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Here is the early story on Pitt’s 62-59 loss at Louisville in overtime.

The Duke-Pitt game at the Garden in 2011-12 is game is almost certain to happen.

Just heard from a fairly reliable source that Pitt will be playing Duke at the Garden in 2011-12.

Here are some notes from Friday’s press conference with Jamie Dixon and forwards Lamar Patterson and J.J. Richardson. *** First off, Talib Zanna had surgery on his broken right thumb on Friday afternoon and, according to coach Jamie Dixon, everything went “fine.” He is expected to miss 3-6 weeks. The NCAA Tournament starts in 19 [...]

Here is the early game story for Pitt’s 71-58 victory over West Virginia in front of a packed Petersen Events Center. Also are quotes from Pitt coach Jamie Dixon and players Brad Wanamaker, Gilbert Brown, Nasir Robinson and Lamar Patterson. Jamie Dixon On second half surge  “I liked how we played in the second half. [...]

Power forward Talib Zanna will be sidelined for 3-6 weeks after breaking his right thumb. Zanna, a 6-foot-9 redshirt freshman, is averaging 3.7 points and 3.4 rebounds for the Panthers (24-3, 12-2). Pitt didn’t release any details how the injury occurred. He underwent surgery today. Zanna is the top backup to starting power forward Nasir [...]

Pitt (24-3, 12-2) remained No. 4 in the AP Top 25 pollreleased this afternoon, but got twice as many first-place votes as the previous week.

St. John’s guard Dwight Hardy hit an off-balance layup with 2 seconds to play to lead the Red Storm past No. 4 Pitt, 60-59, to cap a wild finish at Madison Square Garden on Saturday afternoon. Pitt (24-3, 12-2) had taken a 59-58 lead on Travon Woodall’s 3-pointer with 11 seconds to play. Hardy, who [...]

Sophomore Travon Woodall will make his fourth consecutive start today when the No.  4 Panthers (24-2, 12-1) play St. John’s at Madison Square Garden. Ashton Gibbs, who missed the past three games with a knee injury, will come off the bench.

There was never any doubt, but Ashton Gibbs, who missed the past three games with a knee injury, will play against St. John’s (16-9, 8-5) on Saturday at Madison Square Garden. “I was probably the happiest man in the world when they gave me the OK to play,” Gibbs said. “I’m feeling good.” The 6-foot-2 junior guard [...]