1-4 ..... .200 Villanova .................... 2-6 ..... .250 Virginia Tech .............. 1-0 ... 1.000 West Virginia ............. 1-1 ... 1.000 Totals .................... 25-25 ..... .500
POINTS 37 ........ Vonteego Cummings .................... Villanova, 3/4/98 32 ........ Jason Matthews ........................... Boston College, 3/8/90 28 ........ Jason Maile .................................. St. John’s, 3/9/95 27 ........ Ricardo Greer ................................ Miami, 3/7/01 24 ........ Sean Miller ................................... Miami, 3/12/92 23 ........ Ricardo Greer ................................ Villanova, 3/4/98 23 ........ Jason Maile .................................. Boston College, 3/6/96 23 ........ Jerome Lane ................................ Seton Hall, 3/6/87 23 ........ Clyde Vaughan .............................. St. John’s, 3/10/83 23 ........ Clyde Vaughan .............................. Villanova, 3/8/84 23 ........ Antonio Graves .............................. Louisville, 3/9/07
POINTS 157 Sam Young 138 Donatas Zavackas 136 Brandin Knight 134 Carl Krauser 125 Ricardo Greer 123 Jaron Brown
2006-09 2000-03 2000-03 2003-06 1998-01 2000-04
REBOUNDS 16 ........ Eric Mobley ................................... St. John’s, 3/10/94 16 ........ Jaime Peterson ............................ Connecticut, 3/10/95 15 ........ Aaron Gray .................................... West Virginia, 3/9/06 14 ........ Ricardo Greer ............................... Rutgers, 3/3/99 14 ........ Jerome Lane ................................ Seton Hall, 3/6/87
REBOUNDS 71 Jaron Brown 70 Isaac Hawkins 65 Sam Young 63 Ricardo Greer 62 Aaron Gray
2000-04 1997-01 2006-08 1998-01 2004-07
ASSISTS 14 ........ Brandin Knight .............................. Miami, 3/8/02 11 ........ Darelle Porter ................................ Boston College, 3/8/90 11 ........ Brandin Knight .............................. Notre Dame, 3/8/01
ASSISTS 75 Brandin Knight 50 Levance Fields 43 Darelle Porter
2000-03 2006-09 1988-91
CAREER LEADERS
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS INDIVIDUAL RECORDS GAME RECORDS n Minutes: 50, Isaac Hawkins vs. Villanova, 3/4/98; Vonteego Cummings vs. Villanova, 3/4/98. n Points: 37, Vonteego Cummings vs. Villanova, 3/4/98. n Rebounds: 16, Eric Mobley vs. St. John’s, 3/10/94; Jaime Peterson vs. Connecticut, 3/10/95. n Assists: 14, Brandin Knight vs. Miami, 3/8/02. n Field Goals Made: 13, Vonteego Cummings vs. Villanova, 3/4/98. n Field Goal Attempts: 26, Vonteego Cummings vs. Villanova, 3/4/98. n Field Goal Percentage (10+ FGM): .636, Ontario Lett (7-11), Connecticut, 3/9/02. n Field Goal Percentage (less than 10 FGM): 1.000, Keith Armstrong (7-7) vs. Villanova, 3/8/84. n Free Throws Made: 11, Charles Smith vs. Seton Hall, 3/6/87. n Free Throws Attempted: 13, Levance Fields vs. Georgetown, 3/ 15/08; Brandin Knight vs. Miami, 3/ 7/01; Charles Smith vs. Seton Hall, 3/6/87. n Free Throw Percentage: 1.000, Brian Shorter (8-8) vs. Villanova, 3/ 10/89; .889, Jason Matthews (8-9) vs. Boston College, 3/8/90. n Free Throw Percentage (at least 10 FTA): .818, Jason Matthews (911) vs. Seton Hall, 3/8/91. n Three-Point FG Made: 6, Jason Matthews vs. Boston College, 3/8/ 90. n Three-Point FG Attempted: 13, Sean Miller vs. Miami, 3/12/92. n Three-Point FG Percentage: .667, Antonio Graves (4-6) vs. Louisville, 3/9/07; Rod Brookin (4-6) vs. Syracuse, 3/9/90; .625, Jason Maile (5-8) vs. Connecticut, 3/10/95. n Offensive Rebounds: 8, Ricardo Greer vs. Villanova, 3/4/98. n Steals: 7, Jaron Brown vs. Connecticut, 3/13/04. n Turnovers: 7, Ricardo Greer vs. Boston College, 3/10/01; Joey David vs. Villanova, 3/7/85; Brandin Knight vs. Boston College, 3/7/02; Darelle Porter vs. Georgetown, 3/11/89. n Blocked Shots: 7, Charles Smith vs. Connecticut, 3/11/88. TOURNAMENT RECORDS n Games Played: 4, many players in 2001, 2006 and 2008. n Minutes: 156, Ricardo Greer, 2001. n Points: 80, Sam Young, 2008. n Scoring Average: 20.0, Sam Young, 2008. n Rebounds: 47, Aaron Gray, 2006. n Rebound Average: 11.8, Aaron Gray, 2006. n Assists: 29, Brandin Knight, 2001. n Assists Average: 10.5, Darelle Porter, 1990. n Field Goals Made: 31, Sam Young, 2008.
n Field Goal Attempts: 63, Sam Young, 2008. n Field Goal Percentage: .727, Ontario Lett (16-22), 2002. n Free Throws Made: 23, Sam Young, 2008. n Free Throws Attempted: 38, Levance Fields, 2008. n Free Throw Percentage: .929, Donatas Zavackas (13-14), 2002, 2003. n Three-Point FG Made: 11, Ronald Ramon, 2008; Donatas Zavackas, 2001. n Three-Point FG Attempted: 23, Ronald Ramon, 2008. n Three-Point FG Percentage: .611, Donatas Zavackas (11-18), 2001. n Steals: 12, Jaron Brown, 2004. n Turnovers: 13, DeJuan Blair, 2008; Sam Young, 2006; Ricardo Greer, 2001. n Blocked Shots: 10, Sam Young, 2008; Charles Smith, 1988. n Blocked Shots Average: 5.0, Charles Smith, 1988. CAREER RECORDS n Games Played: 13, Jaron Brown, 2000-04; Julius Page, 2000-04. n Games Started: 13, Jaron Brown, 2000-04; Julius Page, 2000-04. n Minutes: 388, Brandin Knight, 2000-03. n Points: 142, Sam Young, 2006-08. n Rebounds: 70, Isaac Hawkins, 1997-01. n Assists: 75, Brandin Knight, 200003. n Field Goals Made: 56, Sam Young, 2006-08. n Field Goal Attempts: 114, Sam Young, 2006-08. n Field Goal Percentage: .634, Ontario Lett (26-41), 2002-03. n Free Throws Made: 39, Carl Krauser, 2003-06. n Free Throws Attempted: 49, Levance Fields, 2006-08. n Free Throw Percentage: .863, Donatas Zavackas (38-44), 200003. n Three-Point FG Made: 24, Donatas Zavackas, 2000-03. n Three-Point FG Attempted: 62, Brandin Knight, 2000-03. n Three-Point FG Percentage: .514, Jason Maile (18-35), 1993-97. n Steals: 28, Brandin Knight, 200003. n Turnovers: 35, Brandin Knight, 2000-03. n Blocked Shots: 20, Charles Smith, 1985-88.
TEAM RECORDS GAME RECORDS n Minutes: 250, Villanova, 3/4/98; Connecticut, 3/9/02. n Points: 96, Seton Hall, 3/6/87. n Least Points: 42, Georgetown, 3/ 10/07. n Rebounds: 50, Villanova, 3/4/98.
n Assists: 22, Villanova, 3/4/98. n Field Goals Made: 35, Syracuse, 3/ 7/87; Villanova, 3/4/98. n Field Goal Attempts: 78, Syracuse, 3/7/87; Villanova, 3/4/98. n Best Field Goal Percentage: .703 (19-27), Georgetown, 3/11/89. n Worst Field Goal Percentage: .262 (16-61), Georgetown, 3/10/07. n Three-Point FG Made: 12, Villanova, 3/4/98. n Three-Point FG Attempted: 26, St. John’s, 3/9/95. n Three-Point FG Percentage (at least 15 3FGA): .556, Boston College (10-18), 3/8/90. n Free Throws Made: 33, Seton Hall, 3/6/87. n Free Throws Attempted: 44, Seton Hall, 3/6/87. n Free Throw Percentage: .897 (2629), Seton Hall, 3/8/91. n Personal Fouls: 31, Villanova, 3/8/ 84. n Disqualifications: 4, Villanova, 3/8/ 84. n Steals: 14, Seton Hall, 3/6/87. n Most Turnovers: 22, Villanova, 3/8/ 84. n Least Turnovers: 9, St. John’s 3/ 10/83. n Blocked Shots: 8, Connecticut, 3/ 11/88; Connecticut, 3/9/02. TOURNAMENT RECORDS n Total Games: 4 in 2001, 2006 and 2008. n Minutes: 825 in 2001 and 2008. n Points: 288 in 2008. n Scoring Margin: 13.0 in 2003. n Rebounds: 166 in 2006. n Assists: 56 in 2008. n Field Goals Made: 95 in 2008. n Field Goal Attempts: 223 in 2006. n Field Goal Percentage: .468 (80171) in 2002. n Free Throws Made: 78 in 2008. n Free Throws Attempted: 133 in 2008. n Three-Point FG Made: 23 in 2006. n Three-Point FG Attempted: 71 in 2006. n Steals: 33 in 2001. n Turnovers: 63 in 2001. n Blocked Shots: 18 in 2008.
OPPONENT RECORDS INDIVIDUAL GAME RECORDS n Minutes: 50, Caron Butler, Connecticut, 3/9/02. n Points: 35, Sherman Douglas, Syracuse, 3/7/87. n Rebounds: 18, Rafal Bigus, Villanova, 3/4/98. n Assists: 11, Sherman Douglas, Syracuse, 3/7/87. n Field Goals Made: 12, Elton Tyler, Miami, 3/8/02. n Field Goal Attempts: 25, Randy Foye, Villanova, 3/10/06. n Field Goal Percentage: .875, Zendon Hamilton (7-8), St. John’s, 3/9/95.
n Field Goal Percentage (at least 10 FGA): .785, Jerome Scott (11-14), Miami, 3/12/92. n Free Throws Made: 16, Sherman Douglas, Syracuse, 3/7/87. n Free Throws Attempted: 21, Sherman Douglas, Syracuse, 3/7/ 87. n Free Throw Percentage: 1.000, Uka Agbai (13-13), Boston College, 3/7/02. n Three-Point FG Made: 5, Greg Monroe, Syracuse, 3/7/87; Howard Brown, Villanova, 3/4/98; Martin Ingelsby, Notre Dame, 3/8/01. n Three-Point FG Attempted: 14, Randy Foye, Villanova, 3/10/06. n Three-Point FG Percentage: 1.000, Greg Monroe (5-5), Syracuse, 3/7/87; Jerome Scott (44), Miami, 3/12/92. n Offensive Rebounds: 11, Rafal Bigus, Villanova, 3/4/98. n Steals: 7, Dwayne McClain, Villanova, 3/8/84. n Turnovers: 6, Martin Sally, Seton Hall, 3/6/87. n Blocked Shots: 4, Tom Greis, Villanova, 3/12/88. TEAM GAME RECORDS n Minutes: 250, Villanova, 3/4/98; vs. Connecticut, 3/9/02. n Most Points: 99, Syracuse, 3/7/87. n Least Points: 54, Notre Dame, 3/8/ 01. n Rebounds: 50, Villanova, 3/4/98. n Assists: 21, Villanova, 3/4/98. n Field Goals Made: 37, Villanova, 3/ 4/98. n Field Goal Attempts: 89, Villanova, 3/4/98. n Best Field Goal Percentage: .648 (35-54), Syracuse, 3/7/87. n Worst Field Goal Percentage: .286 (14-49), Boston College, 3/14/03. n Free Throws Made: 29, Villanova, 3/8/84. n Free Throws Attempted: 40, Boston College, 3/6/97; Villanova, 3/ 8/84. n Free Throw Percentage: .938 (1516), Syracuse, 3/6/87. n Three-Point FG Made: 13, Villanova, 3/4/98. n Three-Point FG Attempted: 33, West Virginia, 3/9/06; Villanova, 3/4/ 98. n Three-Point FG Percentage: 1.000, Syracuse (6-6), 3/7/87. n Three-Point FG Percentage (at least 15 3FGA): .467, Boston College (7-15), 3/10/01. n Personal Fouls: 33, Seton Hall, 3/ 6/87. n Steals: 16, Boston College, 3/10/ 01. n Most Turnovers: 24, Seton Hall, 3/ 6/87. n Least Turnovers: 9, Connecticut, 3/11/88. n Blocked Shots: 7, Seton Hall, 3/8/ 91; Connecticut, 3/15/03.
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PITT IN THE NATIONAL POLLS The Associated Press poll began in the 1948-49 season. The AP poll is voted upon by a group of writers nationwide. United Press International poll began with the 1950-51 season and was chosen by coaches nationwide. The UPI poll was replaced by the USA Today poll for the 1992-93 season. The following is Pittsburgh’s poll history:
PITT IN THE PRESEASON POLLS
1973-74 Date J14 J21 J28 F4 F11 F18 F25 M4 M11 M18 M27-Final
AP 17 16 13 10 7 7 11 14 13 15 16
UPI 13 10 9 -------14
1986-87 1986-87: 16-AP, 9-UPI, 7-USA Today/CNN 1987-88: 4-AP, 5-UPI, 3-USA Today/CNN 1989-90: 18-AP 1990-91: 12-AP, 15-UPI 2002-03: 5-AP, 4-USAToday 2003-04: 22-AP, 22-USA Today 2004-05: 17-AP, 17-USA Today 2006-07: 4-AP, 5-USA Today 2007-08: 22-AP, 20-USA Today 2008-09: 5-AP; 6-USA Today
NATIONAL AP RANKING UPON ENTERING NCAA TOURNEY
Date Preseason D1 D8 D15 D22 D29 J5 J12 J19 J26 F2 F9 F16 F23 M2 M9-Final
AP 16 12 17 14 14 17 14 18 16 17 13 10 8 9 11 12
USAT/ UPI CNN 9 7 11 9 --------15 14 NR 20 17 -19 -16 ---8 -----12 --
1987-88
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Year AP 1974 .......... 13 1987 .......... 12 1988 ............ 8 2002 ............ 9 2003 ............ 4
Year AP 2004 ............ 9 2005 .......... 22 2006 .......... 16 2007 .......... 13 2008 .......... 17 2009 ............ 4
PITT IN THE FINAL POLLS 1973-74: 16-AP, 14-UPI 1986-87: 12-AP, 12-UPI, 18USAToday 1987-88: 8-AP, 7-UPI, 13USAToday 1990-91: 21-UPI 2001-02: 9-AP, 9-USA Today 2002-03: 4-AP, 8-USA Today 2003-04: 9-AP; 7-USA Today 2005-06: 16-AP; 16-USA Today 2006-07: 12-AP; 10-USA Today 2007-08: 17-AP; 18-USA Today 2008-09: 4-AP; 6-USA Today
Date Preseason N30 D7 D14 D21 D28 J4 J11 J18 J25 F1 F8 F15 F22 F29 M7 M14-Final
AP 4 4 2 3 3 3 2 6 6 11 9 5 8 6 7 5 8
USAT/ UPI CNN 5 3 5 -5 -3 -3 -3 -2 -7 9 --11 ---7 ---6 6 5 ---7 --
1989-90 Date Preseason N27 D4
AP 18 18 22
USA UPI Today -------
1990-91
HIGHEST NATIONAL RANKINGS No. 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Poll, Date AP-Jan. 5, 2009 ESPN/USA Today-Jan. 5, 2009 AP-Jan. 12, 2009 ESPN/USA Today-Jan. 12, 2009 AP-Feb. 23, 2009 ESPN-USA Today-Feb. 23.2009 AP-March 9, 2009 ESPN-USA Today-Mar. 9, 2009 AP-Dec. 11, 2006 ESPN/USA Today-Dec. 11, 2006 AP-Nov. 27, 2006 AP-Dec. 4, 2006 ESPN/USA Today-Dec. 4, 2006 AP-Dec. 7, 1987 AP-Jan. 4, 1988 AP-Jan. 28, 2003 ESPN/USA Today-Jan. 28, 2003 AP-Jan. 19, 2003 ESPN/USA Today-Jan. 19, 2003 AP-Dec. 22, 2002 ESPN/USA Today-Dec. 29, 2002 AP-Dec. 29, 2002
2009-10 PITT BASKETBALL
Date Preseason N26 D3 D10 D17 D24 D31 J7 J14 J21 J28 F4 F11 F18 F25 M4 M11-Final
AP 12 13 11 15 14 11 11 17 16 17 19 24 22 23 22 NR NR
USA UPI Today 15 NR 14 NR 13 NR 16 13 16 14 14 11 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 22 25 NR 25 NR 23 NR 22 NR 22 NR NR 21 21
1991-92 Date N25
AP 24
USA UPI Today NR NR
1992-93 Date Preseason N24
AP NR NR
USA UPI Today NR NR 24 NR
D1 J4 J11 J18 J25 F1 F8 F15 F22
NR 24 NR 20 13 15 17 17 25
NR NR NR 21 16 17 17 15 21
24 NR NR 23 18 -----
1998-99 Date D1 D8 D15 D22 D29
AP 20 20 22 24 23
USA Today 21 18 24 24 23
2001-02 Date J7 J14 J21 J28 F4 F11 F18 F25 M3 M10 Final
AP 23 NR NR 21 NR 14 11 10 7 9 9
USA Today 25 NR 25 21 21 16 10 8 7 7 9
2002-03 Date Preseason N17 N26 D3 D9 D15 D22 D29 J6 J12 J19 J28 F2 F10 F17 F23 M3 M10 M17 Final
AP 5 5 5 5 4 4 2 2 6 3 2 2 4 7 9 8 7 5 4 NP
USA Today 4 NP 5 4 3 3 2 2 5 3 2 2 4 7 9 8 7 5 4 8
2003-04 Date Preseason N24 D1 D8 D15 D22 D29 J5 J12 J19 J26 F2 F9 F16 F23 M1 M8 M15-Final A6-Final
AP 22 22 22 20 18 16 15 15 13 8 7 4 4 5 3 6 6 9 NP
USA Today 22 22 22 23 20 17 16 15 15 9 6 4 4 4 3 6 6 8 7
2004-05 Date Preseason N16 N22 N29 D6 D13 D20 D27 J3 J10 J17
AP 17 17 16 13 11 10 10 10 16 20 21
USA Today 17 NP 15 14 12 10 7 7 12 18 17
PITT IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS n First appearance in the national rankings: No. 17 (Jan. 14, 1974). n Years that Pittsburgh has been nationally ranked at least one time: 15 (1973-74, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1989-90, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1998-99, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09). n First appearance in the top-10: No. 10 (Feb. 4, 1974). n Highest national ranking: No. 1, six polls (Jan. 5, 2009, Jan. 12, 2009, Feb. 23, 2009). n Highest preseason national ranking: No. 4 (1987-88, 2002-03, 2006-07). n Highest final ranking: No. 6 (6-ESPN/USA Today, 2008-09 season). n Seasons completed as a nationally ranked team: 8 (1973-74, 1986-87, 1987-88, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09). n Most consecutive weeks ranked in the AP Poll: 61, three years, two months, one day (Jan. 7, 2002-March 7, 2005); 43, three years (Dec. 19, 2005-Feb. 11, 2008); 33, two years (PS-1986-87March 14-Final, 1987-88). n Most consecutive weeks ranked in the AP top10: 22 (March 3, 2002-March 17, 2004). n Total weeks ranked in top-25 in at least one poll: 217. n Total weeks ranked No. 1 in at least one poll: 3. n Total weeks ranked in top-5 in at least one poll: 51. n Total weeks ranked in top-10 in at least one poll: 98. J24 J31 F7 F14 F21 F28 M7 Final
20 16 18 17 18 24 22 ARV
18 15 15 15 17 24 23 ARV
2005-06 Date Preseason N15 N21 N28 D5 D12 D19 D26 J2 J9 J16 J23 J30 F6 F13 F20 F27 M6 M13
AP NR NR NR NR ARV ARV NR NR 22 12 9 12 9 14 9 9 8 15 16
USA Today NR NR NR NR ARV ARV 25 23 20 11 9 10 9 13 9 10 9 16 16
2006-07 Date Preseason N13 N20 N27 D4 D11 D18 D25 J1 J8 J15 J22 J29 F5 F12 F19 F26 M5
AP 4 4 3 2 2 2 7 10 10 7 6 9 7 7 7 10 12 13
USA Today 5 5 4 3 2 2 7 11 10 7 6 9 7 6 5 8 12 11
M11 Final
NP 12
10 10
2007-08 Date Preseason N12 N19 N26 D3 D10 D17 D24 D31 J7 J14 J21 J28 F4 F11 F18 F25 M3 M10 M17 Final
AP 22 19 17 14 12 11 11 6 13 20 15 13 18 21 22 ARV ARV ARV ARV 17 NP
USA Today 20 19 17 11 9 9 9 6 13 18 16 17 21 25 24 ARV ARV ARV ARV 19 18
2008-09 Date Preseason N17 N24 D1 D8 D15 D22 D29 J5 J12 J19 J26 F2 F9 F16 F23 M2 M9 M16 Final
AP 5 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 4 3 6 4 4 1 3 2 4 NP
USA Today 6 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 4 3 5 4 4 1 4 2 4 6
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
ATTENDANCE RECORDS TOP SINGLE GAME HOME ATTENDANCE Opponent, Date *North Carolina, 12/20/93 California, 3/17/02 Cent. Conn. St., 3/15/02 Syracuse, 2/5/94 Syracuse, 2/10/88 Georgetown, 1/27/91 Syracuse, 2/4/89 Georgetown, 2/11/89 Georgetown, 1/8/90 Georgetown, 1/23/91 Syracuse, 1/7/91 Syracuse, 1/3/90 Duquesne, 2/15/81 St. John’s, 2/26/90 North Carolina, 12/20/95 Georgetown, 2/28/93 Georgetown, 2/20/97 Syracuse, 1/8/92 Villanova, 1/2/91 Syracuse, 2/7/96 Arizona, 1/27/90 Oklahoma, 1/15/89 UCLA, 12/30/70 Duquesne, 1/6/92 Duquesne, 12/19/92 *most attended basketball
Arena Attendance Civic Arena 17,716 Mellon Arena 17,015 Mellon Arena 17,015 Civic Arena 16,887 Mellon Arena 16,798 Civic Arena 16,683 Civic Arena 16,669 Civic Arena 16,669 Civic Arena 16,588 Civic Arena 16,489 Civic Arena 16,485 Civic Arena 16,188 Civic Arena 15,824 Civic Arena 15,322 Civic Arena 15,195 Civic Arena 15,154 Civic Arena 15,127 Civic Arena 15,112 Civic Arena 15,033 Civic Arena 15,016 Civic Arena 14,127 Civic Arena 13,878 Civic Arena 13,535 Civic Arena 13,525 Civic Arena 13,519 game in city history
YEAR-BY-YEAR TOTAL ATTENDANCE (includes all games during season) Year Total Avg. 1989-90 336,923 11,618 1990-91 343,008 10,394 1991-92 349,949 10,293 1992-93 286,560 10,234 1993-94 256,132 9,486 1994-95 293,480 10,481 1995-96 244,582 9,059 1996-97 325,569 9,866 1997-98 221,864 8,217 1998-99 210,476 7,016 1999-00 181,698 6,489 2000-01 274,870 8,329 2001-02 303,506 8,671 2002-03 426,653 12,929 2003-04 569,699 15,825 2004-05 319,696 11,024 2005-06 413,644 12,534 2006-07 489,703 13,235 2007-08 477,315 12,900 2008-09 433,279 12,035
GP 29 33 34 28 27 28 27 33 27 30 28 33 35 33 36 29 33 37 37 36
TOP SINGLE GAME ATTENDANCE (all Opponent, Date Ball State, 3/16/89 Syracuse, 2/24/91 Syracuse 3/6/88 Syracuse, 1/11/86 Syracuse, 1/24/04 Syracuse, 2/25/84 Syracuse, 2/1/03 Syracuse, 1/23/90 Syracuse, 1/18/92 Marquette, 3/27/03 Syracuse, 3/2/97 Syracuse, 3/1/08 Syracuse, 3/6/93 Syracuse, 2/24/96 Syracuse, 2/14/05 Syracuse, 2/21/95 Kentucky, 11/22/91 Kent State, 3/21/02
Pitt opened its 12,508-seat Petersen Events Center with a game against Duquesne on Nov. 23, 2003.
games) Location Indianapolis Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse, N.Y. Minneapolis Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse, N.Y. Lexington, Ky. Lexington, Ky.
Total 37,242 32,763 32,492 32,064 31,347 30,356 30,303 30,023 29,576 28,168 26,938 26,632 26,321 25,064 24,631 23,473 22,555 22,338
Note: Sellouts at Madison Square Garden are announced at 19,544 or 19,528.
TOP ON-CAMPUS CROWDS Opponent, Date Connecticut, 3/7/09 Connecticut, 2/15/04 Providence, 2/25/06 Syracuse, 3/29/04 Marquette, 3/4/09 DePaul, 2/21/09 Cincinnati, 2/14/09 West Virginia, 2/9/09 Notre Dame, 1/31/09 Syracuse, 1/19/09 South Florida, 1/14/09 St. John’s, 1/11/09 Louisville, 2/24/08 West Virginia, 2/7/08 Villanova, 1/30/08 Rutgers, 1/26/08 Georgetown, 1/14/08 Seton Hall, 1/12/08 West Virginia, 2/27/07 Washington, 2/17/07 Providence, 2/10/07 St. John’s, 1/27/07 Marquette, 1/21/07 Connecticut, 1/16/07 Georgetown, 1/13/07 Dayton, 12/23/06 Florida State, 11/24/06 Marquette, 1/28/06 Syracuse, 1/23/06 West Virginia, 2/9/06 Cincinnati, 2/12/06 Seton Hall, 3/3/06 Notre Dame, 1/4/06 Syracuse, 1/29/05 West Virginia, 2/23/05 Connecticut, 2/26/05 Notre Dame, 1/12/04 Boston College, 1/28/04 St. John’s, 2/4/04 Villanova, 3/6/04 Duquesne, 11/23/02 Ohio State, 12/18/02 Notre Dame, 1/6/03 Syracuse, 1/18/03 Georgetown, 1/25/03 Rutgers, 2/22/03 Seton Hall, 3/5/03 Connecticut, 3/2/03
Arena PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC PEC
Attendance 12,908 12,817 12,719 12,624 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508 12,508
YEAR-BY-YEAR HOME ATTENDANCE AVG. Year 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Total 45,759 40,443 52,668 48,930 34,752 71,064 81,200 91,230 90,883 119,505 108,101 119,048 113,570 114,582 110,716 120,980 113,106 92,488 123,957 112,904 101,423 86,433 90,192 82,139 95,096 174,917 202,177 179,598 180,618 208,997 197,447 212,682
Avg. 3,520 3,111 3,762 3,495 2,896 5,076 5,800 6,082 6,991 7,967 8,315 7,937 9,464 8,814 8,516 8,065 8,079 7,114 8,264 7,527 6,762 6,174 5,305 4,832 5,594 10,932 10,509 10,565 10,625 11,611 10,969 11,194
GP 13 13 14 14 12 14 14 15 13 15 13 15 12 13 13 15 14 13 15 15 15 14 17 17 17 16 20 17 17 18 18 19
DID YOU KNOW? Pitt ranked among the nation’s top-five schools in attendance increase in two consecutive years- 2001-02 and 2002-03. With its move to the Petersen Events Center, the Panthers finished second nationally in attendance increase in 2002-03 at plus-4,129.
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100-POINT SCORING GAMES ALL-TIME GAMES OF 100-PLUS POINTS Note: Pittsburgh is 39-0 when it scores 100-plus points. Date 3/3/56 2/24/58 1/2/64 2/1/64 1964-65 2/13/70 2/6/71 2/20/71 12/6/71 2/11/72 1/20/74 1/30/74 2/14/74 3/1/75 11/29/78 12/9/78 2/24/81 12/20/83 11/26/84 2/27/85 11/29/86 12/3/86 1/29/86 1/12/87 1/17/87
Opponent at Penn State Geneva Dartmouth Carnegie Mellon Westminster Syracuse Carnegie Mellon at Carnegie Mellon Ohio Wesleyan Syracuse Buffalo State at Westminster Cleveland State at Buffalo State vs. Rio Grande $ Robert Morris at Massachusetts Florida State St. Francis St. Francis Indiana (Pa.) at St. Francis vs. Arkansas ! at Duquesne Chicago State
Pitt Opp. 100 90 109 74 107 63 108 75 101 71 127 108 118 84 104 59 103 48 109 99 101 75 106 71 106 55 107 88 107 82 100 68 101 61 102 89 104 88 107 72 108 49 108 69 114 83 102 77 112 70
W/L W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
3/18/88 11/28/89 12/1/89 1/27/90 1/31/90 2/11/90 12/6/90 1/12/91 12/19/92 11/27/93 12/16/95 12/23/95 12/1/99 1/4/06 11/9/07
vs. Eastern Mich. @ Siena vs. Oklahoma State # Arizona (CA) Boston College Providence Marshall Providence at Duquesne (CA) Youngstown State Long Island Prairie View A&M Norfolk State Notre Dame Houston Baptist
108 101 102 100 110 117 105 101 102 112 108 101 102 100 103
90 89 90 92 80 102 75 82 91 66 67 59 78 98 62
W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
! - Rainbow Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii) @ - NCAA Tournament (Lincoln, Neb.) # - Tournament of Champions (Charlotte, N.C.) $ - played in Wheeling, W.Va.
OPPONENT’S 100-PLUS POINT GAMES Note: Pittsburgh has given up 100 or more points 34 times and is 2-32 in such contests. Date 2/54 2/20/54 12/54
Opponent at Navy Westminster at Michigan
Pitt Opp. 73 108 94 104 71 101
W/L L L L
1955 1956 2/23/57 12/26/64 1/8/66 2/14/66 2/23/66 1/18/67 2/1/67 12/1/68 12/9/68 1/6/68 1/31/69 2/1/69 2/11/70 2/13/70 3/4/72 3/16/74 12/6/74 3/18/75 1/27/76 12/30/77 1/3/77 1/6/79 2/4/89 12/2/89 12/4/89 12/28/89 2/11/90 2/2/91 12/20/93
at Geneva 96 at Ohio State 69 at West Virginia 93 at Wichita State 58 at Virginia Tech 74 at West Virginia 63 at Westminster 76 West Virginia 78 at Cornell 72 Rutgers 74 Duquesne 66 at Miami 84 at Louisiana State 79 at Tulane 89 Temple 72 Syracuse 127 at West Virgnia 90 at North Carolina State 72 Duquesne 94 vs. Providence (NIT) 80 at Rutgers 71 vs. Iowa 80 West Virginia 91 at Syracuse 74 Syracuse 80 vs. North Carolina State 87 vs. Georgia Tech 92 vs. Georgia Tech 92 Providence 117 at UCLA 85 North Carolina 93
101 100 107 109 100 103 102 102 110 100 100 100 120 110 101 108 104 100 100 101 102 103 100 100 103 100 111 111 102 112 106
L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L W L L L L L L L L L L L L W L L
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LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY Date 11/29/86 12/6/71 1928-29 12/1/01 2/14/74 11/30/85 12/28/95 2/18/76 11/23/07 1929-30 11/27/93 1933-34 11/17/00 12/3/02 2/20/71 12/16/96 1/2/64 2/1/68 12/23/95 1/17/87 1953-54 11/9/07 12/16/95 11/30/02 2/24/81 1/16/74 1954-55
Opponent Indiana (Pa.) Ohio Wesleyan Army Savannah State Cleveland State Indiana (Pa.) Brown Buffalo State Buffalo Wash. & Jefferson Youngstown State Army North Carolina A&T Norfolk State at Carnegie Mellon Carnegie Mellon Dartmouth at Carnegie Mellon Prarie View A&M Chicago State Penn State Houston Baptist Long Island Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Massachusetts George Washington at Tampa
Pitt Opp. Margin 108 49 +59 103 48 +55 69 16 +53 87 35 +52 106 55 +51 94 45 +49 95 47 +48 99 51 +48 92 45 +47 67 20 +47 112 66 +46 64 18 +46 91 46 +45 96 51 +45 104 59 +45 84 39 +45 107 63 +44 89 46 +43 101 59 +42 112 70 +42 74 32 +42 103 62 +41 108 67 +41 89 49 +40 101 61 +40 96 56 +40 92 52 +40
LARGEST VICTORY-BIG EAST GAMES
3/2/02 1/27/07 1/23/08 1/29/97 3/3/92 2/7/09 1/2/02 3/2/85 2/28/05 2/4/92 1/31/87 2/22/03 1/24/04 1/7/07
West Virginia St. John’s at St. John’s Notre Dame Boston College at DePaul St. John’s Villanova at Boston College at Miami Connecticut Rutgers at Syracuse South Florida
92 72 81 88 90 92 77 85 72 77 73 86 66 69
65 46 57 64 66 69 54 62 50 55 52 65 45 48
+27 +26 +24 +24 +24 +23 +23 +23 +22 +22 +21 +21 +21 +21
LARGEST WIN- BIG EAST ROAD GAMES Date 3/2/04 1/23/08 2/7/09 2/28/05 2/4/94 1/24/04 1/14/03 1/25/97 1/24/87 2/3/88 1/3/09 1/24/07 1/7/86 2/18/03
Opponent at Providence at St. John’s at DePaul at Boston College at Miami at Syracuse at West Virginia at Georgetown at Boston College at St. John’s at Georgetown at Cincinnati at Seton Hall at Georgetown
Pitt Opp. Margin 88 61 +27 81 57 +24 92 69 +23 72 50 +22 77 55 +22 66 45 +21 80 61 +19 89 71 +18 80 62 +18 88 71 +17 70 54 +16 67 51 +16 81 66 +15 82 67 +15
LARGEST MARGIN OF LOSS Date 2/12/03 1/25/88 3/5/03 1/29/92 1/31/90 1/12/94 2/24/86 3/2/04
Opponent West Virginia Providence Seton Hall Miami Boston College Miami Connecticut at Providence
Pitt Opp. Margin 82 46 +36 90 56 +34 86 54 +32 82 52 +30 110 80 +30 83 55 +28 79 51 +28 88 61 +27
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Date 12/26/64 12/5/59 1/31/69 1914 1/14/67 2/14/66 12/20/55
Opponent at Wichita State at Ohio State at Louisiana State Rochester at Penn State at West Virginia Duke
Pitt Opp. Margin 58 109 -51 49 94 -45 79 120 -41 12 53 -41 44 84 -40 63 103 -40 54 92 -38
2/22/67 2/1/67 12/3/66 1950 2/54 11/28/98 12/9/67 2/44 2/5/38
at Temple at Cornell at Davidson at Bradley at Navy vs. Maryland Duquesne at Army at Notre Dame
49 72 59 48 73 52 66 32 17
87 110 97 84 108 87 100 66 51
-38 -38 -38 -36 -35 -35 -34 -34 -34
LARGEST LOSS- BIG EAST GAMES Date 2/3/96 3/1/86 1/14/85
Opponent at Villanova at Georgetown St. John’s
Pitt Opp. Margin 88 55 -33 93 62 -31 87 56 -31
MOST COMBINED POINTS SCORED Date 2/13/70 2/11/90 2/11/72 12/28/89 2/6/71 1/26/62 1956-57 12/20/93 2/1/69 1/31/69
Opponent Syracuse Providence Syracuse vs. Georgia Tech Carnegie Mellon at Boston College at West Virginia North Carolina (CA) at Tulane at LSU
Pitt Opp. Margin 127 108 235 117 102 219 109 99 208 92 111 203 118 84 202 94 108 202 91 107 200 93 106 199 89 110 199 79 120 199
FEWEST COMBINED POINTS Date 1943-44 1905-06 1911-12 1907-08 1913-14 1929-30 1923-24 1951-52 1931-32
Opponent Penn State (NA) Westminster at Mount Union at Bucknell (NA) St. Lawrence West Virginia (NA) Bucknell at Penn State at Stanford
Pitt Opp. Margin 12 15 27 13 16 29 16 14 30 14 16 30 14 17 31 17 15 32 10 22 32 9 24 33 22 11 33
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COMEBACK WINS LARGEST HALFTIME TURNAROUND- ALL GAMES Date 12/5/83 11/26/88 2/21/81 1/22/05 2/10/02 1/31/09 3/6/04 2/5/73 3/9/06 2/24/04 2/16/02 12/30/86 3/14/01
Opponent Halftime Deficit at St. Francis (Pa.) -12 (47-35) Oklahoma State -7 (43-36) West Virginia -4 (29-25) at Connecticut -11 (43-32) at Syracuse -8 (35-27) Notre Dame -6 (45-39) Villanova -5 (22-17) West Virginia -6 (40-34) vs. West Virginia -7 (31-24) at Georgetown -8 (28-20) at West Virginia -8 (45-37) vs. Wisconsin -2 (41-39) St. Bonaventure -9 (48-39)
Final 94-80 93-75 81-64 76-66 75-63 93-80 59-45 77-64 68-57 68-58 85-75 98-82 84-75
LARGEST HALFTIME TURNAROUND- ROAD GAME
Turnaround +26 +25 +21 +21 +20 +19 +19 +19 +18 +18 +18 +18 +18
LARGEST HALFTIME TURNAROUND- BIG EAST PLAY Date 1/22/05 2/10/02 3/6/04 2/24/04 2/16/02 1/3/87 3/2/91
Opponent Halftime Deficit at Connecticut -11 (43-32) at Syracuse -8 (35-27) Villanova -5 (22-17) at Georgetown -8 (28-20) at West Virginia -8 (45-37) Providence -7 (43-36) at Boston College -3 (37-34)
Final 76-66 75-63 59-45 68-58 85-75 76-67 88-76
Turnaround +21 +20 +19 +18 +18 +16 +15
Date 12/5/83 1/22/05 2/10/02 2/24/04 2/16/02
Opponent Halftime Deficit at St. Francis (Pa.) -12 (47-35) at Connecticut -11 (43-32) at Syracuse -8 (35-27) at Georgetown -8 (28-20) at West Virginia -8 (45-37)
Final 94-80 76-66 75-63 68-58 85-75
Turnaround +26 +21 +20 +18 +18
LARGEST HALFTIME DEFICIT OVERCOME TO WIN Date 12/20/08 12/5/83 1/22/05 1/13/75 3/3/84 3/14/01 2/6/00
Opponent Halftime Deficit vs. Duke -12 (34-22) at St. Francis (Pa.) -12 (47-35) at Connecticut -11 (43-32) Notre Dame -10 (44-34) Providence -10 (31-21) St. Bonaventure -9 (48-39) Notre Dame -9 (35-26)
Final 65-64 94-80 76-66 84-77 61-60 84-75 72-66
Turnaround +13 +26 +21 +17 +11 +18 +15
COMEBACK WINS BY SEASON Season 2003-04 1988-89 2001-02 1983-84
Wins ........... 6 ........... 6 ........... 5 ........... 5
Season 1979-80 2005-06 2004-05 1996-97
Wins ........... 5 ........... 4 ........... 4 ........... 4
Season Wins 1987-88 ........... 4 1992-93 ........... 4 1991-92 ........... 4
HALFTIME LEADS/DEFICITS LARGEST HALFTIME LEADS- BIG EAST ROAD GAME
LARGEST HALFTIME LEADS Date 12/3/03 11/27/93 1/30/74 12/6/71 11/29/86 2/20/71 12/29/86 12/28/95 12/17/03
Opponent Norfolk State Youngstown State at Westminster at Ohio Wesleyan Indiana (Pa.) at Carnegie Mellon vs. Arkansas Brown Chicago State
Score 54-15 62-26 53-18 53-19 54-20 55-22 53-20 56-24 50-18
Lead +39 +36 +35 +34 +34 +33 +33 +32 +32
Final 96-51 112-66 106-71 103-48 108-49 104-59 114-83 95-47 79-51
LARGEST HALFTIME LEADS- BIG EAST PLAY Date 1/2/02 2/8/98 1/12/94 1/10/99
Opponent St. John’s Boston College Miami Boston College
Score 41-18 49-26 44-22 49-27
Lead +23 +23 +22 +22
Final 77-54 89-79 83-55 86-70
LARGEST HALFTIME LEADS- ROAD GAME Date 1/30/74 2/20/71 12/3/86 2/13/70 12/4/85
Opponent at Westminster at Carnegie Mellon at St. Francis (Pa.) at Syracuse at Lafayette
Score 53-18 55-22 55-29 58-37 44-23
Lead +35 +33 +26 +21 +21
Final 106-71 104-59 108-69 127-108 95-64
LARGEST HALFTIME LEADS-NEUTRAL GAME Date 12/29/86 12/28/90 3/8/06
Opponent vs. Arkansas vs. Alaska-Anchorage vs. Louisville
Score 53-20 52-28 39-16
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Lead +33 +24 +23
Final 114-83 93-69 61-56
Date 1/22/95 2/25/04 3/9/03 1/24/07 2/1/03 1/14/03
Opponent at St. John’s at Providence at Villanova at Cincinnati at Syracuse at West Virginia
Score 55-40 41-27 33-19 38-26 43-31 40-28
Lead +15 +14 +14 +12 +12 +12
Final 94-87 81-68 56-54 67-51 65-67 80-61
Deficit -31 -31 -29 -28
Final 58-82 73-93 52-87 76-89
LARGEST HALFTIME DEFICIT Date 1/3/00 12/23/86 11/28/98 1/30/02
Opponent at St. John’s at BYU vs. Maryland at Notre Dame
Score 45-14 55-24 46-17 49-21
LARGEST HALFTIME DEFICIT- HOME GAME Date 12/7/94 12/5/93 2/22/67 1/18/67
Opponent Massachusetts St. John’s Temple West Virginia
Score 42-17 52-29 41-18 53-31
Deficit -25 -23 -23 -22
Final 57-85 83-88 87-49 78-102
LARGEST HALFTIME DEFICIT- BIG EAST GAME Date 1/3/00 1/30/02 2/10/98 12/5/93
Opponent at St. John’s at Notre Dame at Villanova St. John’s
Score 45-14 49-21 49-23 52-29
Deficit -31 -28 -26 -23
Final 58-82 76-89 68-79 83-88
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ALL-TIME OVERTIME GAMES OVERTIME RECORDS
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ALL-TIME OVERTIME GAMES SINGLE OVERTIME (28-21) Date Opponent 1927-28 at Iowa 1/24/31 at Notre Dame 2/7/31 Notre Dame 1936-37 DePaul 1939-40 at Michigan 1941-42 Cal State-Fullerton 1941-42 Indiana State 1/1/55 at Pennsylvania 1954-55 Westminster 1/15/55 Penn State 12/29/56 vs. Connecticut % 2/27/60 Penn State 1/21/61 at Temple 1/19/63 at Army 12/29/65 at Rochester # 2/6/70 at Lafayette 1/17/73 at Notre Dame 1/25/75 at Rutgers 2/12/77 at Duquesne (CA) 2/11/78 Maryland (CA) 2/16/78 Penn State 1/10/79 Cincinnati 1/22/79 at Iona ^ 1/27/81 Maryland (CA) 2/5/83 at Connecticut 1/16/84 St. John’s 2/6/84 at Connecticut 3/5/86 vs. Georgetown (BET) 12/10/88 West Virginia 1/30/89 at St. John’s 3/14/91 vs. Georgia (NCAA) 12/28/91 vs. New Orleans $ 2/4/95 Villanova 2/28/95 at Miami 1/6/96 at West Virginia 1/23/96 Massachusetts #1
Total OT Games: 67. Total Record: 34-33. Home: 14-12. Away: 15-13. Neutral: 5-8. 1OT Record: 28-21. 2OT Record: 5-12. 3OT Record: 1-0. Big East regular season: 12-9. Big East Tournament: 1-4. NCAA Tournament: 3-0. NIT Record: 0-0. Largest Margin of Victory: 13, at Seton Hall, 2/26/02. Largest Margin of Loss: 9, at Notre Dame, 1/17/73. Most Points Scored: 100, Notre Dame, 1/4/06. Least Points Scored: 28, at Notre Dame, 2/7/31. Most Points Allowed: 101, at Geneva, 1954-55. Least Points Allowed: 20, at Notre Dame, 2/7/31. Consecutive OT Wins: 4, 2/27/ 60-12/29/65. Consecutive OT Losses: 3, three times. Most OT Games-Season: 4, 195455; 2001-02. Consecutive OT Games: 2, 195455; 2/11-2/18/78.
Pitt Opp. W/L 44 40 W 28 20 W 35 32 W 37 41 L 35 44 L 45 33 W 47 37 W 81 75 W 71 73 L 76 66 W 60 64 L 64 63 W 80 75 W 79 73 W 69 65 W 74 80 L 76 85 L 82 79 W 63 66 L 89 86 W 68 75 W 75 78 L 79 84 L 66 69 L 72 71 W 63 61 W 75 71 W 56 57 L 81 84 L 85 81 W 76 68 W 77 78 L 76 79 L 68 76 L 84 83 W 71 79 L
Date 1/17/98 11/25/00 12/17/00 3/9/01 2/26/02 3/21/02 2/29/04 1/8/05 2/5/05 1/21/07 3/17/07 12/20/08 3/13/08
Opponent Rutgers Marist at Va. Commonwealth vs. Syracuse (BET) at Seton Hall vs. Kent State (NCAA) Syracuse at Rutgers at West Virginia Marquette VCU (NCAA) vs. Duke (MSG) vs. Louisville (BET)
Pitt Opp. W/L 86 85 W 71 69 W 73 76 L 55 54 W 73 66 W 73 78 L 46 49 L 66 63 W 78 83 L 74 77 L 84 79 W 65 64 W 76 69 W
DOUBLE OVERTIME (5-12) Date Opponent 1954-55 at Geneva 12/21/57 Duke 1/11/78 Temple 1/16/82 at Penn State 1/29/83 Providence 2/14/87 Boston College 12/9/89 at West Virginia 2/19/94 Villanova 12/17/94 vs. Georgia * 1/22/98 St. John’s 3/4/98 vs. Villanova (BET) 1/15/02 at Miami 3/9/02 vs. Connecticut (BET) 1/10/04 at Miami 2/9/04 at Seton Hall 1/4/06 Notre Dame 12/21/06 vs. Oklahoma State
Pitt Opp. W/L 96 101 L 87 84 W 74 81 L 46 52 L 58 55 W 72 67 W 93 97 L 88 93 L 86 87 L 83 90 L 93 96 L 69 76 L 65 74 L 80 84 W 67 68 L 100 97 W 89 95 L
TRIPLE OVERTIME (1-0) Date Opponent 1/10/76 at George Washington
Pitt Opp. W/L 75 73 W
PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER RECORDS PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER GAME RECORDS INDIVIDUAL Points: Field Goals: Field Goal Att.: 3FG Made: 3FG Attempts: FT Made: FT Attempts: FT Pct.: Rebounds: Assists: Blocked Shots: Steals:
PITT 33, Sam Young, Belmont, 11/25/08 13, three times, last-Sam Young, Connecticut, 3/7/09 23, Sam Young, Connecticut, 3/7/09 6, two times, last- Carl Krauser, Richmond, 12/23/04 12, two times, last- Carl Krauser, Robert Morris, 11/23/05 13, Carl Krauser, Syracuse, 1/23/06 14, four times, last- Levance Fields, Akron, 11/21/08 1.000, Chevon Troutman (10-10), Georgetown, 1/25/03 22, DeJuan Blair, Notre Dame, 1/31/09 13, three times, last- Levance Fields, Cincinnati, 2/14/09 7, Chris Taft, Murray State, 12/20/03 6, three times, last- Jermaine Dixon, St. John’s, 1/11/09
OPPONENT 37, Chris Quinn, Notre Dame, 1/4/06 13, Chris Quinn, Notre Dame, 1/4/06 28, Keydren Clark, Saint Peter’s, 11/19/05 7, Chris Thomas, Notre Dame, 1/12/04 14, Keydren Clark, Saint Peter’s, 11/19/05 10, two times, last- Ryan Gomes, PC, 1/31/05 15, Hakim Warrick, Syracuse, 1/29/05 1.000, Kenny Hayes (9-9), UM, Oh., 11/17/08 14, two times, last- M. Blakely, Vmt, 12/6/08 9, two times, last- Chris Quinn, UND, 1/4/06 5, four times 4, three times
TEAM Points: Points in a half: Halftime Lead: Field Goals: Field Goal Att.: FG Percentage: 3FG Made: 3FG Attempts: FT Made: FT Attempts: FT Pct.: Rebounds: Assists: Turnovers: Blocked Shots: Steals:
PITT 103, Houston Baptist, 11/9/07 55, Houston Baptist, 11/9/07 39, Norfolk State (54-15), 12/3/02 42, two times- last vs. HBU, 42-92, 11/9/07 92, Houston Baptist, 11/9/07 .674, Cincinnati (31-46), 2/14/09 14, two times, last- UMBC, 12/13/08 37, Akron, 11/21/08 30, Notre Dame, 1/4/06 46, Notre Dame, 1/4/06 .909, St. Francis (N.Y.) (10-11), 11/29/05 59, two times, last- Vermont, 12/6/08 31, Houston Baptist, 11/9/07 25, Howard, 11/20/04 9, eight times, last- DePaul, 1/12/06 16, three times- last- Duquesne, 12/3/08
OPPONENT 97, Notre Dame, 1/4/06 51, Georgetown College (Ky.), 12/15/03 17, Louisville (36-19), 2/12/07 34, Notre Dame, 1/4/06 83, Notre Dame, 1/4/06 .609, Georgetown (28-46), 1/13/07 17, Lafayette, 1/2/08 36, Notre Dame, 1/4/06 20, Connecticut, 2/26/05 30, Connecticut, 2/26/05 .909, St. Francis (N.Y.) (10-11), 11/29/05 44, Belmont, 11/25/08 24, Robert Morris, 2/2/09 26, Virginia Tech, 1/6/04 10, Syracuse, 1/23/06 12, Georgetown College, 12/15/03
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MISCELLANEOUS Games: 115 (7 seasons). Record: 115-10. Consecutive Sellouts: 115, 11/23/02-current. Games Attended at full capacity: 48. Consecutive Games attended at full capacity: 6. Combined Points-two teams: 197, Notre Dame, 1/4/06. Largest Pitt Win: 45, vs. Norfolk State (96-51), 12/3/02. Largest Pitt Loss: 13, two times- vs. Rutgers, 1/ 26/08; vs. Louisville (6653), 2/12/07. Most Wins-season: 19, 2003-04, 2008-09. Most Losses-season: 4, 2004-05 Winning Streak: 34, 11/ 23/02-2/15/04. Losing Streak: 2, 1/2-1/ 5/05. Largest Attended Game: 12,908, Connecticut, 3/ 7/09. Overtime Games: 3.
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS Student-athletes are listed alphabetically with the years in which they lettered. This is not an all-time roster. It only depics years players lettered. Years pre-1940 correspond to the fall and spring years that each player played at Pittsburgh. If you have any additions/deletions to this list, please contact Greg Hotchkiss in the Pittsburgh athletic media relations office.
A Abel, Griffin, 1998-01 Abrams, Marvin, 1970-74 Adams, John, 1964-65 Adelman, Dave (Mgr), 199394 Aggelou, Sotiris, 1993-95 Aiken, Curtis, 1983-87 Albright, John, 1930-31 Alcorn, 1941-42 Alcorn, James (Mgr), 1931-32 Alridge, Andre, 1992-96 Alexander, 1942-43 Alexander, J.F. (Mgr), 1931-32 Alimena, Albert J. (Mgr), 1977 Allen, George, 1981-84 Allerton, Dale (Mgr), 1970 Alridge, Andre, 1992-96 Antigua, Oliver, 1995-98 Antigua, Orlando, 1991-95 Apple, Nathan, 1943-47 Armstrong, Keith, 1982-86 Artman, 1940-43 Artman, Bernard, 1951-54 Arnold, Randy, 1970-71 Arture, William, 1929-31 Artman, Bernard, 1951-54 Assid, Ed, 1964-65
Bolla, James, 1971-75 Bollens, Kenneth, 1965-68 Bonaacci, Pat, 1958 Bonnie, Harry E., 1913 Boose, 1946-47 Booth, Thomas (Mgr), 1973 Borowitz, 1945-46 Bowman, Marcus, 2003-06 Boyd, Arthur, 1950-53 Boyd, Frank, 1973-77 Boyd, Jason, 1998-00 Braumbeck, R., 1948-50 Brautigam, Barry, 1954-57 Brehm, William, 1946-50 Bremen, Alvin J., 1919 Bremen, Ben, 1919 Brimm, Oscar, 1971-73 Brody, Wray G., 1912 Broido, Joseph, 1912 Brookin, Rod, 1986-90 Brown, Gilbert, 2007-09 Brown, Jaron, 2000-04 Brown, Sean, 2008-09 Brozovich, Paul, 1979-81 Bruce, Kirk, 1972-75 Brush, Brian, 1989-93 Buchanon, Frank, 1930-32 Buck, Bill, 1965-67 Buck, Rudy, 1944 Buck, William (Mgr), 1961 Buckman, Steve (Mgr), 1995 Budd, Norman, Jr., 1908-10 Burch, Clarence, 1951-54 Burnham, Greg (Mgr), 1979
C Caldwell, Robert, 1964-67 Caldwell, Michael, 1968-71
Calhoun, S.E., 1911 Campbell, F.H., 1911-12 Campbell, W.F., 1911-13 Canterna, Oland “DoDo,” 1944-49 Capwell, I.P., 1906 Cardot, Willis, 1972-73 Carlson, H.C., 1915-17 Carlson, Lloyd, 1941-43 Carnahan, Milroy, 1950-53 Carr, H.P., 1924 Carrigan, Rich, 1984-87 Cauley, Willie, 1993-94 Causer, Jerry, 1968-70 Cavanaugh, Pat, 1986-90 Cecconi, Louis, 1946-50 Cepkowski, Richard, 1954-55 Cercone, Eugene, 1953-57 Chase, Ralph, 1925 Chosky, Saul, 1943-44 Christopher, Frank, 1950-51 Cica, John T. (Mgr), 1977 Cica, Marc J. (Mgr), 1974 Cieply, William, 1943-48 Cizmarik, Bob, 1969-71 Clancy, Sam, 1977-81 Clawson, John, 1921 Cleland, 1941-42 Clements, Frank, 1966-67 Coburn, Kenneth (Mgr), 1936 Cochran, Nate, 1994-95 Cohen, Lester, 1928-30 Cohen, Milton, 1930-31 Collins, William, 1939-40 Colombo, Scott, 1986-89 Conomikes, Dean (Mgr), 1989 Cook, Mike, 2006-08 Cooper, Tico, 1985-87 Cosby, Attila, 1997-99
B Baierl, Bill, 1949-50 Bailey, Nate, 1987-89 Baker, Edward, 1929-31 Baker, John P., 1913 Baldridge, R. (Mgr), 1918 Bane, John, 1910 Barnhart, Ray, 1968-69 Barrett, 1942-43 Bashioum, W, 1945-46 Baum, Raymond (Mgr), 196465 Bazzano, 1944-45 Beatty, Steve, 1980-84 Beck, 1943-44 Belich, Michael, 1948-51 Benjamin, Keith, 2004-08 Benidick. William (Mgr), 1968 Bennett, Bill, 1965-66 Bennett, Lance (Mgr), 197879 Bennett, Melvin, 1974-75 Berardinelli, Dominic, 1975-77 Biehl, 1943-44 Bien, Jay, 1908 Biggs, Tyrell, 2005-09 Blair, DeJuan, 2007-09 Bingham, Bob, 1951-52 Blanton, John, 1982-86 Blount, Mark, 1995-97 Blyshak, Dave, 1962-65 Bochok, David (Mgr), 1957 Bohren, Karl, 1924
Kirk Bruce starred for the Panthers from 1972-75. After his career, he served as Pitt’s head women’s basketball coach for 13 years (1985-98) and now works as an Associate Athletic Director in Pitt’s athletic department.
Cosentino, Sam, 1944-46 Cost, Charles, 1954-55 Cratsley, Mel, 1966-67 Cribbs, Claire, 1932-34 Culbertson, Billy, 1981-84 Cummings, Vonteego, 199599 Cutrie, Rocco, 1933
D David, Joey, 1982-86 David, Samuel, 1946-49 David, George (Mgr), 1918 Davis, 1943-44 DeGroat, John, 2004-06 DeHart, James, 1917 Deitrick, Richard, 1951-54 DeLisio, Tony, 1966-69 Demetris, Yuri, 2001-04 DiFrischia, Al, 1966-67 Diggs, Cassin, 2007-08 Dillon, Bill, 1955-57 Dimmack, Chris, 1998-99 Disco, Mark, 1973-75 Ditka, Michael, 1958-60 Dixon, Jermaine, 2008-09 Dobin, Kenneth (Mgr), 1969 Dolfi, 1940-41 Dorazio, Carlo, 2001-03 Dorman, Dennis, 1955-58 Downes, William, 1968-71 Downing, Raymond, 1964-65 Doyle, Ray, 1964-65 Duessel, David, 1952-55 Duff, A.W., 1907 Dumancic, Dominik, 1990-92
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Kent Scott was a 1,000-point career scorer for Pittsburgh from 1969-72.
Eysell, A.R. (Mgr), 1923
F Fabel, Joseph, 1937 Falenski, Richard, 1958-61 Falenski, Stanley, 1964-67 Famularo, Frank, 1965-67 Farmer, Homer G., 1908-11 Federico, Gino, 2001-03 Fenwick, Joe, 1954-56 Ferguson, Marlon, 1984 Ferguson, Ralph, 1935 Fenwick, Joseph, 1953-56 Ferguson, Marlon, 1983-87 Ferraro, Ross, 1929 Fields, Levance, 2005-09 Finneman, John, 1999-00 Fisher, Brian, 1963-65 Fisher, Paul, 1927-28 Fitzgerald, Dave, 1978-79 Flannagan, W.H., 1924 Fleming, Sam, 1971-74 Flinn, S.D. (Mgr), 1916 Flores, Stephen, 1997-99 Foley, Jack (Mgr), 1942-43 Foley, James, 1959-61 Follansbee, William, 1933 Forquer, 46-47 Frederick, W., 1946-48 Freed, Donald (Mgr), 1977 Freeman, Leroy, 1972-73 Fridley, John, 1958-61 Frishman, Morris, 1912-13 Frontone, Jack, 1951-55 Frye, Tim, 2007-09 Funk, Bernard, 1922
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Easterday, R.A., 1916-18 Edgar, Joseph E., 1907 Edwards, Cleveland, 1969-73 Egan, James, 1939-42 El Nokali, Amr, 1995-96 Elliott, Samuel B., 1908 Ellis, Sammie, 1978-80 Emrich, Ross, 1935 Endsley, John, 1975 Everett, Robert, 1948-51
Gant, Chris, 1991-95 Garcia, Joseph, 1937-38 Gardella, Chris, 1994-98 Garnham, 1944-46 Garvin, R.O. (Mgr), 1924 Generalovich, Brian, 1961-64 Generalovich, Brock, 1989-93 Generalovich, Nick, 1964-66 Gennock, J., 1945-47 Gerensky, Thaddeus, 1948-49
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Gibbs, Ashton, 2008-09 Gill, Michael, 1995-96 Gill, W.W., 1906 Ginevan, Dave, 1961-62 Glenn, 1943-44 Gissendanner, Darrell, 1978-82 Glover, Tim, 1990-92 Gob, Art, 1957-58 Goldsmith, M.F., 1907-08 Goodson, Mike, 1985-87 Goodwin, 1942-43 Gordon, Steve, 1978-79 Gore, Demetreus, l984-88 Gorman, 1943-44 Gow, J. Steele (Mgr), 1916 Graham, G.R., 1912-15 Graves, Antonio, 2003-07 Gray, Aaron, 2003-07 Greenleaf, Rob (Mgr), 1990 Greer, Ricardo, 1997-01 Grevey, Scott, 1978-82 Grgurich, Tim, 1961-64 Gustine, Frank, Jr., 1967-68
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Hammer, R.T., 1917 Hanson, James (Mgr), 192930 Harper, James (Mgr), 1951 Harris, Larry, 1974-78 Harrison, Ed, 1970-71 Hartman, 1937-38 Hastings, C.E., 1916-17 Hawkins, Isaac, 1996-01 Haygood, Robert, 1974-76 Healy, T.F., 1914-15 Heller, J., 1945-46 Hennon, Don, 1956-59 Hepworth, Ken, 1961-62 Hersh, Charles, 1969 Hill, Lewis, 1973-75 Hillgrove, Bill (Mgr), 1989 Hoban, Walter, 1927 Holder, Terry, 1962-63 Holmes, Jeremy, 1998-00 Holstein, Floyd, 1949-51 Hoggan, G., 1945-46 Horne, Chris, 1997-98 Howard, Andre, 1995-97
PITT BASKETBALL FAMILY TREE
John Riser (1954-57)) is ranked among Pitt’s career leaders in both scoring and rebounding. He scored 1,164 points and pulled down 775 rebounds.
BROTHER COMBINATIONS Orlando Antigua (1991-95) and Oliver Antigua (1995-98) Robert Caldwell (1964-67) and Michael Caldwell (1968-71) Brian Generalovich (1961-64) and Nick Generalovich (1964-66) Charles Hughes (1933-35) and William Hughes (1933-35) Billy Knight (1971-74) and Terry Knight (1974-79) Edward Lawry (1939) and Thomas Lawry (1930-32) Alphonse Wrobleski (1928-30) and Stephen Wrobleski (192628) Steve Zernich (1941-43) and Wally Zernich (1943-47) FATHER-SON COMBOS Samuel David (1945-49) and Joey David (1983-86) Brian Generalovich (1961-64) and Brock Generalovich (1989-93)
Hriebar, Frank, 1951-52 Hromanik, George, 1948-51 Hudec, Rudy, 1948-50 Hudson, Doyle, 2005-07 Hughes, Charles, 1933-35 Hughes, T.M., 1914 Hughes, William, 1933-35 Hunt, Charles, 1967-69 Hursh, Charles, 1955-58 Husa, Ed, 1955-56 Hyatt, Charles, 1929-30
J Jacobsen, Morris, 1945-46 Jaquette, M.M. (Mgr), 1925 Jarrell, Kent (Mgr), 1960 Jesko, William, 1935-37 Jinks, Ben, 1960-63 Johnson, Chad, 2000-02 Johnson, Gilbert, 1988-90 Johnson, Robert, 1936-38 Johnson, Trent, 1981-83 Jones, 1941-42 Jones, Antoine, 1990-93 Jones, B.L, 1925 Jones, Bobby, 1978-79 Jones, Chris, 1970-72
Jones, D., 1956-57 Jones, Derek, 1993-94 Jones, F. Walter, 1941-44 Jordan, Gandhi, 1990-92 Jordan, Gerald, 1995-97 Jordan, Lloyd, 1921-23
K Kalata, Leonard, 1966-69 Kaliden, Bill, 1956-57 Katsafanas, Chris, 1964-65 Kauffman, Robert (Mgr), 1950 Keese, Lucius, 1972-75 Keller, Don, 1958-60 Kelly, Lewis, 1973-74 Kelly, Willie, 1973-76 Kendall, Levon, 2003-07 Kendrick, John, 1949-52 Kennedy, Louis P., 1916 Kiehl, Dave (Mgr), 1994 King, Wade W., 1924-25 Kirby, Roosevelt, 1981-82 Kleiman, Phil, 1955-56 Klein, James, 1938-41 Kline, James, 1946 Knight, Billy, 1971-74 Knight, Brandin, 1999-03 Knight, Terry, 1974-79 Kocheran, George, 1939-41 Kochka, Paul, 1975-77 Kondrad, Francis, 1958-59 Koontz, Shaun, 1993-94 Kowallis, George, 1925-27 Kowallis, James, 1925-26 Kraft, R, 1952-53 Krauser, Carl, 2002-06 Krieger, Paul, 1961-64
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Andre Alridge (1992-96) is ranked among Pitt’s career and season assists leaders. He concluded his career with 258 total assists in 77 games.
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Lake, Herb, 1982-83 Landerman, N., 1949-50 Landy, Danny, 1977-79 Lane, Jerome, 1985-88 Laneve, John, 1954-57 Larkin, John, 1961-64 Latagliata, Ed, 1942-48 Laughren, James, 1919-20 LaValley, James, 1964-67 Lawry, Edward, 1939 Lawry, Thomas, 1930-32 Layton, Derrick, 1988-90 Lazor, Bob, 1954-57 Lazor, Paul, 1958-61 Lepkowski, Richard, 1952-55 Lerner, Morton, 1947-49 Lescott, Richard, 1954-55 Leslie, Kevin, 1997-98 Lester, Howard, 1955-58 Lett, Ontario, 2001-03
PITTSBURGH GRADUATES WHO COACHED AT PITT (Also includes director of basketball operations) Brandin Knight (Pitt, ‘05) Oliver Antigua (Pitt, ‘98) Orlando Antigua (Pitt ‘95) Jim Bolla (Pitt ’75) H.C. “Doc” Carlson (Pitt ‘18) Cleveland Edwards (Pitt ’72) Tim Grgurich (Pitt ’64) Sean Miller (Pitt ’92)
Billy and Terry Knight are one of eight different brother combinations to compete for Pittsburgh. The Knight brothers, who played from 1971-79, combined to score 2,610 points and pull down 1,352 rebounds.
Levin, Solomon, 1939-40 Levine, M., 1961 Levinson, Hyman, 1925-26 Lewis, Darrell, 1954-55 Lewis, Junie, 1984-85 Lewis, Sonny, 1976-78 Lewis, R. Steve, 1969-71 Lindsay, John V., 1911 Lissfeldt, Elmer, 1925-27 Lockhart, Howard, 1958-61 Lockhart, Jarrett, 1996-00 Lohmeyer, Paul, 1940-43 Long, Dale, 1961-62 Loucks, Frank, 1934-36 Loughran, John, 1918 -19 Lovett, Robert, 1963-66 Lubic, Ben, 1914-17 Luther, Jon, 1986-87 Lynch, J. Donald (Mgr), 1928
M Maczuzak, John, 1960-63 Maile, Jason, 1992-97 Malarkey, Bill, 1959-60 Malarkey, Clare, 1941-46 Malmberg, Arthur, 1948-51 Maloney, Tom, 1957-62 Mandish, 1957-58 Maravich, Eliot, 1959-60
Marder, Philip, 1944-45 Markovich, Milan, 1954-57 Markowitz, Albert (Mgr), 1954 Marsh, Howard, 1906 Martin, Bobby, 1987-91 Martin, Mickey, 1971-74 Martin, Stan, 1972-73 Maruczewski, Edward, 194546 Maser, Ron, 1958-59 Maslek, Steve, 1986-89 Mastin, 1940-41 Matson, Joseph, 1915-16 Matthews, 1941-42 Matthews, Jason, 1987-91 Matthews, Ted, 1953-54 Mauro, Bill, 1957-60 McBride, Greg, 1973-75 McCamant, Donald, 1932-34 McCance, 1937-38 McCandless, W.T., 1906-07 McCarroll, Mark, 2000-05 McClean, John, 1919-20 McClellan, Pat, 1968-69 McClellend, Ralph, 1974-76 McClure, James, 1951-53 McCormick, James, 1906 McCracken, G.H., 1920-21 McCrossin, George, 1946-50 McCullough, T.B., 1914-16
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
McCullough, Jerry, 1991-96 McCurdy, R.K. (Mgr), 1920 McElhinney, J.W., 1907-08 McFadden, D. (Mgr), 1919 McFarland, Robert, 1967-70 McGhee, Gary, 2007-09 McIntyre, Bill, 1962-64 McKenna, William (Mgr), 1938 McLaren, George W., 1917-18 McMahon, J.W., 1926-28 McMaster, Louis, 1916 McMillian, Lennie, 1979-81 McNally, Roth, 1964-65 McNeal, Chris, 1990-93 McNulty, Frank, 1917 McQuown, Bill (Mgr), 1913 Medich, 1945-46 Melnick, A., 1945-46 Mendlow, 1937-38 Merchant, 1942-43 Mervis, Louis, 1919 Mesher, John, 1957-59 Michalik, Karl, 1944-45 Miklasevich, Matt, 1982-86 Milanovich, Samuel, 1938-41 Miller, D., 1952-53 Miller, Sean, 1987-92 Mills, John, 1957-60 Mitchell, Bryan, 1982-84 Mobley, Eric, 1991-94 Montgomery, Ray, 1929 Morgan, Jermaine, 1990-94 Morningstar, Darren, 1989-92 Morris, Carl, 1970-73 Morris, Frank, 1944-47 Morris, Toree, 2000-04 Moses, Omo, 1990-91 Mueller, C., 1945-46 Mulert, Carl (Mgr), 1922 Murray, C.K. (Mgr), 1914 Murray, Leon, 1996-97
N Naponik, Paul, 1967-68 Navakovich, Alex G., 1952-54 Nedrow, Scott, 1973-78 Neverson, Carlton, 1978-81 Nicholas, C.E., 1918 Nicholas, E.D., 1917 Nicholich, Thomas, 1956 Noon, Peter, 1934-36 Nordstrom, G, 1945-46 Null, 1945-46
Peavy, Terry, 1977-78 Penman, R.N., 1918 Pegues, Julius, 1955-58 Peterson, Harry (Mgr), 1959 Peterson, Jaime, 1993-95 Petrini, Robert, 1967-70 Phillips, 1943-44 Phillips, Scott, 1950-53 Polen, Maurice, 2006-08 Pollack, S., 1945-46 Port, Melvin, 1938-41 Porter, Darelle, 1987-91 Prey, 1942-43 Primus, Fred, 1998-99 Ptacek, Charles, 1942-43
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Chad Varga (1994-97) completed a three-year career with 10.5 points and 5.6 rebounds per game averages.
O Oakes, William (Mgr), 1940 Ochsenhirt, N.C., 1932-34 O’Gorek, Paul, 1969-72 Olinger, Dave, 1977-81 Olofson, T., 1960-62 Osborn, Bill, 1986-87
P Paffrath, Lawrence, 1938-42 Page, Julius, 2000-04 Palesko, Chester, 1950-53 Pandak, William, 1943-44 Parsons, William, 1924-26 Pataky, 1939-40 Pataky, John, 1968-70 Patcher, Michael, 1967-70 Paul, Michael, 1969-72 Paul, W.B. (Mgr), 1918 Pavlick, Ed, 1952-55
ALL-TIME ASSISTANT COACHES (List also includes graduate assistants, volunteers and director of basketball operations) Assistant Coach Years Assistant Coach Years Oliver Antigua ......... 1998-99 Bob Hill ................... 1975-78 Orlando Antigua ..... 2003-08 Willie Jett ............... 1990-92 Dom Berardinelli .... 1983-86 Bobby Jones .......... 1994-97 Jim Bolla ................ 1975-80 Brandin Knight ....... 2007-09 Kirk Bruce .............. 1975-76 Norm Law .............. 1986-94 Ronald Burns .......... 1986-88 Joe Lombardi ......... 2003-06 John Calipari .......... 1985-88 Sean Miller ............. 1995-96 Chris Carlson .......... 2001-03 Dave Olinger ........... 1981-82 Jim Christian .......... 1996-99 Lennie Parham ....... 1999-01 Sean Cleary ............ 1994-96 Carl Peterson .......... 1952-67 Mark Coleman ....... 1986-94 Dave Progar ............ 1980-83 David Cox ............... 2006-07 Brian Regan 1988-90,07-09 Tom Crean ............. 1994-95 Mike Rice ............... 2006-07 Joe DeGregorio ...... 1983-86 Barry Rohrssen ....... 1999-06 Joe DeSantis .......... 1992-94 Pat Sandle ... 1999-01,03-09 Jamie Dixon ........... 1999-03 John Sarandrea ..... 1988-92 Jay Eck .................. 1983-85 Mike Schaeffer ...... 1979-80 Cleveland Edwards . 1977-80 Vince Taylor ............ 1997-98 Seth Greenberg ...... 1980-83 Reggie Warford ...... 1980-86 Tim Grgurich .......... 1965-75 Troy Weaver ........... 1996-99 Don Hennon ........... 1959-60 Fran Webster .......... 1969-80 Tom Herrion ........... 2007-09 Ernie Zeigler ........... 2001-03
Rabinowitz, Harry (Mgr), 1953 Radosevich, George, 1949-51 Radvansky, Michael, 1936-38 Ragan, Thomas, 1944-47 Raisley, C. M., 1908 Ramon, Ronald, 2004-08 Rasp, John, 1986-90 Raymond, Edward, 1940-42 Reed, Wallace, 1926-28 Reese, Charles, 1912-14 Reeves, Alphonse, 1938-39 Resutek, Joe, 1952-55 Reinhard, Roy (Mgr), 1944-45 Reisgen, Ralph, 1920 Repp, John, 1920 Reppert, Joe, 1955 Reuschel, Bill, 1951-53 Rex, William (Mgr), 1941 Rhymes, Marlon, 1992-93 Rice, Michael, 1976-77 Richards, Roy, 1946 Richards, Thomas, 1972-76 Richardson, Bob, 1964-65 Richman, Ben, 1926 Riciutti, Al, 1961-62 Riggle, Michael, 1968-71 Rihaneck, William, 1926-27 Riser, John, 1954-57 Rizk, Geoff, 2006-07 Roantree, Tom, 1962-65 Roberts, R., 1961-62 Roberts, Tony, 1977-79 Robinson, H.K., 1918-20 Robinson, Jeff, 1983-84 Robinson, Nasir, 2008-09 Roderick, Theodore, 1934-36 Roman, Dave, 1962-64 Rose, Chester F., 1906 Rose, E.A., 1921-23 Ross, Mark, 1971-72 Roster, Chester, (NA) Rowe, Luther, 1936-37 Ruby, Daryle, 1936-37 Ruby, Daryle, 1962-65 Rueschel, 1952-53 Ryan, John, 1979-81 Ryan, Leo (Mgr), 1937
Shannon, Dean (Mgr), 1920 Shareef, Ahmad, 1990-94 Shay, Bill, 1957-61 Sheffield, Calvin, 1961-64 Shepherd, Darryl, 1984-86 Shin, Michael, 1997-98 Shober, Steven, 1946-47 Shorter, Brian, 1988-91 Show, Bob, 1954-55 Shrewsbury, Robert, 1973-76 Shrott, Robert (Mgr), 1963 Shuber, Stephen, 1941-47 Shuman, John, 1907 Sies, Dale, 1917 Siglow, Alphonse (Mgr), 1948 Sikora, John (Mgr), 1976 Silverman, 1940-41 Simpson, Lloyd, 1957-60 Simpson, Robert (Mgr), 1929 Slaby, Lou, 1960-61 Small, Charles, 2003-06 Smith, Charles, 1984-88 Smith, Darwin, 1958-61 Smith, Don, 1933-35 Smith, Gary, 1977-78 Smith, Kelvin, 1976-77 Smith, Pete, 1965-68 Smith, Roger, 1961-62 Spartz, 1940-42 Spotovich, Ed, 1935-38 Spruill, Mahdi, 1994-95 Spunger, 1945-46 Starr, Keith, 1972-75 Steadman, Lee (Mgr), 1964 Steinhart, Don, 1959-61 Stewart, E., 1945-46 Stephens, Scott, 1973-75 Stevanovic, Zelimir, 2000-01 Stevenson, Sylvester, 1966-68 Stewart, DeWarren, 1993-94 Strall, Edward, 1939-41 Straloski, 1938-41 Straw, Richard, 1913-14 Strickland, Pete, 1975-79 Sulkowski, William, 1971-73 Supak, 1945-46 Sutyak, Nick, 1958-59 Swacus, John, 1940-43 Szykowny, Larry, 1963-66
T Taft, Chris, 2003-05
U Underwood, Dave, 1977-80
V Varga, Chad, 1994-97 Vaughan, Clyde, 1980-84 Verderber, R., 1956-57 Vey, 1943-44 Virostek, Don, 1950-53 Vujnovic, Daniel, 1938-39
W Wagoner, Ken, 1971-74 Wainio, Francis, 1935 Wallace, Austin, 2007-08 Wallace, Dwayne, 1978-82 Wallace, Ed, 1978-81 Warning, Clare,1950-51 Wanamaker, Brad, 2007-09 Warnock, R.Q. (Mgr), 1926 Washington, David, 1976-77 Wassell, Charles (Mgr), 1939 Watkins, 1944-45 Watkins, Chip, 1981-85 Wattach, Richard (Mgr), 1934 Weger, Elmer, 1908-11 Wernicki, Mike, 1994-95 Westbrooks, Mike, 1998-00 Westover, Bert J., 1907 Whyle, Robert, 1906 Willard, Kevin , 1995-97 Williams, Andre, 1981-85 Williams, Charles, 1980-82 Williams, J., 1945-46 Williams, Wayne, 1975-79 Wilson, C.R. (Mgr), 1927 Wilson, Don, 1971-72 Windbush, Jim 1975-76 Withers, Thomas, 1968-70 Wolbers, 1937-38 Wolfe, Milt (Mgr), 1955 Worrell, Derrick, 1999-00 Woznicki, Richard, 1956-58 Wrobleski, Alphonse, 1928-30 Wrobleski, Stephen, 1926-28 Wunderlich, D., 1956-57
Y Yee, Fred, 1955-56 Young, Paul, 1922 Young, Sam, 2005-09 Yurko, Robert, 1948-51
S Sankey, Bob, 1959-62 Santangelo, G, 1945-46 Sari, D., 1952-53 Sauer, Dave, 1961-64 Sawyer, Dave, 1956-59 Scheiding, 1937-38 Scherer, John, 1937-40 Scheuermann, Ed, 1976-81 Schinitzki, T., 1961-62 Schoon, Rodney, 1970-71 Schultz, 1943-46 Scott, Jack, 1937-39 Scott, J.L. (Mgr), 1917 Scott, Kent, 1969-72 Seabrooks, Chris, 1998-01
Tait, Sutton, 1953-55 Talbott, Wayne, 1973-78 Taylor, Kellii, 1996-00 Terbush, C.E., 1906 Thomas, Garrick, 1992-1996 Thompson, Bob, 1965-67 Thompson, Charles, 1994-95 Thompson, Chas, 1981-85 Tiesi, Ryan, 2008-09 Topp, Irvin (Mgr), 1964 Troutman, Chevon, 2001-05 Tweardy, James, 1969-71
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Sammie Ellis (1978-81) averaged 16.5 points and 7.5 rebounds over a twoyear, 55-game career at Pittsburgh.
Zavackas, Donatas, 1999-03 Zeleznik, Myles, 1937-38 Zeller, Hank, 1944-46 Zernich, Michael, 1950-53 Zernich, Steve, 1941-43 Zernich, Wally, 1943-44, 46-47 Ziegler, Travis, 1989-93 Zimmovan, Frank, 1953-56 Ziolkowski, Ed, 1940-42 Zito, Bill, 1956-58
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OPPONENT W L Air Force .................................. 1 ........ 0 Akron ....................................... 3 ........ 1 Alabama .................................. 2 ........ 2 Alabama-Birmingham ............. 0 ........ 2 Alaska-Anchorage ................... 1 ........ 0 Albany ...................................... 1 ........ 0 Albright .................................... 0 ........ 1 Allegheny ............................... 16 ...... 10 Amherst ................................... 1 ........ 0 Appalachian State ................... 1 ........ 0 Arizona ..................................... 2 ........ 3
OPPONENT W L Florida ...................................... 4 ........ 2 Florida A&M ............................. 1 ........ 0 Florida State ............................ 9 ........ 1 Fordham ................................ 13 ........ 8 Franklin & Marshall ................. 1 ........ 0 Furman .................................... 2 ........ 0 Geneva ................................... 30 ...... 14 George Mason ......................... 1 ........ 0 Georgetown ........................... 33 ...... 39 Georgetown College (Ky.) ....... 1 ........ 0 George Washington ............... 17 ........ 9
OPPONENT W L Michigan State ........................ 1 ........ 3 Minnesota ................................ 2 ........ 1 Mississippi ................................ 1 ........ 0 Mississippi State ...................... 0 ........ 1 Mississippi Valley State ........... 1 ........ 0 Montana State ........................ 1 ........ 0 Morehead State ....................... 1 ........ 0 Morgan State .......................... 2 ........ 0 Morris Brown ........................... 1 ........ 0 Morris Harvey ........................... 0 ........ 1 Mount St. Mary’s ..................... 3 ........ 0
OPPONENT W L Seton Hall .............................. 29 ...... 19 Siena ........................................ 3 ........ 1 South Carolina ......................... 2 ........ 5 South Florida ........................... 3 ........ 2 Southern Illinois ....................... 2 ........ 1 Southern California ................. 2 ........ 2 SW Missouri State ................... 0 ........ 1 Southeastern Louisiana ........... 1 ........ 0 Southwestern Louisiana .......... 1 ........ 0 Stanford ................................... 1 ........ 1 Stetson .................................... 1 ........ 0
Arkansas .................................. 2 ........ 2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff ................. 1 ........ 0 Army ....................................... 19 ...... 16 Army-Ambulance ..................... 0 ........ 1 Auburn ..................................... 2 ........ 0 Baldwin Wallace ...................... 2 ........ 0 Ball State ................................. 0 ........ 1 Bellefonte ................................ 2 ........ 1 Belmont ................................... 1 ........ 0 Bethany .................................... 8 ........ 0 Boston College ...................... 29 ...... 17
Georgia .................................... 2 ........ 3 Georgia Tech ............................ 0 ........ 5 Gettysburg ................................ 6 ........ 1 Grove City .............................. 10 ...... 11 Hardin Simmons ...................... 1 ........ 0 Harvard .................................... 3 ........ 0 Hawaii ...................................... 1 ........ 2 Hiram ....................................... 2 ........ 1 Holy Cross ................................ 2 ........ 1 Houston .................................... 1 ........ 0 Houston Baptist ....................... 1 ........ 0
Mount Union ............................ 9 ........ 2 Murray State ............................ 1 ........ 0 Muskingum .............................. 2 ........ 0 Navy ......................................... 8 ...... 13 Nebraska .................................. 3 ........ 1 New Hampshire ....................... 1 ........ 0 New Orleans ............................ 3 ........ 1 New York University ................. 2 ........ 5 Niagara .................................... 1 ........ 2 Norfolk State ........................... 2 ........ 0 North Carolina .......................... 1 ........ 7
Susquehanna ........................... 1 ........ 0 Swarthmore ............................. 3 ........ 2 Syracuse ................................ 35 ...... 62 Tampa ...................................... 1 ........ 0 Temple ................................... 22 ...... 20 Tennessee ................................ 1 ........ 3 Texas ........................................ 1 ........ 0 Texas A&M ............................... 1 ........ 0 Texas-Pan American ............... 1 ........ 0 Texas Tech ............................... 1 ........ 0 Thiel ......................................... 1 ........ 0
Boston U. ................................. 1 ........ 0 Bowling Green ......................... 0 ........ 1 Bradley ..................................... 1 ........ 5 BYU .......................................... 0 ........ 1 Brown ....................................... 2 ........ 0 Bucknell ................................. 18 ........ 9 Buffalo ..................................... 8 ........ 1 Buffalo State ........................... 1 ........ 0 Butler ....................................... 5 ........ 7 California .................................. 1 ........ 2 Cal State-Fullerton .................. 2 ........ 0
Howard .................................... Idaho ........................................ Illinois ....................................... Illinois-Chicago ........................ Illinois State ............................. Indiana ..................................... Indiana (Pa.) ............................ IUPUI ......................................... Indiana State ........................... Iona .......................................... Iowa .........................................
3 ........ 0 1 ........ 0 2 ........ 4 1 ........ 0 2 ........ 2 3 ........ 4 9 ........ 0 1 ........ 0 2 ........ 0 1 ........ 1 5 ........ 2
North Carolina A&T ................. 3 ........ 0 North Carolina State ............... 1 ........ 9 Northern Arizona ..................... 1 ........ 0 Northwest Missouri State ........ 1 ........ 0 Northeastern ............................ 1 ........ 0 Northwestern ........................... 8 ...... 10 Notre Dame ........................... 27 ...... 26 Oakland .................................... 2 ........ 0 Ohio .......................................... 2 ........ 1 Ohio Northern .......................... 1 ........ 0 Ohio State .............................. 11 ...... 15
Toledo ...................................... 3 ........ 1 Tulane ...................................... 4 ........ 1 UCLA ........................................ 1 ........ 6 Utah ......................................... 0 ........ 2 Utah State ............................... 1 ........ 1 Utica ......................................... 1 ........ 0 Vanderbilt ................................. 2 ........ 1 Vermont ................................... 3 ........ 0 Villanova ................................. 27 ...... 32 Virginia ..................................... 3 ........ 7 Virginia Commonwealth .......... 2 ........ 3
Canisius .................................... 1 ........ 2 Carnegie Mellon .................. 106 ...... 18 Central Florida ......................... 1 ........ 0 Central Conn. State ................ 1 ........ 0 Chicago State .......................... 3 ........ 0 Cincinnati ................................. 5 ........ 7 City College of New York ........ 0 ........ 1 Clemson ................................... 1 ........ 0 Cleveland State ....................... 5 ........ 2 Colgate .................................... 6 ........ 5 Colorado .................................. 1 ........ 0
Iowa State ............................... 1 ........ 0 Jacksonville ............................. 2 ........ 1 James Madison ....................... 0 ........ 1 Juniata ..................................... 8 ........ 1 Kansas ..................................... 2 ........ 3 Kent State ............................... 8 ........ 8 Kentucky .................................. 2 ........ 4 Lafayette ................................ 16 ........ 6 Lamar ....................................... 0 ........ 1 LaSalle ..................................... 1 ........ 0 Lehigh ...................................... 3 ........ 5
Ohio Wesleyan ......................... 1 ........ 0 Oklahoma ................................ 1 ........ 2 Oklahoma State ....................... 5 ........ 4 Oral Roberts ............................. 1 ........ 0 Oregon State ........................... 0 ........ 3 Pacific ...................................... 0 ........ 1 Penn State ............................. 70 ...... 75 Penn ......................................... 5 ........ 7 Pepperdine ............................... 0 ........ 2 Prairie View A&M ..................... 2 ........ 0 Princeton .................................. 2 ........ 1
Virginia Tech ............................ 5 ........ 3 Wagner .................................... 1 ........ 0 Washington .............................. 2 ........ 2 Washington State .................... 1 ........ 0 Washington & Jefferson ........ 40 ........ 6 Waynesburg ............................. 3 ........ 3 West Texas State ..................... 0 ........ 1 West Virginia .......................... 84 ...... 94 West Virginia Wesleyan ........... 7 ........ 0 Western Kentucky ................... 1 ........ 0 Western Michigan ................... 1 ........ 0
Columbia .................................. 4 ........ 3 Connecticut ........................... 26 ...... 30 Coppin State ............................ 3 ........ 0 Cornell .................................... 11 ........ 5 Creighton ................................. 1 ........ 2 Dartmouth ................................ 9 ........ 1 Davidson .................................. 3 ........ 2 Davis & Elkins .......................... 1 ........ 0 Dayton ...................................... 1 ........ 1 Delaware State ........................ 2 ........ 0 Denver ...................................... 0 ........ 1
Long Island .............................. Louisiana State ....................... Louisiana Tech ......................... Louisville .................................. Loyola Marymount ................... Loyola (Md.) ............................ Loyola (New Orleans) .............. Maine ....................................... Manhattan ............................... Marietta ................................... Marist .......................................
1 ........ 0 2 ........ 1 0 ........ 1 4 ........ 4 0 ........ 1 1 ........ 0 1 ........ 1 1 ........ 0 2 ........ 0 3 ........ 1 2 ........ 0
Providence ............................. 27 ...... 17 Puerto Rico .............................. 0 ........ 1 Puerto Rico A&M ..................... 1 ........ 0 Purdue ...................................... 4 ........ 6 Rensselaer ............................... 1 ........ 0 Rhode Island ............................ 5 ........ 1 Richmond ................................ 2 ........ 0 Rio Grande ............................... 1 ........ 0 Robert Morris ......................... 27 ........ 0 Rochester ................................ 1 ........ 1 Rollins ...................................... 1 ........ 0
Western Reserve ..................... 4 ........ 3 Westinghouse Club .................. 0 ........ 1 Westminster ........................... 48 ...... 33 Wheeling .................................. 1 ........ 0 William & Mary ........................ 8 ........ 5 Wisconsin ................................. 7 ...... 11 Wichita State ........................... 0 ........ 1 Wittenberg ............................... 0 ........ 1 Wooster .................................... 3 ........ 3 Wright State ............................ 3 ........ 0 Xavier ....................................... 4 ........ 2
DePaul ...................................... 5 ........ 1 Detroit ...................................... 0 ........ 1 Drake ....................................... 0 ........ 2 Duke ......................................... 6 ........ 6 Duquesne ............................... 46 ...... 31 East Tennessee State .............. 1 ........ 0 Eastern Kentucky .................... 2 ........ 0 Eastern Michigan ..................... 2 ........ 1 Evansville .................................. 3 ........ 2 Fairleigh Dickinson .................. 1 ........ 0 Fairfield .................................... 1 ........ 0
Marquette ................................ 6 ........ 6 Marshall ................................... 4 ........ 0 Maryland .................................. 1 ........ 5 Maryland-Baltimore County .... 2 ........ 0 Maryland-Eastern Shore ......... 1 ........ 0 Massachusetts ....................... 10 ........ 4 Memphis .................................. 1 ........ 1 Mercyhurst ............................... 1 ........ 0 Miami (Fla.) ........................... 17 ...... 16 Miami (Ohio) ............................ 3 ...... 10 Michigan .................................. 6 ...... 11
Rutgers .................................. 21 ...... 23 St. Bonaventure ...................... 5 ........ 2 St. Francis (Pa.) .................... 28 ........ 0 St. Francis (N.Y.) ..................... 3 ........ 0 St. John’s .............................. 19 ...... 33 Saint Joseph’s ......................... 2 ........ 0 St. Lawrence ........................... 0 ........ 1 St. Louis .................................. 1 ........ 3 Saint Peter’s ............................ 1 ........ 0 St. Vincent ............................... 1 ........ 0 Savannah State ....................... 1 ........ 0
Yale ........................................... 4 ........ 2 Youngstown State ................... 5 ........ 1
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ALL-TIME RECORD .......... 1,412 . 1,032 ALL-TIME BIG EAST ........... 237 .... 215
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ALL-TIME SCORES 1905-06 n 2-9 Coach: Benjamin F. Printz Date Opponent Wooster Westminster Geneva Geneva Grove City Wooster Grove City Westminster Penn State Allegheny 2/17 West Virginia Totals
Coach: Benjamin F. Printz Pitt Opp. W/L 16 34 L 18 20 L 27 37 L 21 40 L 47 28 W 44 16 W 36 22 W 20 26 L 44 19 W 36 14 W 26 12 W 335 268
1907-08 n 10-6 Coach: Harry Hough Date Opponent 12/31 Pennsylvania Carnegie Tech 1/18 West Virginia Mount Union Marietta 2/5 at Bucknell 2/6 at Penn State Carnegie Tech George Washington at Mount Union at Marietta at Wooster 3/7 at West Virginia Wooster Carnegie Tech Western Reserve Totals
Pitt Opp. W/L 12 31 L 30 21 W 58 20 W 28 24 W 49 22 W 14 16 L 17 30 L 21 26 L 41 21 W 10 39 L 36 19 W 11 30 L 20 19 W 36 28 W 38 22 W 35 21 W 456 374
1908-09 n No Team 1909-10 n No Team 1910-11 n 6-6 Coach: Wohlparth Wegner Date Opponent Waynesburg at Geneva Carnegie Tech Geneva at Carnegie Tech at Hiram at Akron Juniata at Mount Union Hiram at Waynesburg
24 23 340 361
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1911-12 n 10-9 Pitt Opp. W/L 14 34 L 12 32 L 24 18 W 18 28 L 19 21 L 21 23 L 25 30 L 13 16 L 4 30 L 14 45 L 30 25 W 229 336
1906-07 n 6-5 Date Opponent at Grove City Westminster at Westminster Allegheny Grove City 2/14 West Virginia Mount Union 3/2 at West Virginia at Mount Union Carnegie Tech Carnegie Tech Totals
Mount Union Totals
Pitt Opp. W/L 31 20 W 18 32 L 30 25 W 44 27 W 20 30 L 18 43 L 15 32 L 42 29 W 29 39 L 50 26 W 19 35 L
Coach: Dr. George M. Flint Date Opponent Waynesburg at Mount Union Juniata at Grove City Western Reserve at Carnegie Tech Mount Union Grove City Hiram at Allegheny Carnegie Tech at Gettysburg at Mount St. Mary’s at Georgetown at Albright at Swarthmore at Susquehana Bellefonte Allegheny Totals
Pitt Opp. W/L 38 31 W 16 14 W 33 34 L 17 27 L 34 28 W 24 17 W 34 21 W 22 24 L 43 38 W 15 39 L 31 28 W 25 31 L 29 28 W 17 21 L 23 54 L 26 51 L 26 23 W 42 25 W 15 35 L 438 569
1912-13 n 15-7 Coach: Dr. George M. Flint Date Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L 12/27 Pennsylvania 22 18 W Juniata 43 29 W 1/17 Penn State 26 30 L at Geneva 31 19 W Bellefonte 38 23 W Mount Union 43 21 W at Georgetown 32 26 W at Mount St. Mary’s 25 20 W at Gettysburg 27 11 W at Franklin & Marshall 24 17 W at Swarthmore 31 25 W at Lehigh 25 39 L Western Reserve 22 23 L 2/21 at Bucknell 25 15 W 2/21 at Bellefonte 30 35 L 2/22 at Penn State 20 31 L Wooster 30 29 W Washington & Jefferson 32 19 W West Virginia Wesleyan 36 29 W at Allegheny 24 29 L Washington & Jefferson 31 19 W at Allegheny 21 38 L Totals 638 545
1913-14 n 7-8 Coach: Dr. George M. Flint Date Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Geneva 28 21 W Carnegie Tech 32 23 W 1/20 Penn State 26 29 L Niagara 25 29 L Colgate 25 42 L 1/29 at Syracuse 29 36 L St. Lawrence 14 17 L Rochester 12 53 L Washington & Jefferson 21 19 W Mount Union 36 10 W Carnegie Tech 42 27 W 2/28 at Penn State 17 26 L Juniata 47 40 W Washington & Jefferson 13 22 L Wooster 46 22 W Totals 413 416
1914-15 n 14-4 Coach: Dr. George M. Flint
Date Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Carnegie Tech 42 22 W Juniata 28 27 W 1/16 Penn State 35 32 W Gettysburg 41 30 W 1/29 West Virginia 42 18 W at Lehigh 28 29 L at Lafayette 31 24 W 2/5 at Rutgers 26 23 W Westinghouse Club 38 30 W at Swarthmore 40 26 W Allegheny 21 34 L Washington & Jefferson 28 19 W at Washington & Jefferson 45 25 W 2/24 at Penn State 28 31 L at Juniata 55 26 W at Carnegie Tech 47 30 W 3/6 Penn State 39 35 W Army 18 25 L Totals 610 484
1915-16 n 15-2 Coach: Dr. George M. Flint Date Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L 2/5 Penn State 43 38 W 2/26 at Penn State 31 27 W Washington & Jefferson 25 20 W Washington & Jefferson 42 24 W Carnegie Tech 37 25 W Carnegie Tech 33 23 W Yale 31 29 W Lafayette 34 23 W Lafayette 25 23 W Lehigh 41 28 W Juniata 48 37 W Juniata 42 35 W Colgate 27 23 W 2/11 Rutgers 34 24 W Army 28 13 W Lehigh 22 38 L Allegheny 29 30 L Totals 572 460
1916-17 n 12-6 Coach: Dr. George M. Flint Date 1/8 1/11 1/19 1/23
Opponent Syracuse Juniata Allegheny Carnegie Tech
Pitt Opp. W/L 17 22 L 31 21 W 30 21 W 33 16 W
1/26 2/1 2/7 2/8 2/9 2/10 2/15 2/17 2/22 2/24 3/2 3/3 3/7 3/10
Washington & Jefferson 32 23 Penn State 37 26 at Rutgers 22 21 at Lafayette 33 29 at Swarthmore 24 36 at Army 28 31 Lafayette 27 25 at Washington & Jefferson 26 25 Lehigh 34 19 at Penn State 32 37 at Syracuse 21 41 at Buffalo 29 34 Buffalo 39 36 Carnegie Tech 25 21 Totals 520 490
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1917-18 n 5-9 Coach: Dr. George M. Flint Date Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Yale 39 33 W 1/10 West Virginia 30 20 W Carnegie Tech 41 30 W 1/25 at West Virginia 36 24 W Allegheny 17 33 L Washington & Jefferson 35 32 W Lafayette 31 37 L Army Ambulance 22 30 L Lehigh 26 39 L Lehigh 23 31 L 2/23 at Penn State 15 38 L 2/28 Penn State 28 36 L Washington & Jefferson 26 33 L Carnegie Tech 37 39 L Totals 406 458
1918-19 n 7-7 Coach: Dr. George M. Flint Date Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L 1/16 West Virginia 29 35 L Carnegie Tech 40 29 W Allegheny 30 25 W Grove City 36 29 W Washington & Jefferson 33 31 W Geneva 36 32 W Westinghouse Club 21 23 L Lafayette 30 32 L 2/22 at Penn State 19 39 L Geneva 27 34 L 2/28 Penn State 31 33 L 3/1 at West Virginia 33 30 W
PITT’S HEAD COACHES DR. GEORGE M. FLINT 1911-21 (10 years) n Record: 106-67 (.613) n Accomplishments Fourth head coach in program history...Led Panthers to a 15-2 record in 1915-16...Led Pitt to eight winning seasons in his 10-year tenure including six 10-plus win campaigns...After taking over the program from Wohlparth Wagner in 1911, built the Pitt basketball program from the ground up after the school discontinued the sport from 1908-10. n Prominent Student-Athletes H.C. “Doc” Carlson, Lloyd Jordan, John “Speedo” Loughran, Andy Hastings, Jimmy DeHart, Frank McNulty, Ben Lubic, Norman Ochsenhirt. n Personal Facts Named All-America basketball player and led the University of Pennsylvania to the Eastern Intercollegiate championship in 1905-06...Played on a basketball team organized by Pittsburgh Pirates great Honus Wagner in 1903...Following his Pitt coaching career, worked 50 years as a dentist in Pittsburgh...Born in Ontario, Canada, came to Pennsylvania at an early age.
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Washington & Jefferson Carnegie Tech Totals
24 40 34 26 423 438
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1919-20 n 9-6 Date Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Yale 25 26 L Grove City 38 28 W 1/15 at West Virginia 38 27 W Allegheny 39 24 W 1/31 at West Virginia 26 28 L Washington & Jefferson 25 24 W at Rutgers 25 41 L at Lehigh 27 24 W Geneva 40 31 W 2/21 at Penn State 23 37 L Washington & Jefferson 33 22 W 2/28 Penn State 24 34 L at Washington & Jefferson 46 28 W Colgate 25 35 L 3/6 West Virginia 33 24 W Totals 477 433
1920-21 n 12-9 Coach: Dr. George M. Flint Date Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Dartmouth 36 33 W Yale 40 36 W Cornell 23 34 L Grove City 28 38 L West Virginia Wesleyan 44 38 W Allegheny 37 23 W Marietta 43 44 L 2/4 Penn State 33 39 L Colgate 69 50 W 2/11 at Syracuse 28 39 L Army 37 31 W Geneva 43 42 W 2/17 West Virginia 45 32 W 2/19 Penn State 28 50 L Georgetown 34 32 W Lafayette 33 37 L Washington & Jefferson 37 25 W 3/2 Bucknell 20 23 L Washington & Jefferson 35 26 W Westminster 54 25 W 3/12 at West Virginia 24 43 L Totals 771 740
1921-22 n 12-8 Coach: Andrew Kerr Date Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Dartmouth 42 29 W 12/30 Syracuse 28 32 L Marietta 44 25 W 1/11 at Pennsylvania 22 23 L Geneva 55 38 W 1/20 West Virginia 37 27 W Allegheny 32 23 W Grove City 54 33 W 2/3 Penn State 27 30 L Washington & Jefferson 29 31 L Army 22 33 L Muskingum 45 21 W 2/18 at Penn State 28 27 W Cornell 13 38 L Colgate 25 29 L 2/24 at Syracuse 21 25 L Westminster 34 25 W West Virginia Wesleyan 35 28 W Washington & Jefferson 36 26 W 3/11 West Virginia 31 26 W Totals 660 579
1922-23 n 10-5
n Accomplishments Elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959 and Helms Foundation Athletic Hall of Fame in 1949…All-time winningest (367 wins) and tenured (31 years) coach in Pittsburgh basketball history…Guided Pittsburgh to two Helms Foundation national titles in 1927-28 and 1929-30…Led Pitt to its only undefeated season in school history at 21-0 in 1927-28…23 wins in 1929-30 were a career-best…Led 1940-41 team to Pittsburgh’s first and only appearance in the NCAA Final Four…Featured in Life Magazine while experimenting with the use of oxygen on the bench…Put together 12 10plus win seasons from 1926-37 and three 20-plus win seasons in a fouryear period from 1928-31, the winningest four-year period in terms of percentage in school history…Awarded Cup by NABC for Most Contributions to the Game in 1948…Coached the East Team in the East-West game at Madison Square Garden in 1950…93 graduates listed among basketball lettermen (eight doctors, 20 dentists, 12 engineers, nine teachers/educational administrators, two FBI agents, nine coaches, one minister, one career Marine, 16 in various forms of business or manufacturing, one killed in service)…Wrote book “You and Basketball.”
1927-28 n 21-0
Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson
n Personal Facts Basketball pioneer who brought various innovations to the game…Sixth Panthers basketball coach…Four-time letterwinner at Pittsburgh in football, basketball and baseball from 1915-1917…1918 graduate of Pittsburgh…Earned M.S. degree from Pitt’s School of Medicine in 1920…Died on November 1, 1964 at the age of 70…Born July 4, 1894…Hometown: Murray City, Ohio. 38 34 31 25 26 21 24 36 31 38 52 33 61 24 20 32 25 17 11 38 38 35 29 27 28 33 492 447
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1923-24 n 10-7
1/16 West Virginia 22 30 Carnegie Tech 31 22 Washington & Jefferson 17 25 Grove City 11 24 2/7 Penn State 25 40 at Thiel 29 10 at Carnegie Tech 19 27 at Carnegie Tech 25 40 2/21 at Syracuse 22 31 2/28 at West Virginia 25 35 at Washington & Jefferson 18 15 3/13 Penn State 30 35 Totals 327 387
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1925-26 n 12-5 Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson
Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson Date Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Vanderbilt 33 31 W Amherst 32 21 W Geneva 31 22 W Allegheny 35 30 W Bethany 45 33 W 1/17 West Virginia 23 25 L Washington & Jefferson 29 19 W Grove City 28 29 L Carnegie Tech 29 25 W Lafayette 18 17 W Army 16 32 L 2/15 Penn State 31 30 W 2/22 at Penn State 13 29 L 2/23 Bucknell 10 22 L 3/10 at West Virginia 14 28 L Carnegie Tech 25 32 L Washington & Jefferson 23 21 W Totals 435 446
1924-25 n 4-10
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n Helms Foundation National Champions n Undefeated at 21-0 n Only undefeated season in Pittsburgh basketball history
n Prominent Student-Athletes Charley Hyatt, Don Smith, Sykes Reed, Claire Cribbs, Stan Wrobleski.
Allegheny Bethany 1/18 West Virginia Grove City 2/2 Penn State Washington & Jefferson Swarthmore Army Washington & Jefferson 2/17 at Penn State West Virginia Wesleyan Washington & Jefferson 3/3 at West Virginia Totals
24 25 23 29 27 26 38 28 31 37 35 23 38 30 36 34 17 33 33 27 43 33 41 39 25 24 34 35 515 521
Date Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L at Michigan 25 34 L Cornell 36 26 W 1/3 Ohio State 34 47 L Allegheny 34 16 W Carnegie Tech 45 21 W George Washington 43 30 W 1/22 West Virginia 38 23 W at Washington & Jefferson 31 28 W 1/29 Penn State 30 26 W Grove City 27 33 L Carnegie Tech 31 25 W Washington & Jefferson 30 25 W Geneva 29 37 L 2/26 at West Virginia 30 37 L at Carnegie Tech 30 29 W Grove City 25 22 W 3/13 at Penn State 37 31 W Totals 551 487
1926-27 n 10-7 Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson
Date Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L at Michigan 49 39 W at Chicago 36 26 W at Northwestern 39 34 W at Iowa (OT) 44 40 W Dartmouth 63 33 W 12/31 Ohio State 50 32 W 1/6 Syracuse 45 24 W at Carnegie Tech 59 38 W 1/18 West Virginia 51 26 W at Army 42 36 W at Colgate 48 37 W Carnegie Tech 67 28 W 2/10 Penn State 48 25 W Allegheny 56 32 W 2/18 Notre Dame 24 22 W at Carnegie Tech 59 38 W Washington & Jefferson 44 33 W Grove City 54 27 W 3/2 at West Virginia 45 42 W at Washington & Jefferson 33 32 W 3/10 at Penn State 45 28 W Totals 1001 672
1928-29 n 16-5 Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson Date Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L at Butler 33 35 L at Northwestern 24 30 L 12/15 vs. Wisconsin % 24 34 L 12/17 at Ohio State 34 26 W Iowa 45 39 W 1/1 Indiana 52 31 W Waynesburg 50 17 W Carnegie Tech 41 14 W 1/18 West Virginia 35 40 L Carnegie Tech 35 28 W Army 69 16 W Temple 39 26 W Rensselaer 48 15 W 2/9 at Notre Dame 23 33 L Washington & Jefferson 38 18 W 2/15 Penn State 49 38 W Grove City 48 25 W Carnegie Tech 42 10 W 3/2 at West Virginia 41 19 W Washington & Jefferson 38 28 W 3/11 at Penn State 29 23 W Totals 837 547 %played in Milwaukee, Wisc.
1929-30 n 23-2 n Helms Foundation National Champions Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson
Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson
Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson Date Opponent 1/5 Syracuse Geneva
H.C. “DOC” CARLSON, M.D. 1922-53 (31 years) n Record: 367-248 (.596)
Coach: Dr. George M. Flint
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Carnegie Tech 1/20 West Virginia Washington & Jefferson Carnegie Tech Grove City Michigan Washington & Jefferson 2/18 at Michigan State 2/19 at Notre Dame 2/25 Penn State 3/3 at West Virginia Carnegie Tech Allegheny 3/12 at Penn State Totals
PITT’S HEAD COACHES
Pitt Opp. W/L 26 23 W 42 31 W
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Date Opponent Geneva at Allegheny
Pitt Opp. W/L 25 28 L 28 25 W
Date Opponent 1/3 Ohio State Allegheny 1/8 Syracuse
Pitt Opp. W/L 23 48 L 18 22 L 29 28 W
Date Opponent Muskingum 12/13 at Indiana at Northwestern
Pitt Opp. W/L 57 30 W 35 31 W 38 30 W
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at Iowa 29 21 Grove City 38 30 12/31 Ohio State (OT) 38 33 1/4 Nebraska 34 27 Montana State 38 37 at Carnegie Tech 24 18 Georgetown 43 27 1/18 Notre Dame 33 13 Carnegie Tech 49 25 2/1 at Syracuse 29 40 at Fordham 31 27 2/14 Penn State 47 20 2/18 at Notre Dame 25 16 at Washington & Jefferson 38 10 2/22 West Virginia 21 19 at Carnegie Tech 47 22 at Temple 40 28 at Army 39 25 3/18 at West Virginia 25 33 St. Vincent 29 28 Washington & Jefferson 67 20 3/15 at Penn State 47 30 Totals 941 660
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1930-31 n 20-4 Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson Date Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Western Reserve 14 32 L 12/13 at Ohio State 25 17 W at Marquette 24 18 W 12/30 at Nebraska 23 22 W at Creighton 18 22 L Dartmouth 39 24 W 12/27 Syracuse 31 28 W 1/1 Indiana 19 27 L Purdue 24 22 W New York University 40 22 W Fordham 22 14 W 1/17 West Virginia 17 15 W Carnegie Tech 25 22 W 1/24 at Notre Dame (OT) 28 20 W Washington & Jefferson 29 26 W 2/7 Notre Dame (OT) 35 32 W Army 36 32 W City College of New York 16 18 L 2/21 Penn State 30 24 W Carnegie Tech 27 25 W Washington & Jefferson 33 15 W 3/7 at Pennsylvania 31 30 W 3/11 at West Virginia 24 22 W 3/14 at Penn State 37 32 W Totals 647 561
1931-32 n 14-16 Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson Date Opponent Temple 12/15 at Wisconsin 12/16 at Indiana 12/18 at Purdue at Butler 12/21 vs. Kansas% 12/22 vs. Kansas% 12/23 vs. Kansas% at Colorado at Stanford at Southern California at Southern California 1/9 at Syracuse 1/13 Duquesne New York University
Pitt Opp. W/L 29 21 W 29 30 L 29 24 W 23 41 L 20 23 L 23 24 L 20 26 L 25 22 W 25 23 W 22 11 W 29 26 W 13 24 L 28 32 L 21 28 L 32 37 L
Carnegie Tech 1/23 at Notre Dame 1/29 West Virginia Carnegie Tech 2/6 Notre Dame Georgetown 2/13 Navy Creighton Western Reserve 2/27 Pennsylvania at Harvard Washington & Jefferson 3/5 at Penn State 3/8 West Virginia 3/12 Penn State Totals
33 22 12 25 33 27 33 26 19 26 30 33 22 29 21 19 39 45 19 26 28 25 28 16 36 32 22 19 30 40 774 802
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% played at Kansas City. Mo.
1932-33 n 17-5 n Eastern Intercollegiate Champions Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson Date Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Georgetown 32 18 W at Northwestern 22 31 L at Minnesota 35 26 W at Butler 38 30 W 12/31 Purdue 33 28 W Temple 43 26 W 1/13 Duquesne 25 26 L at Carnegie Tech 30 24 W 1/21 Notre Dame 39 25 W 1/28 West Virginia 42 20 W Washington & Jefferson 47 27 W at Fordham 47 16 W at Army 42 25 W at Western Reserve 27 22 W 2/11 at Notre Dame 31 38 L 2/17 Duquesne 24 25 L at Georgetown 27 28 L 2/25 at Navy 31 29 W at Temple 40 30 W Washington & Jefferson 52 23 W 3/11 West Virginia 45 35 W Carnegie Tech 38 21 W Totals 790 573
1933-34 n 18-4 n Eastern Intercollegiate Champions Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson Date Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Georgetown 34 31 W 12/15 at Purdue 27 33 L at Northwestern 27 23 W at Butler 24 35 L Minnesota 28 23 W 12/30 Ohio State 27 18 W Temple 35 30 W 1/12 Duquesne 29 30 L Carnegie Tech 44 35 W 1/20 Notre Dame 39 34 W 1/27 West Virginia 42 21 W Washington & Jefferson 60 34 W 2/6 at Duquesne 31 29 W Army 64 18 W 2/17 at Notre Dame 21 17 W Westminster 32 26 W at Georgetown 38 27 W Carnegie Tech 44 30 W
at Temple 3/10 West Virginia at Western Reserve South Carolina Totals
38 34 27 26 40 29 35 38 786 621
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1934-35 n 18-6 n Eastern Intercollegiate Champions Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson Date Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L 12/8 Bucknell 52 22 W at Northwestern 28 42 L at Iowa 38 26 W at Butler 42 22 W 12/29 at Wisconsin 31 27 W 1/4 Duquesne 25 27 L Carnegie Tech 38 37 W at Temple 38 45 L at Fordham 43 20 W 1/19 Notre Dame 26 22 W Westminster 38 32 W 1/26 West Virginia 35 34 W 2/2 at Navy 22 24 L at Washington & Jefferson 57 30 W 2/8 Duquesne 35 34 W 2/16 at Notre Dame 27 25 W at Georgetown 42 24 W Temple 34 25 W Carnegie Tech 36 31 W Georgetown 40 25 W at Penn State 41 25 W 3/13 at West Virginia 26 43 L 3/18 at West Virginia 35 22 W 4/13 vs. LSU (Atlantic City, NJ) 37 41 L Totals 866 705
1935-36 n 18-9 Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson Date 12/7 12/13 12/14 12/16 12/21 12/23 12/26 12/28 12/31 1/2 1/8 1/10 1/17 1/18 1/22 1/25 2/1 2/8 2/14 2/18 2/22 2/26 2/29 3/4 3/7 3/11 3/14
Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Washington & Jefferson 41 35 W at Northwestern 30 38 L at Iowa 32 23 W at Butler 36 28 W at Xavier 23 21 W at Kentucky 17 35 L at Vanderbilt 57 37 W at Tulane 48 25 W at Tulane 48 13 W at Louisiana State 52 47 W Carnegie Tech 29 34 L Notre Dame 35 43 L at Georgetown (OT) 42 43 L at Penn State 45 23 W Westminster 42 31 W West Virginia 41 26 W at Navy 42 20 W at Duquesne 42 54 W at Temple 48 42 W Duquesne 46 41 W at Notre Dame 27 43 L Temple 52 41 W at Carnegie Tech 29 21 W Georgetown 41 36 W Penn State 41 38 W at West Virginia 42 43 L Carnegie Tech 27 32 L Totals 1055 912
1936-37 n 14-7 n Eastern Intercollegiate Champions
PITT’S HOME COURT RECORD Arena/Court (Years) Years Petersen Events Center (2002-2008) 7 Fitzgerald Field House (1951-2002) 51 Civic/Mellon Arena (1962-2003) 42 Pitt Pavilion (1924-1951) 27 Motor Square Garden/Trees Gym (pre-1924)* 17 Total On-Campus Record (1924-2009)
GP 125 589 112 279 197 1103
*several games are listed as unavailable as to location.
Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson
W-L 115-10 414-175 61-51 199-80 130-67 781-322
Pct. .920 .703 .544 .713 .660 .708
Date Opponent at Northwestern at DePaul (OT) at Butler 12/21 Wisconsin Temple at Carnegie Tech 1/13 Notre Dame 1/16 at Navy at Georgetown
Pitt Opp. W/L 28 37 L 37 41 L 32 21 W 41 30 W 32 28 W 30 26 W 34 31 W 35 28 W 27 30 L
MILESTONE WINS n 100 36-24 win at West Virginia, January 25, 1918. n 200 56-52 home win vs. Allegheny, February, 1928. n 300 27-23 win at Northwestern, December, 1933. n 400 46-32 win at Duke, 1941. n 500 67-61 home win vs. Dartmouth, 1952-53. n 600 54-50 home win vs. Dartmouth, December 27, 1960. n 700 81-76 home win vs. Wisconsin, December 8, 1970. n 800 72-71 win at St. Francis (Pa.), December 10, 1977. n 900 65-63 home win vs. Georgetown, February 19, 1982.
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n 1000 88-71 win at St. John’s, February 3, 1988. n 1100 69-59 win vs. Robert Morris, December 29, 1994. n 1200 89-53 win vs. Penn State, December 8, 2001. n 1300 85-77 win at Notre Dame, March 5, 2005. 1/23 Penn State 1/30 West Virginia Westminster 2/10 Duquesne Carnegie Tech 2/20 at Notre Dame 2/24 Duquesne at Temple Georgetown 3/6 at Penn State 3/13 at West Virginia at Temple Totals
36 28 44 36 32 29 51 50 43 37 18 27 30 31 34 45 39 22 21 24 48 42 35 29 727 672
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1937-38 n 9-12 Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson Date Opponent at Northwestern 12/11 at Wisconsin at Butler at Fordham 12/29 vs. Kentucky % at Syracuse 1/12 Duquesne Carnegie Tech 1/19 Notre Dame Georgetown
Pitt Opp. W/L 27 22 W 36 44 L 23 24 L 35 23 W 29 40 L 49 47 W 35 28 W 50 33 W 41 51 L 47 50 L
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n Total Games vs. Ranked Opponents: 263. n Record vs. Top-25 (since 1999): 33-34 (49.2%) n Record vs. Top-25: 79-184 (30.0%). n Record vs. No. 1: 2-13 (13.3%). n Record vs. Top-5: 15-46 (24.6%) n Record vs. Top-5 (since 1996): 11-9 (55.0%). n Record vs. Top-10: 31-76 (28.9%) n Most Games vs. Ranked Opponents in a Season: 12, 1989-90 and 1990-91. n Most Wins Over Ranked Opponents in a Season: 6, 2008-09; 5, 1987-88 and 1988-89. n Consecutive Games Played vs. Ranked Opponents: 4, 1/ 5/90-1/19/90; 3, several other times. n Most Consecutive Wins vs. Ranked Opponents: 4, 2/16/ 09-3/21/09; 3, five times- 3/ 13/08-3/15/08; 1/24/04-3/2/ 04; 2/4/91-2/20/91; 1/26/87-2/ 9/87, 2/2/77-1/10/79. n Most Consecutive Losses vs. Ranked Opponents: 19, 2/20/93-12/20/95. n Most Consecutive Games Played Without a Ranked Opponent: 163, 12/28/63-12/ 30/70. 1/29 West Virginia 43 40 W Westminster 38 41 L 2/5 at Notre Dame 17 51 L Temple 41 43 L 2/12 Penn State 39 34 W at Temple 34 46 L at Georgetown 22 34 L 2/23 Duquesne 37 39 L at Carnegie Tech 36 30 W 3/5 at Penn State 26 25 W 3/12 at West Virginia 35 38 L Totals 740 783 %Sugar Bowl Tournament (New Orleans, La.)
1938-39 n 10-8 Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson Date Opponent at Northwestern at Bradley at Duke at Richmond Cornell Carnegie Tech Westminster 1/28 Duquesne Temple Carnegie Tech 2/8 Penn State at Temple Georgetown 2/18 West Virginia at Fordham 2/25 at Penn State Georgetown 3/11 West Virginia Totals
Date Opponent at Butler at Northwestern 12/18 at Indiana 12/30 at Ohio State at Michigan (OT) 1/6 Penn State Westminster at Cornell Carnegie Tech Waynesburg 2/10 Navy Geneva 2/20 West Virginia Carnegie Tech 2/28 at Fordham (MSG) 3/2 Penn State 3/9 at West Virginia Totals
Pitt Opp. W/L 36 47 L 33 39 L 35 51 L 34 30 W 35 44 L 31 28 W 47 35 W 38 33 W 73 42 W 28 41 L 44 42 W 45 47 L 68 49 W 44 46 L 57 37 W 29 36 L 35 42 L 712 689
Sammy David (1946-49) scored 921 points and averaged 12.1 points per game over a 76-game career from 194649. David also led the 1948-49 team in scoring with a 15.6 points per game average. David’s son Joey also lettered four years with the Panthers from 1982-86.
1940-41 n 13-6 n NCAA Final Four Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson Date Opponent 12/18 at Wisconsin at Illinois at Northwestern at Butler at Michigan 12/30 at Ohio State Westminster 1/11 Penn State Carnegie Tech Waynesburg at Duke Army 2/11 West Virginia Geneva Carnegie Tech Geneva 3/1 at Penn State
Pitt Opp. W/L 36 34 W 43 41 W 28 48 L 41 40 W 40 46 L 48 34 W 36 41 L 36 27 W 45 30 W 40 44 L 46 32 W 39 32 W 56 45 W 50 36 W 38 29 W 55 41 W 21 36 L
NCAA Eastern Regionals (Madison, Wis., Wisconsin Fieldhouse) 3/21 vs. North Carolina 26 20 W NCAA Final Four (Madison, Wis., Wisconsin Fieldhouse) 3/22 at Wisconsin 30 36 L Totals 754 692
1941-42 n 5-10 Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson Date Opponent 12/20 at Northwestern at Butler 12/26 at Indiana
Cornell Carnegie Tech Geneva 1/17 Penn State California State (OT) 2/4 West Virginia Geneva Indiana State (OT) Carnegie Tech 2/21 Penn State Westminster Army Totals
39 32 64 34 51 38 30 34 45 33 47 66 42 54 47 37 46 56 28 33 48 53 28 38 617 641
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1942-43 n 10-5 Pitt Opp. W/L 32 44 L 29 39 L 41 50 L
Pitt Opp. W/L 44 43 W
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Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson Date Opponent at New York University at Westminster Carnegie Tech 1/8 at Ohio State Geneva 1/15 Penn State at Carnegie Tech Westminster at Geneva at Army Bethany 2/16 West Virginia 2/19 at Penn State 2/26 at West Virginia Totals
Pitt Opp. W/L 48 37 W 39 56 L 51 37 W 47 24 W 50 39 W 50 55 L 37 45 L 29 40 L 42 36 W 51 43 W 22 41 L 27 36 L 43 41 W 42 45 L 40 34 W 35 36 L 44 39 W 49 43 W 746 727
1939-40 n 8-9
44 48 48 33 44 38 38 37 46 32 63 51 60 54 65 41 38 47 31 30 48 53 55 43 13 32 64 82 701 664
1943-44 n 7-7
Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson Date Opponent Bethany
12/31 Ohio State 1/9 West Virginia at Carnegie Tech 2/20 Penn State Geneva at Geneva at Cornell Indiana State at Westminster at Army Westminster Carnegie Tech 3/16 at Penn State 2/27 at West Virginia Totals
Pitt Opp. W/L 40 54 L 64 82 L 63 33 W 38 59 L 44 38 W 12 15 L 52 33 W 54 58 L 59 58 W 32 66 L 47 45 W 59 55 W 29 35 L 60 57 W 653 688
1944-45 n 8-4 Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson
H.C. “Doc” Carlson began taking his teams on competition trips to the West Coast. During a 1949 trip to California while playing games against California, Stanford, Loyola Marymount and UCLA, members of the Pitt basketball team travel party took time to visit with Hollywood legends Jack Benny and Claudette Colbert.
Date Opponent at Allegheny Geneva at Carnegie Tech 1/13 Penn State at Westminster
Pitt Opp. W/L 61 31 W 49 45 W 59 45 W 58 41 W 47 68 L
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Carnegie Tech Geneva at Army 2/4 Westminster 2/17 at Penn State 2/21 West Virginia 2/24 at West Virginia Totals
67 41 57 51 51 71 75 56 36 53 55 34 47 50 662 586
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1945-46 n 7-7
Carnegie Tech 2/12 West Virginia at Allegheny Geneva at Westminster 3/1 at West Virginia Totals
53 46 41 52 40 38 57 47 44 39 59 72 835 827
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1947-48 n 10-11 Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson
Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson Date Opponent 12/8 at Ohio State Bethany at Geneva Carnegie Tech 1/12 Penn State at Westminster Geneva 1/30 Ohio State 2/2 at Penn State at Carnegie Tech 2/13 West Virginia at Army Westminster 3/2 at West Virginia Totals
Pitt Opp. W/L 37 47 L 67 36 W 54 43 W 56 45 W 43 38 W 59 50 W 43 41 W 33 43 L 37 48 L 57 45 W 41 61 L 42 56 L 50 54 L 61 81 L 835 827
1946-47 n 8-10 Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson Date Opponent 12/7 at Ohio State at Butler at Northwestern at Illinois 1/4 Penn State at Carnegie Tech at Army Westminster at Geneva 1/20 Ohio State Bethany 2/1 at Penn State
Pitt Opp. W/L 33 39 L 39 41 L 37 39 L 31 58 L 42 31 W 60 21 W 53 60 L 45 54 L 56 57 L 51 41 W 55 47 W 39 46 L
Date Opponent 12/12 at Wisconsin Illinois 12/15 Purdue at Louisville Alabama 12/26 Miami at Loyola-New Orleans 1/3 Penn State Carnegie Tech Army 1/14 Bethany 1/17 at Ohio State at Colgate at Cornell 1/31 Penn State Carnegie Tech Allegheny Westminster 2/12 West Virginia 2/14 Westminster 3/1 at West Virginia Totals
Pitt Opp. W/L 36 49 L 33 70 L 29 50 L 42 64 L 29 39 L 40 43 L 47 45 W 35 34 W 46 40 W 42 41 W 68 40 W 56 74 L 46 63 L 40 52 L 42 34 W 47 41 W 51 33 W 68 62 W 59 70 L 58 54 W 36 52 L 950 1050
1948-49 n 12-13 Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson Date Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L 12/4 Penn State 40 33 W Bethany 65 64 W at Michigan 44 62 L at North Carolina State 42 77 L 12/21 at Miami 52 58 L 12/22 at Miami 80 48 W 12/28 Florida 50 40 W 12/29 Florida 45 39 W Carnegie Tech 48 43 W Allegheny 63 46 W Army 42 35 W at Bradley 50 52 L at Denver 45 47 L at Utah 44 65 L 1/28 at California 37 55 L at Stanford 37 55 L at Loyola Marymount 45 54 L 2/5 at UCLA 48 51 L 2/7 at Arizona 47 52 L Westminster 50 41 W 2/16 West Virginia 51 54 L 2/19 at Penn State 38 49 L 2/23 Carnegie Tech 76 49 W Westminster 50 40 W 3/5 West Virginia 34 32 W Totals 1236 1252
1949-50 n 4-14 Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson
Julius Pegues was the first African-American basketball student-athlete to play for Pittsburgh. He concluded his successful career by scoring 1,050 points and pulling down 377 rebounds. Pegues was followed by Ben Jinks (1961-63) and Calvin Sheffield (1962-64).
Date Opponent vs. Connecticut % vs. Drake % vs. Utah State % Westminster 1/7 at Cincinnati Carnegie Tech Grove City 1/21 at Penn State 1/25 Penn State Gettysburg at Bradley at Arkansas 2/8 at Oklahoma State at Memphis at Westminster at Carnegie Tech
Pitt Opp. W/L 52 35 W 55 67 L 50 54 L 38 49 L 38 63 L 42 62 L 84 51 W 21 34 L 51 58 L 59 57 W 48 84 L 36 41 L 34 43 L 39 53 L 55 85 L 59 66 L
2/25 West Virginia 3/4 at West Virginia Totals
55 53 53 59 868 1014
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1950-51 n 9-17 Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson Date Opponent at Kent State at Gettysburg at Minnesota 12/19 at Washington 12/20 at Washington at Oregon State at Oregon State 12/26 at California 12/28 at UCLA at Iowa 1/4 Westminster Geneva at Carnegie Tech 1/13 Cincinnati 1/18 Miami at Grove City 1/22 at Bradley 2/3 at Navy at Westminster 2/9 Bucknell 2/14 Penn State 2/17 at West Virginia Carnegie Tech at Army 2/26 West Virginia 3/3 at Penn State Totals
Pitt Opp. W/L 46 51 L 65 50 W 43 72 L 44 54 L 55 74 L 36 61 L 34 53 L 58 70 L 44 68 L 66 73 L 68 62 W 73 76 L 42 66 L 49 64 L 81 56 W 70 48 W 59 82 L 51 64 L 67 91 L 67 45 W 60 51 W 52 56 L 70 45 W 48 44 W 74 72 W 44 64 L 1466 1612
FITZGERALD FIELD HOUSE ERA BEGINS 1951-52 n 10-12 Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson Date Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L 12/15 Columbia 65 64 W 12/19 Pennsylvania 52 55 L William & Mary 63 48 W 12/27 Virginia% 73 49 W 12/28 Penn State% 40 62 L Yale 55 62 L Princeton 56 52 W 1/9 Syracuse 72 49 W 1/12 at West Virginia 60 79 L at Carnegie Tech 56 65 L 1/19 Penn State 45 52 L Georgetown 59 74 L 1/28 Notre Dame 62 55 W 1/30 West Virginia 47 67 L at Geneva 77 72 W at North Carolina State 54 62 L 2/6 at Navy 44 54 L Westminster 72 60 W at Westminster 74 82 L 2/14 at Notre Dame 62 60 W Carnegie Tech 53 48 W 3/1 at Penn State 9 24 L Totals 1252 1305 %Keystone Classic
1952-53 n 12-11 Coach: Dr. H.C. Carlson
RECORD vs. RANKED TEAMS Note: Pittsburgh did not play a ranked opponent from 12/28/63-12/30/70. Season GP W-L 1949-50 ................... 1 .................. 0-1 1950-51 ................... 2 .................. 0-2 1951-52 ................... 1 .................. 0-1 1954-55 ................... 1 .................. 1-0 1955-56 ................... 1 .................. 0-1 1956-57 ................... 7 .................. 1-6 1957-58 ................... 3 .................. 1-2 1958-59 ................... 2 .................. 0-2 1959-60 ................... 2 .................. 0-2 1961-62 ................... 2 .................. 0-2 1962-63 ................... 1 .................. 0-1 1970-71 ................... 1 .................. 0-1 1971-72 ................... 3 .................. 0-3 1972-73 ................... 1 .................. 0-1 1973-74 ................... 2 .................. 0-2 1974-75 ................... 3 .................. 2-1 1975-76 ................... 5 .................. 0-5 1976-77 ................... 2 .................. 1-1 1977-78 ................... 1 .................. 1-0 1978-79 ................... 1 .................. 1-0 1979-80 ................... 2 .................. 0-2 1980-81 ................... 2 .................. 0-2 1981-82 ................... 4 .................. 1-3 1982-83 .................. 10 ................. 3-7 1983-84 ................... 6 .................. 1-5 1984-85 ................... 9 .................. 1-8 1985-86 ................... 7 .................. 1-6 1986-87 ................... 9 .................. 4-5 1987-88 ................... 8 .................. 5-3 1988-89 .................. 11 ................. 5-6 1989-90 .................. 12 ............... 2-10 1990-91 .................. 12 ................. 4-8 1991-92 .................. 11 ................. 4-7 1992-93 ................... 8 .................. 4-4 1993-94 ................... 6 .................. 0-6 1994-95 .................. 10 ............... 0-10 1995-96 ................... 7 .................. 1-6 1996-97 ................... 3 .................. 1-2 1997-98 ................... 4 .................. 0-4 1998-99 ................... 9 .................. 2-7 1999-00 ................... 3 .................. 0-3 2000-01 .................. 10 ................. 4-6 2001-02 ................... 5 .................. 3-2 2002-03 ................... 5 .................. 2-3 2003-04 ................... 7 .................. 4-3 2004-05 ................... 8 .................. 4-4 2005-06 ................... 7 .................. 4-3 2006-07 ................... 9 .................. 2-7 2007-08 ................... 7 .................. 4-3 2008-09 ................... 9 .................. 6-3 Total ....................... 263 ............ 79-184 Carnegie Tech 1/20 West Virginia at Westminster at St. Louis at Houston at Loyola (La.) 2/7 at Navy 2/12 West Virginia 2/14 Ohio State Carnegie Tech at Geneva 2/29 at Penn State Totals
66 52 70 95 91 75 74 76 66 63 70 73 56 77 67 65 53 62 69 49 66 81 53 73 1579 1577
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Date Opponent at Michigan Westminster 12/13 Miami (Ohio) Ohio 12/20 Ohio State Harvard Dartmouth Cornell 1/3 at Pennsylvania Geneva 1/10 Penn State
Pitt Opp. W/L 78 85 L 62 57 W 64 65 L 68 66 W 70 76 L 72 48 W 67 61 W 67 62 W 76 81 L 97 75 W 57 56 W
Date Opponent Michigan 12/11 Bradley + 12/12 Duquesne + Geneva 12/22 Michigan State Columbia Princeton 1/6 Ohio State 1/9 Syracuse 1/13 at Carnegie Tech
Pitt Opp. W/L 69 78 L 66 64 W 46 75 L 76 94 L 51 82 L 64 75 L 57 64 L 55 74 L 65 80 L 69 58 W
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12/8 Northwestern 12/14 Carnegie Tech + 12/15 Duquesne + at Michigan
Dave Roman played for the Panthers from 1962-64. He led the 1962-63 team in scoring at 15.0 points per game (359 points). Roman concluded his career with a 12.6 points per game average while converting on 74.6 percent of his free throw attempts.
1/16 at West Virginia at Westminster 1/28 at Penn State at Columbia 2/2 at Georgetown 2/3 at Navy 2/6 New York University 2/13 Penn State 2/16 West Virginia 2/20 Westminster Army Carnegie Tech Geneva Totals
184
70 59 66 71 85 91 82 65 80 73 73 108 77 91 74 62 83 64 94 104 72 82 83 75 84 75 1638 1843
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1/11 Syracuse 1/15 Penn State (OT) at Geneva (2OT) 1/29 at West Virginia at Army 2/5 at Navy at Tampa 2/9 at Miami at Puerto Pico at Puerto Rico A&M West Virginia at Westminster 2/23 Bucknell 2/26 at Penn State Totals
85 93 76 66 96 101 74 88 71 76 65 77 92 52 78 72 70 74 90 71 86 93 92 94 81 74 71 77 2029 2073
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1954-55 n 10-16 Coach: Robert Timmons
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1955-56 n 15-10 Coach: Robert Timmons
Date Opponent 12/1 Ohio State at Michigan at Carnegie Tech 12/10 George Washington + 12/11 Fordham + Colgate 12/18 at New York University 12/20 Duke 1/1 at Pennsylvania (OT) Carnegie Tech Geneva Westminster (OT)
Pitt Opp. W/L 87 98 L 71 101 L 67 79 L 65 87 L 71 65 W 80 67 W 96 76 W 68 90 L 81 75 W 78 66 W 67 91 L 71 73 L
Date Opponent Michigan at Allegheny 12/9 Westminster + 12/10 Duquesne + 12/17 Michigan State 12/20 Duke 12/28 Florida Hardin Simmons Utah State Yale Columbia at Westminster 1/14 Penn State 1/18 West Virginia at Geneva Carnegie Tech 2/4 at Syracuse at Colgate 2/8 at Navy at Army 2/15 Westminster at Carnegie Tech 2/23 at St. John’s (MSG) 2/25 at West Virginia 3/3 at Penn State Totals
Pitt Opp. W/L 75 66 W 99 96 W 74 52 W 49 71 L 81 82 L 54 92 L 72 98 L 74 67 W 84 81 W 95 74 W 72 58 W 77 67 W 78 60 W 70 84 L 79 98 L 78 76 W 79 82 L 68 79 L 67 81 L 77 67 W 77 71 W 85 81 W 76 81 L 94 77 W 100 90 W 1931 1930
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1956-57 n 16-11 n 2nd NCAA Tournament appearance Coach: Robert Timmons A six-foot five-inch center, John Mills led the Panthers in scoring as a senior in 1959-60 at 13.9 points per game. He was the first player to lead the Panthers in that department since Don Hennon’s departure.
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Date Opponent 12/1 at North Carolina State 12/3 at Ohio State Westminster
Pitt Opp. W/L 85 97 L 69 100 L 64 54 W
73 89 59 75
71 56 50 90
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Orange Bowl Classic (Miami, Fla.) 12/27 vs. Seton Hall % 76 66 12/28 vs. Western Kentucky % 85 81 12/29 vs. Connecticut % (OT) 60 64 Lafayette 69 59 1/8 West Virginia 86 89 1/10 Bucknell 64 49 1/12 Penn State 66 75 1/14 Syracuse 76 64 at Army 54 47 1/31 St. John’s 70 78 2/5 at Duke 72 90 at Westminster 71 69 2/16 Navy 79 63 at Carnegie Tech 96 64 2/23 at West Virginia 93 107 2/27 Pennsylvania 94 76 3/2 at Penn State 80 65
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NCAA First Round (Columbus, Ohio, St. John Arena) 3/11 vs. Morehead State (NCAA)!86 85 NCAA Mideast Regional (Lexington, Ky., Rupp Arena) 3/15 at Kentucky 92 98 3/16 vs. Notre Dame^ 85 86 Totals 2068 1993
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1957-58 n 18-7 rd
n 3 NCAA Tournament appearance Coach: Robert Timmons Date Opponent Michigan at Furman 12/13 George Washington + 12/14 Duquesne + 12/21 Duke (2OT)
Pitt Opp. W/L 72 62 W 83 45 W 68 59 W 64 81 L 87 84 W
ECAC Holiday Festival (New York, N.Y) 12/28 vs. Temple % 71 76 12/29 vs. Manhattan % 71 63 12/30 vs. Connecticut % 60 68 1/4 at St. Louis 85 87 Westminster 72 57 1/11 at Syracuse 71 68 1/15 West Virginia (#1) 64 71 at Carnegie Tech 86 68 1/25 at Penn State 71 64 1/30 St. John’s 86 73 at Holy Cross 79 72
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at Connecticut at Geneva 2/15 at Navy (OT) Carnegie Tech 2/22 at West Virginia Geneva at Westminster 3/1 Penn State
77 82 85 73 86 109 75 61
62 61 83 54 99 74 74 59
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NCAA First Round (Evanston, Ill.) 3/11 vs. Miami (Ohio) 77 82 Totals 1915 1746
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1958-59 n 10-14 Coach: Robert Timmons Date Opponent at Michigan 12/3 Ohio State 12/12 Miami + 12/13 Duquesne + at Westminster 12/20 at Miami (Ohio) 12/29 vs. Fordham % 12/29 vs. Clemson % 12/31 vs. Bucknell % St. Louis at Temple 1/10 Syracuse 1/13 Carnegie Tech Bucknell 1/24 at Penn State 1/26 Geneva 1/31 at Duke 2/3 at West Virginia 2/6 Holy Cross at Carnegie Tech 2/18 West Virginia 2/21 at Navy Westminster 2/28 Penn State Totals
Pitt Opp. W/L 55 75 L 73 70 W 69 65 W 71 56 W 66 78 L 75 88 L 76 85 L 60 50 W 76 95 L 62 79 L 73 86 L 60 70 L 82 75 W 58 72 L 58 67 L 84 62 W 66 75 L 64 73 L 83 71 W 75 65 W 69 90 L 55 90 L 72 68 W 84 65 W 1664 1760
+ Steel Bowl % played in Charlotte, N.C.
1959-60 n 11-14 Coach: Robert Timmons Date 12/2 12/5 12/7
Opponent at Michigan at Ohio State at Purdue
Pitt Opp. W/L 73 57 W 49 94 L 79 91 L
PITT’S HEAD COACHES ROBERT TIMMONS 1953-68 (15 years) n Record: 174-189 (.479) n Accomplishments Coached Pittsburgh to eight winning seasons, four postseason appearances (1957-NCAA, 1958-NCAA, 1963-NCAA, 1964-NIT)…Ranks second among Pittsburgh coaches in both wins (174) and tenure (15 seasons)…Most successful season was a 19-6 record in 1962-63 and an 18-7 year in 1957-58 in Don Hennon’s second season in a Panthers uniform…The 18-7 record in 1957-58 was the most wins at Pittsburgh since the 1935-36 campaign. n Prominent Student-Athletes Don Hennon, Bob Lazor, John Riser, Calvin Sheffield, Brian Generalovich. n Personal Facts Took over the program from H.C. “Doc” Carlson prior to the 1953-54 season…Arrived at Pittsburgh in 1947 as an assistant football coach...Passed away on April 29, 2004.
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
12/11 St. John’s + 12/12 Duquesne + 12/18 Boston College
74 75 76
73 44 66
Queen City Invitational (Buffalo, N.Y.) 12/26 vs. Fordham % 68 80 12/27 vs. Canisius % 82 89 12/28 vs. Boston College % 66 75 1/6 Temple 74 82 1/9 Syracuse 77 85 1/12 William & Mary 75 59 1/16 Westminster 75 61 1/23 at Penn State 64 75 1/27 at West Virginia 66 76 1/30 Dartmouth 67 62 2/3 Carnegie Tech 65 58 2/6 at New York University 66 77 2/11 at Villanova 49 76 2/13 at Navy 58 74 2/17 Miami (Ohio) 83 79 2/20 at West Virginia 75 89 2/23 Carnegie Tech 87 74 2/27 Penn State (OT) 64 63 3/5 at Kentucky 66 73 Totals 1753 1832
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1960-61 n 12-11 Coach: Robert Timmons Date 12/2 12/3 12/6 12/9 12/16 12/17 12/20 12/27 12/30 1/4 1/7 1/14 1/18 1/21 1/25 1/28 1/31 2/8 2/11 2/15 2/18 2/21 2/25
BEST ONE-YEAR TURNAROUNDS Increase Years (Wins) +13 From 12 wins in 1972-73 to 25 wins in 1974-75 +10 From six wins in 1976-77 to 16 wins in 1977-89 +10 From 15 wins in 1985-86 to 25 wins in 1986-87 +10 From 19 wins in 2000-01 to 29 wins in 2001-02 +9 From nine wins in 1989-90 to 21 wins in 1991-92 +8 From 10 wins in 1995-96 to 18 wins in 1996-97 +8 From four wins in 1968-69 to 12 wins in 1969-70
Opponent Purdue at Navy at Michigan Army Colgate + Duquesne + vs. St. John’s % Dartmouth Brown Carnegie Tech Syracuse Westminster West Virginia at Temple (OT) Villanova at Miami (Ohio) Bucknell at Carnegie Tech at Penn State Fordham at West Virginia at Westminster Penn State Totals
Pitt Opp. W/L 81 80 W 63 69 L 70 86 L 80 84 L 78 62 W 66 80 L 56 87 L 54 50 W 57 51 W 75 66 W 79 62 W 51 76 L 68 73 L 80 75 W 57 55 W 48 62 L 79 67 W 87 75 W 59 73 L 60 58 W 84 92 L 68 85 L 57 53 W 1557 1621
Kent State Army Westminster Carnegie Tech at Syracuse at Fordham at West Virginia Syracuse Temple at Westminster at Carnegie Tech at Penn State
84 86 71 108 84 78 84 69 78 92 98 63
63 64 60 75 96 70 86 67 67 73 62 78
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National Invitation Tournament (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/14 vs. Drake 82 87 L Totals 2044 1816
BEST BIG EAST ONE-YEAR TURNAROUNDS Increase Years (Record) +6 From a 7-9 record in 2000-01 to a 13-3 record in 2001-02 +6 From a 6-10 record in 1985-86 to a 12-4 record in 1986-87 +5 From a 5-13 record in 1995-96 to a 10-8 record in 1996-97 +4 From a 5-11 record in 1989-90 to a 9-7 record in 1991-92
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1964-65 n 7-16 Coach: Robert Timmons
2/23 Penn State 2/27 at Carnegie Tech 3/2 at Miami (Ohio)
1961-62 n 12-11 Coach: Robert Timmons
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1/22 1/25 1/29 2/1 2/7 2/9 2/12 2/15 2/19 2/22 2/25 2/29
BEST ONE-YEAR TURNAROUNDS
Date 12/2 12/6 12/9 12/15 12/16 12/21 12/22
Opponent at Purdue Ohio State (CA) (#1) Carnegie Tech Arizona (CA)+ Duquesne+ (FFH) at Syracuse at Fordham
Pitt Opp. W/L 70 86 L 79 99 L 82 58 W 83 58 W 70 73 L 74 63 W 67 66 W
Evansville Invitational (Evansville, Ind.) 12/29 vs. Tennessee % 83 84 L 12/30 at Evansville % 89 83 W 1/3 Kent State 66 62 W 1/6 Penn State 62 74 L 1/10 Geneva 78 65 W 1/13 Westminster 58 45 W 1/17 at Columbia 77 66 W 1/20 at West Virginia 78 88 L 1/26 at Boston College 94 108 L 2/3 Carnegie Tech 70 50 W 2/7 West Virginia 76 80 L 2/10 at Bucknell 70 60 W 2/14 Miami (Ohio) 72 75 L 2/17 at Westminster 53 58 L 2/21 Temple 71 65 W 2/24 at Penn State 55 63 L Totals 1677 1629 +Steel Bowl (played at the Civic Arena) (#1)Opp. ranked No. 1 when game was played
+Steel Bowl %played at Fordham
1962-63 n 19-6
76 68 74
67 60 64
NCAA First Round (Philadelphia, Pa., The Palestra) 3/11 vs. New York Univ. 83 93 Totals 1853 1595
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1963-64 n 17-8 n First-ever NIT appearance Coach: Robert Timmons Date 11/30 12/6 12/7 12/10 12/20
Opponent Fairfield George Washington + Duquesne (OT) + at Wisconsin Miami (Ohio)
Pitt Opp. W/L 82 62 W 89 68 W 69 67 W 83 85 L 63 77 L
Los Angeles Classic (Los Angeles Arena) 12/26 at Southern California % 82 72 W 12/27 vs. Illinois % 76 83 L 12/28 vs. Michigan % 80 95 L 1/2 Dartmouth 107 63 W 1/11 Penn State 69 60 W 1/14 at Bucknell 75 60 W 1/18 West Virginia 92 76 W
Date Opponent Carnegie Tech 12/4 Virginia Tech (CA) + 12/5 Miami (CA) + 12/8 Wisconsin Bucknell
Pitt Opp. W/L 83 52 W 74 69 W 71 85 L 63 80 L 65 59 W
Quaker City Tournament (Philadelphia, Pa.) 12/26 at Wichita State # 58 109 L 12/28 at Pennsylvania # 59 71 L 1/9 at Syracuse 73 97 L 1/11 at West Virginia 72 86 L at Army 63 88 L at Penn State 40 59 L 1/26 West Virginia 75 76 L at Massachusetts 89 74 W at Dartmouth 70 80 L at Westminster 75 61 W Fordham 53 66 L at William & Mary 61 63 L at Temple 65 71 L at George Washington 79 92 L Westminster 101 71 W Penn State 72 83 L at Carnegie Tech 80 60 W at Miami (Ohio) 66 89 L Totals 1607 1741 + Steel Bowl (played at the Civic Arena) # Quaker City Tournament - Palestra
PITT’S HEAD COACHES CHARLES “BUZZ” RIDL
n 4th NCAA Tournament appearance
1968-75 (7 years) n Record: 97-83 (.539)
Coach: Robert Timmons
BEST SEASON ON-CAMPUS HOME RECORDS Year 2008-09 2002-03 1973-74 1929-30 1927-28 1974-75 2003-04 2005-06 2001-02 1929-30 1963-64 1987-88 1990-91 1916-17 1934-35 1936-37
W-L Pct. ........... 19-0 .......... 1.000 ........... 16-0 .......... 1.000 ........... 13-0 .......... 1.000 ........... 12-0 .......... 1.000 ........... 10-0 .......... 1.000 ........... 10-0 .......... 1.000 ........... 19-1 ............ .950 ........... 16-1 ............ .941 ........... 16-1 ............ .941 ........... 13-1 ............ .929 ........... 10-1 ............ .909 ........... 10-1 ............ .909 ............. 9-1 ............ .900 ............. 9-1 ............ .900 ............. 9-1 ............ .900 ............. 9-1 ............ .900
Date 12/1 12/3 12/6 12/14 12/15 12/22
Opponent Purdue Northwestern at Kent State William & Mary (CA) + Duquesne+ (FFH) at Penn State
Pitt Opp. W/L 69 64 W 55 57 L 66 58 W 66 56 W 85 59 W 68 48 W
12/27 12/28 12/31 1/5 1/12 1/15 1/19 1/25 1/27 2/2 2/6 2/9 2/13 2/16 2/20
Hurricane Classic (Miami, Fla.) vs. Louisiana State % 96 73 at Miami % 85 86 Princeton 71 62 Syracuse 87 51 at Westminster 61 51 Geneva 80 60 at Army (OT) 79 73 at Holy Cross 65 77 at Dartmouth 70 53 West Virginia 67 68 Fordham 87 61 Westminster 72 55 at West Virginia 69 68 Bucknell 76 54 at Temple 71 77
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n Accomplishments Guided the 1973-74 Pittsburgh team to a schoolrecord 25-4 season and 22-consecutive game win streak that stands as the longest in school history…The 1973-74 team became the first Pittsburgh team to advance to the NCAA Tournament’s “Sweet Sixteen,” just one game short of the Final Four…Pittsburgh appeared in the postseason two times under Ridl…Including his career at Westminster, ranked among the nation’s top20 basketball coaches in overall career winning percentage and wins…Wrote a book, “How to Develop a Deliberate Offense,” while assistant coach Fran Webster focused his attention on the “Amoeba Defense.” n Prominent Student-Athletes Billy Knight, Kent Scott, Mickey Martin, Keith Starr, Kirk Bruce, Tom Richards. n Personal Announced his retirement on April 4, 1975…Became Pittsburgh’s head basketball coach in March, 1968…Died in April, 1995…Native of Irwin, Pa….Served in the U.S. Army before returning to Pittsburgh as an assistant coach from 1949-55…Served 12 years as the head coach at Westminster going 216-90 before accepting the Pitt head coach position.
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1966-67 n 6-19
PITT’S HEAD COACHES
Coach: Robert Timmons
TIM GRGURICH Date 12/1 12/3 12/5 12/9 12/10 12/22
A Pittsburgh area native, Tom Richards led the 1973-74 NCAA team in assists and teamed with Kirk Bruce to give the Panthers a pair of dead-eye shooting guards. Pittsburgh stretched its home win streak to a school-record 27 games when Richards hit a 40-foot heave at the buzzer to defeat Ohio.
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Date 12/1 12/4 12/10 12/11 12/22 12/27 12/28 12/29 1/4 1/8 1/12 1/15 1/22 1/25 1/29 2/5 2/10 2/12 2/14 2/17 2/23 2/26
Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Carnegie Tech 54 51 W at Kent State 67 79 L Miami (Ohio) (CA) + 60 65 L George Washington (CA) + 85 59 W Cornell 72 81 L Pennsylvania 65 75 L vs. Columbia % 59 65 L at Rochester (OT) % 69 65 W at Georgia Tech 77 89 L at Virginia Tech 74 100 L Westminster 70 69 W at Bucknell 57 66 L at Penn State 62 66 L West Virginia 79 90 L St. John’s 51 74 L at Fordham 60 66 L at Carnegie Tech 68 62 W Temple 64 71 L at West Virginia 63 103 L Syracuse 73 83 L at Westminster 76 102 L Penn State 57 89 L Totals 1462 1660
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Opponent Carnegie Tech at Davidson William & Mary Columbia (CA) + Duquesne (CA) + Rutgers
Pitt Opp. W/L 69 58 W 59 97 L 68 72 L 57 69 L 65 72 L 68 87 L
N.C. State Tournament (Raleigh, N.C.) 12/29 at North Carolina State % 52 80 12/30 vs. Air Force % 53 52 1/5 at Westminster 71 78 1/7 at Syracuse 60 70 1/11 Lafayette 58 47 1/14 at Penn State 44 84 1/18 West Virginia 78 102 1/21 at St. John’s 66 95 1/23 Virginia Tech 60 77 1/26 Bucknell 63 58 2/1 at Cornell 72 110 2/4 Fordham 59 68 2/6 at West Virginia 62 81 2/11 Westminster 83 72 2/18 Virginia 70 82 2/22 at Temple 49 87 2/25 Penn State 73 87 3/2 at Carnegie Tech 69 55 3/4 Miami (Ohio) 68 82 Totals 1596 1922
n Accomplishments Top season was an 18-11 overall record and a fourth place finish in Eastern 8 competition with a 6-4 slate…Guided Pittsburgh to a NIT berth and 17-12 record in 1979-80…Orchestrated one of the best one-year turnarounds in the history of Pitt basketball going from a 6-21 season in 1975-77 to a 16-11 year in 1977-78…As freshman team coach at Pittsburgh from 1965-71, his teams finished 90-33 including a 13-5 season with only two scholarship players. n Prominent Student-Athletes Sam Clancy, Larry Harris, Carlton Neverson. n Personal Facts Pittsburgh native who earned both his master’s and bachelors’ degrees at Pitt...Coaching in the NBA as an assistant with Portland…Three-year letterwinner at Pittsburgh from 1962-64…Played in 61 career games at Pitt for head coach Robert Timmons…Assistant coach at Pittsburgh from 1965-75 under head coaches Robert Timmons and Charles “Buzz” Ridl…Also has spent time in the NBA as an assistant coach with the Milwaukee Bucks (2001-02), Seattle Supersonics (1991-94 and 1995-97), Portland Trailblazers (1997-01)…Served as head coach at UNLV (1994-95) and as an assistant with the Runnin’ Rebels (1979-91) under Jerry Tarkanian…Began coaching career as a graduate assistant at Pitt in 1964.
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1967-68 n 7-15
1968-69 n 4-20
Coach: Robert Timmons
Coach: Charles “Buzz” Ridl
Date 12/1 12/8 12/9 12/22 1/4 1/6 1/10 1/13 1/17 1/25 1/27 1/30 2/1 2/3 2/6 2/10 2/13 2/17 2/19 2/21 2/24 2/28
Date 11/30 12/3 12/6 12/7 12/21
Opponent Rutgers William & Mary Westminster (CA) + Duquesne (CA) + at Kent State
12/27 12/28 1/4 1/8 1/11 1/15 1/18 1/22 1/28 1/31 2/1 2/5 2/8 2/12 2/15 2/19 2/22 2/26 3/1
Hurricane Classic (Miami, Fla.) at Miami % 70 72 vs. Creighton % 64 80 at Syracuse 55 70 Lafayette 41 51 at George Washington 68 92 at Temple 30 53 at Penn State 50 65 Westminster 64 65 West Virginia 90 87 at Louisiana State 79 120 at Tulane 89 110 Carnegie Mellon 77 47 at Bucknell 59 71 at West Virginia 69 89 at Army 47 72 Fordham 44 66 Penn State 49 57 at Westminster 61 82 at Carnegie Mellon 64 68 Totals 1453 1731
Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Rutgers 74 100 L Massachusetts (CA) + 73 71 W Duquesne (CA) + 66 100 L Temple 80 63 W at William & Mary 65 79 L at Miami 84 100 L Westminster 72 81 L Penn State 43 66 L at West Virginia 64 90 L Baldwin Wallace 83 76 W at Tulane 75 73 W at Miami (Ohio) 42 66 L at Carnegie Tech 89 46 W Fordham 63 88 L at Kent State 73 83 L at Lafayette 74 70 W at Westminster 72 96 L at Virginia 60 92 L at Syracuse 71 85 L at West Virginia 76 87 L at Penn State 68 77 L Carnegie Tech 85 74 W Totals 1553 1763 + Steel Bowl (played at Civic Arena)
PITT VERSUS NO. 1 RANKED OPPONENTS Total Games: 15; Record: 2-13. Date Opponent 1/15/58 West Virginia 12/6/61 Ohio State^ 12/30/70 UCLA^ 12/22/72 at UCLA 3/16/74 at North Carolina State* 12/28/74 at North Carolina State 1/19/84 Georgetown^ 2/15/85 at St. John’s 1/3/90 Syracuse^ 1/23/96 Massachusetts 12/12/98 Connecticut 1/16/99 at Connecticut 1/31/06 at Connecticut 2/16/09 at Connecticut 3/6/09 Connecticut *NCAA Tournament Game; ^played at Civic/Mellon Arena
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1975-80 (5 years) n Record: 69-70 (.496)
Pitt Opp. W/L 66 74 L 68 62 W 59 52 W 42 57 L 48 69 L L L L L L L L L W L L W L L L L L L L
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Pitt 64 79 64 73 72 70 53 63 78 71 69 58 76 76 70
Opp. 71 99 77 89 100 86 65 84 80 79 70 81 80 68 60
1969-70 n 12-12 Coach: Charles “Buzz” Ridl Date 12/1 12/5 12/6 12/20 12/26 12/27 1/6 1/10 1/14 1/17
Opponent at Rutgers Miami (CA) + Marshall (CA) + at Wisconsin
Pitt Opp. W/L 79 91 L 67 85 L 87 67 W 71 85 L
Motor City Classic (Detroit, Mich.) at Detroit % 60 86 vs. Bowling Green % 54 78 at William & Mary 73 84 George Washington 71 61 West Virginia 66 67 Penn State 61 47
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1/21 1/24 1/28 1/31 2/3 2/6 2/9 2/11 2/13 2/18 2/21 2/25 2/28 3/3
Kent State Bucknell Westminster at St. John’s Carnegie Mellon at Lafayette (OT) Georgia Tech Temple (CA) Syracuse at Baldwin Wallace at Penn State at Westminster at Carnegie Mellon at West Virginia Totals
63 60 79 53 74 71 58 67 72 56 74 80 62 92 72 101 127 108 73 64 48 61 75 56 76 55 92 87 1724 1762
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1970-71 n 14-10 Coach: Charles “Buzz” Ridl Date 12/1 12/5 12/8 12/19 12/23 12/29 12/30 1/2 1/6 1/9 1/13 1/16 1/23 1/27 1/30 2/3 2/6 2/10 2/17 2/20 2/24 2/27 3/3 3/6
Opponent Gettysburg at Fordham Wisconsin at Cornell Kent State Duquesne (CA) + UCLA (CA) + (#1) Rutgers at George Washington at Syracuse Davidson Penn State North Carolina State at Temple at Bucknell West Virginia Carnegie Mellon Westminster Lafayette at Carnegie Mellon Westminster at Penn State at West Virginia at Georgia Tech Totals
Pitt Opp. W/L 91 63 W 58 70 L 81 76 W 89 65 W 60 67 L 70 58 W 64 77 L 87 97 L 82 76 W 69 78 L 82 67 W 75 62 W 89 75 W 48 54 L 68 54 W 91 95 L 118 84 W 62 41 W 88 72 W 104 59 W 72 63 W 65 71 L 64 66 L 61 78 L 1838 1666
+ Steel Bowl (played at Civic Arena) (#1)Opp. ranked No. 1 when game was played
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1971-72 n 12-12 Coach: Charles “Buzz” Ridl Date 12/1 12/4 12/6 12/18 12/23 12/29 12/30 1/3 1/5 1/8 1/10 1/12 1/19 1/22 1/26 1/29 2/5 2/9 2/11 2/16 2/23 2/26 2/29 3/4
Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L at Gettysburg 80 67 W North Carolina 75 90 L Ohio Wesleyan 103 48 W at Wisconsin 63 80 L South Carolina 59 69 L Navy (CA) + 88 78 W Duquesne (CA) + 67 87 L George Washington 99 81 W at Rutgers 76 92 L Westminster 78 59 W West Virginia 91 76 W at Davidson 91 78 W Bucknell 91 67 W at North Carolina State 73 80 L at Lafayette 78 91 L Penn State 62 74 L at William & Mary 68 73 L Kent State 75 68 W Syracuse 109 99 W Temple 74 89 L at Virginia 74 84 L at Penn State 78 70 W Youngstown State 82 66 W at West Virginia 90 104 L Totals 1924 1870
+ - Steel Bowl (played at the Civic Arena)
1972-73 n 12-14 Coach: Charles “Buzz” Ridl Date 11/29 12/2 12/4 12/8 12/9 12/16 12/22 12/23 12/29 1/3 1/6 1/10 1/13 1/17 1/20 1/24 1/27 2/3 2/5 2/7 2/10 2/14 2/17 2/21 2/24 2/27
Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Mt. Union 75 69 W at North Carolina 70 99 L Rutgers 99 73 W Duquesne (CA) + 61 67 L Southen Illinois (CA) + 65 63 W Wittenberg 54 63 L at UCLA (#1) 73 89 L at Pepperdine 73 80 L Harvard 75 73 W Wisconsin 70 72 L at Syracuse 66 74 L Davidson 73 76 L at Bucknell 78 56 W at Notre Dame (OT) 76 85 L St. Francis 88 65 W at Temple 50 71 L Penn State 63 53 W William & Mary 83 62 W West Virginia 77 64 W at Kent State 68 74 L at George Washington 66 69 L North Carolina A&T 79 60 W Colgate 76 63 W Virginia 66 79 L at Penn State 58 49 W at West Virginia 58 59 L Totals 1840 1807
+Steel Bowl (played at the Civic Arena) (#1) Opp. ranked No. 1 when game was played
1973-74 n 25-4 n First-ever NCAA Elite Eight appearance n 5th NCAA Tournament appearance n 22 consecutive wins sets school-record n Ranked 16th in final AP poll n Ranked in final poll for first time in school history Coach: Charles “Buzz” Ridl Date 12/1 12/4 12/7 12/8 12/10 12/15 12/22
Opponent at West Virginia at Rutgers Duquesne (CA) + Florida State (CA) + Cornell Howard Army
Pitt Opp. W/L 78 82 L 36 21 W 82 65 W 82 60 W 90 55 W 98 73 W 86 56 W
Razorback Classic (Fayetteville, Ark.) 12/28 vs. Connecticut % 83 63 12/29 at Arkansas % 91 83 1/2 at Virginia 81 70 1/5 Bucknell 73 62 1/9 vs. Davidson # 90 63 1/12 Duke 62 46 1/16 George Washington 96 56 1/20 Buffalo 101 75 1/27 Penn State 83 61 1/30 at Westminster 106 71 2/2 at William & Mary 68 62 2/6 Kent State 83 70 2/9 Syracuse 71 56 2/14 Cleveland State 106 55 2/16 at Youngstown State 91 71 2/20 Temple 56 49 2/23 at Penn State 64 66 2/27 at South Carolina 50 67 3/2 West Virginia 83 78
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NCAA First & Second Rounds (Morgantown, W.Va., West Virginia Coliseum) 3/9 vs. Saint Joseph’s 54 42 3/14 vs. Furman 81 78
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NCAA Regional Finals (Raleigh, N.C., Reynolds Coliseum) 3/16 at N.C. State (#1) 72 100 Totals 2297 1856
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1974-75 n 18-11 nd
n 2 all-time NIT appearance
1975-76 n 12-15 Coach: Tim Grgurich Date 11/29 12/2 12/5 12/6 12/13
Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Ohio Northern 53 36 W at West Virginia 78 82 L Duquesne (CA) + 94 100 L Penn State (CA) + 79 88 L St. Joseph’s 72 60 W Marquette 65 58 W St. Francis 72 65 W vs. Duke% 75 89 L at North Carolina State (#1) 70 86 L at Syracuse 68 77 L Youngstown State 88 62 W at Bucknell 66 72 L Notre Dame (CA) 84 77 W Penn State 84 56 W Rollins 96 65 W Rutgers (OT) 82 79 W at Temple 70 61 W William & Mary 70 60 W at South Carolina 62 64 L West Virginia 83 77 W Virginia 71 70 W Niagara 80 65 W at Penn State 76 69 W at Kent State 68 69 L at Buffalo 107 78 W
ECAC Tournament (Morgantown, W.Va., WVU Coliseum) 3/7 at West Virginia 73 75 L 3/8 vs. George Washington 89 64 W National Invitation Tournament (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/15 vs. Southern Illinois 70 65 W 3/18 vs. Providence 80 101 L Totals 2238 2070 + Steel Bowl CA-played at Civic Arena %played at Raleigh, N.C. (#1) Opp. ranked No. 1 when game was played
Pitt Opp. W/L 70 61 W 69 78 L 74 75 L 80 90 L 72 71 W
Big Sun Invitational (St. Petersburg, Fla.) 12/19 vs. Alabama % 53 62 L 12/19 at South Florida % 63 70 L 12/23 Evansville 61 62 L 12/30 at Cleveland State 56 60 L 1/3 Buffalo 83 65 W 1/7 West Virginia 70 61 W 1/10 at George Washington(3OT) 73 74 L 1/12 Notre Dame (CA) 66 77 L 1/17 at Marquette 62 73 L 1/21 at Virginia 68 75 L 1/24 Temple 80 63 W 1/27 at Rutgers 71 102 L Pennsylvania Classic (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 1/30 Pennsylvania (CA) # 67 60 W 1/31 Penn State (CA) # 71 52 W 2/4 at Cincinnati 77 89 L 2/7 Syracuse 71 67 W 2/11 at West Virginia 72 85 L 2/14 South Carolina 72 79 L 2/18 Buffalo State 99 51 W 2/21 at Penn State 65 61 W 2/23 Indiana (Pa.) 76 61 W 3/2 at St. Francis 74 69 W Totals 1915 1893 CA-played at Civic Arena +Steel Bowl
Coach: Charles “Buzz” Ridl Date 11/30 12/3 12/6 12/7 12/14 12/18 12/21 12/27 12/28 1/4 1/8 1/11 1/13 1/18 1/22 1/25 1/29 2/1 2/5 2/12 2/15 2/19 2/22 2/26 3/1
Opponent West Virginia Wesleyan at Niagara Duquesne (CA) + Syracuse (CA) + Ohio
1976-77 n 6-21 1-9 ECBL (4th place- West Div.) Coach: Tim Grgurich Date 11/27 12/1 12/4
Opponent West Virginia Wesleyan at Ohio Virginia
Pitt Opp. W/L 79 77 W 62 72 L 61 62 L
Golden Triangle Classic (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 12/10 Southern Illinois (CA)% 67 72 L 12/11 $Duquesne (CA)% 78 79 L
12/18 St. Francis 12/21 at Youngstown State 12/23 $Rutgers 12/29 12/30 1/3 1/8 1/12 1/15 1/22 1/26 1/29 2/2 2/6 2/9 2/12 2/15 2/19 2/21 2/23 2/27
3/2
84 73 77
71 78 81
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Lobo Classic (Albuquerque, N.M.) vs. Southern California # 67 76 vs. Iowa # 80 103 $West Virginia 91 100 at $George Washington 79 94 Cleveland State 89 75 at $Villanova 64 85 at Syracuse 74 96 at Notre Dame 68 88 at $Penn State 60 74 Cincinnati 65 64 $Massachusetts 71 75 at $West Virginia 69 90 $Duquesne (OT) 63 66 at Maryland 75 88 $Penn State 77 79 at Indiana (Pa.) 76 59 at Temple 48 78 at $Duquesne (CA) 64 56
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ECBL Tournament (Philadelphia, Pa., The Palestra) vs. West Virginia 54 66 Totals 1951 2104
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EASTERN 8 ERA BEGINS 1977-78 n 16-11 5-5 Eastern 8 (T-3rd place) n First season in Eastern 8 Conference play
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Coach: Tim Grgurich Date 11/26 11/30 12/3 12/6 12/10 12/22
Opponent Morris Harvey West Virginia Wesleyan Kent State at Evansville at St. Francis Wheeling
Pitt Opp. W/L 72 76 L 80 56 W 65 47 W 83 90 L 72 71 W 82 54 W
San Diego, Calif. 12/29 vs. Purdue % 80 12/30 vs. Fordham % 80 1/4 $West Virginia 71
91 76 66
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PITT’S HEAD COACHES DR. ROY CHIPMAN 1980-86 (6 years) n Record: 102-76 (.573) n Accomplishments Guided Pittsburgh into its first season of Big East Conference competition in 1982-83…Pittsburgh made five postseason appearances in six seasons as head coach (1980-86) including NCAA Tournament berths in 1981, 1982 and 1985 and NIT berths in 1984 and 1986…Won back-to-back Eastern Eight Tournament titles (1981 and 1982), the final two seasons before entering the Big East…Posted Pittsburgh’s first 20-win year (198182) in nine seasons…With increased notoriety and television coverage from the Big East Conference, recruited and signed blue chip players such as Curtis Aiken, Charles Smith, Demetreus Gore and Jerome Lane. n Prominent Student-Athletes Clyde Vaughan, Curtis Aiken, Charles Smith. n Personal Facts Arrived at Pittsburgh in the spring of 1980…Resigned in December, 1985…Lost a battle with cancer in August, 1997 at the age of 58…Native of Freeport, Maine…Coached two seasons at Lafayette before arriving at Pittsburgh.
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1/8 1/11 1/14 1/18 1/23 1/25 1/28 2/2 2/5 2/8 2/11 2/16 2/18 2/22 2/25 2/27
$George Washington Temple (2OT) Syracuse Robert Morris at Cincinnati at Cleveland State at $Penn State Canisius at $Duquesne (CA) at $West Virginia Maryland (CA) (OT) $Penn State (OT) $Villanova $Duquesne at $Rutgers at $Massachusetts
71 74 86 99 80 82 82 82 66 87 89 68 97 72 68 68
73 81 81 66 87 74 65 66 88 76 86 75 81 65 87 71
Eastern 8 Tournament (Pittsburgh, Pa., Civic Arena) vs. Geo. Washington (CA) 85 83 vs. Villanova (CA) 70 72 Totals 1973 2101
3/2 3/3
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Cincinnati (OT) at $George Washington Cleveland State at $West Virginia at Iona (OT) ^ Mercyhurst $Penn State at $Duquesne (CA) $West Virginia Hawaii St. Francis at Duke at $Penn State $Duquesne at $Villanova $Rutgers
75 83 77 92 79 91 50 89 72 71 65 71 54 60 73 68
78 94 51 93 84 85 44 83 57 52 57 69 45 54 75 76
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Eastern 8 Tournament 2/27 vs. George Washington 85 80 3/1 vs. Villanova (CA) 77 64 3/3 vs. Rutgers (CA-Final) 57 61 Totals 2219 2030
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$Eastern 8 Conference Games %played at Wheeling, W.Va. ^played at Nassau Coliseum
Pittsburgh’s radio announcers Bill Hillgrove (center) and Dick Groat (right), along with statistician Al Goppman (left) enjoy a light moment at the Rainbow Classic in 1986.
1978-79 n 18-11
1979-80 n 17-12
6-4 Eastern 8 (4th place)
5-5 Eastern 8 (T-4th place)
n Eastern 8 Tournament runner-up
n 3rd all-time NIT appearance
Coach: Tim Grgurich
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1/10 1/13 1/17 1/20 1/22 1/25 1/27 2/1 2/3 2/5 2/7 2/10 2/14 2/17 2/20 2/23
Date 11/29 12/2 12/5 12/9 12/16 12/20
Opponent vs. Rio Grande % $Massachusetts Evansville Robert Morris Indiana (Pa.) at Canisius
Coach: Tim Grgurich Pitt Opp. W/L 107 82 W 70 54 W 88 69 W 100 68 W 92 64 W 83 87 L
Gator Bowl Classic (Jacksonville, Fla.) 12/26 at Jacksonville ! 72 74 12/27 vs. Massachusetts ! 87 68 1/3 at Temple 57 62 1/6 at Syracuse 74 100
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Date 12/1 12/5 12/8 12/15 12/19 12/22
Opponent Bucknell Robert Morris at $Massachusetts $St. Bonaventure at Cincinnati Syracuse
Pitt Opp. W/L 83 65 W 77 50 W 63 45 W 72 70 W 60 61 L 66 73 L
Connecticut Tournament (Storrs, Conn.) 12/28 vs. Cal State-Fullerton % 80 69 W 12/29 at Connecticut % 77 72 W 1/2 Temple 62 55 W 1/5 Penn State 54 50 W
1/9 1/12 1/16 1/19 1/21 1/23 1/26 1/28 1/30 2/2/ 2/4 2/10 2/13 2/16 2/20 2/23
$George Washington at Maryland $Duquesne at Evansville Iona at Cleveland State Duke at St. Francis Westminster at $West Virginia Eastern Kentucky at $Duquesne (CA) at Penn State $West Virginia $Villanova at $Rutgers
82 88 55 78 75 66 69 56 75 66 80 66 53 66 62 76
61 95 53 70 63 69 78 51 44 68 78 67 66 67 53 83
Eastern 8 Tournament (Pittsburgh, Pa., Civic Arena) 2/26 George Washington (E8) 77 68 2/29 vs. Villanova 59 72 3/6
National Invitation Tournament at Duquesne (CA) 63 65 Totals 2003 1881
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An athletic performer, New York City’s Carlton Neverson concluded a brilliant career with 1,057 points at Pittsburgh. As a junior, Neverson led Pittsburgh in steals, free throw percentage and field goal percentage.
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1/27 1/31 2/4 2/7 2/11 2/15 2/18 2/21 2/24 2/28
Maryland (CA) (OT) at $West Virginia $Duquesne Cleveland State Penn State at $Duquesne (CA) $George Washington $West Virginia at $Massachusetts at $Rutgers
66 63 60 73 70 64 89 81 101 60
69 76 53 70 63 66 77 64 61 61
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3/3 3/6 3/7
Eastern 8 Tournament (Pittsburgh, Pa., Civic Arena) Rutgers 67 62 vs. Rhode Island 74 45 vs. Duquesne (Final) 64 60
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NCAA First & Second Rounds (El Paso, Texas, Haskins Center) 3/13 vs. Idaho 70 69 3/15 vs. North Carolina 57 74 Totals 2228 2044
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1981-82 n 20-10
1980-81 n 19-12
8-6 Eastern Eight (3rd place)
8-5 Eastern 8 (4th place)
n Eastern 8 Tournament Champions n 7th NCAA Tournament appearance (No. 10 seed) n Second straight Eastern 8 title and title game appearance
n Eastern 8 Tournament Champions n 6th NCAA Tournament appearance (No. 10 seed)
Coach: Dr. Roy Chipman
Coach: Dr. Roy Chipman Date Opponent 11/29 St. Francis 12/2 at St. Bonaventure
Pitt Opp. W/L 91 70 W 84 68 W
Show Me Invitational (Columbia, Mo.) 12/5 vs. Lamar% 65 67 12/6 vs. West Texas State% 73 92 12/8 Indiana (Pa.) 79 70 12/13 Alabama-Birmingham 58 70
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Virginia Tech Classic (Blacksburg, Va.) 12/19 at Virginia Tech^ 70 72 L 12/20 vs. James Madison^ 69 77 L 12/23 $Massachusetts 85 65 W 12/30 Robert Morris 71 63 W 1/3 $St. Bonaventure 65 61 W 1/10 $Rutgers 59 69 L 1/12 at Eastern Kentucky 80 56 W 1/17 Delaware State 86 48 W 1/20 at $Rhode Island 60 62 L 1/24 at $George Washington 74 55 W
Date 11/28 12/2 12/5 12/9 12/19 12/21
Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L at Alabama-Birmingham 62 78 L Davis & Elkins 58 56 W St. Francis 94 77 W Eastern Michigan 84 78 W Robert Morris 88 76 W Utica 64 47 W
12/26 12/28 12/29 1/4 1/9 1/11 1/14 1/16 1/20 1/23
Far West Classic (Portland, Ore.) at Oregon State % 58 88 vs. Iowa State % 81 65 vs. Tennessee % 55 54 at Temple 60 59 $Rutgers 65 75 at $George Washington 74 79 $Duquesne 62 72 at Penn State (2OT) 46 52 $St. Bonventure 86 56 at $Rutgers 48 46
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1/26 1/29 2/4 2/6 2/11 2/14 2/18 2/20 2/24 2/27
Morgan State $West Virginia at $Rhode Island at $Massachusetts at $St. Bonaventure at $Duquesne (CA) $Rhode Island $Massachusetts at $West Virginia $George Washington
67 48 63 58 61 68 67 60 82 77
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2/11 2/16 2/19 2/22 2/26 2/28 3/5
3/2 3/5 3/6
Eastern 8 Tournament (Pittsburgh, Pa., Civic Arena) vs. Duquesne (FFH) 66 64 vs. Rutgers 60 47 vs. West Virginia (Final) 79 72
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*Big East Games CA-played at Civic Arena
80 45 66 60 57 69 81 74 77 79
NCAA First & Second Rounds (Pullman, Wash.) 3/12 vs. Pepperdine 88 99 Totals 2066 1991
at *Villanova Notre Dame (CA) *Georgetown at *Seton Hall *Boston College at *Providence at *St. John’s
65 54 65 68 52 69 73
78 60 63 74 70 72 91
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Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/10 vs. St. John’s 53 64 L Totals 1882 1925
1983-84 n 18-13 6-10 Big East (6th place)
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$Eastern 8 Conference Games %Far West Classic (Portland, Ore.) CA-played at Civic Arena
Date 11/26 11/30 12/3 12/5 12/10 12/17 12/20
1982-83 n 13-15
Opponent Westminster at Lafayette Indiana (Pa.) at St. Francis Robert Morris at West Virginia Florida State
Pitt Opp. W/L 86 56 W 70 55 W 86 54 W 94 80 W 77 65 W 53 56 L 102 89 W
6-10 Big East (6th place) n First season in Big East Conference play Coach: Dr. Roy Chipman Pitt Opp. W/L 80 67 W 62 53 W
Ama Hawkeye Classic (Iowa City, Iowa) 12/3 vs. Hawaii % 67 70 12/4 vs. Navy % 65 73 12/7 at Eastern Michigan 62 67 12/11 Robert Morris 95 80 12/18 St. Francis 67 57 12/22 at Florida State 75 74 12/27 at *Syracuse 66 87 1/4 *Connecticut 67 71 1/8 Lafayette 65 52 1/12 *Villanova 48 66 1/15 West Virginia 81 67 1/19 at *Georgetown 54 62 1/22 *Seton Hall 78 68 1/25 at *Boston College 63 68 1/29 *Providence (2OT) 59 55 2/1 *St. John’s 72 71 2/5 at *Connecticut (OT) 72 71 2/7 *Syracuse 85 74
PAUL EVANS 1986-94 (8 years) n Record: 147-98 (.600) n Accomplishments Guided Pittsburgh to five NCAA Tournament berths, the most of any coach in school history…Also led Pittsburgh to three 20-win seasons and two Big East Championships (1986-87 and 198788)…Guided Pittsburgh to the Big East title, tied school record for victories (25-8) and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in his first season as head coach in 1986-87…Led Panthers to 24-7 record and outright Big East title in his second season (1987-88)…His 147 wins rank third among Pittsburgh coaches…Led Pittsburgh back into the national rankings (1986-87) after a 12-year hiatus…Signed one of college basketball’s all-time top-25 recruiting classes (1987 class)…The recruiting class was widely recognized as the nation’s best in 1987.
Coach: Dr. Roy Chipman
BIG EAST ERA BEGINS
Date Opponent 11/27 Westminster 11/30 at Duquesne (CA)
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Golden Triangle Classic (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 12/27 at Duquesne (CA) + 64 59 W 12/28 vs. Illinois State (CA) + 59 54 W 1/4 at *Boston College 77 81 L 1/7 *Connecticut 58 79 L 1/9 at *Villanova 61 74 L 1/14 Duquesne 75 69 W 1/16 *St. John’s (OT) 63 61 W 1/21 at *Seton Hall 71 59 W 1/25 *Syracuse 58 64 L 1/28 *Georgetown 52 63 L 2/1 at *Providence 66 78 L 2/4 *Boston College 59 72 L 2/6 at *Connecticut 75 71 W 2/11 *Villanova 47 45 W 2/15 at Notre Dame 67 59 W 2/18 at *St. John’s 62 65 L 2/22 *Seton Hall 71 62 W 2/25 at *Syracuse 65 66 L 2/29 at *Georgetown 52 71 L 3/3 *Providence 61 60 W Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/8 vs. Villanova 65 75 L
Pittsburgh’s success in the late 1980s, along with head coach Paul Evans’ efforts resulted in one of the best freshman classes ever assembled. From left are Bobby Martin, Sean Miller, Jason Matthews and Darelle Porter. Not pictured is Brian Shorter. The class was ranked among college basketball’s all-time t op-25 recruiting classes by FOXsports.com.
n Prominent Student-Athletes Charles Smith, Jerome Lane, Demetreus Gore, Sean Miller, Jason Matthews, Brian Shorter, Darelle Porter, Darren Morningstar, Jerry McCullough, Eric Mobley, Chris McNeal, Rod Brookin, Jason Maile, Chad Varga. n Personal Arrived at Pittsburgh during the spring of 1986 after a highly successful tenure at Navy…Earned bachelor’s degree in 1967 from Ithaca College…Prior to Pittsburgh, coached Navy to three consecutive 20-plus win seasons including a 30-5 record in 1985-86...His Navy teams featured David Robinson…Arcade, N.Y. native…Named Pittsburgh head coach on March 26, 1986.
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National Invitation Tournament 3/16 at LaSalle# 95 91 3/18 vs. Florida State! 66 63 3/23 Notre Dame! 64 72 Totals 2100 2006
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*Big East Games CA-played at Civic Arena NIT# - NIT, Philadelphia, Pa., Palestra; NIT!- NIT, Greensboro, N.C.
1984-85 n 17-12
Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/7 vs. Villanova 61 69 L NCAA First & Second Rounds (Tulsa, Okla., Mabee Center) 3/14 vs. Louisiana Tech 54 78 Totals 2051 1953
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%played in Orlando, Fla. *Big East Games CA-played at Civic Arena #1-Opp. ranked No. 1 when game was played
8-8 Big East (5th place)
1985-86 n 15-14
n 8th NCAA Tournament appearance (No. 12 seed)
6-10 Big East (6th place) n 5th all-time NIT appearance
Coach: Dr. Roy Chipman Date 11/26 12/1 12/3 12/8 12/10 12/15 12/21 12/29 12/30 1/2 1/5 1/12 1/14 1/19 1/21 1/26 1/29 2/2 2/4 2/6 2/9 2/13 2/15 2/19 2/23 2/26 3/2
Opponent St. Francis Xavier Lafayette Robert Morris Indiana (Pa.) West Virginia vs. Florida State % Robert Morris Tulane Westminster *Providence at *Connecticut *St. John’s *Georgetown (CA) (#1) at *Boston College *Syracuse *Villanova at *Seton Hall at Duquesne (CA) at *Providence *Seton Hall *Connecticut at *St. John’s (#1) at *Georgetown at *Boston College at *Syracuse *Villanova
Pitt Opp. W/L 104 88 W 58 61 L 80 66 W 82 62 W 89 64 W 84 65 W 76 83 L 66 48 W 69 54 W 84 50 W 73 62 W 74 76 L 56 87 L 53 65 L 61 55 W 75 80 L 63 70 L 64 62 W 77 61 W 68 55 W 80 68 W 78 71 W 63 84 L 46 70 L 58 55 W 72 80 L 85 62 W
Coach: Dr. Roy Chipman Date 11/22 11/27 11/30 12/4 12/7 12/10 12/14 12/21
Opponent Westminster St. Francis Indiana (Pa.) at Lafayette at Xavier Robert Morris at West Virginia Florida State
Pitt Opp. W/L 88 56 W 107 72 W 94 45 W 95 64 W 73 83 L 94 62 W 63 74 L 88 75 W
Sugar Bowl Classic (New Orleans, La.) 12/27 vs. Texas A&M% 79 62 12/28 vs. Southwestern Louisiana77 52 1/2 *Georgetown (CA) 80 76 1/4 at *St. John’s 75 78 1/7 at *Seton Hall 81 66 1/11 at *Syracuse 68 78 1/14 *Providence 71 70 1/18 at *Villanova 70 74 1/20 Duquesne 95 76 1/22 *Boston College 64 62 1/25 *St. John’s 67 68 2/1 *Seton Hall 73 85 2/7 *Villanova 85 71 2/11 at *Connecticut 73 77 2/17 *Syracuse 62 69 2/19 at *Providence 67 76
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2/22 at *Boston College 2/24 *Connecticut 3/1 at *Georgetown
68 79 62
71 51 93
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Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/5 vs. Georgetown (OT) 56 57 L National Invitation Tournament 3/12 at Southwest Missouri State52 59 Totals 2206 2002
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1986-87 n 25-8 12-4 Big East (T-1st place) n co-Big East regular season champions n 9th NCAA Tournament appearance (No. 3 seed) n Tied school-record for victories (25) n Ranked 12th in final AP poll Coach: Paul Evans Date 11/29 12/3 12/6 12/8 12/13 12/20 12/23
190
Opponent Indiana (Pa.) at St. Francis Illinois Xavier West Virginia Robert Morris at Brigham Young
Pitt Opp. W/L 108 49 W 108 69 W 97 99 L 99 76 W 78 57 W 77 60 W 73 93 L
Rainbow Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii) 12/28 vs. Kansas % 79 76 12/29 vs. Arkansas % 114 83 12/30 vs. Wisconsin % 98 82 1/3 *Providence 76 67 1/5 Akron 67 65 1/10 *Georgetown (CA) 70 82 1/12 at Duquesne (CA) 102 77 1/14 at *Seton Hall 87 85 1/17 Chicago State 112 70 1/19 *St. John’s 62 63 1/24 at *Boston College 80 62 1/26 at *Syracuse 84 70 1/28 *Seton Hall 95 81 1/31 *Connecticut 73 52 2/4 at *Villanova 58 57 2/7 at *Providence 87 81 2/9 *Syracuse (CA) 63 61 2/14 *Boston College (2OT) 72 67 2/18 at *Georgetown 52 65 2/21 at *Connecticut 76 66 2/23 *Villanova 94 83 2/28 at *St. John’s 74 76
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Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/6 vs. Seton Hall 96 88 W 3/7 vs. Syracuse 85 99 L NCAA First & Second Rounds (Tucson, Ariz., McKale Center) 3/13 vs. Marist 93 68 3/15 vs. Oklahoma 93 96 Totals 2782 2425
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1987-88 n 24-7 12-4 Big East (1st place) n Big East regular season champions n 10th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance (No. 2 seed) n Ranked 8th in final AP poll n Ranked in top-25 all season long Coach: Paul Evans
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Date 11/28 12/2 12/7 12/12 12/21 12/26
Opponent Robert Morris St. Francis Chicago State at West Virginia at Akron at Jacksonville
Pitt Opp. W/L 96 70 W 88 70 W 89 63 W 70 64 W 67 63 W 81 67 W
Citrus Bowl Tournament (Orlando, Fla.) 12/28 vs. Florida State % 72 71 W 12/29 vs. Alabama % 87 51 W 1/2 Florida 80 68 W 1/6 at *Georgetown 57 62 L 1/9 *St. John’s 81 70 W 1/11 Duquesne 85 58 W 1/13 *Connecticut 61 58 W 1/16 *Villanova 85 73 W 1/23 at Oklahoma 83 86 L 1/25 *Providence 90 56 W 1/30 at *Boston College 73 67 W 2/3 at *St. John’s 88 71 W 2/10 *Syracuse (CA) 75 84 L 2/13 at *Villanova 87 75 W 2/16 at *Providence 87 86 W 2/20 *Georgetown (CA) 70 65 W 2/22 at *Seton Hall 72 89 L 2/27 at *Connecticut 74 69 W 2/29 *Boston College 87 79 W 3/2 *Seton Hall 79 83 L 3/6 at *Syracuse 85 84 W Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/11 vs. Connecticut 75 58 W 3/12 vs. Villanova 69 72 L NCAA First & Second Rounds (Lincoln, Neb., Bob Devaney Sports Center) 3/18 vs. Eastern Michigan 108 90 W 3/20 vs. Vanderbilt 74 80 L Totals 2475 2202 *Big East Games CA- played at Civic Arena
1988-89 n 17-13 9-7 Big East (4th place) n 11th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance (No. 8 seed)
At six-feet-11 inches tall, Eric Mobley was an imposing presence in the middle for Pittsburgh. Mobley, along with guard Jerry McCullough and forward Orlando Antigua, gave the Panthers a New York City influence in the mid-1990s. Mobley played three years at Pittsburgh before declaring for the NBA Draft in 1994. He was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1994 NBA Draft’s first round.
Coach: Paul Evans Date 11/26 11/28 11/30 12/6 12/10 12/17 12/19 12/22
Opponent Oklahoma State Siena Robert Morris Jacksonville West Virginia (OT) Toledo at Duquesne at Florida
Pitt Opp. W/L 93 75 W 79 80 L 75 62 W 81 74 W 81 84 L 96 83 W 76 80 L 90 87 W
12/28 12/30 1/4 1/7 1/11 1/15 1/17 1/21 1/25 1/28 1/30 2/4 2/7 2/11 2/14 218 2/20 2/25 3/4
Fiesta Bowl Classic (Tempe, Ariz.) vs. Northwestern % 90 76 vs. Arizona% 62 88 at *Syracuse 81 76 *Boston College 83 95 at *Georgetown 57 76 Oklahoma (CA) 99 91 at *Boston College 73 64 *Providence 81 96 at *Seton Hall 82 79 at *Villanova 78 79 at *St. John’s (OT) 85 81 *Syracuse (CA) 80 103 at *Providence 78 88 *Georgetown (CA) 79 74 *St. John’s 87 77 *Seton Hall 82 76 *Villanova 73 72 at *Connecticut 62 64 *Connecticut 88 80
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Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/10 vs. Villanova 71 66 W
3/11 vs. Georgetown
62
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NCAA First & Second Rounds (Indianapolis, Ind., Hoosier Dome) 3/16 vs. Ball State 64 68 Totals 2368 2379
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1989-90 n 12-17 5-11 Big East (8th place) Coach: Paul Evans Date Opponent 11/28 Siena
Pitt Opp. W/L 101 89 W
Tournament of Champions (Charlotte, N.C.) 12/1 vs. Oklahoma State % 102 90 W 12/2 vs. North Carolina State % 87 100 L 12/4 vs. Georgia Tech + 92 111 L 12/9 at West Virginia (2OT) 93 97 L 12/16 Robert Morris 88 71 W 12/18 Duquesne 92 87 W 12/23 Toledo 68 74 L Kuppenheimer Classic (Atlanta, Ga.) 12/27 vs. Oklahoma State# 92 81 W 12/28 vs. Georgia Tech# 92 111 L 1/3 *Syracuse (CA) (#1) 78 80 L
1/6 1/8 1/13 1/20 1/23 1/27 1/31 2/3 2/7 2/11 2/13 2/17 2/20 2/24 2/26 3/3
at *Connecticut *Georgetown (CA) at *St. John’s (MSG) *Seton Hall at *Syracuse Arizona (CA) *Boston College *Villanova at *Georgetown *Providence *Connecticut at *Villanova at *Seton Hall at *Boston College *St. John’s (CA) at *Providence
61 79 71 87 70 71 65 63 74 83 100 92 110 80 94 82 81 97 117 102 77 80 68 71 81 86 81 73 75 76 74 85
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Big East Tournament (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/8 vs. Boston College 88 70 W 3/9 vs. Syracuse 55 58 L Totals 2427 2408 +ACC/Big East Challenge (Charlotte, N.C.) #Kuppenheimer Classic (Atlanta, Ga. - Omni) *Big East Games CA-played at Civic Arena (#1)Opp. ranked No. 1 when game was played
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
NCAA First & Second Rounds (Louisville, Ky., Freedom Hall) 3/14 vs. Georgia (OT) 76 68 3/16 vs. Kansas 66 77 Totals 2758 2537
1990-91 n 21-12 9-7 Big East (T-3rd place) n 12th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance (No. 6 seed)
Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Northwest Missouri State 84 50 W at Cornell 88 64 W at Siena 82 80 W at St. Francis 91 85 W vs. Virginia % 80 84 L Marshall 105 75 W West Virginia 96 87 W Robert Morris 98 74 W Duquesne (CA) 84 65 W Toledo 88 68 W
Rainbow Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii) 12/28 vs. Alaska-Anchorage # 93 69 12/29 vs. Stetson # 84 69 12/30 at Hawaii # 82 84 1/2 *Villanova (CA) 86 76 1/5 at *Connecticut 76 81 1/7 *Syracuse (CA) 93 79 1/12 *Providence 101 82 1/19 at *St. John’s 71 73 1/23 at *Providence 92 79 1/27 *Georgetown (CA) 78 83 1/30 at *Villanova 72 75 2/2 at UCLA 85 112 2/4 *Seton Hall 86 80 2/9 *Boston College 82 74 2/12 at *Seton Hall 73 83 2/16 *St. John’s 94 83 2/20 at *Georgetown 78 65 2/24 at *Syracuse 66 89 2/26/ at *Boston College 88 76 3/2 *Connecticut 68 78
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Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/8 vs. Seton Hall 69 70 L
n Accomplishments Named Pitt’s 12th head coach...Led Pitt to 18-15 record and 1997 NIT Second Round...Guided Pitt to five consecutive weeks in the national rankings after upsetting Xavier and Kentucky in the Puerto Rico Shootout in 1998-99.
1991-92 n 18-16 9-9 Big East (7th place) n 6th all-time NIT appearance
n Prominent Student-Athletes Vonteego Cummings, Mark Blount.
Coach: Paul Evans Date Opponent Preseason NIT 11/20 Manhattan % 11/22 at Kentucky % 11/27 vs. Oklahoma State+ 11/29 vs. Texas+ 12/2 vs. North Carolina State# 12/4 St. Francis 12/14 at West Virginia 12/19 at Marshall 12/23 Cornell
Pitt Opp. W/L 72 85 63 91 77 84 85 89 86
61 67 74 87 78 68 86 65 47
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USF Sugar Bowl Classic (New Orleans, La.) 12/27 vs. Mississippi& 67 65 W 12/28 vs. New Orleans& (OT) 77 78 L 1/2 *Seton Hall 77 68 W 1/6 Duquesne (CA) 93 69 W 1/8 *Syracuse (CA) 83 74 W 1/11 *Providence 83 72 W 1/14 at *Connecticut 77 87 L 1/18 at *Syracuse 79 83 L 1/22 *Georgetown (CA) 59 63 L 1/25 at Arizona 76 96 L 1/29 *Miami 82 52 W 2/1 at *Providence 85 81 W 2/4 at *Miami 77 55 W 2/8 at *Boston College 59 79 L 2/10 *Villanova 77 68 W 2/15 *St. John’s 74 84 L 2/17 at *Seton Hall 63 82 L 2/22 at *St. John’s 65 71 L 2/25 *Connecticut 86 77 W 2/29 at *Villanova 61 78 L 3/3 *Boston College 90 66 W 3/7 at *Georgetown 57 67 L Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/12 vs. Miami 71 83 L National Invitation Tournament 3/18 at Penn State 67 65 W 3/23 Florida 74 77 L Totals 2591 2473 %-Preseason NIT; +Preseason NIT (at New York City, Madison Square Garden) #ACC/Big East Challenge (Hartford, Conn.) * - USF&G Sugar Bowl Classic (Super Dome) *Big East Games CA-played at Civic Arena
1992-93 n 17-11 9-9 Big East (6th place) n 13th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance (No. 9 seed) Coach: Paul Evans
Mark Blount (1995-97) went on to a successful NBA career. He is now playing for the Miami Heat.
Date 12/2 12/5 12/9 12/12 12/19 12/21 12/23 12/28
Opponent St. Francis Marshall at *Georgetown West Virginia at Duquesne (CA) Cornell Robert Morris UCLA (CA)
RALPH WILLARD 1994-99 (5 years) n Record: 63-82 (.434)
%ACC/Big East Challenge (Richmond, Va.) *Big East Games CA- played at Civic Arena
Coach: Paul Evans Date 11/23 11/26 11/28 12/1 12/3 12/6 12/8 12/15 12/19 12/22
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Pitt Opp. W/L 89 75 W 95 81 W 66 80 L 82 78 W 102 91 W 80 72 W 87 63 W 91 79 W
n Personal Facts Willard arrived at Pitt after coaching three seasons at Western Kentucky where he compiled a four-year 81-42 record and guided the Hilltoppers to three straight postseason appearances (two NCAA)...Currently serves as head coach at his alma mater, Holy Cross and has guided the Crusaders to three consecutive NCAA Tournaments...Brooklyn, N.Y. native who served as assistant coach with the New York Knicks, Kentucky and Syracuse. 1/2 1/6 1/9 1/12 1/16 1/20 1/23 1/27 2/3 2/6 2/9 2/13 2/16 2/20 2/22 2/28 3/2 3/6
*Providence *Miami at *St. John’s at *Connecticut *Seton Hall at *Boston College at *Miami *Syracuse (CA) *Villanova (CA) *St. John’s at *Seton Hall at Illinois *Boston College *Connecticut at *Providence *Georgetown (CA) at *Villanova at *Syracuse
91 85 77 80 76 81 86 79 76 71 73 95 56 80 48 51 77 74
85 78 85 78 73 70 84 85 82 69 91 79 79 81 53 48 76 78
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Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/12 vs. Syracuse 50 55 L NCAA First & Second Rounds (Nashville, Tenn., Memorial Gymnasium) 3/19 vs. Utah 65 86 L Totals 2163 2144 *Big East Games CA-played at Civic Arena
1993-94 n 13-14 7-11 Big East (8th place) Coach: Paul Evans Date 11/27 12/1 12/4 12/7 12/11 12/18 12/20 12/22 12/27 1/8 1/12 1/15 1/18 1/22 1/24 1/26 1/29 2/1 2/5 2/8 2/12
Opponent Youngstown State St. Francis *Providence at *St. John’s at West Virginia Duquesne (CA) North Carolina (CA) Robert Morris Coppin State at *Syracuse *Miami *Seton Hall at *Boston College at *Villanova *Georgetown (CA) at Buffalo *Connecticut at *Miami *Syracuse (CA) at *Providence *St. John’s
Pitt Opp. W/L 112 66 W 88 69 W 94 82 W 75 68 W 91 99 L 77 66 W 93 106 L 80 65 W 76 70 W 75 79 L 83 55 W 67 76 L 77 75 W 81 70 W 68 60 W 97 59 W 67 88 L 80 71 W 77 80 L 65 78 L 62 68 L
2/16 2/19 2/22 2/26 3/5
at *Georgetown *Villanova (2OT) *Boston College at *Connecticut at *Seton Hall
65 88 77 66 54
67 93 80 78 80
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Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/10 vs. St. John’s 72 80 L Totals 2107 2028 *Big East Games CA-played at Civic Arena
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1994-95 n 10-18 5-13 Big East (9th place) Coach: Ralph Willard Date 11/29 12/3 12/5 12/7 12/10
Opponent at North Carolina Buffalo *St. John’s (CA) at Massachusetts West Virginia
Pitt Opp. W/L 67 90 L 75 73 W 83 88 L 57 85 L 80 84 L
Kuppenheimer Classic (Atlanta, Ga.) 12/17 vs. Georgia (CA) (2OT) 86 87 12/19 Duquesne (CA) 76 72 12/21 Vermont 82 60 12/29 Robert Morris 69 59 1/3 *Georgetown (CA) 46 55 1/7 at *Providence 81 85 1/11 *Connecticut 76 85 1/14 *Syracuse (CA) 63 65 1/18 at *Villanova 69 71 1/22 at *St. John’s (MSG) 94 87 1/25 *Seton Hall 70 72 1/28 at *Georgetown 60 71 1/31 at *Boston College 69 74 2/4 *Villanova (OT) 76 79 2/6 at *Connecticut 61 90 2/15 *Boston College 84 75 2/18 *Miami 67 61 2/21 at *Syracuse 72 85 2/25 *Providence 56 48 2/28 at *Miami (OT) 68 76 3/4 at *Seton Hall 76 72
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Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/9 vs. St. John’s 74 71 W 3/10 vs. Connecticut 78 81 L Totals 2015 2101 *Big East Games CA-played at Civic Arena
2009-10 PITT BASKETBALL
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
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1995-96 n 10-17 5-13 Big East (7th place BE-7) Coach: Ralph Willard Date 11/29 12/2 12/6 12/9 12/16 12/20 12/23 12/28 1/6 1/10 1/13 1/17 1/20 1/23 1/25 1/28 1/30 2/3 2/7 2/10 2/13 2/17 2/20 2/24 2/29 3/3
Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Duquesne (CA) 84 73 W Georgia (CA) 66 85 L at *Boston College 53 55 L at Virginia Commonwealth 72 69 W Long Island 108 67 W North Carolina (CA) 49 66 L Prairie View A&M 101 59 W Brown 95 47 W at *West Virginia (OT) 84 83 W *Georgetown (CA) 75 56 W *Notre Dame (CA) 75 65 W at *Rutgers 77 78 L at *Miami 57 66 L Massachusetts (OT) (#1) 71 79 L *Connecticut 63 69 L *Providence 70 85 L *Seton Hall 75 69 W at *Villanova 55 88 L *Syracuse (CA) 67 73 L at *Providence 71 80 L at *Notre Dame 69 77 L *Villanova 64 67 L *Rutgers 70 71 L at *Syracuse 60 77 L *West Virginia 83 63 W at *St. John’s 68 94 L
Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/6 vs. Boston College 66 70 L Totals 1948 1911
192
*Big East Games CA- played at Civic Arena (#1)Opp. ranked No. 1 when game was played
1996-97 n 18-15 10-8 Big East (T-2nd place BE-7)
vs. Boston College
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National Invitation Tournament 3/12 New Orleans (NIT) 82 63 3/17 at Arkansas (NIT) 71 76 Totals 2285 2228
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1997-98 n 11-16 6-12 Big East (T-5th place BE 7) Coach: Ralph Willard Date 11/17 11/22 11/29 12/2 12/6 12/18 12/22 12/27 1/3 1/6 1/10 1/17 1/22 1/25 1/28 2/1 2/3 2/5 2/8 2/10 2/14 2/17 2/21 2/24 2/26 3/1
Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Bucknell 74 67 W at Illinois State 65 87 L at St. Francis 79 55 W St. Bonaventure 80 86 L *Notre Dame 69 73 L Navy 65 63 W Lafayette 67 66 W Maryland-Eastern Shore 85 51 W *Miami 65 73 L at *Notre Dame 72 61 W at *Providence 77 87 L *Rutgers (OT) 86 85 W *St. John’s (2OT) 83 90 L at *Rutgers 65 87 L *West Virginia (CA) 72 76 L *Syracuse (CA) 73 84 L at *West Virginia 72 90 L Duquesne (CA) 69 80 L *Boston College 89 79 W at *Villanova 68 79 L at *Connecticut 67 92 L at *Georgetown 80 79 W *Providence 73 72 W *Villanova 65 61 W at *Syracuse 61 76 L at *Seton Hall 70 81 L
Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/4 vs. Villanova (2OT) 93 96 L Totals 1987 2076
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*Big East Games CA- played at Civic Arena
Coach: Ralph Willard Date 11/24 11/26 11/29 12/4 12/8 12/14 12/16 12/18 12/21 12/23
Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Illinois State 50 69 L at Navy 49 60 L at North Carolina 61 82 L *Connecticut (CA) 56 49 W at *Seton Hall 51 53 L Virginia Commonwealth 55 58 L Carnegie Mellon 84 39 W St. Francis 79 42 W at Duquesne (CA) 75 73 W Mount St. Mary’s 85 70 W
Rainbow Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii) 12/28 vs. Maryland % 63 66 12/29 vs. Northwestern % 60 42 12/30 vs. Michigan % 85 78 1/4 at *St. John’s (MSG) 64 75 1/8 *Miami 76 72 1/11 *Rutgers 75 67 1/18 *St. John’s 55 60 1/21 at *Boston College 61 81 1/25 at *Georgetown 89 71 1/29 *Notre Dame (CA) 88 64 2/1 at *West Virginia 59 74 2/5 at *Miami 63 78 2/8 *Seton Hall 79 71 2/12 *Villanova 95 89 2/15 at *Providence 70 84 2/20 *Georgetown (CA) 57 76 2/23 *Boston College 75 71 2/25 at *Connecticut 77 74 3/2 at *Syracuse 65 63
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Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/5 vs. Connecticut 63 62 W
2009-10 PITT BASKETBALL
1998-99 n 14-16 Coach: Ralph Willard Opponent Md-Baltimore County St. Francis at Wright State Texas-Pan American
11/26 11/27 11/28 12/3 12/6 12/9 12/12 12/22 12/30 1/5 1/10 1/16 1/19 1/23 1/25 1/30 2/2 2/6 2/8 2/11 2/14
Puerto Rico Shootout (Bayamon, Puerto Rico) vs. Xavier % 94 vs. Kentucky % 68 vs. Maryland % 52 Prairie View A&M 78 at Tennessee 53 at *St. John’s 52 *Connecticut (#1) 69 Howard 78 *Providence 68 at *Notre Dame 64 *Boston College 86 at *Connecticut (#1) 58 at *Villanova 65 *Georgetown 71 at Duquesne (CA) 65 *Miami 60 at *Georgetown 58 *St. John’s 60 at *Seton Hall 61 at *Rutgers 58 *Syracuse 67
Pitt Opp. W/L 84 56 W 95 69 W 76 65 W 79 71 W
76 56 87 64 56 73 70 42 83 87 70 81 86 79 60 54 76 88 77 71 75
February 18, 1928 Charley Hyatt, probably Pittsburgh’s greatest basketball player before 1950, preserved the Panthers’ perfect 21-0 season when he took a pass from Paul Zehfuss and hit a last second shot to upend Notre Dame 24-22. February 26, 1951 In the last game played at Pitt Pavilion, Pitt defeats West Virginia 72-71 when Scott Phillips hits a bank shot in the closing seconds. February 2, 1963 Dave Roman hits a last second shot that seemingly beat West Virginia. The shot was nullified because another Pittsburgh player signaled for a timeout just before Roman released his shot and West Virginia claimed a 68-67 victory at Fitzgerald Field House. February 15, 1964 Brian Generalovich scores on a layup in the closing seconds for a 69-67 home win over Syracuse. February 15, 1975 Keith Starr hits a layup in the final two seconds to defeat Virginia 71-70. February 23, 1974 Pitt’s 22-game win streak ends with a 66-64 loss at Penn State when PSU’s Ron Brown swishes a jumper from the top of the key as the buzzer sounds. December 13, 1975 Pitt stretches its Fitzgerald Field House win streak to 27 games when Tom Richards threw in a 45-foot shot at the buzzer to defeat Ohio 72-71. The 1973-74 and 1974-75 teams never lost a game at the Field House. February 2, 1977 A 22-foot last second corner jumper by Larry Harris gave Pitt a surprising 65-64 upset win vs. nationally ranked Cincinnati (coached by Gale Catlett) at Fitzgerald Field House. Harris scored 31 points in the win. February 11, 1978 Larry Harris hit a corner jumper at the end of regulation to tie the game against Maryland and send it into overtime at Civic Arena. Pitt won 89-86.
5-13 Big East (11th place)
Date 11/13 11/17 11/20 11/23
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December 15, 1979 Sammie Ellis banks in a shot off the glass to defeat St. Bonaventure, 72-70 at Fitzgerald Field House. February 10, 1979 Pitt upsets No 3 ranked and 17-1 Duke 71-69 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. With the score tied at 69-69 with 3:05 to go, Duke coach Bill Foster decided to have his team hold onto the ball. With 10 seconds to go, Sam Clancy intercepted a back-door pass intended for Jim Spanarkal from Bob Bender, dribbled the length of the floor, missed a 15foot jumper, grabbed the rebound from Mike Gminski and dropped in an easy layup with
2/17 2/20 2/23 2/27
*West Virginia at *Boston College at *Miami *Seton Hall
69 67 52 59
67 66 85 58
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Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/3 vs. Rutgers 51 64 L Totals 2017 2112
two seconds left to give Pitt a 71-69 upset win. December 29, 1981 In Pitt’s third game of the Far West Classic in Portland, Ore., Clyde Vaughan hits a jumper in the closing seconds to defeat Tennessee 56-54. February 14, 1987 Ranked No. 10, the Panthers went into overtime against Boston College without 610 center Charles Smith, who fouled out with 2:37 to go. The upset-minded Eagles led 6158 with three seconds to go when freshman Rod Brookin drained a three-pointer from the corner to force another overtime period. January 12, 1993 An Antoine Jones tip-in with 0.06 seconds left gives Pitt an 80-78 road victory over Connecticut at the Hartford Civic Center. January 16, 1993 A three-point bomb by freshman Garrick Thomas broke a 73-73 tie with four seconds remaining, lifting Pitt to an upset of No. 7 ranked Seton Hall. Thomas scored 16 points, Chris McNeal added 19 and 11 rebounds. The win helped give Pitt its fifth NCAA bid under Paul Evans. January 6, 1996 At West Virginia, Jerry McCullough sends the game into overtime as he converts a 22-foot jumper at the top of the key with 3.8 seconds left. Pitt goes on to win an 84-83 decision. February 17, 1999 Ricardo Greer scores on an offensive rebound putback to help Pitt defeat West Virginia 69-67 on ESPN. February 20, 1999 Three days later in the following game, Steve Flores hits a shot with five seconds to go to give Pitt a 67-66 win over Boston College. January 4, 2006 Ronald Ramon converts a 3-pointer with 15 seconds left to lift Pitt to a 100-97 double overtime win over Notre Dame. December 20, 2007 Levance Fields hits a stepback 3-pointer with 4.7 seconds left in overtime to defeat Duke 65-64 at Madison Square Garden. Fields dedicated the shot to his friend and teammate Mike Cook, who tore his ACL during the first minute of overtime. February 7, 2008 Ronald Ramon hit a game-winning 3pointer to give Pitt a 55-54 win over West Virginia at the Petersen Events Center. The game represented the first buzzer-beater in PEC history. Keith Benjamin drove the lane, drew Ramon’s defender and found Ramon open in the corner.
#1-Opp. ranked No. 1 when game was played *Big East Games CA-played at Civic Arena
1999-00 n 13-15 5-11 Big East (11th place) Coach: Ben Howland
RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Date 11/19 11/24 11/27 12/1 12/4 12/8 12/11 12/18 12/20 12/23 12/29 1/3 1/8 1/16 1/19 1/22 1/27+ 2/1 2/6 2/10 2/13 2/16 2/20 2/23 2/26 2/29 3/5
Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Wright State 69 52 W St. Francis (Pa.) 84 56 W IUPUI 68 49 W Norfolk State 102 78 W Tennessee 50 76 L Robert Morris 92 59 W at Nebraska 57 69 L Appalachian State 67 64 W Duquesne (MA) 74 56 W Virginia Commonwealth 60 64 L at New Orleans 65 62 W at *St. John’s 58 82 L *Connecticut 51 73 L *Seton Hall 68 80 L *Syracuse 72 82 L at *Notre Dame 66 81 L *Villanova 79 70 W at *Miami 60 64 L *Notre Dame 72 66 W at *West Virginia # 58 62 L *Georgetown 65 72 L at *Syracuse 62 83 L at *Georgetown 50 62 L at *Boston College 70 60 W *Rutgers 67 62 W *Miami 66 74 L at *Providence 57 53 W
Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/8 vs. Villanova 55 65 L Totals 1864 1876 *Big East Games MA- played at Mellon Arena +originally scheduled for 1/26, but postponed due to inclement weather %- played in Charleston, W.Va.
2000-01 n 19-14 7-9 Big East (5th-place West)
Coach: Ben Howland Date 11/17 11/20 11/25 11/29 12/2 12/6 12/9 12/17 12/21 12/28 12/30 1/3 1/6 1/10 1/13 1/16 1/20 1/23 1/31 2/3 2/5 2/8 2/11 2/15 2/25 2/27 3/3
Opponent North Carolina A&T Morris Brown Marist (OT) at St. Francis (Pa.) Nebraska at Penn State St. Francis (N.Y.) at VCU (OT) at Duquesne (MA) Robert Morris New Orleans *Miami *Syracuse at *Connecticut *Seton Hall at *Notre Dame at *Georgetown at *Providence *West Virginia *Notre Dame *Georgetown at *West Virginia at *Rutgers at *Seton Hall *Rutgers at *Syracuse *Virginia Tech
Pitt Opp. W/L 91 46 W 74 53 W 71 69 W 70 52 W 52 51 W 74 88 L 79 68 W 73 76 L 70 71 L 77 55 W 62 46 W 62 51 W 66 71 L 53 73 L 77 65 W 58 74 L 70 66 W 61 77 L 63 46 W 67 75 L 67 81 L 68 69 L 64 84 L 68 61 W 70 60 W 69 80 L 70 51 W
Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/7 vs. Miami 78 69 W 3/8 vs. Notre Dame 66 54 W 3/9 vs. Syracuse (OT) 55 54 W 3/10 vs. Boston College (Final) 57 79 L National Invitation Tournament 3/14 St. Bonaventure 84 75 3/19 Mississippi State 61 66 Totals 2247 2156 *Big East Games MA- played at Mellon Arena
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2001-02 n 29-6 13-3 Big East (1st place West) n NCAA Sweet Sixteen n 14th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance (No. 3 seed) n Big East West Champions n Big East Tournament runner-up n School-record 29 wins n Ranked 9th in final AP poll Coach: Ben Howland Date 11/16 11/18 11/20 11/23 11/24 11/25 12/1 12/5 12/8 12/15 12/19 12/22 12/29 1/2 1/5 1/8 1/12 1/15 1/19 1/22 1/26 1/30 2/2 2/7 2/10 2/16 2/21 2/26 3/2
Opponent Morgan State Northern Arizona Robert Morris vs. Oakland vs. Illinois State vs. South Florida Savannah State St. Francis (Pa.) Penn State Rhode Island at Ohio State Duquesne (MA) St. Francis (N.Y.) *St. John’s at *Boston College at *Rutgers *Notre Dame at *Miami (2OT) at *Georgetown *Syracuse *Georgetown at *Notre Dame *Villanova *Seton Hall at *Syracuse at *West Virginia *Rutgers at *Seton Hall (OT) *West Virginia
Pitt Opp. W/L 76 55 W 58 47 W 86 62 W 70 53 W 65 46 W 63 69 L 87 35 W 77 55 W 89 53 W 58 51 W 62 55 W 78 63 W 74 61 W 77 54 W 77 74 W 66 58 W 53 56 L 69 76 L 68 67 W 72 57 W 67 56 W 76 89 L 71 59 W 70 65 W 75 63 W 85 75 W 78 59 W 73 66 W 92 65 W
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n 8 all-time NIT appearance n Big East Tournament runner-up
PITT’S HEAD COACHES BEN HOWLAND 1999-2003 (4 years) n Record: 89-40 (.690) n Accomplishments Two consecutive NCAA “Sweet Sixteen” appearances (2002 and 2003)…Won school’s firstever Big East Tournament title (2003)…Back-toback Big East West titles (2001-02 and 200203)…Set school-record for victories (29 in 200102)…Compiled winningest two-year period in school history and nation’s second best win percentage over that period (57-11 over 2001-03)…Also posted Pittsburgh’s best two-year period in Big East play with a 26-6 league record from 2001-03…Postseason appearances in three of four seasons (2001-NIT, 2002-NCAA, 2003- NCAA)…Guided Pittsburgh to first-ever Big East Championship title game in 2000 and three straight title games (2001, 2002, 2003)…Put together winningest four-year period in school history (89-40)…Guided program into the Petersen Events Center in 2002-03…Named consensus national coach of the year after 2001-02 season, the first Pittsburgh coach to garner such honors since football’s Johnny Majors in 1976…Pittsburgh appeared on national television a school-record 22 times during the 2002-03 season. n Prominent Student-Athletes Brandin Knight, Ricardo Greer, Julius Page, Ontario Lett, Donatas Zavackas, Jaron Brown. n Personal Facts Named head coach at Pittsburgh on March 8, 1999…Cerritos, Calif. native…Arrived at Pittsburgh after spending his career on the West Coast and orchestrating one of the greatest turnarounds in NCAA basketball history at Northern Arizona…Served as an assistant coach at UC-Santa Barbara for 12 years (1982-94).
Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/7 vs. Boston College 76 62 W 3/8 vs. Miami 76 71 W 3/9 vs. Connecticut (Final-2OT) 65 74 L NCAA First & Second Rounds (Pittsburgh, Pa., Mellon Arena) 3/15 vs. Central Connecticut St. 71 54 3/17 vs. California 63 50
Ohio State at Rhode Island George Mason at Georgia Robert Morris *Notre Dame at *Rutgers at *West Virginia *Syracuse *Georgetown at *Syracuse *Providence at *Notre Dame *West Virginia at *Seton Hall at *Georgetown *Rutgers at *Virginia Tech *Connecticut *Seton Hall at *Villanova
69 87 65 67 85 72 70 80 73 65 65 68 64 82 61 82 86 75 71 86 56
49 71 41 79 49 55 63 61 60 64 67 61 66 46 73 67 65 62 67 54 54
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Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/13 vs. Providence 67 59 W 3/14 vs. Boston College 61 48 W 3/15 vs. Connecticut (Final) 74 56 W NCAA First & Second Rounds (Boston, Mass., Fleet Center) 3/21 vs. Wagner 87 61 3/23 vs. Indiana 74 52 NCAA Midwest Regional (Minneapolis, Minn., Metrodome) 3/27 vs. Marquette 74 77 Totals 2473 1955
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13-3 Big East (1st place) n NCAA Sweet Sixteen n Big East Regular Season Champions n 16th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance (No. 3 seed) n Big East Tournament runner-up n School-record 31 wins n Topped 200,000 season attendance mark Coach: Jamie Dixon
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NCAA South Regional (Lexington, Ky., Rupp Arena) 3/21 vs. Kent State (OT) 73 78 L Totals 2530 2133 *Big East Games; MA-played at Mellon Arena
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13-3 Big East (T-1 place West) n NCAA Sweet Sixteen n 15th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance (No. 2 seed) n Big East Tournament champions n co-Big East West champions n Ranked 4th in final AP poll n Ranked in top-10 all season long Coach: Ben Howland Date 11/23 11/27 11/30 12/3 12/7 12/14
12/18 12/21 12/28 12/31 1/4 1/6 1/12 1/14 1/18 1/25 2/1 2/4 2/9 2/12 2/15 2/18 2/22 2/26 3/2 3/5 3/9
Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Duquesne 82 67 W St. Francis (Pa.) 69 46 W Arkansas-Pine Bluff 89 49 W Norfolk State 96 51 W at Penn State 82 60 W Southeastern Louisiana 89 55 W
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Coaches vs. Cancer Classic (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 11/14 vs. Alabama 71 62 W 11/22 11/26 11/28 12/3 12/6 12/13
St. Francis (Pa.) Robert Morris Albany at Duquesne Penn State Youngstown State
90 75 83 59 64 57
69 61 54 45 37 42
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Pittsburgh Holiday Hoops Tournament (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 12/15 Georgetown College (Ky.) 79 74 12/17 Chicago State 79 51 12/20 Murray State 70 49 12/22 Florida State 63 56
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12/27 12/30 1/3 1/6 1/10 1/12 1/17 1/19 1/24 1/28 2/4 2/7 2/9 2/15
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New Hampshire Georgia William & Mary *Virginia Tech at *Miami (2OT) *Notre Dame *Rutgers at *Connecticut at *Syracuse *Boston College *St. John’s at *Notre Dame at *Seton Hall (2OT) *Connecticut
52 76 70 78 84 74 59 65 66 68 71 66 67 75
38 55 55 59 80 71 49 68 45 58 51 58 68 68
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2/21 2/24 2/29 3/2 3/6
at *West Virginia at *Georgetown *Syracuse (OT) at *Providence *Villanova
67 68 46 88 59
58 58 49 61 45
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Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/11 vs. Virginia Tech 74 61 W 3/12 vs. Boston College 62 53 W 3/13 vs. Connecticut (Final) 58 61 L NCAA First & Second Rounds (Milwaukee, Wisc., Bradley Center) 3/19 vs. Central Florida 53 44 W 3/21 vs. Wisconsin 59 55 W NCAA East Rutherford Regional (Continental Airlines Arena, N.J.) 3/25 vs. Oklahoma State 51 63 Totals 2446 2031 *Big East games
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Date 11/20 11/24 11/27 12/1 12/4
Opponent Howard Robert Morris Loyola (Md.) St. Francis (Pa.) Duquesne
Pitt Opp. W/L 81 55 W 83 59 W 93 57 W 65 41 W 87 57 W
Jimmy V. Classic (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 12/7 vs. Memphis 70 51 W 12/11 12/18 12/23 12/29 1/2 1/5 1/8 1/15 1/18 1/22 1/29 1/31 2/5 2/8 2/12 2/14 2/20 2/23 2/26 2/28 3/5
at Penn State Coppin State Richmond South Carolina Bucknell *Georgetown at *Rutgers (OT) *Seton Hall at *St. John’s at *Connecticut *Syracuse *Providence at *West Virginia (OT) *St. John’s *Notre Dame at *Syracuse at *Villanova *West Virginia *Connecticut at *Boston College at *Notre Dame
84 73 69 72 66 64 66 67 62 76 76 86 78 55 68 68 72 66 64 72 85
71 42 60 68 69 67 63 63 65 66 69 66 83 44 66 64 80 70 73 50 77
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Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/10 vs. Villanova 58 67 L NCAA First & Second Rounds (Boise, Idaho, Taco Bell Arena) 3/17 vs. Pacific 71 79
n School-record fifth straight 20-plus win season and fifth straight 10-plus Big East year n 18th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance (No. 5 seed) n Big East Tournament runner-up Coach: Jamie Dixon Date 11/19 11/23 11/26 11/29 12/4 12/7 12/10 12/17 12/21 12/28 12/31 1/4 1/12 1/15 1/18 1/21 1/23 1/28 1/31 2/5 2/9 2/12 2/15 2/18 2/25 2/27 3/3
Opponent Saint Peter’s Robert Morris Maine St. Francis (N.Y.) Auburn at Duquesne Penn State Vermont Coppin State at South Carolina Wisconsin *Notre Dame (2OT) *DePaul at *Louisville at *Rutgers at *St. John’s *Syracuse *Marquette at *Connecticut at *Georgetown *West Virginia *Cincinnati at *Providence at *Marquette *Providence at *West Virginia *Seton Hall
Pitt Opp. W/L 82 71 W 86 59 W 62 49 W 79 58 W 78 41 W 71 60 W 91 54 W 63 52 W 77 51 W 58 51 W 73 64 W 100 97 W 73 65 W 61 57 W 76 68 W 50 55 L 80 67 W 77 71 W 76 80 L 58 61 L 57 53 W 89 69 W 81 68 W 82 84 L 81 68 W 62 67 L 61 65 L
Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/8 vs. Louisville 61 56 W 3/9 vs. West Virginia 68 57 W 3/10 vs. Villanova 68 54 W 3/11 vs. Syracuse (Final) 61 65 L NCAA First & Second Rounds (Auburn Hills, Mich., The Palace) 3/17 vs. Kent State 79 64 3/19 vs. Bradley 66 72
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Dayton Florida A&M at *Syracuse *South Florida at *DePaul *Georgetown *Connecticut *Marquette (OT) at *Cincinnati *St. John’s at *Villanova at *West Virginia *Providence *Louisville Washington at *Seton Hall at *Georgetown *West Virginia at *Marquette
84 77 74 69 59 74 63 74 67 72 65 60 74 53 65 71 53 80 71
54 51 66 48 49 69 54 77 51 46 59 47 68 66 61 68 61 66 75
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12-4 Big East (T-2nd place) n NCAA Sweet Sixteen n Sixth straight NCAA Tournament appearance, one of only 12 schools nationally to achieve that honor n School-record sixth straight 20-plus win season and sixth straight 10-plus Big East year n 19th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance (No. 3 seed) n Big East Tournament runner-up
Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/8 vs. Marquette 89 79 W 3/9 vs. Louisville 65 59 W 3/10 vs. Georgetown (Final) 42 65 L NCAA First & Second Rounds (Buffalo, N.Y., HSBC Arena) 3/15 vs. Wright State 79 58 3/17 vs. VCU (OT) 84 79
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NCAA West Regional (San Jose, Calif., HP Pavilion) 3/22 vs. UCLA 55 64
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First Commonwealth Colonial Athletic Association Classic (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 11/17 Northeastern 78 52 11/18 Massachusetts 85 68 11/19 Oakland 66 55 11/24 Florida State 88 66
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11/29 12/3 12/6 12/9 12/16
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Robert Morris at Auburn Duquesne at Buffalo at Wisconsin
67 74 73 70 75
53 66 56 67 89
All-College Classic (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 12/21 vs. Oklahoma State (2OT) 89 95 L
at *Syracuse at *West Virginia *DePaul
82 62 98
77 76 79
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Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/12 vs. Cincinnati 70 64 W 3/13 vs. Louisville (OT) 76 69 W 3/14 vs. Marquette 68 61 W 3/15 vs. Georgetown (Final) 74 65 W NCAA First & Second Rounds (Denver, Colo., Pepsi Center) 3/20 vs. Oral Roberts 82 63 3/22 vs. Michigan State 54 65
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2008-09 n 31-5 n NCAA Elite Eight/Regional Final n First-ever No. 1 seed n First-ever No. 1 national ranking n School-record tying 31 wins n Eighth straight NCAA Tournament appearance, one of only eight schools nationally to achieve that honor n School-record eighth straight 20-plus win season and eighth straight 10-plus Big East year n 21st all-time NCAA Tournament appearance (No. 1 seed) Coach: Jamie Dixon
2007-08 n 27-10
Date Opponent 11/14 Fairleigh Dickinson 11/17 Miami, Ohio
10-8 Big East (7th place) n Big East Tournament champions n Seventh straight NCAA Tournament appearance, one of only nine schools nationally to achieve that honor n School-record seventh straight 20-plus win season and seventh straight 10-plus Big East year n 20th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance (No. 4 seed)
Date Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Hispanic College Fund Challenge (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 11/9 Houston Baptist 103 62 W 11/10 North Carolina A&T 88 61 W 11/11 Saint Louis 69 58 W 11/12 Mississippi Valley State 78 45 W 11/23 11/27 12/1 12/5 12/8 12/15
Buffalo Boston U. Toledo at Duquesne at Washington Oklahoma State
92 80 78 73 75 85
45 53 52 68 74 68
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Coach: Jamie Dixon Date Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Maggie Dixon Classic (West Point, N.Y.) 11/12 vs. Western Michigan 86 67 W 11/14 Delaware State 67 50 W
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2006-07 n 29-8
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2005-06 n 25-8
12/23 12/30 1/4 1/7 1/10 1/13 1/16 1/21 1/24 1/27 1/29 2/7 2/10 2/12 2/17 2/19 2/24 2/27 3/3
Aeropostale All-America Classic (New York, N.Y./Madison Square Garden) 12/20 vs. Duke (OT) 65 64 W 12/29 1/2 1/6 1/9 1/12 1/14 1/19 1/23 1/26 1/30 2/2 2/7 2/12 2/15 2/21 2/24 2/27
at Dayton Lafayette at *Villanova at *South Florida *Seton Hall *Georgetown at *Cincinnati at *St. John’s *Rutgers *Villanova at *Connecticut *West Virginia *Providence at *Marquette at *Notre Dame *Louisville *Cincinnati
55 96 63 79 84 69 59 81 64 69 53 55 82 54 70 73 73
80 75 64 66 70 60 62 57 77 57 60 54 63 72 82 75 67
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Legends Classic (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 11/21 Akron 86 67 W 11/22 Indiana (Pa.) 86 60 W 11/25 Belmont
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Legends Classic (Newark, N.J.) 11/28 vs. Texas Tech 80 67 11/29 vs. Washington State 57 43
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Duquesne Vermont Md.-Baltimore County Siena at Florida State at *Rutgers at *Georgetown *St. John’s *South Florida at *Louisville *Syracuse at *West Virginia at *Villanova *Notre Dame Robert Morris at *DePaul *West Virginia *Cincinnati at *Connecticut *DePaul at *Providence at *Seton Hall *Marquette *Connecticut
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78 80 91 79 56 78 70 90 75 63 78 79 57 93 92 92 70 85 76 80 73 89 90 70
51 51 56 66 48 72 54 67 62 69 60 67 67 80 72 69 59 69 68 61 81 78 75 60
Big East Championship (New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden) 3/12 vs. West Virginia 60 74 L NCAA First & Second Rounds (Dayton, Ohio, UD Arena) 3/20 vs. East Tennessee State 72 62 3/22 vs. Oklahoma State 84 76
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Situated in an urban neighborhood with a campus dotted with gardens and trees is the University of Pittsburgh. A “World Class Institution,� the University of Pittsburgh offers 383 degree programs, a 17:1 student-to-teacher ratio and over 230 clubs and organizations. Simply put, the University of Pittsburgh is an exciting and vibrant place to earn a college degree.
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CHANCELLOR MARK A. NORDENBERG Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh and Distinguished Service Professor of Law
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Mark A. Nordenberg joined the faculty of Pitt’s School of Law in 1977, where he quickly built a reputation as an outstanding teacher. He was the initial recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award now presented annually by the Law School’s graduating class. He also was one of the first faculty members to receive the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award, which recognizes teaching excellence university-wide. His area of academic specialty is civil litigation, and he has served as a member of both the U.S. Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on Civil Rules and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Civil Procedural Rules Committee. Earlier in his career, Chancellor Nordenberg served as Dean of the School of Law and Interim Provost of the University. He has long been an active leader in the broader community, leading efforts focused on such key issues as the proposed consolidation of the city and county governments, the challenges facing the state’s urban schools, the work force development needs of the region, and issues of governance in the city’s public schools. He served as the founding chair or co-chair of such technology-driven economic development initiatives as the Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse, the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, the Robotics Foundry, and the Technology Collaborative. He also is a member of the board of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development and a Director of Bank of New York Mellon. Among many other forms of recognition, Chancellor Nordenberg has been named Pittsburgh’s Person of the Year by both Vector’s Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh magazine. To celebrate the remarkable progress achieved during his first decade as Chancellor, University trustees, alumni leaders and other special friends contributed $2.5 million to endow a faculty chair in his name. This past year, he was named a History Maker in Education by the Senator John Heinz History Center. This past year also was Mark Nordenberg’s 14th year of service as Chancellor. It was a year of great challenge, as the talented and
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Chancellor Mark Nordenberg and his wife Dr. Nikki Nordenberg in one of the Cathedral of Learning’s 27 nationality classrooms.
committed people of Pitt worked to maintain the University’s extraordinary momentum in the face of the unrelenting financial pressures brought by what now has been called the Great Recession. According to Chancellor Nordenberg, some of our greatest satisfactions ultimately will come from knowing that, even in the face of historic challenges, we continued to craft a record of excellence in an institution that is contributing so much to the common good as a leader in education, a pioneer in research and a partner in regional development. In the face of serious pressures to many of its revenue streams including those associated with the steep decline in the stock market and significant mid-year cuts to its state appropriation the University implemented a series of fiscally prudent steps. These included budget cuts to both academic and support units, the implementation of centralized controls over all new and replacement hiring, a deliberate slowing of the pace of construction projects on all five campuses, and the imposition of an institution-wide salary freeze. According to Chancellor Nordenberg, what distinguishes Pitt from many other organizations engaged in their own budgetary struggles is that demand for the
principal products of the University the highest quality higher education and cutting-edge research has not diminished as a result of the recession but continues to grow. And during the past year, well informed observers, both at a distance and close to home, publicly advanced what has long been one of the Chancellor’s main messages that Pitt’s progress is essential to the economic health and social vitality of the entire region. A favorable front-page article in The New York Times positively described Pittsburgh’s passage to an economy grounded in universitybased research. A Miami Herald column enviously identified research as the foundation for our transformation into a Knowledge City. The Cleveland Plain Dealer analyzed lessons from Pittsburgh’s renaissance, with one respected commentator, who knows both cities well, concluding that there is a growing gulf between Cleveland and Pittsburgh in higher education and stating that Cleveland does not have the equivalent of a Pitt, which was described as a big engine, both regionally and nationally. One of the most intriguing assessments was offered in a New York Times column on brainy cities. Its author concluded, Brainy cities have low divorce rates, low crime, high job creation, ethnic diversity,
and creative capitalism. They are places like Pittsburgh, with its topnotch universities. Locally, a highly respected analyst of regional economic trends writing in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, confirmed that this region had been more successful than most in weathering the recession because fully one-fifth of the jobs in the Pittsburgh region are in the two most recession resistant sectors: health care and higher education. In fact, the education and health services sector has become the region’s largest employment sector and is the only sector that has added jobs each and every year since 1995. During the past year, the University continued to rise in the ranks of the country’s finest universities. Some dimensions of its progress can be measured quantitatively. For example: Applications for admission to the undergraduate programs on the Pittsburgh campus soared past the 21,600 mark, a dramatic rise when compared to either the 7,800 applications received in 1995 or the 20,600 received just last year. Pitt moved into fifth place nationally in terms of the research grants competitively won by members of its faculty from the National Institutes of Health. That NIH top ten, in rank order, now
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FAR LEFT: Chancellor Nordenberg speaks at graduation. LEFT: Chancellor Nordenberg frequents Pitt sporting events throughout the year. He has also served as the honorary official at the 2007 Pitt Alumni Basketball Game. LEFT CENTER: Chancellor Mark Nordenberg with Athletic Director Steve Pederson and Head Football Coach Dave Wannstedt prior to Pitt’s 2008 Big East Championship game vs. Georgetown. LOWER LEFT: Head Basketball Coach Jamie Dixon and Chancellor Mark Nordenberg celebrate Dixon’s 2004 Big East Coach of the Year Award at the annual Big East awards dinner.
consists of Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Penn, the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), Pitt, Michigan, Washington, UCLA, Duke and Washington University in St. Louis, which is very good company. According to rankings released by the National Science Foundation, Pitt also ranks among the top ten universities nationally in terms of total federal science and engineering research and development support. That top ten consists of Johns Hopkins, Washington, Michigan, Penn, UCLA, Duke, Columbia, Stanford, UCSF and Pitt. Total annual research expenditures for the University passed the $650 million mark last year. A national study released last fall utilized methods developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce to conclude that every $1 million in R&D spending generates 36 jobs. Through its research spending alone, then, Pitt supports some 23,500 local jobs. Of course, it is the growing quality of the University’s programs that keeps all of these numbers rising and that has become the defining characteristic of its institutional distinction. Not only is the number of applications for admission soaring, but the academic accomplishments of enrolled students is growing in strength, and the performance of those students is a source of great pride. During the past year, for example, Pitt undergraduates claimed such high national honors as a Gates Cambridge Scholarship, Goldwater Scholarships and Humanity in Action Fellowships further cementing the University’s position as one of the country’s leading producers of high-achieving students. Faculty members not only attracted financial support for their work but received high honors for their achievements. Among the special forms of recognition received during the past year were election to the American Academy of Arts and Science, the Institute of Medicine, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Nursing and the American Educational Research Association. Other high honors
included the National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award, the American Cancer Society Research Professor Award and the James A. Rawley Prize in Atlantic History. It also was a year in which the great potential of less senior faculty members was recognized through highly selective early career awards made by both the Alfred Sloan Foundation and the Pew Foundation. Of course, it also was a very special year for Pitt sports. Our football team claimed nine regularseason wins and earned the right to play in the Sun Bowl. Our women’s basketball team made it to the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive year. And our men’s basketball team claimed the program’s first-ever number one national ranking, its first-ever number one NCAA tournament seed and advanced to the Elite Eight. In the process, Coach Jamie Dixon broke a 57-year-old record by claiming the most wins by an NCAA Division I head coach in his first six seasons and was named the Naismith Men’s College Basketball Coach of the Year. Chancellor Nordenberg has long been a strong and enthusiastic supporter of Pitt athletics. He is a past Chair of the Big East Conference and a past member of the NCAA’s board and executive committee. He continues to serve on the Big East executive committee and recently served as co-chair of its search for a new commissioner. Chancellor Nordenberg also serves as the Big East Conference representative to the Presidential Oversight Committee of the Bowl Championship Series. Born in Duluth, Minnesota, Chancellor Nordenberg first moved to this region as a high school senior, when his father was transferred to Pittsburgh by U.S. Steel. He is an honors graduate of North Allegheny High School, Thiel College and the University of Wisconsin Law School. He has been married for 38 years to Nikki Pirillo Nordenberg, who earned her Ph.D. at Pitt. The Nordenbergs have three adult children Erin, Carl and Michael.
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There is an unmistakable briskness in Steve Pederson’s walk. It is a stride that conveys this clearly is a man on the move. Spend 10 minutes talking to him about the state of Pitt Athletics and you understand his enthusiasm to get from place to place. This past March was a perfect example. In the span of three days, Pederson flew between a pair of men’s and women’s NCAA Tournament sites, where Pitt’s nationally ranked teams were competing, and back to Pittsburgh for the beginning of spring football practice. The Pitt athletic director wouldn’t have it any other way. Pederson’s many travels by planes, trains and automobiles mean the Panthers are going to some exciting places. That was especially true during the 2008-09 academic year. The University of Pittsburgh was one of only four institutions nationally to have its football team advance to a bowl game, its men’s basketball team reach the NCAA’s Elite Eight and its women’s basketball team make the Sweet 16. (The others were Connecticut, Oklahoma and Michigan State.) Each of those three Pitt teams were fixtures in the Top 25 last year. Men’s basketball, in fact, reached No. 1 in the polls — twice — for the first time in school history. The women’s basketball team finished with a No. 15 ranking, matching its highest final rating ever. Individually, Pitt student-athletes earned All-America and Academic All-America honors, while continuing to graduate and achieve in the classroom at unprecedented levels. But, as Pederson likes to say, “As great as the past has been at Pitt,
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the future is even brighter. I get up every morning so excited to come to work at this great university.” Pederson enters his ninth year as Pitt athletic director. His initial tenure, from 1996-2002, was characterized by a dramatic revitalization of the Panthers’ fortunes – on and off the fields of play. His return to the university in November 2007 gave the Pitt Athletic Department an instant shot of adrenaline that continues to be felt two years later. His ability to galvanize people and programs prompted Pitt chancellor Mark Nordenberg to say, “In my judgment, and this assessment is shared by countless others, Steve Pederson is one of this country’s most talented and accomplished athletic directors.” The key to accomplishment, Pederson believes, is aspiration — the Panthers will work hard and aim high in every endeavor. That philosophy resonates with each Pitt student-athlete and staffer, and is the driving spirit behind his department mantra of “Only Big Dreams.” Pederson has Pitt dreaming big again for 2009-10. On the eve of the new academic year, he announced an exciting partnership with Nike that will make the Panthers one of the finest outfitted programs in the country. Each of the Panthers’ 19 intercollegiate sports teams will wear Nike footwear, uniforms, practice gear and equipment. The long-term partnership will outfit more than 450 student-athletes at the University of Pittsburgh. Also kick-starting the year has been the continued progress being made in the construction of an Olympic Sports Complex at the peak of upper campus. The complex will transform 12 acres of land and result in state-of-the-art facilities for Pitt’s baseball, softball, men’s and women’s soccer, and men’s and women’s track and field programs. This initiative will not only give Pitt student-athletes nationally competitive facilities, but also rejuvenate an untapped area that neighbors the University of Pittsburgh campus. To those familiar with Pederson’s first tour at Pitt, the tremendous momentum of the past 18 months comes as no surprise. During his initial Pitt tenure, Pederson hired six Big East Conference Coach-of-the-Year honorees (football, men’s and
women’s basketball, baseball, track and field and volleyball), an unprecedented achievement by a Big East athletic director. In 1999 he charged an unknown coach from Northern Arizona University with the task of resurrecting the Panthers’ struggling men’s basketball program. That coach, Ben Howland, would build Pitt into a Big East power and was named the consensus National Coach of the Year in 2002. Pitt, which had not been to the NCAA Tournament in nine years, advanced to the “Sweet 16” in 2002 after posting a school-record 29 victories. The following season, Pitt would reach No. 2 in the polls, capture its first Big East Tournament championship and again advance to the NCAA regional semifinals. Since that time, Pitt basketball has become one of the nation’s most consistent winners, advancing to eight consecutive NCAA Tournaments from 20022009. Current Pitt basketball coach Jamie Dixon, the 2009 Naismith National Coach of the Year, recalled how instrumental Pederson was in helping to lure him to Pittsburgh to serve with Howland a decade ago. “Steve was the person who originally convinced me to come to the University of Pittsburgh back in
1999,” Dixon said. “He has continued to be a tremendous friend and a person I have regularly sought out for advice and direction over the years…Everyone in our department is going to benefit from his leadership.” Pitt football also was renewed under Pederson’s watch. Upon his arrival, the Panthers were coming off seven consecutive seasons without a bowl. By the end of his tenure, Pitt earned four bowl berths in six years, including back-to-back postseason wins in 2001 and 2002. The ’02 team finished 9-4, the program’s best mark in 20 years, and ranked No. 18 in the final polls. One of the stars of that 2002 team was receiver Larry Fitzgerald, who would become a unanimous All-American and now is an All-Pro performer for the Arizona Cardinals. “When I decided to go to Pitt, it was for many reasons – a great school, a great football tradition and great people,” Fitzgerald said. “Steve Pederson was one of those great people who made me feel like Pitt was the place for me. I couldn’t be happier that Steve is back.” While Pederson was instrumental in helping to revive Pitt football’s present, he was very attentive to honoring the program’s historic past. One of his first major steps as athletic director was to retire the jerseys of all-time Pitt greats Mike
Jamie Dixon and Steve Pederson after Pitt announced Dixon’s contract extension on Sept. 25, 2008.
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The Pederson Family: Son Mark with wife Brooke, daughters Kristin and Kari with Tami and Steve.
Ditka, Marshall Goldberg and Joe Schmidt. Pederson later initiated the Pitt jersey retirement of Mark May, the Panthers’ lone Outland Trophy winner. Pitt enjoyed tremendous achievements in attendance under Pederson. In NCAA Division I men’s basketball, Pitt ranked among the nation’s top five schools in attendance increase for two consecutive years (2001-02 and 2002-03). The 2002-03 basketball season – the inaugural campaign in the 12,508-seat Petersen Events Center – was sold out. Capitalizing on the exciting and unanticipated success of the 2001-02 basketball team, Pitt held a highly successful “select your seat” campaign for
prospective season-ticket holders that simultaneously achieved customer satisfaction as well as enhanced fundraising. In football, Pederson formed a marketing and ticket pricing plan that resulted in record attendance for the 2003 season. Season tickets were soldout for the ’03 campaign as the Panthers averaged an alltime record 59,197 fans for their home season, surpassing the previous mark of 54,818 set in 1982. Pederson’s tenure witnessed a major strengthening of Pitt’s athletic infrastructure. With Chancellor Nordenberg, he helped shape the vision of the Petersen Events Center, the state-of-the-art convocation
center that dramatically revolutionized Pitt’s campus upon its opening in 2002. The Events Center is widely considered one of the finest college basketball venues in the country and has also been a major asset for student life, providing outstanding recreational facilities and a fitting place for graduation ceremonies. Pederson was at the forefront of the football program’s move into the UPMC Sports Performance Complex, which included the forging of a unique relationship between UPMC, a professional sports franchise and college athletic program. He personally oversaw the design and layout of the Panthers’ Duratz Athletic Complex, which houses
Pitt’s football offices and training areas, and has been described as the finest facility for a college football program in the country. Pitt football gained a sparkling new home in Heinz Field under Pederson’s watch in 2001.The Panthers gained a prominent presence at the new stadium with their logos on the seating, gates and signage. Pederson additionally initiated the renaming of Martindale Street to “Tony Dorsett Drive” to further enhance Pitt’s identity on the North Shore. “Steve Pederson made many important contributions during his first tenure as Pitt’s athletic director from which the university is still seeing the benefits today,” said Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney. “He played an integral role in the development of Heinz Field and the UPMC Sports Performance Complex where both Pitt and the Steelers run their football operations.” Fitzgerald Field House underwent a major renovation in 1998-99, providing Pitt’s Olympic sports programs with new locker and training facilities. Trees Field also underwent major upgrades to accommodate both baseball and Pitt’s new softball program. During his five years at Nebraska (2002-07), Pederson was also at the forefront of significant facilities construction, including a $51 million expansion to Memorial Stadium. The project resulted in new football facilities as well as new strength, sports medicine and indoor facilities for baseball, softball, soccer and sand volleyball. Additionally, the women’s volleyball, gymnastics and rifle teams received a new office complex. Athletics fundraising doubled over his final four years, going from $9 million annually in 2003 to $16 million his final year. Nebraska achieved at exceptional levels athletically and academically during his tenure. In 2006-07, the Cornhuskers won the national championship in women’s volleyball, while the football team won the 2006 Big 12 North title and advanced to its first New Year’s Day bowl game since 2001. Overall, 15 Nebraska teams earned NCAA invitations. Academically, Nebraska earned a school-record 94% graduation rate, the highest in the Big 12 as Cornhusker studentathletes achieved a combined 3.0 grade-point average during the 2007 spring semester. Pederson and his wife Tami have three children: Mark, Kari and Kristin. Mark was married to the former Brooke Gillette in July 2009.
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THE UNIVERSITY
THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
ACCREDITATION
A “World-Class Institution,” the University of Pittsburgh is an internationally respected center of learning and research, offering exceptional educational opportunities in the arts, sciences and professions.
All campuses of the University of Pittsburgh are accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Higher Education. Schools, programs, and departments may furthermore be accredited by discipline-specific accrediting bodies.
MISSION The University of Pittsburgh’s mission is to advance teaching, research, and public service. This three-part commitment enables the University to serve others by educating diverse students from the region, the nation, and the world; expanding boundaries of knowledge, discovery and technology; and enhancing quality of life in the Western Pennsylvania region and beyond.
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The University began in the Pennsylvania wilderness as the Pittsburgh Academy in 1787, the year the U.S. Constitution was adopted. Thirty-two years later, the Pittsburgh Academy became the Western University of Pittsburgh, and in 1908, the school changed its name to the University of Pittsburgh. Graduate degrees have been conferred since 1836, and the first doctoral program was developed in 1884. A private institution for most of its past, the University of Pittsburgh became staterelated in 1966, establishing a relationship with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that continues to benefit both partners. Today, as an elected member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, Pittsburgh claims its place among the top public research universities in the nation.
ACADEMIC ORGANIZATION As an independent, state-related, coeducational institution, the University of Pittsburgh’s main campus offers a multitude of degree-granting and other
designed to reflect a distinct culture and providing an overall, multi-dimensional understanding of America’s heritage. At the Pittsburgh campus, over 12,000 employees and 4,600 faculty serve approximately 27,562 students, including over 1,500 graduate and over 17,000 undergraduate students. Alumni accomplishments range from managing Fortune 500 corporations, to writing best-selling novels, to unlocking the secrets of DNA...and more. As we enter the 21st century, Pitt remains a place of enduring tradition and vitality, true to the work ethic of Western Pennsylvania, rich in intellectual rigor, and committed to preparing students for their lives and careers.
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH’S ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS n ARTS AND SCIENCES Africana Studies Anthropology Architectural Studies Bioethics Biological Sciences Chemistry Children’s Literature Classics Classics, Philosophy & Ancient Science Communication Computer Science Cultural Studies East Asian Languages and Literatures Economics English Environmental Studies Film Studies French & Italian Languages & Literatures Hispanic Languages and Literatures History History and Philosophy of Science History of Art & Architecture Intelligent Systems Jewish Studies Linguistics Mathematics Medieval and Renaissance Studies Music Neuroscience Philosophy Physics and Astronomy Political Science Psychology Religious Studies Slavic Languages and Literatures Sociology Spanish Statistics Studio Arts Theatre Arts Urban Studies Women’s Studies n BUSINESS Katz Graduate School of Business College of Business Administration n DENTAL MEDICINE Administrative and Policy Studies Health, Physical & Recreation
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programs housed in 16 undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools. The University system includes the Pittsburgh campus and four regional campuses at Bradford, Greensburg, Johnstown, and Titusville. There are approximately 122 academic, research, and administrative buildings and residence halls located on the Pittsburgh campus, which covers 132 acres in the culturally rich Oakland neighborhood. At the heart of the campus stands a central landmark-the Cathedral of Learning, a 42-story Gothic tower, which is the tallest school building in the western hemisphere. The Cathedral contains the Nationality Rooms and 26 classrooms, each
Education Instruction and Learning Pyschology in Education n ENGINEERING Bioengineering Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Engineering Physics Industrial Engineering Materials Science and Engineering Mechanical Engineering n GENERAL STUDIES n HEALTH AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES Communication Science and Disorders Emergency Medicine Health Information Management Occupational Therapy Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science and Technology Sports Medicine and Nutrition n HONORS COLLEGE n INFORMATION SCIENCES Information Science and Telecommunications Library and Information Science n LAW n MEDICINE Anesthesiology Biomedical Informatics Cell Biology and Physiology Clinical Research Computational Biology Critical Care Medicine Dermatology Emergency Medicine Family Medicine Immunology Institute on Aging Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program Interactive Molecular Biology Medicine
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Neurobiology Neurological Surgery Neurology OB/GYN & Reproductive Services Ophthalmology Orthopaedic Surgery Otolaryngology Pathology Pediatrics Pharmacology and Chemical Biology Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Psychiatry Radiation Oncology Radiology Structural Biology Surgery Urology n NURSING n PHARMACY n PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS n PUBLIC HEALTH Behavioral & Community Health Sciences Biostatistics Environmental and Occupational Health Epidemiology Health and Policy Management Human Genetics Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Multidisciplinary MPH Program n SOCIAL WORK n UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Asian Studies Center Center for Latin American Studies European Urban Center of Excellence and European Studies Center
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With its success as a basketball program and its prominence in the Big East Conference, Pitt has enjoyed unprecedented national exposure with numerous television appearances and postseason berths. Pictured clockwise from top is Jamie Dixon with ESPN’s Jay Bilas; Aaron Gray with ESPN’s Erin Andrews; Jaron Brown with ESPN’s Dick Vitale; ESPN’s Bill Raftery interviewing Charles Smith and Jerome Lane in 1988; Brandin Knight with CBS’ Leslie Visser; Julius Page with ESPN’s Len Elmore; Levance Fields with ESPN’s Dan Shulman and Dick Vitale and DeJuan Blair with ESPN’s Jay Bilas. These individuals are just a few of the many faces covering Pitt basketball.
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MEDIA INFORMATION
MEMO TO THE MEDIA Media Relations Director Greg Hotchkiss will coordinate all requests and media activities for the men’s basketball program. He can be reached at (412) 648-8240.
Each visiting opponent SID submits a list of attending media members. To get on that list, please inform the respective sports information contact.
n CREDENTIALS Credentials for Pitt home games are issued to working media only and should be requested as early as possible due to space limitations, parking limitations and demand. All credential requests should be directed to Celeste Welsh via e-mail at cwelsh@athletics.pitt.edu. Media members are required to make credential arrangements at least 24 hours in advance of the game in question. Credentials are limited to members of the working media only. A media pass allows accredited media access to the Media Interview Room, Beano Cook Media Workroom, Press Row and floor access for photographers/camera crews. Only Web sites of each participating institution with contractual rights and accredited news Web sites will be issued credentials.
n MEDIA WILL CALL/ENTRANCE All media members must pick up credentials and enter the arena at Media Will Call. Pitt’s Media Will Call/ Media Entrance will open two hours n PARKING prior to tipoff. It is located at the Parking passes may only be Miller Administrative Entrance off obtained/approved through the Terrace Street (across from the Athletic Media Relations Office. University of Pittsburgh School of Parking is limited as all requests Medicine) and to the left of the must be made at least 24 hours in Petersen Events Center’s main ticket advance of the game in question. office. Due to time constraints, Media parking will be at the same credentials will not be mailed. location as in 2008-09: O’Hara Visiting radio and TV broadcasters/ Garage. Media members must producers may pick up their access O’Hara Garage off of credentials at shootaround or University Drive (for directions, please refer to the map on page through their respective media 204). Media members must call the relations contacts. Once you have received your pass Athletic Media Relations Office to at Media Will Call, follow the signs confirm a parking space as a list will and proceed down the hallway to the be at the O’Hara Garage gate. elevator. Take the elevator up to the n INTERVIEW POLICY Event Level (EL) where you can access the Beano Cook Media The Athletic Media Relations Office
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Workroom, Media Interview Room, Press Row and basketball court. The Media Interview Room is on your left, the Media Workroom is on your right and the court/media seating may be accessed at the first hallway to your left. A media relations representative will be stationed at Media Will Call to assist you.
MEDIA ENTRANCE/WILL CALL AT THE PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER
LIVE TV TRUCK PARKING Located on Sutherland Drive.
MEDIA WILL CALL/MEDIA ENTRANCE Located off Terrace Street to the left of the ticket office. (opens 2 hours prior to tipoff)
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PITT ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS PHONE: (412) 648-8240 FAX: (412) 648-8248 MAILING ADDRESS: Pitt Athletic Media Relations P.O. Box 7436 Pittsburgh, PA 15213-0436 OVERNIGHT ADDRESS: Pitt Athletic Media Relations Petersen Events Center 3719 Terrace Street Pittsburgh, PA 15213 WEB SITE: www.pittsburghpanthers.com MEDIA RELATIONS STAFF: Associate Athletic Director/ Media Relations E.J. Borghetti Media Relations Director/ Men’s Basketball Contact Greg Hotchkiss Associate Director Mendy Nestor Assistant Director Sophia Duck Media Relations Coordinator Celeste Welsh Media Relations Assistant Paul Pancoe Statistics Coordinator John Labriola
will assist all media personnel with coverage of Pitt basketball. All interviews with Pitt basketball student-athletes MUST be arranged through the Athletic Media Relations Office. Generally, Head Coach Jamie Dixon and selected players will be available for interviews two days prior to each game. Therefore, for a Wednesday game, Monday would be the scheduled interview day at Petersen Events Center. All practices are closed to the media. If a media member wishes to complete something more in-depth during the week, please contact Greg Hotchkiss at (412) 648-8240 to arrange a time. No interviews will be conducted on game day. Players’ telephone numbers will not be released by the Media Relations Office. Out-of-town interview requests for Coach Dixon or any player must be made at least 48 hours in advance. Due to class, practice, game and study schedules,
MEDIA INFORMATION
PITT’S 2009-10 ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS STAFF
E.J. BORGHETTI
GREG HOTCHKISS
MENDY NESTOR
SOPHIA DUCK
CELESTE WELSH
PAUL PANCOE
Associate Athletic Director
Director (Men’s Basketball)
Associate Director
Assistant Director
Media Relations Coordinator
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time is at a premium. Every effort will be made to fulfill requests.
media pass and be assigned a position on the floor at the baseline. Photographers must remain in the n MEDIA SEATING ON PRESS ROW space designated. Be prepared to Seating on press row is limited show identification if asked to identify and will be assigned on a priority yourself. Strobe lights are basis. The priority basis is as follows: prohibited. 1. Representatives of Pittsburgh n VISITING RADIO BROADCAST district papers and metropolitan papers filing for deadline, other The visiting radio broadcast crew newspapers covering the respective will be issued space next to the teams, 2. Radio and television visitor’s bench at the scorers table. commentators, 3. National As per Big East rules, one ISDN line publications, and 4. Scouts. All and one analog phone line will be media members must confirm their available for broadcast. attendance to guarantee working A facility representative will be space. available prior to the game to answer any questions and/or assist with n PHOTOGRAPHERS technological needs. It is recommended that each Still photographers and TV news visiting radio crew attend cameramen will receive a regular
shootaround to setup equipment. There is a $100 fee for visiting non-conference radio crews. n LIVE TV TRUCKS Local television trucks have been assigned parking on Sutherland Drive (see map on page 202, street leading into the loading dock). Please notify the Athletic Media Relations Office if there is an access problem.
interview room. Pitt’s regular post-game procedure in the Interview Room is as follows: 1. Requested/selected Pitt student-athletes, 2. Opponent coach and/or student-athletes, 3. Pitt Head Coach Jamie Dixon. Opposing teams may make their student-athletes available in the lockerroom or in the hallway. Please read the board in the Beano Cook Media Workroom for information on post-game procedure.
n SCOUTS Scouts are required to make credential arrangements through the n PITT MEDIA SERVICES Athletic Media Relations Office via eMedia members may access the mail and will be given a media most up-to-date information on the credential. Scouts may pick up their Pitt men’s basketball team on the credential at Media Will Call. There is athletic department’s official Web no parking available for scouts. site: www.pittsburghpanthers.com. Game notes, statistics and general n WIRELESS ACCESS releases will be updated regularly. All of this information is available online. Wireless internet service is Director of Media Relations Greg available in the Petersen Events Hotchkiss will also send out game Center’s Beano Cook Media notes via e-mail prior to each game. Workroom. For a username and To get on the list, please e-mail him password, please access the dry erase board in the Media Workroom. at ghotchkiss@athletics.pitt.edu. n TELEPHONES A total of 10 courtesy phone lines will be available for media use following the game either in the Beano Cook Media Workroom or on Press Row. Dial “9” to get outside the system. n POST-GAME PROCEDURE Following a 10-minute “cooling off” period, requested/selected student-athletes will be available for interviews in the Media Interview Room. Pitt Head Coach Jamie Dixon will be available for questions following his 15-minute postgame radio show. The visiting coach and players will also be available in the
CONTACT INFORMATION SCORELINE/PRESS ROW PHONE: (412) 648-2318 HOTCHKISS OFFICE PHONE: (412) 648-8240 HOTCHKISS CELL PHONE: (412) 491-5296 HOTCHKISS E-MAIL: ghotchkiss@athletics.pitt.edu WEB SITES: www.pittsburghpanthers.com www.twitter.com/pittghotch
NETWORK TELEVISION/LIVE TV NEEDS
ESPN’s Doris Burke interviews Pitt Head Coach Jamie Dixon following a Panthers victory.
The media relations office must be notified of all network and live television needs to guarantee working space. For technical needs or informa-
tion, please contact Petersen Events Center/SMG representative Michael Silva at (412) 648-3059. He can also be reached by e-mail at msilva@pitt.edu.
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MAPS/DIRECTIONS/MEDIA PARKING DIRECTIONS TO THE PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER
DIRECTIONS TO MEDIA PARKING LOCATION: O’HARA GARAGE n Proceed on Forbes Avenue toward the Cathedral of Learning. n Make a left onto Bigelow Blvd. (street runs between the Cathedral and Student Union). n Proceed on Bigelow through two lights at both Fifth Avenue and O’Hara Street. n After O’Hara Street, take an immediate left onto University Drive. n Proceed up the hill. O’Hara LL
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FROM PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT n Take I-279 toward Pittsburgh. Pass through the Fort Pitt Tunnel in the right lane. Bear right at the first ramp over the bridge, following signs for I-376. n Exit I-376 at the Oakland/Forbes Avenue exit. n Turn left at the third traffic light (McKee Place). n Continue through light. n Take right at second light (Terrace Street). n The Petersen Events Center is on your left.
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PITT ISP SPORTS RADIO NETWORK Pitt’s “Hall of Fame” broadcast team
JAMIE DIXON RADIO SHOW
The University of Pittsburgh and its multi-media rights holder, ISP Sports, provide the Panthers with thoroughly comprehensive radio coverage. Pitt men’s basketball is broadcast on the Pitt ISP Sports Radio Network. Game broadcasts air over a loyal network of stations, including flagships 94.5 3WS (WWSW-FM) and Fox Sports Radio 970 (WBGG-AM).
PITT ISP SPORTS BASKETBALL RADIO NETWORK (17) Market Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Altoona Altoona Butler Connellsville DuBois Elizabethtown Erie Harrisburg Huntingdon Johnstown Latrobe Meyersdale/ Somerset New Castle Philipsburg Uniontown Sirius Satellite
Station WWSW WBGG WVAM WVAM WISR WLSW WCED WPDC WRIE WTKT WHUN WCRO WQTW WQZS
Dial 94.5-FM 970-AM 1290-AM 1430-AM 680-AM 103.9-FM 1420-AM 1600-AM 1260-AM 1460-AM 1150-AM 1230-AM 1570-AM 93.3-FM
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Broadcast is also available on www.pittsburghpanthers.com Broadcast list as of September 10, 2009. Check pittsburghpanthers.com for an updated men’s basketball list.
Color analyst Dick Groat (left) and play-by-play announcer Bill Hillgrove are in their 31st year together broadcasting Panthers basketball, the longest tenured college basketball broadcast team in the nation.
Broadcasts include: n The Geico Panthers Pre-Game Show, a 30-minute pre-game show and the 30-minute Baierl Automotive PostGame Show. n “Panthers Hotline,” an hour-long callin show following post-game coverage. n A weekly Jamie Dixon radio show on Fox Sports Radio 970. In his 41st year, BILL HILLGROVE is the "Voice of the Panthers." Hillgrove's informative and enthusiastic play-byplay descriptions have been a Panthers trademark since 1969. A 1962 graduate of Duquesne University, Hillgrove has also served as play-by-play broadcaster for Pitt Football for the past 36 years. His longevity as a sportscaster has made him one of Pittsburgh’s most recognizable and favorite media personalities. He was named the Pittsburgh Steelers' play-by-play announcer in 1994. Hillgrove was awarded the National Football Foundation’s 2007 Chris Schenkel Award,
which honors a sports broadcaster who has enjoyed a long and distinguished career. Joining Hillgrove courtside for his 31st straight year is color analyst DICK GROAT. A Pittsburgh native, Groat is one of the city's most enduring sports legends, making his mark in two different sports. A 2007 College Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, he was a four-time All-America basketball and baseball player at Duke, where he is one of only 13 Blue Devils to have his number retired. Groat was named the 1952 College Basketball Player of the Year after becoming the first and only player in NCAA history to lead the nation in both scoring and assists in the same season. Groat played one year for the
Presented by the University Club and hosted by the “Voice of the Panthers,” Bill Hillgrove and Jamie Dixon, The Jamie Dixon Radio Show will broadcast live on Fox Sports Radio 970 (WBGG-AM) and other affiliates of the Pitt ISP Sports Radio Network. The show will air once per week in the evening starting in January, 2010. Dates and times will be released at a later date. There are 10 total regular season shows with possible additional shows to be announced at a later date. The last two shows are scheduled for Mondays, the week of the Big East Tournament and the NCAA Tournament First and Second rounds.
Fort Wayne Pistons before concentrating solely on professional baseball. As a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Groat captured the National League batting championship as well as Most Valuable Player honors in 1960. That same year, the Pirates won the World Series over the Yankees in a dramatic seven games. He later went on to play for the St. Louis Cardinals, where he was a key figure on the 1964 World Series championship team.
2009-10 TRAVEL HEADQUARTERS The following is a game-by-game listing of the Pitt basketball team’s accommodations for each road game in 2009-10. n CBE CLASSIC-KANSAS CITY Monday-Tuesday, Nov. 23-24, 2009; Kansas City Marriott Downtown; 200 W. 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105; Phone: (816) 421-6800; Fax: (816) 8554418. n JIMMY V CLASSIC-NEW YORK Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009; Hilton New York; 1335 Avenue of the Americas; New York, NY 10019; Phone: (212) 5867000; Fax: (212) 315-1374. n SYRACUSE Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010; Sheraton University Hotel and Conference Center;
801 University Avenue; Syracuse, NY 13210; Phone: (315) 475-3000; Fax: (315) 477-8220. n CINCINNATI Monday, Jan. 4, 2010; Marriott Kingsgate Conference Hotel; 151 Goodman Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45219; Phone: (513) 487-3800; Fax: (513) 4873810. n CONNECTICUT Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2010; Marriott Hartford Downtown; 200 Columbus Blvd., Hartford, CT 06103; Phone: (860) 249-8000; Fax: (860) 760-2222. n SETON HALL Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010; Hyatt Regency Jersey City on the Hudson; 2 Exchange Place, Jersey City, N.J.
07302; Phone: (201) 469-1234; Fax: (201) 432-4991. n SOUTH FLORIDA Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010; Embassy Suites Hotel USF/Busch Gardens; 3705 Spectrum Blvd.; Tampa, FL 33612; Phone: (813) 977-7066; Fax: (813) 9777933. n WEST VIRGINIA Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010; Waterfront Place; 2 Waterfront Place, Morgantown, WV 26501; Phone: (304) 296-1700; Fax: (304) 281-0523. n MARQUETTE Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010; Hyatt Regency, 333 W. Kilbourn Avenue; Milwaukee, WI 53203; Phone: (414) 276-1234; Fax: (414) 276-6338.
n NOTRE DAME Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010; South Bend Marriott; 123 North Saint Joseph Street, South Bend, IN 46601; Phone: (574) 234-2000; Fax: (574) 234-2552. n ST. JOHN’S Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010; Hilton New York; 1335 Avenue of the Americas; New York, NY 10019; Phone: (212) 5867000; Fax: (212) 315-1374. n BIG EAST TOURNAMENT March 9-13, 2010; Hilton New York; 1335 Avenue of the Americas; New York, NY 10019; Phone: (212) 5867000; Fax: (212) 315-1374.
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PRIMARY MEDIA OUTLETS PRINT MEDIA n Altoona Mirror, 301 Cayuga Ave., Altoona, PA 16602. (814) 9467461, (800) 339-4482. Fax: (814) 946-7540. altoonamirror.com (Buck Frank, sports editor). n Beaver County Times, 400 Fair Avenue, Beaver, PA 15009. (724) 775-3200. Fax: (724) 728-0190. timesonline.com (Ed Rose, sports editor; Eric Hall, beat writer). n Butler Eagle, Box 271, 114 W. Diamond Street, Butler, PA 16003. (724) 282-8000. Fax: (724) 2824180. butlereagle.com (John Enrietto, sports editor). n Daily Courier, 127 West Apple Street, Connellsville, PA 15425. (724) 626-3534. Fax: (724) 6263567. dailycourier.com (Jason Black, sports editor). n Erie Times-News, 205 W. 12th Street, Erie, PA 16534. (814) 8701704. Fax: (814) 870-1808. goerie.com (Matt Martin, managing editor/sports; Jeff Kirik, sports editor).
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Gene Collier, Ron Cook, columnists). Fittipaldo Phone/Cell: (412) 263-1230/(412) 215-4729. n Pittsburgh Sports Report, 3 S. Linden St., Duquesne, PA 15110. (412) 469-9770. Fax: (412) 4699847. pghsports.com (Ellis Cannon, publisher; Tony DeFazio, editor). n Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, D.L. Clark Building, 503 Martindale Street, Third Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. (412) 321-6460. Fax: (412) 320-7964. pittsburghlive.com (Kevin Smith, sports editor; John Grupp, men’s basketball beat writer; Mike Prisuta, John Harris, Kevin Gorman and Joe Starkey, columnists). Grupp Phone/Cell: (412) 931-7435/(412) 716-9855. n Tribune-Democrat, 425 Locust Street, Johnstown, PA 15907. (814) 532-5085. Fax: (814) 5391409. tribune-democrat.com (Eric Knopsnyder, sports editor). n Uniontown Herald-Standard, 818 East Church Street, Uniontown, PA 15401. (724) 439-7500. Fax: (724) 439-7559. heraldstandard.com (Mike Ciarochi, sports editor).
n Harrisburg Patriot-News, 812 Market St., Harrisburg, PA 17105. (717) 255-8180. Fax: (717) 2574747. pennlive.com (Paul Vigna, sports editor; Dale Grdnic, beat writer). Grdnic Phone: (724) 8692454.
n Valley Independent, Eastgate 19, Monessen, PA 15062. (724) 6845200. Fax: (724) 684-2603. pittsburghlive.com/x/ valleyindependent/ (Brian Herman, sports editor).
n Indiana Gazette, P.O. Box 10, 899 Water St., Indiana, PA 15701. (724) 465-5555. Fax: (724) 465-8267. indianagazette.com (Tony Coccagna, sports editor).
n Valley News Dispatch, 210 Fourth Avenue, Tarentum, PA 15084. (724) 224-4321. pittsburghlive.com/x/ valleynewsdispatch/ Fax: (724) 2264677. (Bill Beckner, sports editor).
n Latrobe Bulleton, 1211 Ligonier St., Latrobe, PA 15650. (724) 5373351. Fax: (724) 537-0489. greaterlatrobe.net (Randy Skubek, sports editor).
n Washington Observer-Reporter, 122 S. Main Street, Washington, PA 15301. (724) 222-2200. Fax: (724) 225-2077. observerreporter.com (Chris Dugan, sports editor; Mike Kovak, beat writer).
n McKeesport Daily News, 409 Walnut Street, McKeesport, PA 15134. (412) 664-9161. Fax: (412) 664-3963. dailynewsmckeesport.com (Mark Kaboly, sports editor). n New Castle News, 27 N. Mercer St., P.O. Box 60, New Castle, PA 16103. (724) 654-6651. Fax (724) 654-5976. ncnewsonline.com (Kayleen Cubbal, sports editor). n Pitt News, 434 William Pitt Union, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. (412) 6487980. Fax: (412) 648-8491. pittnews.com (Jay Huerbin, sports editor). n Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 34 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. (412) 263-1621. Fax: (412) 263-1926. post-gazette.com (Jerry Micco, assistant managing editor/sports; Donna Eyring, sports editor; Ray Fittipaldo, men’s basketball beat writer; Paul Zeise, national writer; Shelly Anderson,
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WIRE SERVICES n Associated Press, 11 Stanwix Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. (412) 281-3747. Fax: (412) 281-1869. ap.org (Alan Robinson, sports editor).
TELEVISION n KDKA (Channel 2, Pittsburgh), One Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. (412) 575-2215. Fax: (412) 575-2871. kdka.com (Mike Vukovcan, Mike Zappone, Bob Pompeani, Jory Rand, sports producers). n WTAE (Channel 4, Pittsburgh), 400 Ardmore Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15221. (412) 244-4659. Fax: (412) 244-4628. thepittsburghchannel.com (Michael Bennett, sports producer, Guy Junker, John Meyer, anchors/ reporters).
n WPXI (Channel 11, Pittsburgh), 11 Television Hill, Pittsburgh, PA 15230. (412) 237-1212. Fax: (412) 237-4900. wpxi.com (Mark Masa, sports producer; John Fedko, sports director; Bill Phillips, Alby Oxenreiter, Rich Walsh, anchors/ reporters). n FSN Pittsburgh, 323 North Shore Drive, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. (412) 316-3800. Fax: (412) 316-3892. libertysportsgroup.com/ pittsburgh (Ted Black, Senior Vice President/General Manager; Shawn McClintock, VP/Assistant General Manager; Roger Lenhart, producer; Stan Savran, Rob King, Paul Alexander, Dan Potash, anchors/ reporters). n WICU (Channel 12, Erie), 3514 State Street, Erie, PA 16508. (814) 454-5201. Fax: (814) 454-3753. wicu12.com (Mike Ruzzi, sports director/anchor). n WJET (Channel 24, Erie), 8455 Peach Street, Erie, PA 16509. (814) 864-2400. Fax: (814) 864-1704. yourerie.com (Lou Baxter, news director; Luke Simons, sports director). n WSEE (Channel 35, Erie), 1220 Peach Street, Erie, PA 16501. (814) 455-7575. Fax: (814) 459-3500. wseetv.com (Gary Drapcho, sports director/anchor). n WTAJ (Channel 10, Altoona), 5000 Sixth Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602. (814) 944-2031. Fax: (814) 946-4763. wearecentralpa.com (Nick Foley, sports director; Mike Fink, Mike Mueller, sports anchors). n WJAC (Channel 6, Johnstown), 49 Old Hickory Lane, Johnstown, PA 15905. (814) 255-7600. Fax: (814) 255-7658. wjactv.com (Tim Rigby, sports director). n WWCP-WATM (FOX, Johnstown), 1450 Scalp Avenue, Johnstown, PA 15904. (814) 266-8088. Fax: (814) 266-8329. fox8tv.com (Tim Rigby, sports anchor). n PITT TV (University of Pittsburgh Campus Sports Station), 400 William Pitt Union, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. (412) 648-7990. wpts.pitt.edu (Ryan Goetz, sports director).
RADIO n 3WS 94.5 (WWSW-FM), 200 Fleet Street, Fourth Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15220. (412) 937-1441. Fax: (412) 937-0323. 3wsradio.com (Alex Tear, program director). n FM NEWSTALK 104.7 (WPGB-FM), 200 Fleet Street, Fourth Floor, Pittsburgh PA 15220. (412) 9371441. Fax (412) 937-0323. wpgb.com (Jay Bohannon, program director; Ellis Cannon, Rocco DeMaro, talk show hosts).
n FOX SPORTS RADIO 970 (WBGGAM), 200 Fleet Street, Fourth Floor, Pittsburgh PA 15220. (412) 9371441. Fax: (412) 937-0323. fox970.com (Bob McLaughlin, program director/producer; Joe C. Bendel, talk show host). n KDKA-AM, One Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. (412) 5752547. Fax: (412) 575-2874. kdkaradio.com (Jeff Hathhorn, sports director). n KQV-AM, 650 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (412) 5625900. Fax: (412) 562-5903. kqv.com (Frank Gottlieb, sports director). n WDVE-FM, 200 Fleet Street, 4th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15220. (412) 937-1441. Fax: (412) 937-0323. dve.com (Mike Prisuta, sports director). n WEAE-AM (ESPN Radio 1250), 400 Ardmore Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15221. (412) 731-1250. Fax: (412) 244-4596. espnradio1250.com (Guy Junker, Stan Savran, Eddy Crow, Joe Starkey, Ken Laird, Chris Mack, Joe Destio, talk show hosts, Mike Barker, Jon Bridge, Ryan Saeler, producer). n WPTS-FM (University of Pittsburgh Campus Station), 416 William Pitt Union, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. (412) 648-7990. Fax: 6487998. wpts.pitt.edu (Greg Weston, general manager, Ryan Goetz, sports director). n Radio Pennsylvania Network, 4801 Lindle Road, Harrisburg, PA 17111. (800) 735-0202. Fax: (717) 704-3678. radiopa.com (Dave Eddy, sports director).
PITT RELATED MEDIA n SportsTicker, (800) 367-8935 or (800) 431-1654. n Pantherlair, 200 S. Millvale, #302, Pittsburgh, PA 15224. (412) 6008696. PantherLair.com (Pitt site contacts; Chris Peak, editor/beat reporter, Tony Greco, reporter). n PantherDigest.com, 1300 Farragut Street, Conway, PA 15021. (412) 956-6712. PantherDigest.com (Pitt site contact: Dale Grdnic, reporter).
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PITTSBURGH SERVICE DIRECTORY PITTSBURGH AREA HOTELS OAKLAND n Holiday Inn-University Center 100 Lytton Avenue Phone: (412) 682-6200
n Hilton & Towers-Pittsburgh Gateway Center, 600 Commonwealth Place Phone: (412) 391-4600
n Wyndham Garden Hotel 3454 Forbes Ave. Phone: (412) 683-2040
n Westin Convention Center 1000 Penn Ave. Phone: (412) 281-3700
n Hampton Inn 3315 Hamlet Street Phone: (412) 681-1000
SOUTH/WEST/AIRPORT n Best Western Parkway Center 875 Greentree Rd. Phone: (412) 922-7070
n Quality Inn 3401 Blvd. of the Allies Phone: (412) 683-6100 DOWNTOWN n Pittsburgh Marriott City Center 112 Washington Place Phone: (412) 471-4000
n Days Inn 1150 Banksville Road Phone: (412) 531-8900 n Embassy Suites 550 Cherrington Parkway Phone: (412) 269-9070
DRIVING DISTANCES n Greentree-Radison 101 Radison Drive Phone: (412) 922-8400 n Ramada-Greentree 401 Holiday Drive Phone: (412) 922-8100 n Holiday Inn-Airport 8256 University Boulevard Phone: (412) 262-3600 n Marriott-Airport 777 Aten Road Phone: (412) 788-8800 n Four Points by Sheraton One Industry Lane Phone: (724) 695-0002
TRANSPORTATION AIRPORT n Pittsburgh International Airport Phone: (412) 472-3525 AIRLINES n American Phone: (800) 433-7300
CAR RENTAL n Alamo Local: (412) 472-5060 Phone: (800) 327-9633 n Avis Phone: (800) 831-2847
n National Phone: (800) 227-7368 n Thrifty Local: (412) 472-3333 Phone: (800) 367-2277
n Continental Phone: (800) 523-3273
n Budget-Airport Phone: (412) 472-5252
TAXI SERVICE n Checker Cab Company Phone: (412) 231-1705
n Delta Phone: (800) 221-1212
n Dollar-Airport Phone: (412) 472-5100
n Peoples Cab Company Phone: (412) 281-1502
n Northwest Phone: (800) 225-2525
n Enterprise Phone: (800) 736-8222
n Yellow Cab Company Phone: (412) 321-8100
n United Phone: (800) 241-6522
n Hertz Local: (412) 472-5955 Phone: (800) 654-3131
TRAINS n Amtrak Phone: (800) 872-7245
n US Airways Phone: (800) 428-4322
MAJOR CITIES City Mileage Atlanta, Ga. .......................... 680 Baltimore, Md. ...................... 250 Boston, Mass. ....................... 570 Buffalo, N.Y. .......................... 220 Charleston, W.Va. ................. 230 Charlotte, N.C. ..................... 500 Chicago, Ill. ........................... 480 Cincinnati, Ohio .................... 294 Cleveland, Ohio ..................... 130 Columbus, Ohio ..................... 190 Detroit, Mich. ........................ 300 Hartford, Conn. ..................... 470 Indianapolis, Ind. ................... 360 Louisville, Ky. ........................ 390 Miami, Fla. ......................... 1,181 Milwaukee, Wis. ................... 560 New York City ........................ 380 St. Louis, Mo. ....................... 610 Washington, D.C. ................. 250 REGIONAL CITIES City Mileage Allentown, Pa. ....................... 284 Altoona, Pa. ............................ 95 Erie, Pa. ................................ 127 Harrisburg, Pa. ...................... 204 Philadelphia ........................... 310 Reading, Pa. ......................... 261 Scranton, Pa. ........................ 286 State College, Pa. ................ 137 Williamsport, Pa. ................... 199 Youngstown, Ohio ................... 70 BIG EAST SCHOOLS City Mileage Chicago, Ill. ........................... 480 Cincinnati, Ohio .................... 294 East Orange, N.J. ................. 360 Louisville, Ky. ........................ 390 Milwaukee, Wis. ................... 560 Morgantown, W.Va. ................ 76 New York City ........................ 380 Philadelphia ........................... 310 Piscataway, N.J. ................... 359 Providence, R.I. .................... 560 South Bend, Ind. .................. 372 Storrs, Conn. ......................... 521 Syracuse, N.Y. ....................... 360 Tampa, Fla. ........................ 1,028 Washington, D.C. ................. 250 FAR LEFT: ESPN’s broadcast team of Dick Vitale and Dan Shulman. The duo frequents the Petersen Events Center each year. LEFT: Bill Raftery and Verne Lundquist are regulars at Pitt.
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PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER HIGHLIGHTS ■ Official seating capacity: 12,508 (all chairbacks). ■ Baierl Basketball Center featuring private weight room, practice facility, athletic training facilities, equipment room, basketball offices and academic support services all centrally located. ■ The Willis Center for Academics for student-athletes. ■ Student body encircles the court during home games. ■ Five courtside luxury suites. ■ 12 private luxury boxes. ■ College basketball’s finest club lounge. ■ 40,000-square foot Baierl Student Recreation Center. ■ McCarl Panthers Hall of Champions. ■ World Headquarters — Panthers Authentic Store. ■ Unique Restaurant Row plus concessions with 66 points of sale. ■ Enhances student life on campus with the ability to host graduation, concerts, on-campus functions and lectures. ■ Square footage: 430,000.
BIG EAST’S BEST PROGRAMS OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS Totals are as of April 15, 2009.
School PITT Connecticut Louisville Syracuse Marquette Villanova Notre Dame Cincinnati Georgetown West Virginia Providence Seton Hall DePaul St. John’s Rutgers South Florida
COLLEGE BASKETBALL’S WINNINGEST PROGRAMS OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS (Where Pitt ranks among national winning percentage leaders and top programs over the last eight seasons; updated as of April 15, 2009).
School 2008-09 Kansas 27-8 Duke 30-7 PITT 31-5 Connecticut 31-5 Florida 25-11 Illinois 24-10 North Carolina 34-4 Louisville 31-6 Texas 23-12 Wisconsin 20-13 Oklahoma 30-6 Syracuse 28-10 Kentucky 22-14 Marquette 25-10 Michigan State 31-7 UCLA 26-9 Arizona 21-14
2001-09 205-44 195-44 189-51 177-58 182-57 179-63 169-69 169-67 179-62 173-60 157-67 171-69 171-63 160-68 157-77 157-76 159-70
Total 232-52 225-51 220-56 207-63 207-68 203-73 203-73 200-73 202-74 193-73 187-73 199-79 193-77 185-78 188-84 183-85 180-84
Pct. .817 .815 .797 .767 .753 .736 .736 .733 .732 .726 .719 .716 .715 .703 .691 .683 .682
Big East Overall W-L Pct. W-L Pct. 96-36 .727 220-56 .797 96-36 .727 207-63 .767 48-20 .706 200-73 .733 81-51 .614 199-79 .716 43-25 .632 185-78 .703 77-55 .583 178-91 .662 76-56 .576 167-92 .645 28-40 .412 163-94 .634 72-60 .545 159-92 .633 62-70 .474 153-89 .632 58-74 .439 130-116 .528 56-76 .424 127-115 .525 20-48 .294 119-124 .490 42-90 .318 112-131 .461 44-88 .333 112-133 .457 11-57 .161 95-144 .397
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OPPONENT (TV)
OCT. 3 OCT. 27 NOV. 1 NOV. 8
FAN FEST/MAGGIE DIXON HEART HEALTH FAIR BLUE-GOLD SCRIMMAGE SLIPPERY ROCK (EXH.) COKER COLLEGE, S.C. (EXH.)
NOV. 13
WOFFORD
NOV. 17 NOV. 19
O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic (Pittsburgh, Pa.) BINGHAMTON (ESPN2) EASTERN KENTUCKY
TIME 1-4 P.M. 7 P.M. 4 P.M. 4 P.M. 7 P.M.
5:30 P.M. 7 P.M.
Nov. 23 Nov. 24
O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic Semifinals/Finals (Kansas City, Mo.) vs. Wichita State (ESPN2) 7:30 P.M. Consolation Game (ESPN-U) 7:45 P.M. Championship Game (ESPN2) 9:50 P.M. (vs. Iowa or Texas)
NOV. 28 Dec. 2 DEC. 4
YOUNGSTOWN STATE(ESPN-R/FSN) NOON vs. Duquesne (CBS-CS) 7 P.M. NEW HAMPSHIRE 7 P.M.
Dec. 8
Jimmy V. Classic (New York, N.Y.) vs. Indiana (ESPN)
DEC. 12 DEC. 19 DEC. 22 DEC. 28 Jan. 2 Jan. 4 Jan. 13 JAN. 16 JAN. 20 Jan. 24 JAN. 28 Jan. 31 Feb. 3 FEB. 6 FEB. 8 FEB. 12 Feb. 18 FEB. 21 Feb. 24 Feb. 27 MARCH 4 MARCH 6 March 9-13 March 18-21 March 25-28 April 3-5
KENT STATE (ESPN-U) 2 P.M. MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA OHIO (ESPN-R/FSN) 7 P.M. *DEPAUL (ESPN-U) 7 P.M. at *Syracuse (ESPN-R/WTAE) NOON at *Cincinnati (ESPN) 7 P.M. at *Connecticut (ESPN2) 7 P.M. *LOUISVILLE (ESPN-R/WTAE) NOON *GEORGETOWN (ESPN-U) 7 P.M. at *Seton Hall (ESPN-R/FSN) 2 P.M. *ST. JOHN’S (ESPN-U) 7 P.M. at *South Florida (ESPN-R/FSN) 1 P.M. at *West Virginia (ESPN-R/FSN) 7 P.M. *SETON HALL (ESPN-R/FSN) 6 P.M. *ROBERT MORRIS (ESPN-R/FSN) 8 P.M. *WEST VIRGINIA (ESPN) 9 P.M. at *Marquette (ESPN) 9 P.M. *VILLANOVA (CBS) NOON at *Notre Dame (ESPN2) 7 P.M. at *St. John’s (ESPN-R/FSN) NOON *PROVIDENCE (ESPN) 9 P.M. *RUTGERS (ESPN-R/FSN) 4:30 P.M. at Big East Championship (ESPN) TBA NCAA First & Second Rounds (CBS) TBA NCAA Regionals (CBS) TBA NCAA Final Four (CBS) TBA
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All Times Eastern. All home games in CAPS and BOLD. Television games in parentheses. All game times are subject to change. *Indicates Big East Conference games. All home games played in the Petersen Events Center on the University of Pittsburgh campus. For ticket information, please call (800) 643-PITT or (412) 648-PITT.