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Now that I’ve gotten a chance to catch my breath, here are some of the highlights from Petersen Events Center on Sunday night, as the Panthers and their coaches watched the NCAA Tournament selection show from the Campus View Club. The players, coaches and their families packed the club room on the third floor of [...]

Pitt is a 20.5-point favorite over No. 16 seed East Tennessee State in their first-round game at Dayton in the NCAA Tournament. The Panthers (28-4), a No. 1 seed for the first time in the program’s history, would play the winner of Tennessee-Oklahoma State on Sunday in the second round. East Tennessee State (23-10) finished [...]

Point guard Levance Fields missed another practice Sunday with a lingering groin injury. Fields was injured in the Marquette game, but played 37 minutes against Connecticut and 38 minutes against West Virginia in the Big East quarterfinals. “This thing has been really bothersome,” coach Jamie Dixon said. Gilbert Brown, who suffered a hyper-extended knee against [...]

Blair, Young named Sporting News All-Americans Pitt’s DeJuan Blair and Sam Young were named to the Sporting News magazine’s All-America teams in the magazine’s March 16 issue. Blair, one of four players on the cover of the magazine, was named first-team and Young received third-team honors. The other members of the first team are Player [...]

NEW YORK – West Virginia avenged two regular-season losses with a 74-60 victory over No. 2 seed Pitt in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden. Despite the loss, Pitt (28-4), which had reached the Big East finals seven of the past eight years, will likely earn its first No. 1 [...]

There it was, on page 139 of the Big East Media Guide, in black and white. The obvious reason why the Big East Conference is so strong this season. Take a look at the all-rookie teams in 2005-06 and 2006-07. These are the guys who are juniors and seniors right now. How many already left [...]

Injured Marquette guard Dominic James stood watching the TV monitor near press row at Madison Square Garden, wearing a gray sweatsuit, a walking cast on his left foot and a look of concern. Moments later, official Tim Higgins signaled the basket was good and Villanova had escaped with a 76-75 victory over Marquette in a [...]

Moments after his team defeated Providence, 73-55, in the Big East quarterfinals, Louisville coach Rick Pitino said he believes the Friars should get an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament. He also, in a way, lobbied for Penn State (21-10, 10-8) to make the Big Dance. “Anytime you go over .500 in the ACC, the [...]

Here’s a look back at Pitt’s previous two meetings with West Virginia this season: On Jan. 25, Pitt won, 79-67, at West Virginia Coliseum behind 22 points from Mountaineer killer Sam Young. DeJuan Blair (16 points, 11 rebounds) had a double-double, and Pitt shot 53.6 percent from the field. In the rematch at Petersen Events [...]

Pitt and West Virginia have faced each other 177 times since the “Backyard Brawl” began in February 1906, but tonight will be only their second meeting at the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden. Their previous meeting came in 2006 – the 100th year anniversary of their first game — and No. 6 seed [...]