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Anyone concerned about Connecticut potentially being unable to make the trip to Pittsburgh with the blizzard along the Northeast, there are no worries. The team’s chartered flight, which left Connecticut at about 1 p.m., has landed in Pittsburgh and the coaches and players are making their way to the Petersen Events Center for an afternoon [...]

PItt makes 200 tickets to sold-out UConn game available   @byline-name:By John Grupp @byline-source:TRIBUNE-REVIEW @body-text:In honor of head coach Jamie Dixon’s 200th career victory, PItt announced it will make 200 standing-room-only tickets available for Monday night’s game between No. 4 Connecticut and No. 6 Pitt at Petersen Events Center. Tickets will be made available at the [...]

No. 6 Pitt tuned up for its Big East opener against Connecticut with a 61-46 win over American on Wednesday night in coach Jamie Dixon’s 200th victory. Dixon, who is 200-55 in seven-plus seasons at Pitt, became the 13th-fastest coach in NCAA Division I history to achieve the milestone. In the past 30 years, only [...]

Senior forward Gilbert Brown was named the Big East Men’s Basketball Player of the Week following his career-high 28-point performance against Maryland Eastern Shore on Saturday.

Brad Wanamaker is feeling a lot better today. Three days after his worst game of the year, the senior guard posted a double-double with 16 points and a season-high 11 assists to lead No. 3 Pitt past Rider, 87-68, on Saturday afternoon at Petersen Events Center. Wanamaker, coming off a seven-turnover, four-point showing in the [...]