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    Pitt sophomore guard Ashton Gibbs scored 10 points as the Jamie Dixon-coached USA men’s basketball under-19 team defeated Iran, 106-55, on Thursday in the opening game of the FIBA World Championship in New Zealand. With the U.S. all-stars trailing 10-8 midway through the opening quarter, Gibbs hit a 3-pointer to start a 22-5 run that [...]

    Pitt will play home-and-home games with St. John’s, Seton Hall and West Virginia as part of its 18-game Big East schedule for 2009-10. Pitt’s nine home opponents are DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Providence, Rutgers, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Villanova and West Virginia. On the road, the Panthers will play at Cincinnati, Connecticut, Marquette, Notre Dame, St. [...]

    The Pitt men’s basketball team will face Indiana in the 15th annual Jimmy V Classic on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at Madison Square Garden. The game will tipoff at roughly 9 p.m. on ESPN. Georgetown and Butler will play in the first game. Indiana went 6-25 and finished last in the Big 10 in 2008-09 using [...]