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    It wasn’t pretty, but the No. 4 Panthers did enough to beat USF, which has lost 15 of its past 18 games. Here are some post-game quotes Jamie Dixon On rebounding “We really emphasized it this week. I was really happy how we got after it. I liked how we did it. …It speaks [...]

  The Big East announced today that all of the tickets for the 2011 Big East Men’s Basketball Championship at Madison Square Garden have been sold in advance. This is the sixth year in a row that the tournament, which runs from March 8-12, is a sell out.  There are lots of tickets still available at [...]

Sorry about the delay posting this. Deadline comes first.

Villanova senior guard Corey Stokes (turf toe) is out for tonight’s game with No. 4 Pitt at the Pavilion. Stokes is the team’s second-leading scorer at 14.6 points per game and one of the top 3-point shooters in the Big East. Sophomore guard Maalik Wayns (13.7 ppg) is expected to start.

Senior guard Brad Wanamaker made the midseason cut for the 2010-11 Naismith Trophy, one of 30 players still eligible for the award. He is one of five Big East players on the Midseason 30, including Austin Freenman of Georgetown, Ben Hansbrough of Notre Dame, Rick Jackson of Syracuse and Kemba Walker of Connecticut. The award will be [...]

Pitt recruit Khem Birch was named to the 24-man McDonald’s All-American roster on Thursday afternoon. The 6-foot-9, 210-pound center from Notre Dame (Mass.) Prep is the sixth Pitt recruit to receive the national recognition and the second in the past three years (Dante Taylor) following a 22-year drought. Birch, rated as the No. 1 center [...]

*** Without Ashton Gibbs, No. 4 Pitt still found a way to beat No. 25 West Virginia, 71-66, at the WVU Coliseum on Monday night. Here is the early game story. Here are some post-game quotes from Pitt coach Jamie Dixon, Brad Wanamaker, Gary McGhee and Travon Woodall and West Virginia coach Bob Huggins. Jamie Dixon [...]

Sophomore center Dante Taylor is dressed and will play tonight against West Virginia at 7 p.m. at WVU Coliseum. Taylor missed No. 4 Pitt’s 71-59 victory over Cincinnati on Saturday with tendinitis in his left knee. Sophomore Travon Woodall will start in place of injured Ashton Gibbs, who is out 10-14 days with an injured [...]

Junior guard Ashton Gibbs is sidelined with a left knee MCL injury and will not play at West Virginia on Monday. Gibbs, the team’s leading scorer at 16.3 points per game, was injured in the second half of Pitt’s 71-59 victory over Cincinnati on Saturday. Team officials have not put a timetable on his return, [...]

*** Here is the early game story on Pitt’s 71-59 win over Cincinnati. *** Quotes from coach Jamie Dixon, Ashton Gibbs, Brad Wanamaker, Gilbert Brown and Gary McGhee, and Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin. Jamie Dixon  On offense “We took great shots and got great shots and put ourselves into position offensively with our movement and [...]