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Ashton Gibbs scored a game-high 25 points as Pitt routed Northwood (Fla.) University, 104-62, this afternoon in an exhibition game at Petersen Events Center. Pitt, ranked No. 5 in the Associated Press pre-season poll, led 23-0 after eight minutes. Northwood, an NAIA Division II school in West Palm Beach coached by Rollie Massimino, trailed by [...]

*** With a 3-0 record and the only remaining undefeated team in the Big East, Pitt has to be considered an overwhelming favorite to win the conference. Syracuse (3-1) and Rutgers (1-1) are the only Big East teams with fewer than two losses – and Pitt has beaten both of them. With road games against [...]

Pitt notched its third consecutive victory to remain alone atop the Big East with a 20-3 victory over Louisville this afternoon at Heinz Field. The Panthers (5-3, 3-0 Big East) led only 6-3 at halftime, but held Louisville to 74 total yards in the second half and Ray Graham and Dion Lewis had second-half touchdown [...]

The Panthers are ranked No. 5 in the Associated Press preseason poll, putting them in the top 5 in both major preseason polls. Pitt was fourth in the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll, released earlier this month. The AP poll voters consists of writers and broadcasters throughout the nation.  This is the fourth time in the past eight years that Pitt will [...]

Junior Nasir Robinson, who started all 34 games last season at power forward, will miss three to six weeks after undergoing right knee surgery on Tuesday. Robinson suffered a torn meniscus during Monday’s practice. He underwent surgery at UPMC South Side Hospital. Fortunately, Pitt has a lot of depth at power forward, with redshirt freshman Nasir [...]

= Senior forward Gil Brown didn’t play with a hamstring injury that will sideline him indefinitely. Brown is expected to return in time for the opener with Rhode Island on Nov. 8, but he looks unlikely for the Oct. 31 exhibition against Northwood (Fla.) University.   = The Blue defeated the Gold, 66-52, in a [...]

Pitt forward Gilbert Brown is out indefinitely with a hamstring injury. Brown, a 6-foot-6, 215-pound fifth-year senior, will miss tonight’s Blue-Gold scrimmage at Petersen Events Center, but is expected to return in time for the Nov. 8 opener against Rhode Island. Brown, who attended Big East media day in New York City on Wednesday, was [...]

Dan Hutchins was named first-team selection at punter for Phil Steele’s Midseason All-America team.   Hutchins currently ranks third nationally with a 47.08 average (24 punts for 1,130 yards). Nine of his punts have been downed inside the 20.   The Panthers rank first nationally in net punting with a 44.83 average.

NEW YORK – Pitt was named the favorite to win the Big East and junior guard Ashton Gibbs was named first-team all-conference at Big East men’s basketball Media Day today at Madison Square Garden. The Panthers, who return four starters from a 25-9 team, received 12 of a possible 16 first-place votes in the coach’s [...]

*** First off, the football game was the highlight of the weekend in Syracuse, obviously, but there was a very close second. It happened at the team hotel in Syracuse on Saturday night. The team had already departed for Pittsburgh on a chartered flight, but I stuck around. I was standing in the lobby restaurant/lounge waiting [...]